FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
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
New late cycles at Syngenta
The company is launching new California pepper references such as Jason, a very plastic, early material that maintains its consistency
Sakata is completing cycles with Moma
The latest from Sakata for late cycle completes the range that was started with Sibac (early) and Juma (medium).
Rijk Zwaan continues to reap triumphs
Sweet Palermo has won its fourth Flavour of the Year with the complete range, and in California pepper the company is launching Atabal RZ, with top resistance to powdery mildew.
Have peppers reached an impasse?
The profitability of produce such as cucumbers and production costs higher than ever before could cause an impasse in surface area for the next campaign.
New developments in the ION range
HM.CLAUSE is extending its California pepper range with resistance to powdery mildew and nematodes.
Barreiros, the Lamuyo resistant to powdery mildew
The new generation of Lamuyo peppers from Seminis with resistance to Lt is here.
Bayer making its debut with a new Marmande
In May they will present the variety, which has already caught the interest of producers and companies due to its versatility in the fields and the high quality of fruit with a traditional flavour.
The curious technologist
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.
“The world’s potato needs are very high”
Francisco Moya, Chairman of the French Fresh Potato Interprofessional Association (CNIPT), talked to Fruit Today about the sector’s main challenges, the implications of the important demand for processed potatoes and the drop in seed potato production.
Patatas Meléndez’s new factory has become a reality
Patatas Meléndez, a company from Valladolid that invoiced 110 million euros in 2022, has just made history in the fresh potato sector.
Threats from outside the sector
The persistent drought and the CAP are threatening Andalusian early potatoes, and consequently, all Spanish potatoes.
