U.S. ag secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the potential for 21 innovative projects to increase fertilizer capacity. Public comments end in early February 2023.
- Potato processor Lamb Weston predicts an increase in net sales for 2023. How this optimism translates to potato grower contracts is still to be negotiated.
- South African company Dragonfly Aerospace has announced lift-off of its satellite on January 3. 2023 from the SpaceX launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It’s billed as a space solution for earth’s problems.
- Be in Berlin, February 8-10, 2023. That’s the invitation of Fruit Logistica’s organizers who are spotlighting launches of innovative products and technologies. The white strawberry variety, Florida Pearl, is one such example.
- The BASF vegetable seeds business acquires ASL, a melon breeding company specializing in orange-fleshed melons. The seed production and breeding facilities near Avignon, France will be integrated into BASF’s global network of 23 breeding stations.…