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Cucumbers
The BONNY Group is among the Exclusive Partner Farms of the Hamburg-based fruit trading company Port International. The BONNY Group boasts over 270 hectares of cultivation area in the Canary Islands, of which 115 hectares are dedicated to cucumber cultivation. The majority of these cucumbers are
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Russian cucumbers dominate Polish market
2024-03-08 00:00
EastFruit reports an unprecedented influx of Russian cucumbers on the Polish wholesale markets. Polish market operators observe that Russian cucumbers dominate the supply, mainly because of their low price. Poland imports about 2-3 thousand tons of cucumbers from Russia every month, making it the…
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Aggressive rise in imports from aggressor: Russian cucumbers dominate Polish market
2024-03-08 00:00
EastFruitreports an unprecedented influx of Russian cucumbers on the Polish wholesale markets. Polish market operators observe that Russian cucumbers dominate the supply, mainly because of their low price.
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Ukraine: domestic cucumber prices down amidst higher supply
2024-03-08 00:00
Local greenhouse cucumbers in Ukraine have seen a sharp drop in prices this week, EastFruitreports. Ukrainian greenhouse farms are now selling cucumbers for 85-130 UAH/kg ($2.23-3.41/kg), which is 15% lower than the previous week’s average.
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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW CUCUMBERS
2024-03-08 00:00
The supply of cucumbers across the big consumption market of Europe is on the lower side with slow starts for many production countries. However, pricing is also low in most EU countries. At the largest auction in Belgium the 'largest cucumber acreage in recent history' was noted. This winter
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Cucumbers from the Orlovskaya region of Russia were sent to Poland for the first time
2024-03-07 00:00
For the first time, cucumbers grown in one of the greenhouse complexes in the Orlovskaya region have been shipped to the Republic of Poland. A batch weighing 80 tons underwent all necessary inspections at the Orlovskaya phytosanitary testing laboratory. Experts from the Plant Quarantine and Seed
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Greenhouse cucumbers, prices at origin further down
2024-03-06 00:00
According to Ismea data, in February 2024, the average price at origin of cucumbers in greenhouses was 0.66 euro/kg, 28.2% less than in January 2024 and 30.1% less than in February 2023. After an average price at origin of 0.64 euro/kg in October 2023, cucumbers in
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Cucumbers are bought by 42% of Italian households
2024-03-06 00:00
The number of households that have bought cucumbers at least once in the last twelve months is increasing. According to the permanent observatory of Consumer Panel Services GfK, which monitors the purchasing behaviour of Italian families with a sample of 15,000 consumer products
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“Compared to last year, we now yield 1050kg of cucumbers and 626kg of tomatoes per m2 annually”
2024-03-05 00:00
"We have moved from an R&D stage into a full production scale since January 2023. It's been a crucial period for us, both technologically and economically. The completion of a Proof of Concept (POC) facility, spanning 300m2, marked a significant milestone for Grow-Tec, showcasing their ability
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"At the horticultural and business level, the switch to ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes is indispensable".
2024-03-05 00:00
In total, the Sippel company, located in Knoblauchsland in Nuremberg, Germany, produces grape and cherry tomatoes on 1.5 hectares and cucumbers on one hectare. Willi Sippel (right) now heads the vegetable growing company of the same name, now in its seventh generation.
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"From a horticultural and business point of view, the switch to HR tomatoes was a must for us".
2024-03-04 00:00
In week 8, the first mini cucumbers and snake cucumbers could be harvested in the Sippel greenhouse in Nuremberg's Knoblauchsland. "Gas prices have tripled in some cases, which led us to plant a little later on our premises. The same
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Europe's food autonomy depends on greenhouse cultivation
2024-03-04 00:00
"If southern Europe were a single country, it would be the world's leading exporter of aubergines and the second for products such as cucumbers and peppers,' begins with this lapidary statementJuan Carlos Pérez Mesa, professor at the University of Almería, in an interview for the programme
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"From a horticultural and business point of view, the switch to HR tomatoes was a must for us".
2024-03-04 00:00
In week 8, the first mini cucumbers and snake cucumbers could be harvested in the Sippel greenhouse in Nuremberg's Knoblauchsland. "Gas prices have tripled in some cases, which led us to plant a little later on our premises. The same
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'From both a horticultural and entrepreneurial perspective, the transition to HR tomatoes was indispensable for us'
2024-03-04 00:00
In week 8, the first mini and snake cucumbers were harvested in the glasshouse of Sippel company in Nuremberg's Knoblauchsland. "The gas prices have tripled in some cases, which led us to plant our crops a bit later. The same applies to our tomatoes, which we only planted in week 4 instead of
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In the Spanish province of Almeria, the winter harvest of cucumbers is coming to an end. "Throughout the region, from Guainos to Motril, the harvests are almost complete and after a short interval of a couple of weeks, the new plantations will be started," says Juan Manuel Andújar, of La
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Which country garners the most value from its cucumber production: Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco, or Turkey?
2024-02-29 00:00
According to a comparison carried out by Hortoinfo using FAOSTAT data, the total value generated by the cucumbers produced in Spain significantly surpasses that of other countries. Compared to the Netherlands, the value is 83.96% higher. It is also 1.3% greater than that of Turkey, and an
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A large group of farmers from the areas of Berat and Fier have recently united to obtain floor prices in negotiations with collectors and exporters. The agricultural season has begun to yield the first greenhouse crops and cucumbers are now being harvested, but the prices for the growers reached
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Which country gets the highest value for its cucumber production: Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco or Turkey?
2024-02-28 00:00
According to a comparison carried out by Hortoinfo with data from FAOSTAT, the total value of cucumber produced in Spain significantly exceeds that of other countries. Compared to the Netherlands, the value is 83.96% higher, 1.3% higher than in Turkey and a staggering 4,005.84% higher than in Spain.
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The Netherlands enters market by purchasing cucumbers from Almería to fulfill retail contracts
2024-02-28 00:00
The winter cucumber harvest is coming to a close in the Spanish province of Almeria. "Across the region, from Guainos, one of the last towns in Almeria, to Motril, the harvests are nearly complete, and there will be a brief gap of a couple of weeks until the new plantings begin," says Juan
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Cucumber price slump halts in Belgium
2024-02-28 00:00
In week 8, with an average price of 43.7 eurocents for cucumbers, the auctions of the Federation of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives (VBT) managed to halt the price drop of the previous weeks. However, the average price remained below the average of the previous weeks.
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