News from Eurofruit – Page 32
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Biobest boost for Argentinean tomatoes and peppers
Empacadores Unidos has reported record yields following the introduction of a bespoke Biobest pollination and biological control programme
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FNSEA promotes farming at women’s Tour de France
France’s main farming union, the FNSEA, is supporting the first women’s Tour de France to raise awareness of agricultural professions
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Queen’s Award for Global Plant Genetics
Intellectual property specialist celebrates win with black-tie dinner for clients and staff
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South Africa escalates EU dispute to WTO
A long bitter battle lies ahead as South Africa declares dispute via the World Trade Organization
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Greenyard USA/SealdSweet launches Jalisco avocado programme
The company is one of the first to market with Jalisco avocados since they were greenlighted for US
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Channel chaos ‘could have been avoided’
Disruption at Dover ‘could have been avoided’ says logistics firm, warning of further border chaos ahead
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Fire engulfs part of Mercamadrid’s fruit and vegetable market
The origin of the blaze, which swept through one of the market’s six fruit and vegetable pavilions on Saturday, remains unknown
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EU peach and nectarine consumption to rise
EC Agricultural Market Outlook forecasts growth in production this year as well as higher imports from non-EU suppliers
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France and Belgium feel the heat
Producers in western Europe have once again had to contend with soaring summer temperatures, with likely impacts on the apple, pear, potato and vegetable markets
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Catalan top fruit crop “lowest in five years”
Big drops expected in red, Golden and Granny apples and Ercollini and Limonera pears due to spring frosts
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South African citrus detained at port in EU
Seizure of South African citrus containers on arrival in Europe indicates further escalation of RSA-EU orange spat
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Italian pear production remains below full potential
The country’s pear producers continue to recover from the combined effects of three disastrous campaigns
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Jupiter Group installs solar panels at RSA facility
Company’s Limpopo packhouse now runs completely on green energy
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Totam Seeds catches eye with new tomato varieties
At this year’s Global Tomato Congress, Totam Seeds presented new cherry tomato and mini-plum varieties, as the diversification trend continues in the segment
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Ecuador banana exports fall in first half of 2022
Ukraine war, climatic factors, higher production costs and container shortages cited as main reasons for contraction
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Extreme weather: fruit companies must ‘create resilience’
Peter Stedman, director of sustainability at Chiquita, considers the climate challenge in the context of wider sustainability efforts
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East-West Seed provides farmer upskill funding
Some US$18m will be made available as it joins the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
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South African citrus industry impressed with Maputo progress
Investments and improvements make Maputo a greater option for the country’s citrus exports
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Prognosfruit looks at global picture in Belgrade
The annual apple and pear gathering will analyse both European and global trends when it returns to an in-person event in Serbia next month
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TopFruit deal to benefit growers north of South Africa
Zimbabwean producers to take advantage of deal with South African cultivar management company TopFruit