Additional funding for the development of flying harvest robots (video)

Spain is the largest recipient of EU funding

New KIKU partner in Croatia: producer organization Domaće Voće

From waste to a valuable product: grape pomace

Huge potential for ‘superberry’ Aronia

French apples stranded in the Strait of Hormuz

Fewer incorrect country of origin labels in Poland

Peach growers in trouble due to the closure of the Del Monte factory

Unattractive fruits and vegetables sell quite well

Control of bacterial canker made difficult by pathogen adaptations

Cosmic Crisp now also available in Germany, Austria and the UK

EFM2026-03 now available online

Enemy of Spotted Wing Drosophila -Leptopilina japonica- now also found in the Netherlands

Local fruit in schools in Sint-Truiden

Preferred position for New Zealand apples in India

Apples against bad breath

Invitation to AREFLH public conference

EFM2026-02 now available online

Visit VOEN at Fruchtwelt Bodensee

Fruchtwelt Bodensee from 20 to 22 February

Almost 500,000 tonnes more apples in cold stores

Over 95,000 tonnes more pears in EU cold stores

Apple drone show over Dresden

Norddeutsche Obstbautage 2026

Hedges and flower strips in the orchard's surroundings of vital importance for cherry pollination

Pesticides in bedrooms

EFM2026-01 now available online

Cultivation and harvesting costs rise to unprecedented levels

Pear variety assortment on the move

Good results with Wurtwinning/Bloss with the right cultivation measures

Production of Wellant in North Germany to increase in the next few years

Interest in Polish apples on the rise

First Chilean cherries arrived in China on 5 December

IFO launches Cristal apple variety

Competitiveness of Chilean fruit industry at risk

Fruchtwelt Bodensee from February 20 to 22, 2026

VIP: +10% increase of organic apples

EU apple and pear crop revised upwards

Dutch apple and pear production higher than estimated

Falling prices and rising labour costs in the US

Conference forces out southern hemisphere pears

Tackling spotted wing drosophila with Asiatic parasitic wasp

EFM2025-11 now available online

Frost protection measures in fruit growing are essential – new test results

Drapeau system in fruit growing proves successful

Many large cherries from narrow trees – advantages and disadvantages of cultivation systems in comparison

Emergency aid for fruit growers in Eastern Europe

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