AHDB successor reveals new crop protection arrangements
Horticultural Crop Protection Ltd, the company set up during the winding down of AHDB Horticulture, has announced who will sit on its board as well as revealing details of how crop protection

Start of export campaign for Tunisian seasonal fruits
The Tunisian strawberry export campaign began in late January and will last until May, with stable volumes compared to the previous season, said Mohamed Sadok of the exporter CarthagoExpo. "Our

US senator files bill to help Maine blueberries combat spotted wing drosophila
Maine is the only state in the country with a significant harvest of wild blueberries, which are smaller cousins to the more ubiquitous cultivated berries. The wild blueberry, which grows in the

Grape exporters looking forward to smoother exports
Table grapes from Western Australia will be packed into shipping containers and exported to China over the coming weeks, with improved global shipping container rates and transit times a welcome

First own-grown melons to arrive from Costa Rica
Next week, the first watermelons the Staay Food Group has cultivated in Costa Rica will arrive in the Netherlands. "Our Costa Rican branch SFG Dulce consists of six cultivation sites with a total

Hurtowe ceny brukselki odwróciły trend
Okres szczytu podażowego krajowej świeżej brukselki już minął. Sytuację poprawia bieżący import, ale po pierwsze w Polsce generalnie świeży rynek tego warzywa nie jest duży

A research team manages to make a biofuel from orange skins
A team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has used residues from the fruit industry to extract orange oil and analyzed