Pears
Third generation grower Scott Montague elected as Chair of Australian Fresh Produce Alliance
2023-02-01 00:00
The Australian Fresh Produce Alliance (AFPA) unanimously elected Scott Montague, as AFPA Chair for the 2023 term. He takes over from Fresh Select’s John Said who served as AFPA Chair in 2022.
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Serbian Olympic basketball captain becomes berry farmer
2023-02-01 00:00
Macvan, the surname that was once on Serbia’s national basketball team captain's jersey, is now the brand name of new berry farms. The Olympic silver medallist and captain of Serbia’s national basketball team, Milan Macvan retired from the sport to take up hazelnut, raspberry, pear and
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"Pear market begins year with a bang"
2023-01-31 00:00
"The pear market began 2023 with a bang," says Mark Vernooij of the Dutch export company, Urfruit. "Prices started rising right at the start of the new year and are currently at healthy levels. Demand is coming from almost all over Europe. There are quite a few promotions, but outside of those,
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South Africa expects average apple and pear export crop
2023-01-30 12:00
South Africa’s apple and pear exports are set for a small reduction this season with the industry describing it as an average crop.
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UK orchards thwarted by soaring production costs
2023-01-30 00:00
The future of British apples and pears is hanging in the balance as soaring costs forced orchards to scrap plans to plant a million trees. The saplings were due to be planted by growers this year, but research has shown almost two-thirds have been shelved after a 23 percent rise in production costs.
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“We want to develop our export sales of organic apples”
2023-01-30 00:00
Select Fruit, a branch of the Pom’Evasion group, will share a booth with its partner Cofruid’Oc Méditerranée at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. Both companies produce French apples and pears and “have an alliance called Tasty and Select, which started in 2017,” explains Delphine Robin,
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BayWa Global Produce: Ready for the future
2023-01-30 00:00
"We have invested a high double-digit million euro amount to further modernise and expand the operational infrastructure of our BayWa Obst, T&G Global and TFC Holland holdings over the past two years," says Benedikt Mangold, CEO at BayWa Global Produce. "Through a
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From 27 April this year Belarus has restored the possibility of supplying some EU fruits and vegetables since 27 April this year. As far as fruits are concerned, besides apples, pears are on the list.
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Growers United | Sustainable Together
2022-03-28 15:49
On Thursday 10 March 2022, the directors of Growers United launched the Sustainable Together scheme. Growers United interprets Sustainable Together as increasing the sustainability of the supply chain from the grower to the point of sale.
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WAPA releases the first apple and pear stock figures of 2022
2022-02-03 13:52
WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, released today the first apple and pear stock figures
of 2022. The figures show that in Europe apple stocks increased by 5.1% compared to 2021 to reach
4,308,683 T, while pear stocks decreased by 18.2% to 661,587 T. In the USA, apple stocks as of 1
January 2022 stood at 1,674,042 T (-2.7% compared to 2021), while pear stocks reached 190,192 T
(24.8% above 2021). read more
of 2022. The figures show that in Europe apple stocks increased by 5.1% compared to 2021 to reach
4,308,683 T, while pear stocks decreased by 18.2% to 661,587 T. In the USA, apple stocks as of 1
January 2022 stood at 1,674,042 T (-2.7% compared to 2021), while pear stocks reached 190,192 T
(24.8% above 2021). read more
OPERA CONSORTIUM: THE ITALIAN PEAR SPECIALIST
2022-01-17 16:37
Opera is the biggest Consortium of made up exclusively Italian Fruit Growers specialized in the cultivation of pears.
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Freshfel Europe expresses deep concerns about the Belarus embargo on the import of European fruit and vegetables worth 300 million €
2022-01-07 10:56
On 6th December 2021, Belarus decided to respond to the latest international sanctions by implementing an embargo on food import into the country for food products originating from the European Union but also the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, the USA, and Canada.
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Demand for pears consistently high in Poland
2021-12-16 12:38
Fresh-market.pl recently reported on WAPA's updated forecast for the European Union's pear harvest in 2021 (see here). For Poland, the data has not changed and speaks of a harvest at the level of 70 thousand tonnes, i.e. 5 thousand tonnes (8 per cent) more than a year earlier.
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WAPA gave an update on its forecasts for apple and pear yields in the northern hemisphere at its last meeting in December.
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Belarus introduces embargo on the supply of food products
2021-12-08 10:29
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Belarus is introducing its sanctions from January 1, 2022, reports PAP based on reports by Belarusian News Agency BelTa.
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Pears got cheaper in Poland
2021-10-12 11:13
September brought falls in wholesale prices on the domestic pear market in Poland.
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Preliminary tree fruit harvest estimate in Poland
2021-10-01 10:47
Experts of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) in Poland have estimated that this year's total fruit harvest will amount to around 5 million tonnes and will be by 11 per cent higher than the harvest of 2020.
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Exports of pears from Poland after Q2 2021
2021-08-26 09:55
The volume of export of pears from Poland (CN category 080830 - Fresh pears) amounted to 59.9 thousand tonnes in the first half of 2021, and its value amounted to 71.3 million PLN.
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Preliminary estimate of the tree fruit harvest in Poland in 2021
2021-08-02 10:34
The fruit harvest in Poland in 2021, according to preliminary estimates by CSO experts, is expected to total around 4.6 million tonnes. This means a year-on-year increase of around 3 per cent.
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WAPA - pear stocks, June 2021.
2021-07-05 11:33
WAPA has published an updated estimate of pear stocks. For the European Union countries (plus Switzerland and Great Britain), stocks of this fruit, as of 1 June 2021, totalled 61,458 tonnes.
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