Persimmons
Campania's persimmons hope for a sprint
2023-11-10 00:00
The 2023 season for persimmons in Campania, so far, has not been one of the easiest;
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Lively, quality market for Italian kakis
2023-11-08 00:00
A stable market with increasing sales, helped by the return of more autumnal temperatures. Cristian Moretti, director of Agrintesa, takes stock of the situation on the kaki market. "Due to the weather, the harvest started about 10 days late. We are now at the end of the Tipo Kako harvest. We
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"Stable Spanish persimmon sales, difficult citrus sales, greenhouse vegetable market must still get going"
2023-11-08 00:00
Spanish persimmon sales are good at the moment. "This year's harvest went quite well. Prices are good, around €1.40 to €1.60, with few market fluctuations," says Oscar van Turenhout of OV Fruit. According to this Dutch importer, persimmons have increasingly become an established commodity.
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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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Strong windstorm causes significant damage to citrus, kaki and avocado crops in the Region of Valencia
2023-11-07 00:00
The windstorm of recent days, which is forecast to continue for a few days more, is already causing significant damage to many crops in the Region of Valencia due to the strong gusts it has brought, according to La Unió Llauradora.
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Price lists, record increase of persimmons by 30%
2023-11-07 00:00
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.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 6 November
2023-11-07 00:00
Organoleptic quality of domestic clementines not yet optimal: first appearance of the common clementine. With the arrival of the Rojo Brillante variety, persimmon prices should improve. With the varieties Scilate (Envy) and Cripps Pink (Pink Lady) the
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Roma tomatoes, cilantro, baby carrots and cucumbers well advertised
2023-11-06 00:00
Seasonal favorites like pomegranates, persimmons, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pineapples, potatoes, carrots, and celery were front and center. As were football party staples such as avocados, jalapeno and serrano peppers, onions, Roma tomatoes, cilantro, baby carrots, and cucumbers were well
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Larger persimmons from California this season
2023-11-06 00:00
‘Tis the season for persimmons and supplies are steady out of California for the fruit. “We are about seven days behind due to a wet and cool spring but I think supplies are good for the upcoming season,” says Justin Bedwell of Bari Produce. While Bari Produce’s grower base is in
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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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The representative of ASAJA, Miguel Minguet Gimeno, has today been elected as the new vice-president of the working group on Plant Health Issues of COPA-COGECA, an organisation that brings together the main professional agricultural organisations and cooperatives in the European Union (EU). Producer of
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Innovation and packaging relaunch persimmons
2023-11-02 00:00
The Italian persimmon season is now in full swing and fortunately the quantities available are limited, because with these still summery temperatures, which certainly do not encourage consumption, one would risk serious trouble in a normal year.
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Larger, and more persimmons expected from California
2023-11-01 00:00
Persimmon harvesting recently started in California. The Giumarra Companies started with Fuyu persimmons in mid-October and began packing Hachiya persimmons this week. “We are also eagerly awaiting the start of our Sugar & Spice™ persimmon harvest in mid-November,” says Kellee Harris,
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Demand for Rojo Brillante kakis continues to grow,
2023-11-01 00:00
The new season of the Italian Rojo Brillante persimmons seems to be opening under good auspices for Gallicchio Frutta, a company that has made this crop its core business, to the point of launching a new brand, "Divino - the Italian Kaki".
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Persimmon might become a cash crop in Kashmir Valley
2023-10-31 00:00
Growers across Jammu and Kashmir are experimenting with persimmons as a new fruit crop. According to Naveed Hamid, Chief Executive Officer of SKUAST-K’s Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship Centre, persimmons hold immense potential as a cash crop.
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"We are expanding the Götterfrucht brand to include products such as persimmons, grapes and our entire lemon range"
2023-10-30 00:00
The Götterfrucht brand, whose rights holder has been Grundhöfer GmbH based in Frankfurt since the end of 2022, was previously known for oranges. Starting this year, clementines and other products will also operate under this label: "We are expanding the Götterfrucht brand to include
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"I expect a straightforward season"
2023-10-27 00:00
The first sales of Rojo Brillante persimmons from the Sibari plain (Calabria), grown by members of the Agrusib cooperative under the Apollo brand, started on October 23rd.
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"Demand for persimmons has been rather manageable so far"
2023-10-26 00:00
The supply of Spanish persimmons currently exceeds demand. "About three weeks ago, the first goods were received and we have quite abundant quantities available, while the price level is below last year's level. Nevertheless, demand has been rather modest so far," says Seckin Yildirim (right),
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Grapes, pears, persimmons, pomegranates and cranberries provided an autumn flavor to ads
2023-10-23 00:00
From miniature to pie varieties to jumbo sized jack o' lanterns, pumpkins of all sizes decorated stores and ad flyers this week. Seventeen varieties of apples were reported this week, perfect for baking, bobbing or covering with caramel. Other fruits such as grapes, pears, persimmons,
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“The number of kaki operators in the sector has been reduced and the supply is more concentrated”
2023-10-23 00:00
The Rojo Brillante kaki campaign started about 3 weeks ago for Anecoop, the largest operator of this product in Spain, which handles about half of the national production. For this campaign, the entity expects the kaki harvest to reach around 110,000 tons; a recovery compared to the previous
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