Lettuce and endives
Lithuania: “Our products are just 10-30% more expensive than conventional products”
2023-05-12 00:00
On Wednesday, May 10, the doors of Leafoods' vertical farm were officially opened and inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The farm is set to deliver its first products by the end of this week. By the end of this year, they aim to produce about 1000kg of lettuce a day. For now, they are
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'Colorful salads predominantly originated in Germany'
2023-05-12 00:00
In the case of iceberg lettuce, Spanish offers could be accessed almost exclusively, domestic supply flanked them with only very small quantities. According to the BLE, availability had become limited and quotations subsequently increased almost everywhere. Only Berlin reported slight
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AMI: German salads start the season
2023-05-11 00:00
The lettuce harvest in Germany already started several weeks ago and continues to progress. After the import season at the beginning of the year had to struggle with the highly fluctuating weather conditions, the question naturally arises: How will the German lettuce season go this year?
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France: Winter lettuce production declines despite increasing areas
2023-05-11 00:00
According to estimates released by the French statistical service Agreste on 1 April 2023, the national harvest of winter lettuce will decline by 18% year-on-year in the 2022-2023 season - despite a 14% increase in cultivated areas, from 3.349 ha to 3.5 ha.
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Cucumber pricing remains difficult, including organic
2023-05-10 00:00
The cucumber price continues to hover at low levels. In week 18, the average price dropped slightly again after a small rebound of the average price in week 17. With an average price of 12.7 euro cents a piece, the price is still below the five-year average at VBT.
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After the salads is before the tomatoes: Starting the barbecue with fresh vegetables from the Reichenau region
2023-05-09 00:00
Hardly any time to take a breather: this is the current situation for the gardeners at Reichenau Gemüse. After the harvest of the greenhouse lettuces has been completed, the next steps are already waiting in the greenhouses. Planting, harvesting and cultivation of the fruit vegetable crops cucumbers,
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Early yields lower for California leafy greens
2023-05-08 00:00
Leafy green supplies are expected to be closer to regular supply levels in the second half of May. “Things are starting to settle down a little bit now, and I think by the second half of the month, we’ll be getting back to normal conditions again,” says Ernst van Eeghen, VP of
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Bonduelle innovates the fourth range with Lettuce & Dates
2023-05-08 00:00
Bonduelle expands its Salad Paper range and launches an innovation, Lattughino & Datterini, the first on-shelf fourth range item with pre-washed and bagged cherry and salad tomatoes. The recycled and recyclable packaging with Mass Balance technology
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Gentilina lettuce, new varieties from Nunhems
2023-05-08 00:00
A well-established market, with increasing demand and great potential: this is the gentilina lettuce, a type that is among the most appreciated also by the large-scale retail trade, as it lends itself well to various uses, from fresh to fourth range;
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Colombia's rich agricultural landscape
2023-05-03 00:00
Royal Fruit and Vegetables SAS has been cultivating and selling agroindustrial products in the Colombian market for over 20 years. The company is primarily focused on the cultivation and distribution of gourmet vegetables, including varieties of lettuce such as Green Leaf, Butterhead, Iceberg,
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Italy's first lettuce from the area of Romagna already on the market
2023-04-17 00:00
The lettuce harvest began last week in Romagna (Italy) at the Fellini Patrizio farm. Thanks to the newly built greenhouses, it was possible to anticipate the start of traditional open-field cultivation. We interviewed Sales Manager Andrea Pignato.
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Uneven supplies and higher prices on lettuce likely until June
2023-04-17 00:00
Very choppy until the first or second week in June. This is how Mark Vaughan of Fresh Avenue says the lettuce market will look until then. “It’s going to be an unsettled market with significant swings in supply. Supplies may improve for a day or two and then it will fall
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Floating rafts and nethouses provide perfect growing circumstances for Italian lettuce
2023-04-17 00:00
The harvest and sale of Ninfa brand lettuce, grown on 10 hectares of floating rafts in the Italian province of Ravenna, started last week. Gianluca Rossi, owner of Valle Standiana, looks with satisfaction at the lettuce, which, harvested by a small number of employees, is transported by conveyor
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About five years ago, Davie Brooks and Jon Nickerson with Greengo Seed started working on the development of iceberg lettuce that could be harvested mechanically, suitable for both processing as well as fresh markets. Their second goal was to breed for iceberg lettuce with a high Fusarium tolerance.
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Vegetable Quality Control: Only a few places left at the Fresh Produce Seminar in Berlin
2023-04-13 00:00
The quality control of vegetables is the focus of the face-to-face training of the Freshness Seminar on 10 May 2023 at Fruchthof Berlin. What are the marketing standards for the most important vegetable products on the market? What quality defects can occur in salads, tomatoes and the like? How are inner
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Future Crops’ equipment to be auctioned
2023-04-12 17:00
All equipment belonging to vertical farming group Future Crops is being auctioned through the Troostwijk Auctions platform, it has been announced, after the Poeldijk-based producer was declared bankrupt.
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Fruit Attraction 2023 da record
2023-04-11 00:00
Great response forFruit Attraction 2023: for the 15th edition, scheduled from 3 to 5 October in Madrid, 1800 exhibitors and 90 thousand professionals from 135 countries are expected to participate. Eight pavilions and six exhibition areas, focus on lettuce
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Future Crops declared bankrupt: all equipment in online auction at Troostwijk Auctions
2023-04-06 00:00
Poeldijk-based vertical farm Future Crops has been declared bankrupt. For this reason, all equipment belonging to the baby lettuce and herb producer will be auctioned through Troostwijk Auctions' platform. The lots can be bid on from Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 16:00. The auction closes on
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More vegetables from this year's harvest enter the market in Poland
2022-05-19 10:48
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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.
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More and more homegrown vegetables available on the Polish market
2022-05-16 11:12
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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.
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