Cabbages
"We expect the first lychees to arrive in a few days"
2023-12-18 00:00
Although the traditional Christmas business has become less important over the years, December is still an exciting and high-turnover sales month in the fruit and vegetable trade. "The top sellers include all cabbage vegetables and lamb's lettuce," says Denis Piper, Sales Manager at
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Seasonal winter veg increase in price in the wholesale markets
2023-12-05 00:00
This weeks UK wholesale prices show a drop of 20% in early season apple prices compared to last week, with late season apples dropping by 11%. Doyenne du Comice pear price increased by4%.
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"Growers have been supplying the Christmas market for a long time and are very adept at dealing with the pressures"
2023-12-05 00:00
It has been a very problematic season for UK growers; potatoes that should have been harvested weeks ago are still in the ground. Brassicas such as cauliflower, sprouts, and cabbage had a very bad start to the season with wet weather in July during planting, this was in total contrast to 2022,
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Ukraine: Producers of white cabbage have raised wholesale prices
2023-12-05 00:00
The current week in Ukraine has witnessed a rise in prices for white cabbage, but this upward price trend is specific to the high-quality production segment. Producers managed to increase the price for this product due to a noticeable reduction in the supply of white cabbage from small farms,
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An analysis of AMI promotion prices in food retail reveals a significant increase in promotions compared to the previous year. While there were only 26 promotions for savoy cabbage in weeks 40 to 48 of 2022, there are 63 promotions this year. That is an increase
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Auchan and Intermarché are joining forces to acquire Casino
2023-12-04 00:00
Zero VAT on meat and veg in Cyprus
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Retailers focused on holiday celebrations with offers
2023-12-04 00:00
Ad numbers bounced back this week as new flyers replaced those that were extended over Thanksgiving. Retailers focused on holiday celebrations with offers designed to help shoppers maximize their budgets and fill stockings a little fuller. Holiday fruits like pomegranates, offshore cherries,
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"Demand for brassicas and cabbages is 30% higher than expected in Europe and prices are very high"
2023-12-04 00:00
The broccoli and cauliflower season was delayed in Murcia due to the heat and hail storms in some of the higher growing areas. Now the volumes have gone back to normal, but the demand has soared in Europe and it is difficult to find any supply outside of already established programs.
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Brassicas for every taste
2023-12-04 00:00
With over 40 cultivated hectares of brassicas, Ortofrutta Bernardi supplies white cauliflowers, Savoy cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi and Roman Romanesco broccoli. "We produce almost all products and the weather has not caused too many problems," reports Christopher Bernardi.
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Leafy greens may decrease risk of bowel cancer
2023-12-01 00:00
According to new research, co-led by Dr Konstantinos Tsilidis from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London. Increasing the amount of folate through our diet or taking supplements could help to reduce bowel cancer risk. It suggests that increasing the intake of folate – which can
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Levantia Seed: 'Pak-choi represents our way of farming'
2023-11-30 00:00
The Orient has always intrigued the Belpaese, especially the culinary habits are much appreciated and emulated. Even in fruit and vegetables we turn our gaze towards China and among the vegetables that have attracted the most interest in recent years is pak-choi or Chinese cabbage.
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"The production of vegetables such as leeks and carrots will be reduced this season in Andalusia due to the drought"
2023-11-30 00:00
The campaign for open ground vegetables such as leeks, carrots, kohlrabi and cabbage is now starting in southern Spain, limited by factors such as water scarcity, which has led to a reduction in the estimated volumes for this campaign, and difficulties in finding sufficient labor.
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In outdoor cultivation, frost has damaged O+G, affecting not only currently grown winter vegetables such as spinach, beetroot, cabbage varieties and broccoli, but also citrus fruits that are ripe and in the middle of harvest, as well as bees, which were able to stay for a long time due to the previous warm days.
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According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the total potato harvest reached 21.2 million tons, and other vegetables, including cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, etc., amounted to 7.1 million tons.
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Vegetable prices are expected to experience a slight increase leading up to the winter period, but First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Taras Vysotskyi, assures that there won't be any record price jumps in the fall or winter. Vysotskyi believes that the ample production volumes of
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"Sometimes it takes years to introduce a product, but the power of repetition works"
2023-11-22 00:00
"The power of repetition is paramount," begins Joost van Altena of the Dutch fruit and vegetable hospitality wholesaler Miedema-AGF. "I bring typical seasonal products like Flower Sprouts and Bloemendaal yellow cabbage to my customers' attention every year. Chefs can use these to stand out with
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Belarus: The Brest region's role in vegetable production
2023-11-16 00:00
The Brest region is poised to supply the entire republic with carrots and cabbage, according to Valentin Zaychuk, the First Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee. Speaking at a meeting with industry veterans and distinguished agricultural workers, Zaychuk highlighted the positive
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"We are now trying to slow down sales with a price increase"
2023-11-15 00:00
The wet field conditions in the Dithmarschen district have slowed down the growth of the cabbage vegetable. "Our Brussels sprouts are not growing at the moment and are mostly small. In October alone, we had a total of over 200 mm of rain, which led to a higher proportion of A-calibre sprouts
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"All this rain causes leek supply issues, and, thus, high prices"
2023-11-14 00:00
Belgian leeks were very expensive last week. That is due to the issues the rainfall is causing in that country. "It's hard to harvest leeks at the moment, so there's much less supply, which drives prices up," begins Guy De Meyer of Demargro.
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Consumer price data from Rosstat indicates that cabbage prices in the Rostov region have surged by 100% in the past year, making it the vegetable with the steepest increase in cost compared to others. This trend is observed across the entire Russia.
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