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Residue-free cleaning and polishing of apples
A&P Service, based in Jork, is firmly established as a machine builder and supplier in the pome fruit industry. For many years now, the service provider has been providing advice and assistance to regional growers and traders in the Alte Land as well as to customers in other parts of Germany or in neighbouring countries. For the second half of the season of this apple year, which is characterised by Corona, the company is launching a machine innovation, says Managing Director Peter Schiffmann.
Peter Schiffmann at last year s Fruchtwelt Bodensee in Friedrichshafen.
New in the company s machine portfolio is the cleaning and polishing machine for apples. This novel process cleans and polishes apples in a gentle way, Schiffmann explains.The machine process is intended to contribute significantly to residue-free preparation and thus to better product quality of the product to be marketed. With the help of the machine, the respective us
Farmers always say that they care about the environment, while environmental protection organisations demand ever stricter regulations for the agricultural industry. With Germany’s new insect protection law, the conflicts of interest between the two groups have reached a new peak. EURACTIV Germany reports.
On Wednesday (10 February), the German government is due to vote on the draft of a new insect protection law.
However, the road ahead is still strewn with hurdles, which have embroiled the two ministries concerned in a deep dispute. For months, environment minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) and agriculture minister Julia Klöckner (CDU) have been discussing the new insect protection legislative package both internally and publicly.