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.…