Apricots

Europe has experienced some frosts in Greece and northern Italy and has been affected by the lack of cold hours during the winter, which has caused an overall decrease of 7% in the apricot crop forecast compared to last season, with some 500,000 tonnes.
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The traditional medFEL crop predictions were revealed this morning. 2021 was a catastrophic year for the European apricots due to the frost that affected all production basins and caused significant losses. In 2022, the frost episodes were particularly severe in Spain, the most affected
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For more than ten years, the southern French fair has been an important date in the calendars of national and international industry experts. Not least, certainly, because in addition to the good opportunity for networking with local players, the preliminary estimate of the apricot harvest
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The harvest of the earliest summer fruit varieties in the districts of la Costera and Vall d'Albaida is about to start and producers have confirmed that the plum has, once again, experienced a bad setting that will lead to a 70% decrease in its harvest, according to the first estimates. read more

In March, EastFruit reported on the formation of green apricot fruits in the orchards of the southernmost administrative-territorial unit of Uzbekistan – in the Termez district of the Surkhandarya region. About a month later, exports of apricots of the new crop from this region started. read more

The first Spanish stone fruits have already arrived in Italian markets: in the last few days we have found peaches (click here to read more) at very high prices; read more

Fresh apricots of a new crop became available in supermarkets in the capital of Uzbekistan at the beginning of the second decade of April and have fallen in price by more than 3 times over this time, EastFruit experts report. read more

Although the unstable weather of the last few weeks does not hint at summer, inevitably, the warm season is at the starting line and the first fruits of the season are beginning to appear in the markets. read more

The apricot orchards of Alanar are still young, but the Turkish fresh produce exporter does expect to harvest more than a thousand tons annually, says Yigit Gokyigit, commercial coordinator for Alanar. read more

Today, more than ever, mountain agriculture in South Tyrol is faced with the challenge of producing foodstuffs that differentiate themselves on the market through their quality and the guarantee of regional origin; read more

Although volumes are still low, Turkish stone fruits are slowly coming on to the market. In the following weeks, the stone fruit season will fully kick off. read more

The Murcia-based cooperative Frutas y Cítricos de Mula, Frucimu, expects the organic apricot campaign to start in a couple of weeks. "The harvest will start with a delay of about 10 days compared to last year, around week 17/18, because this year has been warmer and the cold has been more
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Our video about the famous Tajik dried apricots, which are dried and processed right in the orchard or in the field, caused a flurry of comments. Most commenters were indignant that dried apricots are dried in unsanitary conditions right in the field with insects and dust, and that even on the
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Last nights' frost has compromised production in 2023. This was pointed out by Paolo Lavagnini from San Benedetto, an official of the Eastern Lombardy Cia in Mantua, who collected numerous reports from member companies; read more

Over the past few nights, the frost has made itself felt on fruit and vegetable production in Emilia-Romagna. As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more), apricots and stone fruits in general were among the most affected crops. For an update on the situation we have
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It is not even mid-April, the temperatures remind us of February, but Italian apricots are already beginning to peep into the market in Rome. For a few years now, in fact, a small producer in Marsala, who grows the product in a greenhouse and beats everyone in time, harvesting apricots
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The early start of vegetation together with the recent low night temperatures have caused serious frost damage in Austrian fruit growing, according to information from the 'Agricultural Information Centre' (AIZ). According to the report, stone fruit with apricots are particularly affected,
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Currently, the early growing areas of Spain are slowly but surely starting this year's stone fruit harvest. In a few weeks, the first apricots, peaches and nectarines will hit the German market. Compared to other fruit crops, stone fruit is considered to be particularly sensitive to weather
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Today was a bitter if not dramatic awakening for many farmers in the province of Bologna, especially in the Valsamoggia area. For the second night in a row, the temperature dropped below zero: late frosts hit apricot trees, cherry trees,
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Brokers of Moldovan insurance companies claim that in 2023, the number and amount of insurance transactions for cherry, sour cherry, apricot, and peach orchards against spring frosts decreased by 1.5-2 times compared to last year. The main reason is the amendments with administrative
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