Sweet pepper
Grading greenhouse vegetables requires special attention
2023-05-02 00:00
Over the past few years, Futura srl has been receiving increasing requests for lines destined for the processing, grading and packaging of produce grown in traditional or hydroponic greenhouses, especially tomatoes, bell peppers and even cucumbers and aubergines. "We have already sold various
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Buenas perspectivas para Top Seeds
2023-05-02 00:00
Top Seeds' genetics, with heavy, heavy-calibre peppers, continue to bear fruit. This year, the 'highlight' will be a new red California variety for early and medium sowings. At the same time, they continue to promote two other winning options from their R€npimiento range that
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Producers in Almeria won't uproot their pepper plantations while there are good prices
2023-05-02 00:00
According to the latest State of the Crops report shared by the Agricultural and Fisheries Information website of the Junta de Andalucía, during the week of April 17 to 23, greenhouse producers in the Poniente Almeriense were delaying the uprooting of the single-crop pepper plantations as long
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Does the pepper stagnate?
2023-05-02 00:00
All that glitters is not gold. Although pepper has experienced golden years in the province of Almeria with the 'sorpasso' to tomato, it could stagnate and even slightly recede in surface area in the coming season. This is what some seed companies are telling Fruit Today. The
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New latecomers at Syngenta
2023-05-02 00:00
The multinational Syngenta has the widest catalogue of California pepper varieties on the Spanish market. A portfolio that focuses mainly on late varieties, the cycle that has seen the greatest growth in recent years.
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What's new in the ION range
2023-05-02 00:00
HM.CLAUSE varieties continue to spread across the Almeria crops with the new additions to its ION range. Its already well known California generation with resistance to powdery mildew and/or nematodes, offers numerous advantages in all cycles, as you have been able to see throughout the year.
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Barreiros, the powdery mildew resistant Lamuyo
2023-05-02 00:00
In recent years, talking about Lamuyo peppers in the autumn cycle has meant talking about Baquero. The Seminis variety is a leader in terms of production and hardiness. It is an all-rounder that adapts to all types of growing conditions. In order to improve the present, Seminis has been working for 6 years to improve the variety.
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The Region of Murcia exports 58% of its pepper production
2023-05-01 00:00
The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Antonio Luengo, stated during the presentation of the II Pepper Gastronomic Day, an act in which he was accompanied by the mayor of the town, José Miguel Luengo, that
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"Good prices for Spanish tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers, but very standard for zucchini, eggplants, and chilies"
2023-04-25 00:00
What everyone expected in September materialized somewhat in the winter, and in Spain, Kees Havenaar of Frutas Luna reflects on the winter fruit-vegetable season. "It didn't happen because the high gas price forced the Netherlands to finish so early. Far more because Spain had rain and cold
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The fresh vegetable division of the Arterris cooperative covers two French regions: Occitania and PACA, which represent about 50,000 tons of production (carrots, turnips, black radishes, asparagus, potatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers…). For its commercial development, Arterris relies on 3
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Spain: Declining trend in fruit and vegetable exports continues
2023-04-25 00:00
According to the latest official data, Spain exported 2.1 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables worth €3.38 billion in the first two months of this year. Compared to the same period in 2022, this is a decrease of 13.5% and an increase of 6% respectively.
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Almería’s outdoor watermelon acreage shrinks by a quarter
2023-04-24 11:00
According to a study by ASAJA-Almería, the Spanish province will see a 25% contraction in its outdoor watermelon production area. The reduction is due to a combination of the extended autumn productions of peppers, cucumbers, aubergines and courgettes until later in the year due to
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Farmers have been handed 11.5 million seedlings in the quake-hit Şahinbey district of Gaziantep province in southern Turkey. According to Daily Sabah, the move is part of a project to promote sustainability in agriculture. The plants, including tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, melons,
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Morrisons is rationing pepper sales to two per customer
2023-04-24 00:00
Morrisons have limited the sale of peppers to two per customer, as unseasonably cold weather seems to be limiting supply. A number of fruit and vegetable items have been in short supply so far this year, including tomatoes, which was also partly put down to poor weather in Spain and Morocco.
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"The demand for eggplants is very high, because they have many uses"
2023-04-24 00:00
This week, Reichenau-Gemüse eG started the season for products such as eggplants, peppers, and cocktail tomatoes, which are now also in the assortment of the company Früchte Bressan from Eggingen. "We obtain our products mainly from the vegetable island of Reichenau. We started with the
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Producers in the West of Almeria continue to uproot the already depleted pepper plantations
2023-04-21 00:00
The Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service of the Junta de Andalucía has made a new update on the status of Almeria's greenhouse crops, corresponding to the week of April 10 to 16, 2023.
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'Pepper market was divided among Spain, the Netherlands and Turkey'
2023-04-20 00:00
The bell pepper market was divided among Spain, the Netherlands and Turkey. Dutch deliveries expanded of all colors, while Spanish goods continued to lose importance. Green as well as red peppers from Turkey completed the picture. According to the BLE, increasing imports from Belgium and the
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A decade into its thriving collaboration, Oppy celebrates its partnership with British Columbia-based greenhouse pepper and cucumber grower Randhawa Farms, owners of the Perpetual Vegetable Co. brand.
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Exports of fruits and vegetables from Turkey have increased by 26%
2023-04-20 00:00
The export of fruits and vegetables from the western Mediterranean region of Turkey increased by 26% in the first quarter of this year compared to last year. The majority of the revenues came from fresh vegetable shipments. Vegetable shipments to external markets grew by 36%, and tomato exports
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Farmers in southern Turkey set to receive 11.5 million seedlings
2023-04-19 00:00
Farmers have been handed 11.5 million seedlings in the quake-hit Şahinbey district of Gaziantep province in southern Turkey. This is part of a project to promote sustainability in agriculture. The plants, including tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melons, watermelons, cucumbers, wheat, barley,
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