Australia: Senate reaches compromise to finally pass backpacker tax

The deal "effectively ends the 18 month saga that has significantly dented confidence in Australia as a backpacker destination".

December 01 , 2016

Bio Südtirol: Taking organic apples beyond EU standards

Yields may be around 30% lower for organic apples compared to their conventional counterparts in northern Italy, but growers are increasingly turning to the category in a bid for better returns and a cleaner environmental footprint.

December 01 , 2016

Field visit: Small Italian farms punch above their weight in apple industry

A jovial atmosphere pervades the harvest of Cripps Pink apples as the South Tyrol season draws to an end, but the region is not short on challenges.

November 30 , 2016

Dutch company revolutionizes pineapple purchases with self-service slicer

A company that is taking a new approach to buying pineapples in supermarkets recently shipped its first machine to the U.S.

November 30 , 2016

Not golden but yellow: New apple brand launched at Interpoma

Japanese-bred Shinano Gold has shown promising results in northern Italy, where the new brand "Yello" has been developed with commercial planting now underway.

November 25 , 2016

Australia: APAL wins appeal against Pink Lady America

The Supreme Court of Victoria has determined Pink Lady America has "no right to use the Pink Lady trademarks registered in Chile".

November 25 , 2016

Ecuadorian company develops near-year-round table grape production

Agrícola Pura Vida says the climate it in which it grows table grapes give it huge advantages over the U.S. an Chile, as the harvest extends for 10 months a year.

November 25 , 2016

U.S.: Trump to withdraw from TPP "on day one" in office

It has been suggested that the U.S. pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership could be of great benefit to China, which is trying to forge its own regional free trade agreement.

November 23 , 2016

Wageningen University developing robots for produce quality control

To date the industry has used "human sensors" in produce quality control, but what if researchers could automate the process?

November 22 , 2016

Devastating Xylella disease spreads into Spain

Since being detected in Europe in 2013, what has been described as the 'Ebola of olive trees' has since spread from Italy to France, and now also to Spain.

November 22 , 2016