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Istat publishes retail sales figures for January
2024-03-18 00:00
As of January 2024, ISTAT reports, retail sales indices will be disseminated with the new 2021 reference base set at 100. For details on the change of the base for retail sales indices, please refer to the related Information Note, which was released
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Chandler 80 walnut, bad weather in Chile pushes up price
2024-03-15 00:00
Since the beginning of March, the price of Chilean Chandler 80 shelled walnuts delivered to Europe has increased by 13%, +51% compared to March 2023. This is the figure that emerges from an analysis by Areté - The Agri-Food Intelligence Company -, a company that provides analysis services and
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Agricola Lusia supports The City of Hope
2024-03-15 00:00
Agricola Lusiarinno renews its support for the City of Hope Foundation, a non-profit organisation set up in 1994 with the aim of raising funds for the fight against paediatric diseases, particularly oncological and rare ones. The Research is Life project will finance research calls for
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Patata della Sila Igp campaign is coming to an end
2024-03-15 00:00
The campaign of Patata della Sila Igp is coming to an end over one month in advance, just like last year. "Sowing was around one month late and, therefore, harvesting started in late September, meaning the produce was commercialized late," reports Albino Carli, director of Consorzio Produttori
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The Arizona State Senate is the latest in a line of defenders fighting to protect Arizona businesses and American consumers of fresh tomatoes. On February 15, 2024, Senate President Pro Tempore Thomas "T.J." Shope read a proclamation on the Senate Floor calling on the Department of Commerce to
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“Peru’s ginger supplies low due to 60% less sowing”
2024-03-14 00:00
Peru's ginger supplies remains limited despite good demand in their key markets of Europe, the USA and Canada. Leandro Manuel Llacctarimay Figueroa, Sales and Operations Manager from Agroexportaciones Llacta: "The supply in Peru is limited at this time because sowing in 2022 was 60% less
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Signs of recovery in February, inflation eases
2024-03-14 00:00
February brings some signs of recovery for the fruit and vegetable department in large-scale distribution, especially if one compares the data with the previous month: consumption is still negative, but in a decidedly more subdued way, and inflation is falling appreciably. The variables affecting
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Strawberries, still a slight decrease in areas for 2024 (-1%)
2024-03-13 00:00
Cso Italy took stock of the areas cultivated with strawberries and small fruits (blueberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, blackberries) in our country. For 2024 there is a new slight decline in strawberry cultivation (-1%, same decrease as in 2023). According to last year's figures, only
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Río Negro sees big rise in cherry exports
2024-03-12 13:00
Cherry exports from Argentina’s Rio Negro grew 43 per cent in 2023, reaching 1,846 tonnes, according to data from the Argentine Chamber of Integrated Cherry Producers (CAPCI). The figures reflect an increase of around 11 per cent on the average for the past five years, but are short of the
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Poland, a top-10 global exporter of fresh blueberries, has emerged as one of the most rapidly expanding markets for the fruit, sourcing increasingly from abroad, EastFruit reports. Notably, as of the close of 2023, Poland has ascended to the ranks of the top 8 largest importers of fresh
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February cedar nut exports from Tomsk of Russia to the UAE surpass total 2023 figures
2024-03-12 00:00
On February 19, 2024, specialists from the Federal Service Rosselkhoznadzor issued a phytosanitary certificate for the shipment of 2 tons of cedar nuts from the Tomsk region to the United Arab Emirates. This marks a significant increase, almost 12% more of the valuable Siberian delicacy than the
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US (MO): Project GREEEN supports ‘rapid response time’ to fight emerging plant pathogens
2024-03-11 00:00
Emerging diseases in plant agriculture sometimes appear without warning. What are Michigan farmers to do when one pops out of the blue and impacts their industry? For 25 years, Project GREEEN has aided in the quick counter to some of Michigan's most pressing issues surrounding infectious plant
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UK farmers will plant a million fewer apple trees this year
2024-03-11 00:00
Amid concerns over the viability of apple production in the UK, growers are set to plant significantly fewer trees this year. British Apples and Pears Limited (BAPL) reveals that, traditionally, the industry aims to plant between one million and 1.5 million trees annually. However, this year's
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Figs from Brazil continue to interest high-end shoppers in Europe says Rafael Fabiano, from Campal Frutas in Brazil. "Fig exports from Brazil are now heading for the last half of the season with prices that are around the middle-level of €4 to €4.50, which is a good price for both selling
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“The hail was like a machine gun”
2024-03-07 00:00
"Feared by most farmers" reads the message accompanying a photo of a hail stone that fills a hand, taken on Monday late afternoon in the Bo-Langkloof, west of the Langkloof proper, where mostly pomefruit is grown, along with some stonefruit, figs and pomegranates.Dominique van Reenen of the
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KiKoKà, European consortium formalised
2024-03-07 00:00
Historic meeting at a notary's office in Turin to formalise the constitution of the 'KiKoKà Europe' consortium: 11 members from France, Greece, Spain and Italy - 1,550 hectares of authorised cultivated area - 2 varieties of yellow-fleshed kiwi - a major partnership with
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Reinforcements arrive in the fight against Cipero
2024-03-07 00:00
For potato growers, there seems to be no peace. After elateridae, a weed of the genus Cyperus, in this case Cyperus esculentus (click here to read more), is now threatening crops. This weed is considered so dangerous that it has been included in the
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Laimburg Research Centre: Sensor-supported traps and artificial intelligence against insect pests
2024-03-06 09:00
The aim of the project is to find new solutions in the fight against insect pests in South Tyrolean fruit growing. This includes the development and evaluation of traps with new attractants in combination with intelligent sensors and artificial intelligence. These are to be used for this purpose,
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Suspended Russian skater blames positive doping test on grandfather's strawberry dessert
2024-03-06 00:00
Kamila Valieva, a banned Russian figure skater, attributed her positive doping test to a strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather's heart medication. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) detailed in its report that Valieva, 15 at the time, claimed the banned substance trimetazidine
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Flower prices in Kazakhstan have surged by 8% over the past year
2024-03-05 00:00
According to January figures, plant and flower prices in Kazakhstan surged by 8.2% over the year. The Karaganda region saw the most significant rise at 41.5%, followed by Almaty (18.1%) and Astana (14.5%). While prices remained stable in Aktobe, Jambyl, and Zhetysu. Prices dropped in Pavlodar
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