FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
Dibal’s productivity control solution
It is a complete hardware and software solution, aimed at companies with hand filling processes, normal in the fruit and vegetable growing and canning sector.
FEDEMCO is committed to recycling
The creation of the Ecowoox® brand is an important step forward on this point and it is ahead of the new legislation that will come into effect in 2025
Italy directly opposes the PPWR
Organisations such as Ortofrutta Italia and Pro Food are joining forces to try to reverse the elimination of packaging set forth in the future EU legislation.
Asda plans 5% pay cut
Supermarket is consulting about removing a 60p an hour supplement at 39 stores .
‘Freshly Forward’, by Rijk Zwaan
The seed company is holding a new edition of the Global Melon & Watermelon Event at the end of the month.
The 10th Melon & Watermelon Week is here
The event has returned to its original location, where for the first time visitors will be able to see melon and watermelon materials in the same space.
Don Gregorio: Sakata’s first variety for greenhouses
Sakata is landing in Almeria with a greenhouse melon that is no different from melons grown in the open air
Graciano: the highest percentage of first category fruit
Syngenta’s piel de sapo melon is becoming consolidated in Almeria due to its yield, uniformity and high percentage of top-quality fruit.
We are longing for a campaign that is normalised from production to consumption”
The chairman of the melon sector at Proexport, José Cánovas, explains to Fruit Today magazine how the water shortage and the ever-changing weather conditions, both at source and at the destinations, are marking the melon campaign. His wish is clear: normalisation.
Nondrop for the most delicate packaging
Induser has a new version of its packaging machine that is even more delicate than its predecessor, thanks to the Nondrop system.
Europe is experiencing a fast variety change
The first cherries, the extra-early ones do not have the best characteristics for the markets and the sector has gone to work on variety improvement.
Chile: the world’s export and research centre
Chile is the largest exporter of cherries in the world, with a record-breaking figure of 415,315 tonnes dispatched in the 2022-2023 season and a 16.5% growth compared to the previous campaign
In the September, 2022 USDA report it estimates that cherries are one of the productions with the largest growth worldwide due to the contributions by Turkey and Chile.
