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Tescto says a new English apple variety that keeps its taste while stored over winter is set to transform the UK apple industry. Thanks to the latest cold store technology and the apple’s unique […]
Sun 29/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Bayer and Trendlines, an Israeli innovation commercialisation company, have announced a partnership to invest in agricultural technology by establishing the Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund. The flexible five-year partnership agreement […]
Sun 29/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Taste, freshness, juicy flesh, health… and especially the desire to recapture the old flavour experience still remembered so well today, when each fruit had its own special flavour. To succeed […]
Sun 29/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Although the total acreage used for covered horticultural production in the Netherlands fell 13% in the past decade, from 10,540 ha in 2005 to 9,200 ha in 2015, for some […]
Sun 29/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Demand for high-quality health foods is expected to help boost the otherwise stagnant consumption rate of fresh fruit and vegetables in the US, a market with a widening trade deficit […]
Thu 26/05/2016 by Julie Butler
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Total melon imports within the European Union, including watermelon and papayas, last year reached a value of €1 billion and a volume of 1.7 million tons The value of watermelon […]
Wed 25/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) represents all major industries engaged in temperature-controlled logistics. Based in the US state of Virginia, it has offices or affiliates in Australia, Brazil, China, […]
Wed 25/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
IPL/Asda
As well as being the biggest single importer of produce in the UK, Asda subsidiary International Procurement & Logistics (IPL) – the UK retail chain’s sourcing and procurement arm – […]
Wed 25/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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In a nod to vegetarians who feel an afterthought at BBQs, UK supermarket chain Tesco this week launched a new prepared vegetables BBQ range featuring cauliflower steaks and Portobello mushroom […]
Tue 24/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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As part of the 2016 SIAM (Salon International de l’Agriculture au Maroc) in Meknes, the network Arbomed held a symposium on the theme “An observatory of production and markets, a key to […]
Tue 24/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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New Zealand’s deciduous fruit exports should reach a total of 351,000 tons for 2015/16, up from 333,218 tons in 2014/2015, according to updated forecasts in a recent USDA Gain report. […]
Mon 23/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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A debate on use of phytosanitary products and sustainable agriculture drew an attendance of more than a hundred people in Murcia last Thursday (May 19). Organised by the company ProbelteFito, […]
Mon 23/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
