Apricots
Currently, the supply of apricots on the German market is increasing. With the increasingly summery weather, the stone fruit is already being heavily promoted by food retailers at an early stage of the season, which is boosting demand.
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"A hailstorm impacted part of our apricot production"
2023-06-01 00:00
The stone fruit sector has been mainly concerned about the drought for the 2023 campaign. But for Anthony Oboussier, who produces cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines and kiwis in the Drôme department of France, this year’s harvest has been severely impacted by the excess of rainfall.
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Edible flowers, the new charge for sportsmen
2023-05-31 00:00
Edible flowers take the field, or perhaps it would be better to say the gym. Insalata dell'Orto, Europe's leading producer of edible flowers, will be present for the first time at Riminiwellness from 1 to 4 June with an innovative product designed specifically for sportsmen and women: a snack
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Apricots, two months of rain caused 60% of production to be lost
2023-05-31 00:00
The apricot season is beginning in Calabria but, as yet, the effect of the fine weather is far away and both production and consumption volumes remain at a standstill. Analysing the current situation and prospects for the coming monthsNatalino Gallo, president of Op Agricor of
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Early apricots in Greece suffered from weather conditions
2023-05-30 00:00
The weather has caused some issues for the early apricot varieties in Greece, says Paris Karastergios, import-export coordinator for Greek produce exporter Kastargiou P. Bros S.A.: “The Greek apricot campaign started only two weeks ago, with some Mogador apricots from southern Greece at the
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 29 May
2023-05-30 00:00
The apricot campaign has started with the Pricia variety for Italian production. The Sicilian and Latium watermelon campaign is also underway. Demand for cherries and melons penalised by the weather is not taking off. The marketing of strawberries is coming to an end. First batches of
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Relaunching fruit consumption: let's start with the minimum brix
2023-05-29 00:00
What happened to Fabrizio Pattuelli when testing apricots in this summer fruit launch and which you can read about in today's IFN (click here to read the full article) made me reflect on one of the main causes of the continuing debacle in summer fruit consumption:
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Lack of fruit and vegetables at the Lazio wholesale market
2023-05-29 00:00
The consequences of the flood in Emilia Romagna and the swift temperature changes are causing a lack in the supply of fruit and vegetables, affecting prices and consumption habits.
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Apricots: boutique prices but poor quality
2023-05-29 00:00
After the disappointments with cherries (Click here to read), we wanted to repeat the experience by buying apricots in a large-scale retail outlet, but we were not lucky this time either. In fact, the experience was even worse, demonstrating how, at the beginning of the campaign, the
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Flood effect, fruit prices up 15%
2023-05-29 00:00
A 15% increase in wholesale fruit prices compared to May 2022 and an increased dependence on Spain for supplies. These are some of the consequences of the flood estimated by the Centro Agroalimentare Roma observatory for the coming weeks. Less
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“Overnight, producers discovered they had no harvest to pick”
2023-05-29 00:00
According to the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Region of Murcia (Fecoam), the heavy rains have caused damages to apricot crops that range between 15 and 20 million euro.
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"With our organic apricot, we are at world championship levels"
2023-05-26 00:00
Brothers Michael and Christoph Simon are currently establishing an organic orchard in Mollram with 10,000 fruit trees, 5,000 of which are apricot trees. "Of course, we looked at similar projects in Germany and South Tyrol and everyone said we were crazy. Because the cultivation of the apricot
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"The demand for apricots is great, as long as they are good and of the right size."
2023-05-26 00:00
Although weather conditions are not typical for this time of the year, apricots are certainly in demand at the market. "It is a strange season. The bad weather not only impacted the yield of the early varieties, it also disrupted the production plans of growers and caused many growers to lose
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Hungary’s 2023 apricot export season, set to start next month, will see lower volumes sent to the rest of Europe due to widespread frost damage during spring. Last year producers and exporters in the country had a good season, with reasonable volumes, while prices received from Germany,
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Summer fruits, the Italiafruit analysis
2023-05-25 00:00
The hot weather is starting to make itself felt and summer fruit is pawing the market in Bologna. The supply of melons, however, is still surplus to demand. Apricots are also already present in significant quantities, but the quality is not excellent. Little attractive produce at the moment for
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French apricot volumes are slightly lower than last year
2023-05-25 00:00
According to Peaches and Apricots of France, “the very first harvest of French apricots will take place this week (week 20), and more significant volumes should arrive on the market from the end of next week (week 21) and in week 22. For the whole season, forecasts are based on a volume
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Bad weather causes damage in Sicily again
2023-05-24 00:00
Winds exceeding 100 km/h hit western, northern, and central Sicily on May 19th and 20th. Greenhouses covered in (old) plastic films and polytunnels were damaged, as well as many blossoming citrus fruit groves and orchards in full production. The immediate effects were apricot and peach drops, as
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"We are now increasingly importing our organic apricots from Spain instead of Italy"
2023-05-24 00:00
The massive rainfall in Italy is not only affecting the Emilia-Romagna region, but also other growing areas in the country.
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Confagricoltura ER: '10 million fruit trees to be grubbed up'
2023-05-22 00:00
Confagricoltura Emilia Romagna is beginning to write the numbers of the disaster in the crater hit by the flood. We are talking about at least 10 million fruit trees to be uprooted - in particular peach and kiwii trees, which are more sensitive to water stagnation, but also apricot trees - along the
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"A lot of apricots lost due to bad weather"
2023-05-19 00:00
When the rain comes down in buckets and at the wrong time, much of an entire year's work can be lost just like that. It happened to Adriano Vena, a grower from Montalbano Jonico, a village in the southern Italian province of Matera.
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