Pomegranates

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 event was widely supported by the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Pérez, and the mayor of Elche, Pablo Ruz, along with provincial deputies, members of the Elche corporation and representatives of associations, institutions and groups in the area.
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Pomegranate harvest is underway in California on a crop that looks to have strong quality. “We’ve started to pack the Wonderful variety,” says Keith Wilson with King Fresh Produce LLC. “The crop is not huge and may be affected on some ranches by some cold weather in the early spring when
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After dealing with a shortage of pomegranates last year, the Turkish exporters seem to be faced with a similar situation for this new harvest, Esra Soyleyen, managing partner of Turkish fruit exporter Aksun, explains: “This season in some regions, we do have a pomegranate shortage of up to 30
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The Denominación de Origen Protegida de laGranada Mollar de Elche is once again backing the campaign 'The Queen of all Pomegranates' starring Olvido Gara, popularly known as Alaska, with the aim of publicising all the qualities that Elche pomegranates have. read more

"We have almost reached the end of the season with the early varieties, after it started one week late on September 10th. We registered a 40% drop in production, but the high temperatures favored fruit quality. Now Wonderful is being harvested. In this case too, yields are 30% lower, but grades
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The United States is becoming an increasingly important market. According to Kay Bee Exports CEO Kaushal Khakhar, the potential of the US is still untapped, despite Kay Bee’s growing market share in the region: “The main products that we ship to the US market are the whole pomegranates,
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Pomegranate arils are a highly valued item of fresh produce. "Mechanically extracting arils from pomegranates is now possible thanks to a machine part of the Futura range, a sturdy yet simple solution," reports Andrea Vitali from CSA Technologies. read more

As a project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), PAMPAT is helping to market "Made in Tunisia" products in both national and international markets. While focusing on harissa and prickly pear products in the first phase of the project, it is now supporting dried
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The cultivation of pomegranates continues to grow in France and growers want to join forces to promote this “emerging sector”. France Grenade was created in March 2023 and launched in April. This year, 2,000 tons are expected, and France Grenade expects production to reach 6,000 tons by 2026. read more

The season of pomegranates, another autumn fruit par excellence, has already started a few weeks ago, with the best preconditions, despite the problems during the fruit setting phase that have led to a slight delay in production. We gave an overview
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The season of pomegranates, another autumn fruit par excellence, has already started a few weeks ago, with the best preconditions, despite the problems during the fruit setting phase that have led to a slight delay in production. We gave an overview
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At Fruit Attraction, the participation of companies in the internationalisation format for fresh Italian produce created by the Edamus consortium is expanding. Focus on rocket, grapes, fennel, pomegranate, butternut squash, Campania pomannurca and valerian read more

At Fruit Attraction, the participation of companies in the internationalisation format for fresh Italian produce created by the Edamus consortium is expanding. Focus on rocket, grapes, fennel, pomegranate, butternut squash, Campania pomannurca and valerian read more

Due to the early start of the production season this year, soft-seeded pomegranates are currently in the middle and late stages of the season. As a mid-autumn fruit, the market performance of soft-seeded pomegranates this year is not as good as in previous years. Youth Red Ecological Agriculture
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Sustaining a share in the Asian markets is a challenge for Egyptian pomegranate exporters, given the huge production of this fruit in Asia and the fierce competition. However, Egyptian exporters do not lack assets to establish themselves in many Asian markets, according to Amr Abdelhafiz,
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This autumn, ALDI will increase its purchases of persimmons and pomegranates from domestic suppliers by around 11%. This season, the company will purchase around 610 tonnes of product (550 tonnes in 2022), thus reinforcing its commitment to local and seasonal produce, thanks to
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There’ll be a difference between the first and second generation of Egyptian pomegranate fruits this season, says May Salem of Egyptian grape and pomegranate exporter FinBi for Land Reclamation and Agriculture Development. This mostly has to do with the weather. read more

The pomegranate production for Islek Group is steadily increasing year on year. Last year, the company expected an increase of about 15 per cent. Mehmet Mutlu, export assistant for Turkish fresh produce exporter Islek Group, thinks that their pomegranate production will increase even more this
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The first week of September saw the delivery of approximately 420 tons of fruits and vegetables from China to the Amur Region through the Kani-Kurgan border checkpoint. All controlled products were inspected by federal inspectors from the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Services of
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