Plums

Murcia's Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development (IMIDA), has presented farmers and technicians with new stone fruit varieties -such as peach, donut peaches, and plum, among others- that have high taste quality and are better adapted to climate change. read more

IMIDA, Murcian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development, presented new stone fruit varieties to producers and technicians in week 25, including peaches, paraguayos and plums, which have a high flavour quality and are better adapted to the
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California has experienced favourable weather during the flowering season and growers are seeing good sizes during fruit set. Although production looks promising, the California Prune Board expects supplies to be
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Lemon is one of the products whose price has plummeted the most in the market in the municipality of Peto, a city in the state of Yucatán, followed by avocado, which has also seen its price drop. Currently, it is one of the citrus fruits with the lowest value; a kilo is between 5 and 7 pesos,
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In May, the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade showed a clear drop in sales, mainly due to fruit. However, when analysing the progressive figures since January, the overall result is not so alarming, thanks also to a positive April. Certainly the production problems have
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The past two years were particularly difficult for the plum sector, which was severely impacted by the frost. For the 2023 season, however, the harvest seems to be back to normal levels. “In 2021 and 2022, half the production froze, and the harvest also started a couple of weeks early,”
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The Metis® brand made its appearance in Europe almost nine years ago with only one variety present at the end of the season: Sunset Sky. Since then, the range has been expanded with four additional varieties, making it possible to offer continuity of the supply from June to November. read more

From Syngenta research comes four Baby Plum tomato varieties specifically for the Italian market with high brix and also resistant to the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus. The new cultivars developed Adorelle, datterino Syngenta read more

According to Amine Bennani, the president of the Moroccan Association of Berry Producers, Morocco exported 157,616 tons of fresh and processed berries in the first four months of this year, i.e., 28% less than in the same period of the previous year, due to competition from the Egyptian market
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Regionality is the core brand of Omira Milch vom Bodensee and Obst vom Bodensee Vertriebsgesellschaft (OvB). The regional synergy is now being expanded in the form of two new products: Since May, consumers have been able to buy yoghurt made from Lake Constance milk with fruit from Lake Constance in the
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Since the beginning of this year, 180 tons of apricots, nectarines, peaches, and plums have arrived in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation from abroad, according to the regional office of the Department of Agricultural Supervision. read more

American cherries have arrived in the market this week; Vietnamese durians and Thai mangosteens have dropped in price as the arrivals increased; in addition, seasonal domestic fruits such as Shandong blueberries, Sichuan plums, Yunnan Summer Black grapes, and domestic Kyoho grapes have also
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The UK’s fruit exports to the EU have paid a heavy price for Brexit, with their value more than halving between March 2021 and March 2023, according to new data published by the UK government’s tax department HMRC. read more

Superplum has announced the launch of a new pre-packed fresh lychee offering as India’s season kicks off. read more

Start-up Superplum has announced the launch of a new range of packaged fresh lychees at the start of the Indian lychee season. The company is using innovative cold chain technology to keep its lychees fresh for up to 15 days. This would have
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After the appointment of Saro Tumino as the new general manager for Italy, international seed company Harmoniz - which was recently created from the merger of TomaTech and Nirit Seeds - continues to demonstrate the high strategic value of the Italian table tomato market. This time, the company
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Heavy late spring rain across Hungary last week caused significant cracking damage to early season cherry orchards. “The damage is reportedly widespread, even some sweet cherries under plastic cover suffered losses,” according to Peter Kelemen, from the Medifruct cooperative in Hungary, who
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This summer, there will be a lack of apricots, cherry plums, and early sweet cherries. The harvest of plums, cherries, and late sweet cherries is also uncertain as it depends on the weather in the second half of May. read more

Faced with the overflowing rivers and torrents that have hit Romagna in particular, the umpteenth count of damage to agriculture is also being made. "It is difficult to estimate the extent, but from an initial assessment it will exceed 1.5 billion on our territory," said the president of
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The stone fruit harvest has started slowly in Extremadura with the first apricots and with very limited volumes. Soon the first nectarines, peaches and extra early flat peaches will also arrive. read more