Oranges

This year's orange campaign is starting with some delays in Seville as a result of the many months of drought that the province had to endure, and which have left an inevitable mark on this year's harvest. "The quality of the first orange, the Navelina, is not great, at least in the area where
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Interest in Egyptian oranges from Europe has been soaring, according to Osama Saleh, commercial manager at grower-exporter Houd ElNile, including from Spain. read more

A bumper orange crop will be harvested in Pakistan this year. According to Arif Muhamed Rana, owner of Arif Fresh Fruits, the season will also start 15 days earlier than planned: “The orange season in Pakistan will commence from the 15th of November this year. Thankfully, it seems to be a
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Inferior quality oranges and mandarins and a kiwi shortage caused by crop issues in New Zealand. In these times when the climate significantly affects harvests, it can be difficult to get good product. It is a situation that suits Jaap van Dijk of the Dutch company Más Frutas to a tee. "I deal
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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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The national orange campaign is getting underway in Mercadona, the physical and online supermarket company which expects to sell more than 140,000 tonnes of this citrus fruit during the 2023/24 season, 10% more than in the previous season. During the season, they will have different
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“Mexico is a strong component to our overall core citrus program,” says Fernando Valle with TerraFresh Organics in California. “The grower co-op we represent is the largest supplier of organic Valencia oranges in the state of Sonora and we are proud of our 17-year exclusive partnership
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Despite being one of the world’s largest producers of oranges, Morocco has significantly reduced its exports of this product. According to EastFruit, only 30 thousand tons of oranges worth 13.7 million dollars were imported from Morocco to foreign countries in 8 months of 2023. For comparison,
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AVA-ASAJA is warning of possible damage to crops as a result of the strong blizzards affecting the Valencia region. Both in the interior of the Valencian province and in Castellón, an orange alert has already been decreed and winds of up to 108 kilometres have been recorded.
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Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have switched to growing short-term crops and perennial trees and breeding aquatic species on nearly 5,000ha of paddies. The crops include vegetables, watermelon, corn, and lotus and the trees include mango, jackfruit, lime, and orange. read more

Despite being one of the world’s largest producers of oranges, Morocco has significantly reduced its exports of this product. According toEastFruit, only 30 thousand tons of oranges worth 13.7 million dollars were imported from Morocco to foreign countries in 8 months of 2023. For comparison,
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The orange juice market continues to rally globally, reaching new records in October since the series began in 1994 for the Mintec Benchmark price of Brazilian-origin orange concentrate delivered to Europe under FCA terms [Mintec Code: FJ01]. The current price is $5,390/mt, a 20% increase
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Yesterday, orange juice prices rose to the highest since future contracts started trading in New York in 1966. The reason for this rise was the limited production outlook in the United States, Brazil and Mexico, which boosted investors' interest in the product. read more

As a crop, pumpkins are ubiquitous year-round, growing on every continent except for Antarctica. But the fleshy orange fruit is actually native to North America, originally growing in Mexico. Once small and bitter, they were selectively bred to achieve their sweeter taste and larger size. Their
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Vegetables by Bayer has chosen Capogreco Farms as its new exclusive partner for the Australian production and sale of OrangeCandy melons, for domestic and export markets. read more

It seems Spanish citrus growers and exporters are facing an extraordinary season. "The general picture is that this year's going to be a genuinely tough season for primarily oranges, but also mandarins," begins Lisan van Koppen of Jaguar, the fresh company. She visited several Spanish customers
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The focus is on citrus fruit: oranges and clementines are selling at high prices. Quotations in general remain high, a trend that is particularly noticeable for pears, plums and grapes; read more

Bayer has chosen Capogreco Farms as its new exclusive partner for the Australian production and sale of OrangeCandy® melons, for domestic and export markets. read more

Demand for Turkish oranges is unusually high this season, according to Esra Söyleyen, managing partner at Turkish exporter Aksun, including from Spain, Europe’s largest producer. “There is a shortage,” she says. “Everybody’s asking for oranges this year.” read more