Figs

Figs are experiencing a season of ups and downs, and the main problem has been the rainy weather with few sunny days. A campaign that started late but in which there was no lack of satisfaction. Leonardo Mastrototaro, co-owner of the homonymous company, describes the picture to IFN,
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Sea-Intelligence has published issue 142 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including May 2023. As the report itself is quite comprehensive and covers schedule reliability across 34 different trade lanes and 60+ carriers, this press release
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Spaniards spent 2.7% more on food in 2022, a year marked by inflation, although this did not translate into higher consumption, which fell by 7.1% in volume compared to 2021. read more

'Help the planet. Save fruit and vegetables that are still good'. "I'm cool because I don't waste". And again: 'Five times a day feed yourself with the colours of fruit and vegetables'. This is said by a escarole, a pumpkin and a fig in the cartoons of the new mural that appeared a few days ago at the Ortomercato della
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Three and a half months before the start of Fruit Attraction, which celebrates its 15th anniversary from 3 to 5 October 2023, and in full marketing phase, the fair has already exceeded the total occupancy of the last edition with 58,700 m2. read more

Yesterday, Sweden’s krona hit a new record low as the country’s Central Bank Sveriges Riksbank raised rates and played down the possibility of market interventions. After the Riksbank announced it would raise interest rates by 25 basis points, the currency dropped to 0.0844 krona to the
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After a very good cherry harvest in 2022, lower yields are expected this year. The expected harvest of 855 t is 353 t below last year's harvest, the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office reported. read more

"Just when the industry was looking to recover from the pandemic, we’ve been plunged into an even greater state of crisis triggered by a number of factors. Increased production costs linked to soaring energy tariffs and the rate of inflation peaking at 11.5% last October – a figure that is
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Last week, the garlic division of the Spanish growers' association Asaja reported that about 30% of the garlic in its fields won't be harvested due to the impact of the persistent rains recorded in late May and early June. "I don't have access to exact figures, but I have heard that in
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The Council of Ministers gave the green light to the appointment of General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo as Commissioner for reconstruction after the floods that hit Emilia-Romagna and parts of Marche and Tuscany in early May. read more

In 2021, €477 million were invested in advertising food and beverages, a figure that does not include the distribution and catering sector, which allocated a further €455.8 million to advertising. This figure exceeds money spent on promoting cars, banks, beauty products, fashion items, and
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An orchestra that plays vegetables instead of classical musical instruments? It exists and is called the Vegetable Orchestra (click here to read more) read more

This figure is expected to continue to grow in the coming weeks as a result of the confidence of the companies in the sector and their commitment to this major international event, which has led IFEMA MADRID and FEPEX to incorporate Hall 1 of the fairgrounds to accommodate new companies and
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Three and a half months before the start of the 15th Anniversary of Fruit Attraction - from October 3 to 5 - and still in the midst of the commercialization phase, the fair has already exceeded the total occupancy of its last edition. It registered 58,700 square metres of fruit and vegetable
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Yesterday morning in the Senate, the 'Pachino Igp Award' was presented, an award instituted by the Consortium for the Protection of the PGI Pachino Tomato and which, starting this year, will be assigned to prominent figures from the worlds of institutions, agribusiness, journalism and entertainment who
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Agricultural company Planasa, which operates in Huelva, from its logistics center in Cartaya, and is the biggest Spanish player regarding red berries, has just started selling. This was announced by El Economista, which defines the operation as "the biggest competitive process of the year for
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Puglia's green florid fig campaign kicks off. Italian apricot production gets underway. There is a high trend for melons, especially row melons, while demand for watermelons is slow to start. Production of Italian cherries is very low. Trentino mountain strawberries
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The TEG Road Transport Price Index has revealed an overall price-per-mile increase of 1% in May, despite inflation finally hitting single digits at 8.7% in the UK. The index has risen 1.2% year-on-year, and last month’s figures are at their highest for May since the index began in 2019. read more

Benihort (Benicarlo/Castellón) expects to market 10 million kg of striped low-seeded watermelons in this year's campaign - provided the weather plays along. The 2023 campaign is expected to start at the end of June. The importance of this fruit for the cooperative is underlined by the
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On Sunday June 11th, 2023, activists from the collective Soulèvements de la Terre targeted a farm to the south of Nantes, as well as several experimental plots on the site of the Federation of Nantes Producers, destroying irrigation systems and lettuce plants. read more