Apple

According to EastFruit, some apple juice concentrate (AJC) factories in Moldova will complete the season of raw material procurement this week. There have been no queues of trucks loaded with apples from the orchard at the gates of enterprises since mid-November. Consequently, the supply is
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While the harvest of late apple varieties is coming to an end, Landgard member farms in the West are generally positive about the 2023 apple season. "The quality is very good and the fruit is beautifully coloured, stable and therefore also easy to store. The cold spring delayed the blossoming,
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After a good start for the Polish apple season, exports currently seem to have calmed down recently, according to Jakub Krawczyk, export manager for Polish apple exporter Appolonia: “The apple trade slowed down a bit in the last two weeks. Orders from Europe are not too big at the moment, we
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On November 3 in Georgetown, California, a black bear was recorded by Dayna Hawes' Ring camera, foraging for apples in her backyard. The bear, captured on film climbing and shaking an apple tree, was exhibiting behavior typical of hyperphagia—a feeding frenzy state common in black bears during
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According to the latest Consumer Price Index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from September to October, prices for various products in the US went up, but apple prices plunged 7.9%. This year, apples are plentiful thanks to great apple-growing weather in the spring. That, coupled with
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After a good start for the Polish apple season, exports currently seem to have calmed down recently, according to Jakub Krawczyk, export manager for Polish apple exporter Appolonia: “The apple trade slowed down a bit in the last two weeks. Orders from Europe are not too big at the moment, we
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German consumers want more homegrown apples in future, according to leading fruit and vegetable cooperative Landgard. read more

The forecasts are positive for India’s 2023/2024 (July-June) apple production, with the volume set to reach 2.41 million tons in anticipation of favourable weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Pear production is projected to total 312,500 tons, according to FAS Delhi
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It is difficult to find specific projects dedicated to children in the fruit and vegetable department and, therefore, we were positively 'taken aback' when, in a recent survey at a well-known retail chain, we came across a display depicting PAW Patrol(animated series that
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The Italian orange campaign has started with the Sicilian blond Navelina. Volumes of clementines are increasing, as are those of persimmons, which are benefiting from lower temperatures, and of chestnuts. With the arrival of Pink Lady, the range of different varieties of
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The harvest for the Greek apples is just about finished. According to Matoula Katsika, export and sales manager for Greek fruit exporter A.C. Kissavos, there are lower volumes available this season: “We have reached the end of this year's apple harvest season. As we can see from the quantities
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Numbeo, a widely recognized database for global cost-of-living comparisons, recently released a ranking of countries based on the cost of apples. According to data analysed by Energyprom, a Kazakhstan-based agency, as of November 13th of the current year, Ukraine emerged as the country where
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According to materials from the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), the head of the organization, Sergey Dankvert, visited Azerbaijan on a working visit from November 15 to 17. As of October 29, 2023, Azerbaijan's agricultural exports to
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Certain fruits have long been synonymous with wealth and luxury, with some fruits being reserved for royalty and the privileged few. From the exquisite White Jewel Strawberry to the mythical Lost Gardens of Heligan’s Pineapple, where the cost of every delectable bite is steep, influenced by
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Dutch top fruit market prices look good. "The strong Class II market is especially distinctive, and that price hardly differs from the Class I. That's truly unbelievable," says Aart Blom of the Dutch company FruitPartners Blom. "There's much more of a difference in apples. There, the Class II
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Following good spring bloom weather, Minnesota saw a roller coaster of weather events this season and in turn, its apple crop is down. “It was a difficult growing season,” says Aaron Brand of Brand Farms in Farmington, Minnesota. “We were very dry all summer--once we got into the middle of
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Yannick Hoffmann, Co-Managing Director of Fruchtimport Hoffmann GmbH: read more

At the final stage of the harvesting campaign in Moldova, the Moldova Fruct Association (MFA) has significantly reduced its forecast for the 2023 apple production in the country. Which came as a major surprise for the market participants. EastFruit recently spoke to many influential market
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Agropecuária Schio is one of the largest apple exporters in Brazil. The company has been part of Frutas do Brasil since the beginning, the internationalization program of the Brazilian Association of Producers and Exporters of Fruits and Derivatives (ABRAFRUTAS). Currently, the company exports
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Italy’s fruit exporters are increasingly looking towards Asian markets, particularly for pears, apples and kiwifruit, according to CSO Italy. The organisation recently organised four inspection visits in the region to facilitate the export of certain Italian fruits. Those inspections took
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