Vegetables
There are plenty of opportunities on the carrot market this year. "There were already fewer carrots harvested, of course, and last autumn we also sold more carrots post harvest because demand was already good then due to the drought in Europe," says Kees Heegsma of the Lemmer-based vegetable
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‘Brexit is making inflation worse for the UK’
2023-02-07 00:00
Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann has issued her opinions on the Brexit debate, blaming UK’s departure from the European Union for adding to inflation. Mann is a US economist who sits on the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee. She said there were signs that the cost-of-living
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Onion prices in Ukraine hit an all-time record in the history of country’s independence
2023-02-07 00:00
Selling prices for onions in Ukraine set another record last week, breaking the mark of 30 UAH/kg ($0.82/kg), EastFruit project analysts report. Undoubtedly, the increase in the segment will continue, as there is a rush demand for onions, and many Ukrainian farms have almost run out of stocks.
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New carrot line debuts
2023-02-07 00:00
BDA/Dorot Farm, an exporter of fresh and sweet carrots from Israel, is launching a new line of product for the new season at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin on February 8, 2023.
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"Sustainability is really a thing here"
2023-02-07 00:00
Direct importer of fresh fruit and vegetables Port International and the Hungarian cucumber producer Zeiler Hungária are linked by a long-standing partnership. What makes the production facility so special and distinguishes the cooperation is discussed by the two managing directors, André
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Port International champions sustainable cucumbers
2023-02-06 20:00
Port International has highlighted its partnership with Hungarian cucumber producer Zeiler Hungária, one of several growers who are part of Port’s Exclusive Partner Farming programme.
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"Our snack pepper delivers an evolution to the pepper category"
2023-02-06 00:00
A tropical adventure with flavor, that's what the pepper brand Tatayoyo is all about. Rijk Zwaan is very proud that this snack pepper has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023. They asked their chain partners and colleagues: What makes Tatayoyo so unique? And how is this
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"The onion market's been all over the place since last Monday"
2023-02-06 00:00
Things do not seem to be going right in the Dutch onion market, and last week, growers were getting €0.70. "Everyone thought things would change after the Berlin trade fair," says Jan Franje of Franje Onions. "But sales have been all over the place since early Monday morning. The news about
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Libyan Food and Drug Control Centre confirms entry of Egyptian onions unfit for human consumption
2023-02-06 00:00
Mohamed Al-Zayat, the Official Spokesperson for Libya’s Food and Drug Control Centre (FDCC), has stated that onions unfit for human consumption had entered Libya from Egypt. According to Al-Zayat, the FDCC had organized a campaign, launched in the past few days, targeting the largest vegetable
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“We minimized the effects of the frost by advancing the harvest before the temperature dropped”
2023-02-06 00:00
After last year's pilot experience, this is the first full season in which the Almerian company, Campojoyma, will export organic artichokes of the Green Queen variety, which is now part of its catalog of organic vegetables, fruits, and citrus fruits.
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President Marcos has approved limiting onion traders to bring down prices in the Philippines
2023-02-06 00:00
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved several initiatives proposed by Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual to help regulate the soaring prices of onions in the Philippines. This is as the DTI vowed to assist the Department of Agriculture in addressing the issue with Filipinos still struggling
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71,000 kilos of smuggled onions buried
2023-02-06 00:00
As consumers continue to suffer from high prices of onions in local markets due to alleged lack of supply, the government just disposed of over 71,000 kilos of smuggled bulbs in Zamboanga City. Sources claim that the abovementioned were buried Saturday at the Department of Agriculture Research
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The onion hysteria in the region has led to a wave of export bans, and it reached Azerbaijan. As EastFruit analysts have already reported, the exports of very expensive onions were banned by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
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“Overall spring onion quantity will decrease over the coming weeks”
2023-02-06 00:00
The Egyptian spring onion season has been smooth so far. However, thanks to the weather conditions, challenges in terms of availability might be coming up soon, says Mai Yassin, export manager at Egyptian fresh produce exporter Stars of Export: “At the moment business is still stable for us,
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Organic asparagus from Puglia available from mid-March
2023-02-06 00:00
After a year that put all hope and new projects in standby, 2023 seems to have started well for Azienda agricola Pasquariello Giovanni di Carapelle (FG). The first quantities of organic asparagus will become available in late March.
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Port International and Zeiler Hungária provide insights into sustainable cucumber production
2023-02-06 00:00
The direct importer of fresh fruit and vegetables Port International and the Hungarian cucumber producer Zeiler Hungária are linked by a long-standing partnership. What makes the production facility so special and distinguishes the cooperation, report the two managing directors André
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Large in-vitro production of seedlings has been established in the Bukhara region (Uzbekistan)
2023-02-06 00:00
The greenhouse complex of the Uzbek-Turkish joint venture Bukhara-Varnet LLC, located in the Bukhoro-Agro Free Economic Zone, is one of the largest projects in greenhouse production using hydroponics technology in the region. Mainly tomatoes are grown in modern greenhouses with a total area of
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Bangladesh to resume potato exports to Russia this year
2023-02-06 00:00
This weekend, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said that Bangladesh will resume exporting potatoes to Russia this year. "Prior to Russia's ban, a huge amount of potatoes used to be exported from the country. As Russia has lifted the ban, the initiative has been taken to export potatoes
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“What can garlic producers who currently have a small and poor quality product do?”
2023-02-06 00:00
Spain's garlic marketing campaign is certainly complex this year. “On the one hand, there is a high demand for good garlic, but on the other hand, we have small-sized garlic, which sometimes has skin issues. It's a product that supermarkets don't want," stated Rafael Polo of Grupo Comercial Polo.
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A noticeable increase in demand for greenhouse tomatoes in the Ukrainian market, as well as a significant reduction in their supply, stimulate another price increase in the segment, EastFruit project analysts report. Turkey is the main supplier of greenhouse products to the Ukrainian market at
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