Kiwifruit

During FRUIT LOGISTICA, he met with the President of the Kiwi Committee, Carlos Cruzat, the outgoing President of Zespri, Bruce Cameron, and his successor Nathan Flowerday, as well as with the CEO of Zespri, Daniel Mathieson. read more

Although it is still early in the season, Zespri's latest supply estimate reflects the favourable growing conditions seen across New Zealand in recent months. This year's harvest will be significantly higher than the 133 million trays produced last year.
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Zespri has announced its latest forecast for the 2024 New Zealand kiwifruit season with the marketer expecting to ship around 193m trays of kiwifruit to markets around the world. read more

The upcoming kiwifruit season has the potential to be a year of strong growth across all kiwifruit offerings this year, with Zespri expecting to ship around 193 million trays of kiwifruit to markets around the world. read more

In Berlin, Jingold presented the different colour varieties of kiwifruit. "We have four main ones with different colours," said Jingold marketing manager Federico Milanese. Two are green-fleshed, Jingold Bliss, which has a higher sugar content than a Haiward, and the Jingold
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"We are seeing a delay of around ten days. The fruit is expected to be similar in size to last year. At the moment, we are producing dry matter in the fruit, so good irrigation is important," Cruzat is quoted as saying. read more

As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more) Fruit Logistica 2024 was a real success for Dulcis™. Indeed, the prospects are excellent for the innovative green kiwi fruit with all the qualities of yellow developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the
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Prospects are good for Dulcis™, the green kiwifruit with all the qualities of yellow kiwifruit developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna. Production and marketing is exclusively carried out worldwide by the co-operative companies Alegra,
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Italy’s newest green kiwifruit variety, Dulcis, made its international debut at Fruit Logistica last week. The variety, marketed as the green kiwifruit with all the qualities of yellow kiwifruit, was developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna
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Spreafico is relying on Greece for supplies of green kiwis and other fruits. In view of the difficulties in the sector in Italy - such as adverse weather conditions and the emergence of new diseases, which are forcing producers to focus more and more on yellow kiwi fruit - the company is turning to
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Dulcis®, a fruit that combines sweetness and freshness (click here to read more), is making its way into the green-fleshed kiwi market. The presentation took place yesterday during the Fruit Logistica fair, in the presence of Mirco Montefiori, president of Dulcis Kiwifruit Company;
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To discover the mystery, we need to take a step back. If we were to ask you which fruits have had the most significant growth trends in Italian exports over the last 10 years, you would probably think of products such as apples, kiwis and table grapes, because of their importance, or
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Climate change is reshaping Hungary's horticulture, with new crops such as figs, kiwi, and sweet potatoes becoming increasingly feasible, says Ferenc Apáti, the head of FruitVeB, Hungary's largest fruit and vegetable growers' alliance. A decade and a half ago, no one in Hungary was planting
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The Kiwifruit Vine Decline, known as 'moria,' is a soil-based disease initially observed in Verona in 2013. It has since spread to various regions in Italy, including Latina, the largest kiwifruit growing area in the country. Moria has severely impacted kiwifruit production in Italy, causing
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Italy’s Spreafico has launched a new venture in Greece, Spreafico Hellas, to boost its supply of kiwifruit and other Mediterranean produce for the European market. The move is designed to strengthen the company’s position and competitiveness in the global kiwifruit market, as Italian fruit
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Italy’s Spreafico has launched a new venture in Greece, Spreafico Hellas, to boost its supply of kiwifruit and other Mediterranean produce for the European market. The move is designed to strengthen the company’s position and competitiveness in the global kiwifruit market, as Italian fruit
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As part of its continued partnership with Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust, Zespri has named two kiwi chicks, Kobe and Jack.   read more

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Filling punnets automatically without ruining fruits is not easy, but it is possible thanks to Zetapack's new machine CD 90, which will be presented at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. read more

A very cold morning (yesterday, ed.) at the Rimini Agri-Food Centre, also characterised by a low turnout at the market and little trading. There was a drop in demand for strawberries, resulting in lower quotations, while for kiwifruit, medium-high quotations were maintained,
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