Scientists unlock potential to yield "diet" fruit

Categorieën: Agrarisch | Boerderij Biologisch Informatie Leeftijd: 7 t/m 13 jaar 14 t/m 18 jaar 19 t/m 30 jaar 31 t/m 64 jaar 65 jaar en ouder

Laden...

4 jaren geleden

Html
Tekst

High table grape quality gives Victorian growers optimism despite market challenges this season ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Do not reply to this email. Send your response to info@freshplaza.com.

Thursday, February 18, 2021
OCEANIA

Our team

Sander Bruins Slot
Email

Nichola McGregor
Email

Nick Peters
Email

Annika Durinck
Email

Job Offers

Grower - Philippines

Assistant technical manager

Food Safety and Quality Director - South Bend (IN) USA

Commercial Manager - United Kingdom or The Netherlands

Tomato Grower, Chapais - Canada

Director of UbiGro Sales - California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada USA

UbiGro Sales Representative - California, USA

Greenhouse Crop Specialist - Southwestern Ontario, Canada

Greenhouse Product Development Specialist - Leamington (Ontario) Canada

Sales Assistant - Europe Division

BTM Produce

High table grape quality gives Victorian growers optimism despite market challenges this season

A Victorian table grape grower remains confident about the Australian table grape season despite the tougher market conditions in 2020/21. Tony Gervasi, from BTM Produce Pty…

Scientists unlock potential to yield “diet” fruit

A new study has demystified sugar distribution in plants, paving the way to create low sugar or ‘diet’ fruits. The study, published in Proceedings of National Academy of…

Coles

Now, trend of stocking up on alcohol continues

Coles: Shortages drove up avocado, apple, citrus prices over festive season

According to a recent Coles’ earnings report, Australians are still stocking up on alcohol, while they paid more for avocados, apples and citrus over the festive season. In…

Equity fund raises $69 million for SunGold kiwifruit

The purchase of three Gisborne properties as part of a new private equity fund’s multimillion investment into SunGold kiwifruit has been hailed as a “really good” boost for…

New Zealand 2021 new crop now shipping to ‘normal destinations’

Mike Blake with New Zealand Onion Co. recently provided a crop update on 2021, calling it “Onion Trading in a COVID World, Round 2.” Mike said, “We have…

"Robot pickers could also work during night time"

Attention to ‘discerning robotic vision’ is key when designing a picking or harvesting robot. Improvements in machine-vision algorithms and the use of…

Chile declares an agricultural emergency for the provinces of San Felipe and Los Andes in the region of Valparaiso

Maria Emilia Undurraga, the Minister of Agriculture, declared an agricultural emergency for the provinces of Los Andes and San Felipe as a way to support the farmers affected…

David Pearce, GF Marketing

A time to be cautious

Cape Town-based GF Marketing specialises in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent, supplying their markets with predominantly citrus and topfruit. Last year there was…

First report of atypical scab on apples in China

Apple cv. Huangtaiping (Malus pumila) is grown widely in northern China for the production of jellies, preserves, and cider. In 2018, atypical scab symptoms were observed on…

Wilko van der Zwaard, Wilko Fruit:

"Good citrus sales, only lemons lag behind"

The Moroccan Nadorcott mandarin season is in full swing at Wilko Fruit in Breda. "So far the season has been going well. Last week, sales to the market traders were a bit…

Special Asia

Japan Export Trade Organization arranges food exhibition in Hong Kong to stimulate Japanese export

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Hong Kong office recently announced that they will organize a food exhibition and online trade summit in Hong Kong, the main…

Global Focus Organics

Week delay for start of Peruvian organic avocados, overall higher volumes expected

The avocado harvest on the north coast of Peru starts in March and runs through the middle of June. For Inkawald, the Hass avocado production is centered around organic…

Dan Davis on North America’s shrinking apple supplies

“Everyone turns their eyes towards Washington”

Supplies of Washington apples are significantly lighter than normal and can’t keep up with the current demand. “Yields were down this season and about 15 to 20 percent below…

Lualtek

LoRaWAN technology for remote greenhouse monitoring and management

LoRaWAN technology is at the service of agriculture. A solution to monitor and plan greenhouse activities featuring the LoRaWAN system - a wireless radio technology for the…

Simon Martin - The Food Heroes

"We are not looking to be the biggest brand supplier, but we want to be the best”

The Food Heroes has been in place for around three years and likes to do things a bit differently. “At the Food Heroes we are not looking to be the biggest brand supplier, but…

Jeff Watkin of Sev-Rend:

“We anticipate high demand for consumer-sized packaging to continue through 2021”

The packaging trends in 2020 took a turn from the trajectory they have been on in recent years. Jeff Watkin of packaging company Sev-Rend discusses the new trends they…

PMA virtual town hall

Addressing workforce and recruitment challenges during the pandemic

This week’s PMA Virtual Town Hall looked at the changes that have taken place in the workforce in the past year, and how the events of the pandemic have disrupted our work…

Could this system make transporting goods between the EU and UK less complicated?

TIR, which stands for Transports Internationaux Routiers (International Road Transport), is the only global transit system. The TIR system is currently used in 64 countries,…

Seminis winter melon event 3rd edition goes 100% virtual

Seminis, (Bayer Vegetable Seed Division) organized individual and personalized meetings over two weeks with several players in the melon industry, with the objective of…

BASF enlarges its lettuce portfolio with more resistant varieties to cover the entire cycle

Between 15 and 19 February, BASF is holding a new Lettuce & Spinach Demo Field event at its facility in La Palma in Cartagena (Murcia) to showcase its new…

White paper

How postharvest interventions contribute to improving food systems

The white paper explores the potential of postharvest interventions in a food systems perspective. It is widely known that postharvest management contributes…

Greenyard

From fork to field:

How do fresh mangos end up on your plate?

Greenyard conducts sustainable business with all the parties in its supply chain, from farm to logistics. How do fresh mangoes end up on your plate? We guarantee the…

University of Toronto student team

Prize-winning team uses AI to beat banana blight

Fuelled by a changing climate, plant pathogens encounter increasingly favourable conditions to spread and wreak havoc on global crop yields. But could…

US retail sales report

Fresh produce continues on strong growth path in January

“Early on in the pandemic, we saw shoppers indulging in more comfort foods,” said Jonna Parker, Team Lead Fresh for IRI. “But 64% of shoppers started 2021 with New Year’s…

Texas A&M AgriLife Research looks to guide future control methods

Global fight against Fall Armyworm gets Texas boost

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have declared war on the fall armyworm. Greg Sword, Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of…

Partnership between Driscoll's and Israel-based Consumer Physics

New technology measures and rewards berry sweetness

Berry brand Driscoll's announced yesterday a partnership with Israel-based Consumer Physics to leverage its SCiO technology to apply to Driscoll's quality measurement process.…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 12-02-2021)

Week 6 avocado shipments from Peru to Europe: 114,000 cartons of Greenskins, 13,000 units of Hass

In Week 6, the Hass supply to the EU was dominated by Spanish and Israeli shipments. Israel shipped 215,000 cartons of Greenskin avos and 445,000 cartons of Hass (total:…

Rio Negro's pear and apple exports to Latin America grew in 2020

According to the Northern Patagonia Regional Center of the National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (SENASA), Rio Negro's pear and apple exports to…

Peru

Procitrus associates will export 6% more citrus this year

The general manager of Procitrus, Sergio del Castillo Valderrama, stated that the companies affiliated with the Association of Citrus Producers of Peru…

Afresh Technologies - San Francisco

‘AI-driven platform powers the future of fresh food’

For supermarkets, the perpetual question is: how can stores make sure they have enough of the fresh foods their customers crave at just the right, ripe moment,…

Kalettes and caulilini also in the public eye

Is broccolini going to be the new kale?

Is broccolini the new kale? For a while, kale was the must-eat food that was on every shopping list. The trendy green crossed over from being a healthy…

Blueberries may reduce age-related diseases

It's common knowledge that fruits and vegetables are very healthy for you. Certain fruits are in fact known as superfoods, due to their numerous health…

Retail

Dreamstime

Tata Group has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in BigBasket

Carrefour: Best sales performance in 20 years

Switzerland: Coop reports ‘stable profit’ in FY 2020Coop Switzerland has posted a ‘stable profit’ of CHF539mln (€499.2mln) in its financial year 2020 with sales amounting to…

FreshPlaza Funny

Family trait

Deel deze op

Laden...

Andere nieuwsbrieven van Agf.nl

Notizie | mercoledì 31 marzo 2021 Agf.nl
4 jaren geleden
Noticias | martes, 30 de marzo de 2021 Agf.nl
4 jaren geleden
Noticias | martes, 30 de marzo de 2021 Agf.nl
4 jaren geleden

Meer nieuwsbrieven van Agf.nl

Laden...

Gerelateerde nieuwsbrieven

Bekijk andere categorieën

Agrarisch | Boerderij Biologisch Informatie