FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
Fyffes Celebrates Opening of New Packhouse in Costa Rica
Fyffes has continued to invest in its own banana production in Costa Rica by building a new packhouse at its farm Victoria in Sarapiqui de Heredia, Costa Rica. The new packhouse has been designed to promote employee wellbeing and safety while enabling improved efficiencies and supporting our sustainability targets.
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.
CIV strawberry/apple variety innovation at the MACFRUT Exhibition in Rimini
The President Mauro Grossi: “CIV at the International Show of Nursery and Varietal Innovation in Rimini to present the fruit of the Research program of apple and strawberry breeding and to meet with operators of the sector and European and international partners”.
Ingenyo F1, the latest from Vilmorin-Mikado
The new variety from its NyO range for the early segment incorporates resistances to nematodes and powdery mildew and it has a higher percentage of GG fruit than Nyobi F1 and Nyostar F1
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.
