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When it comes to tomatoes, nothing beats a fresh, ripe fruit plucked directly from the vine. “If you can pick them right in your backyard, that’s what you’d want to do,” said Steve Hirzel, the president of Northwood-based Hirzel Canning Co. “That’s essentially what we’re doing.” Hirzel is in the middle of its two-month busy

Luigi Sandei, owner and president of the company Protec, celebrated a special moment in his life: his 50 years of activity. Visionary and innovative mind of the Parmas’s agri-food sector, he designed in 1965 (in an old recycled building) the first tomato harvesting machine in Europe, which was built afterwards in 1968, in the new

Until July 16, 2016, 232 000 tonnes of fresh tomatoes were processed, a third of the quantities to be processed for the current season, announced Monday the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries. The ministry said in a statement published at the end of a working session dedicated to the tomato industry, that the

New pictures of the Spanish fields affected by the hailstorms last week. Last information received from the Coop. Association is that in total over 4.000 Has of tomatoes has been affected in more or less measure, from which 1.200 Has have been totally destroyed and therefore more than 100 millions kilos has been lost just

  Extremadura region did face very heavy hailstorms yesterday afternoon and the climatic alert is still valid for today. Early field reports indicate that at least 600 hectares have been affected with very severe damages on some parcels.   Tomatoland, July 7th, 2016 You should login or purchase a subscription to view this content Username or

Declaration Xinjiang Chalkis Tomato Enterprise Co., Ltd.,. Chalkis is now informing all clients about change of the business organization and management team responsibilities and consequently making the following declaration: 1) Starting from May 18th 2016, Mr. XinShi Yuan (Tony) was not authorized to conclude any contracts, negotiations and any commercial type of business in the

In South & Central Italy, the price negotiation was concluded on June 9 with an average reference price of 87 €/t for round tomatoes (intended for paste) and 97 €/t for long tomatoes (intended for canning). The contract prices in 2015 were respectively 95 €/t and 105 €/t, although average price paid were lower, and

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