Courgette (zucchini)

Fruit and vegetable price trends as at 6 February

2023-02-07 00:00

The cold weather also led to a jump in cauliflower and artichoke prices. Tarocco oranges are on the rise, with demand focusing on small gauges for juicing: first consignments of Washington Navel. Courgettes are also growing, although demand is subdued. Stable prices for
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First Dutch zucchini crop of the season: "Not only pretty but tasty too"

2023-02-03 00:00

On Wednesday morning, February 1, the first young zucchini plants began flowering at CourgetteFleur Zwinkels in the Netherlands. That heralds the start of the 2023 season. The first CourgetteFleur and Fioretta's have been harvested, packed, and delivered. read more

"In February, there will be a production gap in cucumbers, zucchinis, and eggplants"

2023-01-31 00:00

"We are in the middle of the campaign. It's the end of the autumn-winter cycle, in which the cucumber and zucchini cycle ends. The cycle, however, is ending a little early. This is happening because the crops of October, November, and December developed very fast," stated Andres Gongora, the
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Spanish zucchini exports decrease by almost 22% while purchases of Moroccan zucchini increased by more than 33%

2023-01-30 00:00

Spanish zucchini exports in the first eleven months of 2022 registered a considerable decrease over the same period of the previous year. According to Hortofinfo, in that period, Spanish zucchini sales abroad fell by 90.05 million kilos, i.e., 21.93%, going from 410.68 million kilos in 2021 to
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A growing offer of native greenhouse vegetables on the Polish market

2022-06-23 11:00

Today is the beginning of the calendar summer, so it is not surprising that the offer of domestic greenhouse vegetables on the Polish market is already wide. read more

More vegetables from this year's harvest enter the market in Poland

2022-05-19 10:48

More young vegetables from domestic crops are appearing on local wholesale markets in Poland. Interestingly, despite not the best weather, their trade is starting earlier than a year ago. read more

More and more homegrown vegetables available on the Polish market

2022-05-16 11:12

The domestic offer of new vegetables is consistently expanding on the fresh market in Poland. Of course, these are vegetables from under high cover at this early stage and their supply is limited, but the situation is very dynamic and if the weather is favourable, the availability of this offer will increase rapidly. read more

Vegetable exports fro Poland (2012-2021)

2022-04-26 10:52

The volume of vegetable exports from Poland in 2021 broke the downward trend of the previous two years, but it was not above the level of 2018 (the last year of the previous growth period, started in 2015). read more

Expensive courgettes on the Polish market

2022-04-01 10:29

The wholesale courgette market in Poland is witnessing a repeat of the situation in the second half of January this year. A sharp drop in the availability of courgette in Spain caused a drastic increase in the price of this vegetable. read more

Growers United | Sustainable Together

2022-03-28 15:49

On Thursday 10 March 2022, the directors of Growers United launched the Sustainable Together scheme. Growers United interprets Sustainable Together as increasing the sustainability of the supply chain from the grower to the point of sale. read more

Vegetable prices will have to rise in Poland

2022-03-15 10:11

This is not good news for consumers, but next season vegetable prices in Poland will have to rise or vegetables may disappear from the offer, as their production will become unprofitable and farmers will go bankrupt if they do not raise prices. read more

Freshfel Europe expresses deep concerns about the Belarus embargo on the import of European fruit and vegetables worth 300 million €

2022-01-07 10:56

On 6th December 2021, Belarus decided to respond to the latest international sanctions by implementing an embargo on food import into the country for food products originating from the European Union but also the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, the USA, and Canada. read more