Tomato news archive
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Italian growers face up to fire and ice
Severe hailstorms and extreme heat leave parts of Italy’s fruit and vegetable production base battered and bruised
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Tesco: “Our suppliers want certainty”
Tesco’s Dominic Morrey stressed the importance of long-term certainty for producers at a Lords horticulture inquiry, naming fair pricing and a workable seasonal workers scheme as priorities
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Bonnysa expands value-added offering
Commercial director Jorge Ignacio Brotóns explains how the company’s pivot to premium is paying off
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RedStar confirms key board appointment
Dutch tomato specialist has named Marieke van Heeswijk as the latest member of its supervisory board
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Sakata confirms intermediate ToBRFV resistance
Four varieties play a ”crucial role” in grower programmes to help mitigate the significant challenges ToBRFV presents
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BiomicAgritech’s top-down growing method brings rewards
Trials of its unique labour-saving cultivation method for trellised greenhouse vegetables are showing excellent results, according to BiomicAgritech
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News
Prominent utilises neuromarketing
Tomato specialist has established a partnership with Unravel Research to get a complete picture of what drives consumers
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BelOrta uses Einstein to promote smart snacking
The Belgian cooperative is hoping to bring out students’ “inner Einstein” during the exam period, depicting the scientific genius on its tomato shakers this month
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Italy floods: millions of fruit trees must be replanted
Last week’s terrible flooding has apparently choked the roots of fruit trees across Emilia Romagna, precipitating a major disaster for the region’s fresh produce busines
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Photos: Global Tomato Congress 2023
A selection of pictures from Fruitnet’s Global Tomato Congress, which brought more than 300 people from 50 countries together at the Beurs-WTC in Rotterdam on 16 May 2023
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News
Bayer strengthens ToBRFV resistance research
The company’s new Dutch quarantine facility improves testing and enables solid resistancy claims
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Syngenta unveils ‘ToBRFV Resistant’ seal at Global Tomato Congress
New label signals rugose resistance in tomatoes sold all around the world
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Innovation breeds success for Semillas Fitó
The Barcelona-based company outlines its formula for bringing profitable new varieties to market
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News
Major challenges ahead for tomato business
Cindy van Rijswick of Rabobank reports on the state of the industry as the Global Tomato Congress in Rotterdam gets underway
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Gala event honours Adora tomato
The evening also celebrated the winners of the inaugural Adora de Oro awards
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EU tomato producers call for action to protect viability of sector
Warning that community production under threat from uncontrolled imports from Morocco and new Farm to Fork strategy
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The future is now for Syngenta
Syngenta and Four Growers are collaborating to create the future of tomato production through robotic tomato harvesting
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Aeon introduces cross-category GGN label in Japan
GGN is a consumer label that stands for certified, responsible farming and transparency and is available across a range of fresh produce
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Veg Power launches ‘Growing to Love’
New school tomato-growing project aims to encourage veg acceptance among children and help them learn where food comes from
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Analysis
Tomatoes remain big business
Growth in volume and value of globally traded fresh and chilled tomatoes shows the appetite remains for the salad staple