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Different generations together in UNICA's 15th anniversary campaign
2023-09-28 00:00
UNICA is celebrating its 15th anniversary and arrives at a new edition of Fruit Attraction full of novelties. It reaffirms its commitment to its mini Fresh snacks, washed and cut, ready to eat, and which are combined with vegetable spreads, another growing trend.
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"You need knowledge to convert local produce preference into effective buying behavior"
2023-09-25 00:00
A smart harvesting robot that separates chicory heads from their roots. Fragile bell pepper plants growing up a rope. Or pheromone traps among apple trees that keep harmful insects at bay. BelOrta wants to show off fruit and vegetable cultivation craftsmanship with its pop-up exhibition 'RIJP,
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Top Seeds continues to develop its pepper programme
2023-09-25 00:00
These new varieties have been very well received. In its first year, Varane, after last year's conference held in Berja and Dalías, this is where most of the transplanted farms are concentrated and where the variety, despite the extreme temperatures of this summer, has been very well received.
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Serbia sees y-o-y increase in the price of vegetables
2023-09-25 00:00
In the first half of the year, the average y-o-y growth in Serbian consumer prices was 15.3%. Products that had the biggest impact on the growth of total consumer prices included vegetables. The y-o-y increase in the price of vegetables (30.7%) was predominantly determined by the price of
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Seeds shortage delays the Moroccan pepper season
2023-09-20 00:00
Moroccan pepper growers faced a shortage of seeds this season, forcing many of them to reduce their acreage, postpone their programs, or even abandon peppers altogether this year.
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Hurricane Idalia helps strengthen bell pepper markets
2023-09-20 00:00
For most of the summer, the supply of bell peppers has exceeded the demand for them. “The heavier crops were being grown in the East compared to Western production, which has been more balanced through the summer,” says Brian Rayfield, president of PennRose Farms LLC. However, he adds that
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Labor dispute at Turkish greenhouse Agrobay sparks protests and police intervention
2023-09-19 00:00
A labor dispute at Agrobay Seracilik, one of Turkey's largest high-tech tomato and pepper greenhouse facilities with 320 acres, has ignited protests, worker resistance, and even police interventions in Izmir, Turkey. The conflict, which began with the dismissal of 39 workers, including two
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Russia: ToBRFV detected in a batch of imported tomatoes and peppers
2023-09-14 00:00
The Primorsky interregional department of Rosselkhoznadzor prevented the import of tomatoes and peppers from China due to the identification of an object quarantined for the EAEU.
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“The 20-day delay in Almeria's plantations has caused a bottleneck for the seedbeds”
2023-09-14 00:00
The greenhouse vegetable campaign has been quite delayed this year in Almeria, and this has affected the seedbeds in the province that supply the plants, which have experienced some bottlenecks during these first weeks of planting. "The seedbeds usually start delivering bell peppers and tomatoes
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Windset Farms®, a producer and marketer of greenhouse-grown produce in North America, is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand refresh and sustainable packaging strategy. Focused on promoting its high-quality products, including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and various specialty
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“Kale is my Coca-Cola”
2023-09-13 00:00
When Covid hit, Alex Maseko remembered his lifelong passion for leafy vegetables. In the KwaZulu-Natal town of Peacevale he set to planting vegetables, trialling many but settling on what has become his speciality: kale.
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Farmers in the eastern Coachella Valley continue to assess the damage to their farms after last week’s storm brought heavy rain and flooding. For instance, there is Desert Mist Farms, cultivating red and green bell peppers, green beans, and white corn in the fall. It is headquartered in
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Limited supply causes elevated pricing for hot peppers
2023-09-07 00:00
Supplies of hot peppers in Mexico continue to be low. “The weather is slowing down production,” says Mario Cisneros with Perlag Imports in Texas. The company grows hot peppers year-round in Mexico’s Monterrey region. “Last week, temperatures reached 104°F twice here in Texas, but it’s
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Almeria's bell pepper season is starting with very small quantities, mainly in the municipalities of Berja and Dalías, although there won't be a significant production available until mid-October.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 4 September
2023-09-05 00:00
The Sicilian prickly pear campaign has started, while that of watermelons, melons, peaches and nectarines is coming to an end. Change of varieties for plums, with summer cultivars giving way to other varieties, such as Stanley, Grossa di Felisio.Due to the climate there is a shortage of product
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It's a chilli pepper boom but only one in three is made in Italy
2023-08-31 00:00
Only 1 chilli pepper out of 3 (30%) is Made in Italy, while the rest is imported from abroad for a total of almost 3.4 million kilos last year. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti at the World Chilli Pepper Fair in Rieti, based on Istat data and
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Household consumption of vegetables in the first four months of the year stood at 756 million kilos, 5% less than in the same period of 2022. Tomatoes fell by 4%, with a total household consumption of 143 million kilos; peppers, by 8%, totalling 58 million kilos; and peppers, by 8%, with a total consumption of 58 million kilos in the first four months of the year.
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Tomatoes cost too much, fast food giants take them off the menu
2023-08-31 00:00
Hot summer for vegetables. In fact, prices for peppers, aubergines and tomatoes set records in almost all production areas worldwide. Tomatoes in particular, due to the climatic trend, experienced a progressive and inexorable increase in prices;
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Fear of water shortages slows vegetable cultivation and planting of second crops in Malaga
2023-08-30 00:00
In Malaga province, growers are delaying planting crops due to ongoing drought concerns and fears of water shortages. According to President of the provincial young farmers' association Asaja, Baldomero Bellido, this would impact particularly on tomatoes, onions and peppers. He claimed the
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The cucumber price in week 34 again plunged below the five-year average at the auctions of the Verbond van Belgische Tuinbouwcoöperaties (Federation of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives). The unit price stood at 25.7 euro cents. In the past eight years, the price was lower only in 2017. The
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