Asparagus

Schwan Regiofruit stores a wide range of regional products and goods from all over the world in 1,500 square metres of refrigerated space and a further 3,000 square metres of dry space. Despite a number of challenges, including weather-related ones, the company has not experienced any
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A promotional committee has been set up to have a Neapolitan fruit and vegetable excellence recognised as PGI: the asparagus. Cultivation, over the last 50 years, has become of great strategic and commercial importance for the area, hence the request to
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Peru exported 65,176 tons of asparagus up to September, 21% less volume than by the same date last year. However, since prices were 31% higher than in 2022, the value achieved increased by 4% year-on-year to 251 million dollars. read more

Seasonal changes have led to a shift in the commodities of interest for this report. Blueberries have replaced asparagus, as the number of growing areas for shipping blueberries continues to grow while demand for asparagus is traditionally light in late summer. This list will be revisited
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The ultra-compact asparagus peeling machine "spargel to go" from HEPRO GmbH has been awarded the German Design Award Special 2023 for 'Excellent Product Design Retail', an internationally recognised seal for design achievements. "The world's smallest asparagus peeling machine - for self-service
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NZ asparagus growers claim to be losing money on every bunch of asparagus sold. Also, they are turning to the export market to absorb some volumes, but there's no money in that either. read more

A Peruvian polypropylene box manufacturer and supplier, YNG Packaging, who services the local asparagus and avocado industry is looking to expand to the US market. Yela Nestorovic, CEO of YNG Packaging in Peru: “We have capacity to produce more boxes and because it is needed in the US we want
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In the wake of larger exotics like mangos, limes, asparagus, and papayas, the Dutch company Yex also gets smaller products like rambutan, carambola, horned melon, and granadilla every year. "Many of these products are generally flown in from Colombia, but we get things like rambutan and
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Positive figures for Apofruit's spring liquidations 2023. Between strawberries, asparagus, early potatoes and small fruits (raspberries and blueberries), 21,900,000 euro will be liquidated to producer members, compared to 19,660,000 euro the previous year: +11.3% in value, against a quantity
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Asparagus is grown on about 22,000 hectares in Germany, while the vegetable grows on just over 3,000 hectares in the Netherlands, according to John Schuurman. He is responsible at Enza Zaden for the Daleza F1 variety, which was introduced in 2020. "Many plant propagators are concentrated in the
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On September 28, Industrial Auctions will auction off hundreds of lots online. Amongst the offer is a wide range of potato, vegetable, and fruit processing machines. read more

A total of 15 cooperatives in La Vega and Poniente have started the year's second green asparagus campaign, which takes place between September and October. read more

Planasa has been acquired by German EW Group in a deal worth €900 million. Planasa, based in Navarra (Spain) is a world leader in obtaining and propagating various varieties of berries and other vegetables such as garlic, asparagus, and avocados, supplying customers in more than 25 countries. read more

Driven by the excellent market response, the range of Fresh RisottosLa Linea Verde-DimmidiSì is enriched with a new recipe, Risotto with Red Radicchio and Walnuts. Prepared without preservatives and with 100% Italian rice read more

Supplies of imported asparagus are lower currently. “We are about 15 to 20 percent below last year’s volumes. Some weeks show an even greater disparity,” says Carlos Solf, director of procurement for Southern Specialties. read more

According to Fresh Fruit, the international market for fresh asparagus is going through difficult times. "The main world producers, including Peru, are suffering shortages in the volumes of their stocks. These shortages are due to various reasons, the most relevant of which are the natural
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Seasonal changes have led to a shift in the commodities of interest for this report. Blueberries have replaced asparagus as the supplies from the various growing areas shipping blueberries peak, while supplies of asparagus are traditionally light in late summer. This list will be revisited
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According to the preliminary survey of harvest volumes of asparagus and strawberries in Germany by the Federal Statistical Office, the asparagus harvest will fall by 4 percent and the strawberry harvest by 14 percent compared with the previous year. Compared to the average harvest volumes from
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The current and extreme weather conditions hovering over North America could have an impact with crop production yields and, in the meantime, consumers can expect to see smaller selections at the grocery store. The U.S. and Mexico are dealing with triple-digit temperatures in the growing
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This year's asparagus season will be remembered as satisfactory. "Except for the last three weeks from the beginning of June, we had consistently good qualities, which is mainly due to the cool weather. On the part of the food retailers, sales of German asparagus were further increased by means
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