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Chilean apple exports set to grow slightly in 2025
Preliminary forecast from Chile’s Pink Lady Fruit Committee points to a 4.4 per cent increase in shipments
Defra refuses to confirm July border checks
Efra committee grilling reveals internal government negotiations are holding up confirmation of 1 July border checks while Defra concedes implementation could be ‘pragmatic’
Morocco announces new subsidy plan for citrus exports to Europe
Five-year plan aims to boost the competitiveness of citrus industry
Maersk upgrades IoT connectivity across its fleet
Shipping giant has begun the roll-out of its new digital connectivity platform OneWireless aboard 450 vessels
Fairtrade offers Living Income Reference Prices on demand
LIRP will accelerate action to improve farmers’ income for any Fairtrade product grown by smallholder farmers
Consumers ‘will see price rises’ as UK produce firms face border chaos
A lack of detail ahead of planned checks and fees on fresh produce due to go live on 1 July is causing ‘chaos and turmoil’ in the industry
NFU calls for government to prioritise water in spending review
Climate Change Committee report sparks warning that UK is ill-prepared for future flooding
Coming soon: FPJ Festival of Fresh Special
FPJ’s Festival of Fresh Special explores the big opportunities and challenges in British berries, as well as a getting you ready for our summer celebration
Fefpeb warns of mounting price challenges
Federation reports on upward price pressure on the pallet business in recent months
Improve soil to address climate risk, says Soil Association
The UK is unprepared for increasingly extreme weather, according to a Climate Change Committee report, with the Soil Association calling for a system-wide transition to agroecological farming practices
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New app a ‘game-changer’ for farm management
Jon Stewart, the main man behind MeritAgCheck, tells FPJ how the new app is revolutionising farm management and simplifying health and safety
Complete Southern African citrus forecast confirmed
The CGA has published its first complete forecast of the 2025 season after the mandarin estimate was confirmed
UK’s first citrus grove is ‘sign of warmer climate’
Comments in newspaper report suggest UK might also one day produce its own bananas and avocados
Food security starts at home
The UK’s dependence on the Mediterranean leaves it vulnerable to the impact of increasingly frequent weather extremes to hit the region, including the devastating floods in southern Spain
IGD calls for accelerated AI and robotics adoption
Analyst says greater investment is needed to transform food systems with technology, particularly in the face of the labour cost crunch
From Brittany, with pride
Prince de Bretagne’s product manager Pierre Gelebart explains how the collective brand allows small-scale market gardening to continue to thrive
Food cannot become ‘the poor relation’
Food production should be given equal weighting alongside environmental issues in pivotal Land Use Framework, warns NFU
Flower strips could save growers up to £3k per hectare
Creating habitat for beneficial predators of harmful Rosy Apple Aphid has significant cost benefits for apple growers, a new study has found
Staay confirms ten-day delay on Spanish stonefruit
Dutch importer Staay Food Group says its Spanish stonefruit campaign will begin around ten days later than normal this year due to low temperatures and heavy rainfall in March.
Southern African grape growers weigh up new cultivar options
Winter marks a period of introspection for South African table grape producers, with big decisons to be made