FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
Jerte cherries will reduce their water consumption
The construction of a water purification plant in the Jerte Valley intends to reduce water consumption by 60%.
The drought has also reached Aragon’s cherries
The two sides of the Aragonese cherry campaign: from the frosts in the previous campaign, to the drought in the current season. Both of these weather phenomena will condition the market
Catalonian production drops 5% due to the drought
This figure has been calculated taking into account the effects caused by the water shortage, and the production of the hectares irrigated by the Urgell canal has been eliminated.
MAF RODA puts the Fast Pack Peach robot on the market
The latest innovation from the MAF RODA Group is the Fast Pack Peach robot, for automatic boxing of peaches and nectarines
PSB, 25 years serving agriculture
The family-run company, both a plant variety breeder and producer, is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a market leader in the stone fruit variety selection segment (peaches, nectarines and apricots).
Some European stone fruit forecasts should be “taken with a pinch of salt”
More than ever, the forecasts made by Europêch for this campaign are pending a future review that will take place in mid-June
Another edition of the International Red Berry Congress
This meeting, which will be held on the 20th and 21st of June in Huelva, has opened its inscription period
Fyffes Celebrates Opening of New Packhouse in Costa Rica
Fyffes has continued to invest in its own banana production in Costa Rica by building a new packhouse at its farm Victoria in Sarapiqui de Heredia, Costa Rica. The new packhouse has been designed to promote employee wellbeing and safety while enabling improved efficiencies and supporting our sustainability targets.
Miguel Ángel Gómez: The curious technologist – Photo gallery
Miguel Ángel Gómez (Badajoz, 1971) is a trained chemist and has great curiosity about all fields related to technology. He has assembled and disassembled his Tesla more than five times and has personally installed the solar panels and batteries for his house.
CIV strawberry/apple variety innovation at the MACFRUT Exhibition in Rimini
The President Mauro Grossi: “CIV at the International Show of Nursery and Varietal Innovation in Rimini to present the fruit of the Research program of apple and strawberry breeding and to meet with operators of the sector and European and international partners”.
Ingenyo F1, the latest from Vilmorin-Mikado
The new variety from its NyO range for the early segment incorporates resistances to nematodes and powdery mildew and it has a higher percentage of GG fruit than Nyobi F1 and Nyostar F1
Good prospects for Top Seeds
The seed company is promoting its latest varieties, Varane and Arkane, while preparing the launch of another new development in red California for early and medium cycles
