Pears

"This year, pear producers will cover on average between 25 and 30 per cent of the production costs, which have in the meantime risen to around EUR 20,000 per hectare. Needless to say, without adequate economic support, the sector is at serious risk of collapse. He does not mince words
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The new national kiwi harvest is underway, while the Italian persimmon harvest is coming to an end. Radicchio from Veneto is in full campaign. Demand is still low for clementines while it is high for apples, which have run out of stock, and for Sicilian Navelina oranges.
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Ageon Srl, a leader in soilless crops for 30 years, shares with IFN readers research done in Germany on the spread of the ToBRFV quarantine virus that has been threatening crops across Europe for years. read more

The French statistics service Agreste reports that the Guyot variety is particularly striking with -32%. Autumn and winter varieties, on the other hand, are unchanged compared to 2022, it continues, despite drought and high temperatures in summer.  read more

Table grape export volume will increase by 13.5 percent to 564,000 tons. In 2023/24, Meanwhile, FAS estimates apple production at 897,000 tons, a 1.5 percent decrease from 2022/23, due to a reduction in area planted as profit margins remain low. Chilean apple exports will decrease by 1.9 percent
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Apple production is set to increase marginally from the already large 2022/23 crop while table grape production is projected to increase by 1%, according to USDA data. Mexico’s small pear output is estimated to decrease slightly. High food price inflation remains an issue for households and
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This year, the Spanish citrus season began with a slight delay at the end of September with the early varieties Satsumas / Okitsu. "As brand sellers, we usually only start with the Oronules and Arrufatina varieties from mid-October. Here, too, there was a slight delay this year due to the
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Fruithandel Wouters began sorting its new PiqaBoo® crop this week. It is the first fully-fledged crop, and the Belgian company sees plenty of potential in it. "Genetically, it's a pear, but when people taste it blind, no one says, 'this is a pear.' It's a new type of fruit," Kris Wouters begins. read more

Lidl topped the chart for British apple sales in October, outstripping its market share and buying over 3,000 tonnes of domestically grown fruit. read more

"The unprecedented high temperatures during harvesting caused some anxiety about bringing in all the fruit on time. Now, however, we can say that, bar a few exceptions, most were in on time. Almost all those pears sold like clockwork," says Mark Vernooij of the Dutch company Urfruit. read more

We hope Dante Alighieri is not turning in his grave for borrowing part of his best-known verses from the Divine Comedy for our italics. But after a month, we went into the large-scale retail shops to see what was happening for the national danger sector, overwhelmed by emergencies,
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The first signs of Uruguay being able to produce 'Williams Precoz' ('Early Bon Chretien') pears during December as an alternative to imported pears has shown good results, according to Julio Pisano. He is a private advisor from the Pintado Growers Group in the Department of Artigas, Uruguay,
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"The world and season looks much rosier for Belgian top fruit growers this year. The sizes and quality are good, as are prices for this time of year," begins Xavier Laduron, a grower who is responsible for Fairebel's fruit sector committee. "It's important to keep it that way so we can cover
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Mushrooms are increasingly appearing on Hungarian plates. Based on the joint market map of the National Chamber of Agriculture and the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interbranch Organization, FruitVeB, Hungarian mushroom production is estimated at 22,000-23,000 tons per year. Although the
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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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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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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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As QS reports with reference to the BVL, only one plant protection product containing the active ingredient clofentezine, Apollo 50 SC, is currently authorised in Germany. Apollo 50 SC is currently used for the control of fruit tree spider mites (Panonychus ulmi) on pears and apples, among other things.
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China’s pip fruit harvest is expected to rise this year. According to USDA estimates, China’s production of apples, pears, and table grapes will increase to 45 million tons, 19.6 million tons and 13.5 million tons, respectively, in 2023/24. Apple imports will likely decline by 20 percent due
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Pomelo harvesting is well underway in California and the crop is looking good. “Pomelos are generally first harvested in late October by a lot of people,” says Tony Marquez from Pearson Ranch. “I think the volume this year will be a bit more, and in the future, there will be more Pomelos
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