FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
Hortofortini: every celery solution possible
The winter campaign is starting one month late due to European stocks, as the Murcian company strengthens its leadership with a unique field-packing model and a firm commitment to varietal innovation
Hortial Fresh enters the European market with a strong response from retail
The project led by the trading company — 50% owned by Felipe Gómez and his partner — combines family growers, annual programmes and a wide product range available year-round
Pretorian and Legatus, new broccoli varieties from HM.Clause
The company renews its brassica portfolio with two materials for different planting windows
Murcia, the only open-field vegetable production area in winter
During winter, the Region of Murcia is the only and largest open-field vegetable production area supplying the European market
Spain continues to lose relevance as a global supplier
The importance of Spanish citrus production continues to diminish season after season in the face of competition from Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. This trend is particularly pronounced in the mandarin segment, all within a European environment where consumption is failing to take off
The winter cauliflower calendar is renewed with Vesubio, Brinique and Kabique
Enza Zaden strengthens its brassica portfolio with new varieties adapted to climatic and production challenges
El Dulze: “This is a season with intense price pressure”
The company from Campo de Cartagena faces a delayed campaign marked by downward pressure on prices, labour tensions and a lack of tools to combat pests — a situation shared across the entire sector
Long-term planning and mechanisation: Cricket adapts to the new landscape
The company is reorienting its strategy in a brassica campaign defined by overlapping harvests and inflation
Bejo expands its brassica portfolio with summer options, mechanisation potential and improved resistance
Bejo expands its brassica portfolio with summer options, mechanisation potential and improved resistance
Vega Baja artichoke cultivation increases by 10%
The association celebrated the official season opening with the ceremonial first cut in the municipality of Daya Nueva
AINNAGRO: a new agency for agri-food innovation
AINNAGRO was born from the alliance between Fundación Ingenio (Murcia) and Fundación Cellbitec (Almería), two organisations that have decided to combine scientific knowledge, field experience and business vision to accelerate applied innovation in agriculture
Europe opens the door to plant innovation
For years, Europe has been the continent that looked at gene editing through a magnifying glass — and often with suspicion. While the United States, Japan and several Latin American countries advanced steadily in this technology, the EU remained constrained by regulations that did not distinguish between transgenesis and new genomic techniques
