Carrot

Recent data from EastFruit’s daily monitoring indicates a trend among Ukrainian farmers to elevate carrot prices this week. The consensus among experts is that this uptick is largely attributable to the winding down of sales by numerous local agricultural enterprises. read more

Somani Seedz has introduced Ajuba 117, a new variety of red carrot, poised to revolutionize the market and enhance farmer incomes. This innovation, heralded for its superior quality and yield potential, is expected to set a new benchmark in carrot cultivation. Ajuba 117 has been meticulously
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The predictions for the carrot season were disastrous due to the floods in the Hauts-de-France region at the end of 2023, but in the last few months, the campaign has actually been "much more positive than expected." Emmanuel Schaffner, sales director of the Verduyn group, gives an initial
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Carrot prices have been dropping for second consecutive week in Ukraine, EastFruitreports. The warm weather is to blame, as it causes the quality of the carrots to decline in the local growers’ storages. Farmers are in a hurry to sell their medium- and low-quality carrots, which drives the
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The early carrot campaign in Sicily has just started, with low production volumes. Most of the requests come from Northern Europe and are specifically for organic early carrots, with a preference for Demeter certified biodynamic carrots. The situation for organic and Demeter carrots in southern
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The daily monitoring of EastFruit show that the prices of carrots on the Ukrainian market of root crops decreased on the current week, as the farmers started to sell their stocks of this product from storage. The farmers are now offering carrots for sale at 7-10 UAH/kg ($0.18-0.26/kg), which is
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The 2024 Onion and Carrot Conference will take place on 27 November, organisers have announced. read more

The daily monitoring of EastFruit show that the prices of carrots on the Ukrainian market of root crops decreased on the current week, as the farmers started to sell their stocks of this product from storage. read more

The British Carrot Growers Association (BCGA) is confronting challenges as squeezed profits lead to a reduction in carrot cultivation. To combat this, BCGA is initiating a campaign to protect carrot growers' future, highlighted by the National Carrot Awareness Day scheduled for October 3, 2024.
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The carrot market is currently relatively quiet. "There's some pressure from Egyptian carrots, which are selling at the same price or even less in Eastern Europe," explains Willem de Boer of W. de Boer & Zn in the Netherlands. "Also, the carrots' quality is challenging this season. Last year
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Root vegetables are not only extremely versatile and taste extremely good when prepared correctly, but also provide you with vitamins and other valuable nutrients such as iron, calcium and magnesium in winter. read more

"Just like every year, we have the pleasure of sharing our considerations concerning the next Italian carrot campaign based on what we have seen at Fruit Logistica," reports Francesca Barbieri, product manager at "Zanarini srl". read more

“According to the latest estimates, French carrot production in 2023-2024 for the fresh market (337,700 tons) will be 2% higher than last year. Surface area (9,980 ha) is expected to increase by 1%. At the start of the 2023-2024 campaign (May and June), prices were still very high, in line
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Morrisons has followed Asda in launching a price-matching scheme offering its customers hundreds of weekly essentials at the same price or cheaper than those sold by Aldi and Lidl. read more

The hot weather has brought forward the production of carrots in the open field and the harvests have suddenly overlapped with those of greenhouse produce, causing overcrowding in the markets and related problems for sales. Painting the picture of the situation to IFN is Gianpaolo Forcina,
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After a year with crazy high prices, this year, the weather is putting its stamp on the carrot market." When the season started, we thought it would be a repeat of 1976, one of the driest years in decades. The seedlings grew quite well, but then it started raining cats and dogs in the summer.
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