20 February 2012
With South Africa expecting a higher apple crop, and a slight reduction in pear production, the new season is in full swing At Betko’s state of the art packing facility outside Villiersdorp in South Africa’s Western Cape regio...
20 February 2012
A new red seedless table grape variety, Sweet Celebration, has been harvested and packed for the first in South Africa. The first grapes will be on the shelves of JS Sainsbury in the UK during the second week of March. It is an...
18 February 2012
Reports from New Zealand suggests that the deal in which German giant Baywa is taking over control of Turners & Growers is in the final stages of approval. With already having secured a 70,8 per cent stake in New Zealand agri...
17 February 2012
Two of Europe's leading groups of fruit and vegetable producer organisations, Finaf in France and Gruppo Mediterraneo in Italy, have decided to merge. Fruitnet.com reports that the merger between to grower organizations in Eu...