California Almond Stewardship Platform System simplified for better grower experience

The California Almond Stewardship Platform (CASP) led by the Almond Board of California (ABC) has been improved to better meet the needs of industry members. The online CASP…

Syniti brings focus to data management for Zespri Horizon digital transformation

Kiwifruit cooperative Zespri has partnered with enterprise data management vendor Syniti as part of its Horizon digital transformation programme.  The $160 million Horizon transformation…

‘Data Supermarket' will assist NZ primary sector in identifying a greater range of suitable land opportunities

Although Te Puke is well-known as New Zealand’s kiwifruit capital, new research might indicate that this top spot could be contested in the future. Effectively, suitable…

"We have added functionality to apply piece-rates to packhouse jobs for punnet packing and lidding"

Established in 2017, AgPick have been a regular attendee at Hort Connections over the years. Henrietta Child, CEO at AgPick said that it is a great opportunity to showcase the company and connect with their customers in one location. "With customers all over Australia, this is a great opportunity to meet…

USDA launches organic INTEGRITY database trade partner module

On May 17, the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) expanded functionality for the USDA Organic INTEGRITY Database by launching a new Trade Partner Module. This new module is…

New financing solution supports shipments from Latin America to Europe

ProducePay has announced the expansion of its Quick-Pay solution to now support trade with buyers in Europe via ocean freight from Latin America. ProducePay initially expanded its Quick-Pay offering in October 2022, specifically to help Latin American growers ship fresh produce by ocean freight to the…

AI technology reduces food waste in Dutch supermarket's strawberry chain

Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the strawberry chain can accurately predict this fruit's shelf life. As a result, 70,000 fewer kg will be thrown away. It's a…

Real-time container tracking via myKN by Kuehne+Nagel

Congestion and capacity constraints have made container visibility in recent times an absolute necessity for supply chain management. The new Container Dashboard in…

WMBT Holdings collaborates with Sandomierz government in Poland

Du Guoyong, Deputy Secretary-General of the World Peace Ribbon Organization and Director General of the Poland Committee, accompanied Dr. Bauluo Zhang, Chairman of the GDE European Exchange, and other executives on a visit to Marcin Marzec, Mayor of Sandomierz in the Holy Cross Province of Poland. Both…

New Zealand fresh produce software provider savours surge of demand

New Zealand fresh produce software provider Radford Software Limited has expanded its global reach into new territories and categories as it continues to ride the wave of increased demand for its solutions which create operational efficiencies from "soil to supermarket." To capitalize on ongoing demand in…

Deep Impact AG

"AI will massively simplify sales planning"

The urgency of digitization is being recognized: In Switzerland, the Charter for the Digitization of the Swiss Agriculture and Food Industry, adopted in 2018, forms the basis for digital transformation. Since then, various studies - including foreign ones - have recently examined the potential of…

"With our payment tracker, customers see the exact status of the foreign payment"

If there is a sharply fluctuating exchange rate, iBanFirst's phone rings more often. "There are often two emotions that dominate, namely fear and greed," notes currency expert…

"We are looking forward to speaking with growers and packers, learning about their businesses"

Hectre will be exhibiting at Hort Connections for the very first time and will be showcasing their Orchard Management and Fruit Sizing app. "We are looking forward to speaking with growers and packers, learning about their businesses, and hearing about the improvements they want, and need to, make," said…

Pixofarm GmbH

"More accurate yield estimation leads to information and competitive advantage"

The digitization of the fruit sector has accelerated in recent years, and with it the need for modern yield monitoring tools in fruit growing. For this purpose, Pixofarm GmbH, founded in 2019 and based in Vienna, has developed a sophisticated smart farming app that can be used to count the fruits on…

Researchers place sensors on a citrus farm to irrigate the crops sustainably and maintain fruit quality

Researchers from the Institute of Agri-Food Research and Technology (IRTA) have launched a demonstration of the "CITRUSREG: Digitization of irrigation in citrus cultivation through sensors and adaptation to climate change optimize water consumption" project, with the funding of the Department of Climate…

Carrot Ventures has announced the launch of Cellar Insights

Carrot Ventures has announced the launch of Cellar Insights. It is the second company emerging from Carrot's AgTech company formation model.   "We're extremely pleased to be launching Cellar Insights," says Martin Vetter, a venture partner with Carrot. "Reducing food loss and optimizing the quality of crops post-harvest…

“We are making good advances on speed, we have increased the speed by 30% in the last two months"

Ripe Robotics was founded in 2019 with only 100,000 USD as start-up capital to create a robotic fruit picker. The major developments started in 2021, with a new robot called Eve, and the serious testing began. “We have to make sure that things that we do in the shed actually work out in the field,” said…

New inventory system brings grower more insight and structure

Dutch strawberry grower Royal Berry started working with FRUIT stock software this year. This Dutch company used Excel sheets, but using the new inventory system brings them more insight and structure. Royal Berry chose the Klok Software system for its customer-friendly solution. Nannette Lammerts…

DiMuto closes deal with Montana Fruits to finance the company’s trade and exports to the European market

DiMuto, a global Agri-FinTech company, strengthens its presence in Latin America with the latest financing of Colombian fresh produce exporter Montana Fruits. The deal will first see DiMuto leverage its AI-powered financing solution to finance Montana Fruits’ exports to Europe, before expanding to its…

Replacing growers with AI: autonomous, low-cost strawberry farms

“We’re committed to making strawberry vertical farming accessible to a wider audience by investing in low-cost systems and R&D. This focus will enable more individuals and businesses to take advantage of the benefits of vertical farming and contribute to a more sustainable food production ecosystem,”…

Social impact labels help connect consumers to farm workers

As consumers are becoming more and more interested in not only where their food comes from but who the people are behind their food procurement, one company is helping propel the stories of farm workers in produce. Thx! is a social impact program helping farm workers achieve their dreams. It began five…

"Making salad with smart robots"

Having a bunch of grapes picked and packed by a robot already requires a lot of technology. But it can be even more complicated: automatically preparing a ready-made salad. Researchers from the Wageningen University & Research Agro Food Robotics programme will take up this challenge over the next five years, WUR writes. "The…

Drewry’s all-new Container Freight Portal combines ocean freight procurement and cost benchmarking intelligence

Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, the ocean freight cost benchmarking and procurement support division of Drewry Shipping Consultants, has announced the launch of Drewry Container…

Berno AG

"The online store already has strong acceptance"

Berno AG in Riet near Kerzers, Switzerland has recently introduced the Frutico ERP software. "For me as the managing director, it is very good to have an overview of everything at all times thanks to Frutico. We can see where something is lost, we can see lack of capacity utilization, we have the…

UK announces £100 mln investment in new generation AI Technology

£100 million to kickstart the delivery of the government’s major ambitions for the UK’s capability in safe and reliable foundation models has been announced by the Prime…

CropX closes $30m Series C in round led by Aliaxis

CropX Technologies, a prominent player in digital agronomic farm management, today announced the completion of a Series C financing round with $30 million in funding. The funding round was led by Aliaxis SA, a company enabling access to water and energy through inventive fluid management solutions.   The funding will…

IT executive featured panelist at CPMA 2023

ZAG Technical Services (ZAG), an IT consulting firm, managed services and IT security provider specializing in the ag and food & beverage industries, will speak on an expert panel about Cybersecurity – Before and After an Incident, at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association tradeshow in Toronto,…

Reading a tomato plant remotely

Have you ever walked through a greenhouse crop with a skilled grower who could intuitively "read" a plant as if the green leaves were lines on a page? This skill, which develops with time in the greenhouse, separates junior growers from head growers. The problem is that as greenhouses get bigger and the teams managing the crop…

Dutch company automatically traces onion storage crates using RFID Asset Tracking

Gourmet needed a system to track large product quantities more quickly and efficiently through its internal logistics chain. This Dutch company cultivates, selects, packages, and distributes a wide range of onions, shallots, and garlic. "Aucxis RFID Solutions suggested we use the ATLAS Forklift solution.…

Dutch online platform gets new director

This month, Bart Leemans began as director at the Dutch company Service2Fruit (S2F). He has extensive experience in both the fruit and vegetable sector. Bart started his fruit…

PM Modi hopes National Agriculture Market portal will aid farmers and consumers

Late last week PM Narendra Modi said that he believes that with the help of the National Agriculture Market (e NAM) portal, the nation’s farmers will be able to decide the…

"We have come a long way in the democratization of technology and innovation processes in Chile's agribusiness"

Hispatec Agrointeligencia, a leading company in technological solutions for global agriculture, will be present at two key events for the Chilean agricultural industry: the Global Cherry Summit and the South American Blueberry Convention. The South American Blueberry Convention 2023, will be hosted by…

California’s largest almond cooperative streamlines supply chain

California provides 80% of the world’s almond supply, but these volumes have to be able to be transported around the world. As the pandemic disrupted the supply chain at Blue…

Malaysia and China explore blockchain tech to facilitate Malaysian exports

Malaysia and China are exploring blockchain technology for preferential certificate of origin (PCO) to better facilitate Malaysia’s exports to China. The Ministry of…

Kiwifruit - 4.0 technologies to save water, fertilizers and energy

"While, on the one hand, the first positive results of what Sentek multilevel probes can achieve are starting to become known, on the other hand, it is not always clear that they also contribute to savings in terms of water, energy and fertilizers. Nonetheless, during a recent interview with Sergio…

New app is quick reference for perishable transport experts

FoodTransport is a free new app from the University of Florida postharvest experts; it gives out brief but dependable recommendations for shipping perishable foods via truck…

"Our supply of temperature loggers is stable"

The quality of fresh fruits and vegetables in logistics directly affects market prices, and temperature loggers plays an increasingly important role. It is the peak fruit…

The importance of a digital campaign notebook

"OP Ioppì's flagship reference, which is known to insiders, is tomatoes. But there is more! We grow the main greenhouse vegetable references, such as eggplants, bell peppers, courgettes, and other crops," says Roberta Tardera, marketing manager and sales assistant of the producer organization, based in…

Swiss AgTech startup Agrinorm secures 7-digit funding

Agrinorm, a Zurich-based AgTech startup, has secured a 7-digit round of financing to further develop their AI-powered software for quality risk management in the fresh produce value chains. The funding round was led by QBIT Capital and supported by renowned SICTIC investors, among others, Thomas Dübendorfer,…

"System can give full traceability as well as profit and loss from the field to the final customer"

These days traceability is everything, whether it’s for the end customer to see the provenance of the product or to get right back to the source if there are health issues. Further, what producer, packer, or supplier would not want to have every cost in the whole process from field to shelf itemized in…

Robotics discussed at Food Northwest Process & Packaging Expo

ZAG Technical Services (ZAG), an IT consulting firm, managed services, and IT security provider specializing in the agriculture and food and beverage industries, will attend, exhibit, and lead an event session on achievable business outcomes with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) at the Food Northwest…

Study: Moroccan mobile app helps reduce water consumption by 20-25%.

Morocco is facing its worst drought season in 3 decades. Due to the persistent drought, dam reserves and water tables are exhausted in several regions. The depletion of the water table is so severe that many farmers have stopped production altogether, while others rely totally on seawater desalination…

PepsiCo India announced a crop and plot-level predictive intelligence model

PepsiCo India, through its brand Lay's, on Thursday announced a crop and plot-level predictive intelligence model to help farmers with real-time tracking of the health of…

"The point isn't to eliminate human labor, but to make the work easier for my employees”

The current world is being taken over by AI. The internet has been flooded with illustrations, and even videos created by AI. While some people are concerned that may cost them their job, growers are very much looking forward to the infamous autonomous growing. The road to that is getting shorter and…

Australian citrus nursery uses data-driven analytics for more sustainable water management

Hitachi Vantara and Golden Grove Nursery in Australia have applied artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics and sensor technology to inform data-driven irrigation water management practices for sustainable, environmentally friendly food production.   Hitachi Vantara is the modern infrastructure, data management and…

The SENSOPLAG project aims to develop digital tools to predict and detect pests that threaten citrus crops

The Generalitat, through the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), finances the development of new digital tools for the early detection and prediction of the main pests that threaten citrus crops in the Valencian Community. “The goal is to design a more advanced and precise control system that allows…

“Taking the most out of your shipments is just one simple step away”

At Otflow, the mission is to reduce food waste on a global scale. Since 2018, their floor covers for containers have been used by over 100 exporters in over 30 countries. Over the past years, the team has been working on new ways to demonstrate the effect of their products, and as a result, they are now…

“Thanks to our connected solution, the goods transported by container can be followed in real time”

For the past ten years, Traxens has been providing shipping companies and professionals of the fruit and vegetable sector with electronic devices that can be placed on containers, permanently or temporarily. This allows them to track the progress of their goods in real time. “This system gives complete…

Africa Agri Tech event: Data plus tech will be paramount

During day two of the Africa Agri Tech, industry experts challenged delegates to think about the tech they use on their farms. They also underlined the importance of…

South African food supply is vulnerable to cyber criminals

South Africa’s agri sector is facing increasing exposure to cyber-attacks. One cyber-attack on Transnet brought ports to a standstill, halting exports, while an attack on…

“Having drones survey an orchard is convenient and saves man-hours”

Using drones to get all the data regarding an orchard’s status, the fresh produce industry is ready for it says Outfield co-founder Oli Hilbourne: “As the effects of climate change become increasingly concerning, many farmers will be put under pressure to mitigate events out of their control. The…

The next generation of onion grading

The next generation of onion grading is a sum of collective knowledge and experience, says a release from Ellips. It has been built up through years of close cooperation with onion growers and packers around the world. "Over these years, we gathered tons of data about all kinds of onion defects and…

BASF invests in WayBeyond

BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture capital company of BASF SE, is investing in WayBeyond. Founded in New Zealand and now headquartered in the United States, WayBeyond is an Internet of things (IoT) and software as a service (SaaS) company that aims to improve crop yields, crop quality, and grower…

Dutch company gets new ERP system

"It took six months of intensive collaboration with Alexander Schrijvershof, but now, we can proudly announce that on March 6, we went live, successfully, with our new ERP system, Zest. This system, developed by Alexander, will let our organization grow on a technological level. Our current way of doing…

"Soaring prices for fresh produce require a reduction in the number of intermediaries"

In the context of soaring consumer prices for fresh produce, calls to rethink sales circuits are growing. "Prices on the shelves are reaching a record high at the same time as producers are complaining about low margins, and some are even selling at a loss. This is because of the presence of too many…

Software solutions for the fresh food industry

Planning and controlling processes effectively are two of the most important things when it comes to fresh food. In reality, however, many companies struggle with insufficient…