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Leading industry trade fair FRUIT LOGISTICA sheds more light on how online retailing could influence the future of fresh fruit and vegetable supply. In future, online grocery growth will come […]
Wed 23/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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On June 17th, CASI will hold a special day for all farmers, workers and consumers who love the healthy life to raise awareness of Almeria’s local tomato through sport and […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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French apple exports to the EU have risen sharply in the past seven months due to the dramatic fall in the production of Member States. Apple exports to Germany have […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Dutch greenhouse strawberry growers are looking to usurp the current king of the supermarkets – the Spanish strawberry. Around a dozen large-scale strawberry farms are already working to produce strawberries […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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In 2017, following a record harvest in 2016, Poland’s overall fruit production plummeted by around 34.7% to 2.7 million tons. The dramatic drop in production was mainly due to frost […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
Speaking at the recent Global Berry Congress 2018 in Rotterdam, Julien Mourrut-Salesse – Biobest’s Head of IPM and Pollination Specialists – highlighted a range of solutions to help address growing […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
Italy’s national agency for technological innovation (ENEA) has devised a way to set up a hi-tech micro-plot in your house. This represents the first microcosm for indoor and extreme-environment cultivation […]
Thu 17/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Tropical Fruit Congress, held on 11th-12th May within the Macfrut fair in Rimini, was a sell-out. This first edition was dedicated to mango and avocado with speakers from across […]
Wed 16/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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On April 14th, the first batch of Dutch sweet peppers hit the Chinese market. The peppers are produced by the Harvest House cooperative and shipped by air to Weihai, a […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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According to Eurostat, imports to the EU of fruits and vegetables from third countries rose by 5% in 2017 to 15.5 million tons. About 13.3 million tons of the total […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region expects a good asparagus harvest thanks to the cold winter. The region has around 400 farms growing asparagus on approximately 3,800 hectares and expects to produce […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Between 1980 and 2017, the number of greenhouse vegetable growers operating in the Netherlands plummeted by 85%, according to data published by CBS Landbouwtelling 2017. Over the same period, the […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
