Cauliflower

The real Christmas rush at Grappe de Raisins still seems to have to get going. However, CEO Jan Hannon says that even though the pandemic is over, people have remained loyal to this Belgian greengrocer. "The pandemic madness passed, but in the years that followed, the figures remained higher
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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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"There's almost no cauliflower to be found," says Bertus van Tricht of AGF-Direct in the Netherlands. "Yesterday, a paltry 5,000 crates were auctioned in France for €27 per crate. That's unheard of, but there's simply hardly any available." read more

We are witnessing cold mornings in which winter vegetables are beginning to show positive trends. Yesterday, we went to the Bologna agri-food centre (Caab) to check the trend for these products, and we can testify to a discrete demand. For broccoli and cauliflower we see
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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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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. read more

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. read more

Floods in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais have wreaked extensive damage to vegetable crops, including artichokes, cauliflowers, carrots, beetroot and celery. In Audomarois, near Saint-Omer, all the crops were apparently underwater, with damages due to be assessed once the water
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Last season there was speculation about the possibility of a significant drop in the cauliflower production, and while official figures certainly reveal a 12.4% drop compared to the previous year, the reduction is not as significant as that of other open ground productions, such as broccoli,
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The broccoli and cauliflower supply in the European markets remains low due to the sudden end of the seasons in central and northern European countries, as well as the delayed harvests in Spain, the main supplier of brassicas in the fall and winter months. read more

In this campaign, Sakata has set out to cover almost the entire cauliflower harvest calendar with the launches of the Denver, Berlin, Stockholm, and Nairobi cauliflower varieties. "With our catalog, producers can collect high-quality Sakata cauliflowers from April to February," stated Antonio
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This season, Sakata aims to cover almost the entire cauliflower harvesting calendar with launches in Denver, Berlin, Stockholm and Nairobi: 'with our catalogue we can harvest high quality Sakata cauliflowers from April to February', he said.
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Floods in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France have affected production of a variety of vegetables, including artichokes, cauliflowers, carrots, beetroot and celery, Libération reported. read more

England is feeling the brunt of storm Ciaran this week as high winds and heavy rain has caused flooding and has left thousands without power. read more

Full involvement on the environmental front, to bring products to the market that abandon chemistry. And innovative communication that looks at the cultural but also the health side, such as the polyphenols in cauliflower or the collaboration in the project involving Lilt and
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The Cauliflower of the Sele Valley becomes the Cauliflower of Health. On the occasion of the Pink Ribbon Campaign 2023 it will support the Italian League for the Fight against Tumours (Lilt). From 26 October to 10 November, it will be possible to buy 40 thousand packages, pink in colour, bearing the face
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Domestic cauliflower apparently dominated the scene. They were mostly available in packs of 6, only in Hamburg were they also available in assortments of 8. In the Hanseatic city, the domestic offerings were flanked by a few Polish ones, while in Munich they were unrivaled. Belgian and Dutch
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The broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and artichoke summer campaign is coming to a close in Spain, and, shortly, the planting of seeds for the autumn and winter campaign will start in the southeast, a more export-oriented area (Europe's main producing area). read more

This year there will be no great novelties. The company is committed to following the same trend as in previous years, maintaining volumes in almost all products (lettuce, courgette and watermelon). But the exception that proves the rule will be cauliflower. "We are going to increase the
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