"The sandstorm destroyed everything"
The Egyptian sky turned orange as a heavy sandstorm hit the country in early June. Strong winds laden with dust and sand caused serious disruption to traffic in the country, prompting the

Asda is locking the prices on more than 500 products
Belgium: Jef Colruyt quits as CEO, Stefan Goethaert succeeds End of an era at Colruyt Group: Jef Colruyt hands over the day-to-day management to Stefan Goethaert after more than 28 years, but

BLE: Tomatoes account for 27 percent of vegetable consumption
With a consumption of over 30 kg per person in the 2021/22 marketing year, tomatoes are the Germans' favourite vegetable. They also include processed products such as ketchup. At 101,800 t, the

Biobest: Trap-Eye™ wins the GreenTech Innovation Award
Biobest's Trap-Eye™ sticky trap monitoring system, unveiled at GreenTech Amsterdam 2023, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to provide automated, accurate, fast and affordable IPM scouting,

"The growth in the number of exhibitors for this edition will make us go from 8 pavilions to 9"
The international fruit and vegetable fair Fruit Attraction - which this year celebrates its 15th anniversary - is still 4 months away, but 90% of the exhibition space has already been booked. For

'Cherries, a season to forget'
We are in the middle of a cerasicola campaign that has so far been stingy with satisfaction for our producers, who have been grappling with incessant rainfall for the past month, which has

Alanar prepares for start of Turkish cherry season
Having started the year with weather problems that proved disastrous for Turkish apricots, producer-exporter Alanar is grateful that its cherries appear to be untouched by inclement conditions, at

"In the next two or three weeks there will be a lower melon and watermelon supply in Murcia"
The melon campaign started two to three weeks earlier in the Region of Murcia as a result of the high temperatures recorded in March and April. However, the abundant rains in May will cause a