Nuts

Produced on more than 1,800 hectares, the harvest of chestnuts of Périgord-Limousin for the fresh market has already come to an end, and the harvest for processing is almost over. read more

Cold morning at the Bologna wholesale market, where the weather is driving demand for the more wintery items, such as persimmons and chestnuts. High prices are seen on every category of fruit, making customers hesitant to buy; read more

There is a lower availability of walnuts from Portugal. Tiago Mendes Pinto, commercial director of Portuguese walnut exporter Nogam, states that’s it’s not quite the season they had expected: “For the walnut season, we’re having a bad year in terms of the production. Volumes were
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The California Prune Board (CPB) has launched a major promotional push in South Korea as part of multi-channel marketing efforts to highlight the nutritional and taste benefits of California Prunes. read more

Krisztina Bodnár, a business development manager at GfK, has recently published an article about their latest study on the nutritional habits of Hungarians on the portal TradeMagazin.hu. read more

The Linea Verde expands the Dimmidisì range with a Micro Dimmidisì bag of potatoes, selected from the smallest size, with white flesh and thin skin. The new Micro Dimmidisì potatoes are a new product concept in the IV gamma market. Microwave preparation uses
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Azienda agricola Eleuteri, the first in Italy on the flat peach, is betting heavily on the growth of the flat nectarine, which is easier to consume. With Anfiteatro Saturnia, it has created in Monte Urano, in the province of Fermo, the largest single-body cultivation in Europe. A 2
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Malawi mangoes, nearly identical in taste and texture to Maharashtra's acclaimed Alphonso mangoes, created a sensation at the Vashi APMC fruit market in Navi Mumbai, India. The initial batch of 598 Malawi mango boxes sold out within minutes, fetching prices ranging from ₹4,500 to ₹5,500 per
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In December, Euro Asian Fruit will have operated a warehouse in the Netherlands for three years. It supplies the Asian community in Europe from ABC Westland in Poeldijk. Its clientele recently increased substantially. "We've built a good name within the Asian community; our next goal is to serve
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As the Nutrano Produce Group nears the conclusion of the 2023 mango harvest season in Katherine, NT, they reflect on a bountiful Lady Jane season. The Lady Jane mango, often hailed as the "Queen of Tropics," boasts a unique and exquisite flavour profile that sets it apart from all other mango
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Nutrien released a study titled: Bridging the Agricultural Perception Divide. This research details and quantifies the perception gaps between farmers and consumers in North America on issues such as sustainability, technology, and land usage; it also indicates there is some common ground and
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The Sicilian pomegranate season is almost drawing to a close and, as Sicilian producer Michelangelo Bevilacqua, owner of the Tenute Michelangelo company in the Acate (Ragusa) area with six hectares dedicated to the fruit, tells IFN, it has been a season with two faces. "The
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In the current social context, personal health and the health of the planet are increasingly 'hot' topics, and often go hand in hand. Among the valuable actions to maintain a sustainable lifestyle for people and the environment, is the habit of buying and consuming
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Azerbaijan is actively advancing its agriculture, focusing on key areas such as tomato, persimmon, pomegranate, and notably, hazelnut production. The country ranks 4th globally in hazelnut production for the 2022/2023 season, producing 24,000 tons, constituting 4% of the world's hazelnut
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The first French walnuts were loaded at the Hamburg wholesale market in week 43. "Compared to other years, the season started 14 days later, which is mainly due to the heat in late summer. The harvest in the French growing regions of Grenoble and Périgord is starting very slowly this year and
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UPA-UCE Extremadura has described this season's chestnut harvest as "catastrophic", with an almost 40% drop in the production compared to the previous year. "The impact of climate change has been very significant in chestnut producing areas this season." read more

The record increase in prices is for persimmons with 30 per cent, but it is the whole autumn basket of fruit and vegetables that is soaring by an average of 20 per cent. read more

University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Franz Niederholzer, an orchard systems expert involved with tree nuts and navel orangeworms, is finding “massive losses” in at least four counties due to a major infestation. “The picture is not yet totally clear, but NOW damage
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Comment: The main challenge for farmers in the UK and across the world in coming decades will be to produce increasing quantities of nutritious and healthy food, while at the same time making significant environmental gains including improving soils, saving water, and reducing carbon emissions.
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Belgian walnuts are not yet abundantly available in supermarkets. Nonetheless, growers in Flanders should be able to reap this emerging crop's fruit in the coming years. To draw attention to local nuts, a Walnut Day will be held on November 12. It will include a tour of Hugo Vets farm. Hugo
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