Plums from France: "2023 will be a decisive year for the industry".
"The 2023 campaign announces itself with a great potential to be exploited", stressed Joël Boyer, President of the French plum association AOPn Prune at the General Assembly in Moissac

IFN takes Romagna blueberries around Italy with 26,000 likes
Having only 3 thousand square metres of blueberries and receiving a volume of requests that exceeds all expectations, arousing interest even from Estonia. This is what happened to Lorenzo Dradi

"We can only hope that the stone fruit harvested in 15 days will be larger"
The stone fruit production in the Spanish region of Aragon is back to its full potential this year after the frosts of 2022 and 2021, even though the spring weather conditions have also taken

“We are finally going to have a proper plum campaign!”
The cherry season has come to an end “without having really started, unfortunately,” explains Eric Tastayre, managing director of Apifood. On the other hand, the plum season, which begins this

Medium-late apricots focus on size
The apricot marketing campaign has not got off to the best start; between product shortages in vocated areas such as Romagna and rainy weather that has compromised quality, apricots have not yet

RedPop, Vog's snack apple aims to grow in Italy
Vogpopo is also targeting Italy with RedPop, the apple-shaped snack. And it aims to replicate the success achieved in the UK, where it is present in Waitrose & Partners outlets and where, thanks

“Demand for plums remains high while peach and nectarine prices plummet”
Extremadura is Spain's main plum-producing area and it's already in the middle of the plum campaign. So far, demand has remained high and prices are very acceptable as there is no more Chilean

Syngenta's innovations in brassicas for spring cycles
In Viterbo, producers are preparing for the planning of the next brassica campaign. An extremely reliable partner is Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, one of the world's leading players in the segment,

Italy: Restrained start and new varieties in summer fruit in Emilia-Romagna
The summer fruit campaign has started very quietly in Emilia Romagna. This year's stone fruit quantities proved to be "very low", comments Giancarlo Minguzzi, president of the regional

South Africa/Citrus: Discussion on EU Citrus Regulation continues
The South African citrus industry is now continuing its campaign against the new EU citrus import regulations at the upcoming African Union-European Union (AU-EU) Conference of Ministers of

South Africa resumes citrus shipments to the US after they had been disrupted by storms
After a week of heavy rains and flooding, the second conventional South African refrigerator ship carrying citrus fruits from the Western Cape region, whose campaign will last until October,

Six-week campaign will showcase different Australian-grown foodstuffs
It’s no secret that the cost of living is biting into the weekly food budget and Australians are rethinking how they can make every dollar go further. Research commissioned by the National

Aid of 8 million euros for Jerte cherries due to extreme weather conditions
The Council of Ministers has approved this Tuesday the allocation of 8 million euros to help producers in the Jerte Valley (Cáceres) who have been affected by extreme weather conditions during

Spain's potato area fell by 2.5% in 2023
According to the data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Spain devoted 61,922 hectares to producing potatoes in 2023, i.e. 2.5% fewer hectares than in 2022. Despite

'Lemons, the campaign has recovered in the final'
In Sicily, the Bianchetto lemon campaign continues, which is produced by the members of CAI, the Cooperativa Agricoltori Ionici based in Furci Siculo and which can boast 70% organic lemon

EU citrus regulation battle continues
A lack of support from South Africa’s government in ensuring an effective citrus export industry has been highlighted, as losses mount from a variety of problems. The South African citrus

Manzanas Livinda, almost a decade claiming origin and proximity
The premium apple brand Livinda, from the Nufri Group, has been carrying out promotional actions for almost ten years that have focused on identifying the origin, the proximity of the product and

Salix Fruits expands summer citrus programme
Salix Fruits is expanding its summer citrus campaign, with imports into the US forecast to reach than 1m cartons this year, an increase of 30 per cent on 2022. US sales manager Mechi Gatti said

Caña Nature gives 'caña' to summer with its healthiest campaign
Caña Nature, the food brand, launches its summer campaign under the claim "Dale Caña Al verano". An initiative that aims to promote healthy eating during the hottest months of the year,

Netto Marken-Discount campaign focuses on products from the region
Favourable, regional, transparent - with an extensive campaign, Netto Marken-Discount is making its special appreciation for fruit and vegetable products and local agriculture clear on all

Spanish pitahaya campaign kicks off in Huelva
The pitahaya is already one of Huelva's many crops. The campaign of this exotic fruit is starting this week with the first harvests, and those lots will find their way into the European markets as

Prickly pears, flowering promises positive horizons
Etna is in bloom with its most representative fruit, the prickly pear. An expanse of 'sluices' (the plots intended for growing prickly pears, ed.) colour the slopes of the volcano and companies

Mountain strawberries, campaign kicks off in Vinschgau
The campaign for the mountain strawberries produced by the VIP growers, cultivated in the Vinschgau Valley and the adjacent Martell Valley, in the heart of the Stelvio National Park, where, thanks

Start of the 12th Zero Waste Living Award
Good practices do not go on holiday, at least this is the hope of the Last Minute Market's Zero Waste campaign, which with the onset of summer - from Wednesday 21 June - has launched the call for