Grapes

What advantages does Egypt enjoy over some of its competitors in the European grape market? read more

Production from Caxias do Sul will be celebrated from this Friday at the Festa das Colheitas. The main fruit, featured in this festival continues to have the largest cultivated area in the municipality. The table grape is grown on 448 hectares and adds up to around 7,000 tons. The volume
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In the current imported fruit market, peaches, plums and grapes are the main categories. In terms of domestic fruits, blueberries, citrus and pineapples make up the bulk of the available produce. The arrival volume and price of fruit on the market are generally stable this week. read more

Indian company Fresh Survey provide an independent quality inspection service for fresh produce. This is done using NFC technology. This is not new technology but this is the first time it has been used in the grape industry. This is the same tech used for the tap & pay feature of payment
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The Hexkoel cold storage facility for table grapes, in South Africa’s Hex River Valley, is continuing with business as usual with new record intakes for the season, despite national rolling electrical blackouts lasting up to eight hours per day. read more

Although there are comments from supermarkets that fewer grapes are being sold, supply and demand are still reasonably balanced, according to Corne van de Klundert of Rotterdam-based Origin Fruit Direct. "I understand the disappointment that the promotional volumes of other years in January and
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Despite a delay of the grape season, the situation seems positive at the moment, says Amit Kalya, managing director of Indian grape exporter Kalya Exports: “We’ve seen a small delay on the start of the grape season in India. However, the quality of the grapes has been very good this year.
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Special News Fruit Licensing SL (SNFL Group) and Syngenta Group China have joined forces to continue to grow their businesses in China. Syngenta through their Modern Agriculture Platform (MAP) and their local farmers’ network will be developing a test block with some of the most important SNFL
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International Fruit Genetics (IFG), has celebrated the twentieth anniversary of breeding the table grape variety Cotton Candy in 2023. read more

Nutritious, thin-skinned, and juicy table grapes are a very popular fruit among consumers. However, table grapes are perishable. During storage and transportation, threshing and rot often occur due to mechanical vibration, microbial infection, and browning of fruit stems. read more

International Fruit Genetics LLC (IFG), a table grape breeder, is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the breeding of the Cotton Candy™ grape.  read more

It’s interesting how different the 2021 grape season has been compared to 2022, remarks Dandré Gerber, commercial director of AMFRESH in South Africa. The company currently exports 2.4 million 4.5kg cartons of South African grapes. read more

February means table grapes from Chile are harvesting. At the heart of Chile’s grape production is Santa Elena, a grower of Divine Flavor International, but also a partner of the produce brand which harvests grapes in Chile from December to March. Overseeing the majority of Santa Elena’s
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Verdeflor plans to resume its Hass avocado, grape, asparagus, and pomegranate exports, which it had paused since 2020. This time, unlike years ago, it will export its own products from its fields located in Chao, Trujillo, and Huacho. read more

Allan Dall is the new chair of Freshcare, Australia’s largest provider of assurance programmes for the fresh produce and wine grape industries. read more

Experts from the recently launched PCRR/USAID Rural Competitiveness and Sustainability Project in Moldova say that it will assist table grape growers to equip intensive vineyards such as Pergola and Gable with rain protection and underground irrigation systems. read more

In the southeast of France, Marc Puccini has been producing melons, salads, grapes for high-end wine (Domaine du Mas des Armes in Aniane) since 1986, as well as more than 40 hectares of asparagus. The early arrival of his asparagus on the market used to be his way to differentiate himself from
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After a few weeks’ delay, the grape season in India is finally picking up the pace. Sagar Deore, director for Indian produce exporter Janki Freshyard Private Limited, says a later start of the season has meant that export numbers for early varieties are lower: “The Indian table grape season
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The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), through another season update from their bi-weekly Joint Grape Marketing Forum, report that National inspection volumes for week 6 amounted to 5.48 million cartons (4.5 kg equivalent), which is 7% lower than the same week in the previous season.  read more

Alejandro Cabrera, head of the Peruvian association of table grape producers, Provid, told Bloomberg that exporters and producers in the industry were struggling to recover from two weeks of blockades and protests and that some fruits were being diverted from the Asian continent to closer
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