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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 27 February
2023-02-28 00:00
Prices are rising for Tarocco oranges as they head towards the end of the campaign. The Candonga strawberry from Basilicata entered with good quantities and high quality, joining the Sicilian and Campania production. Still production problems for artichokes; no growth in volumes of
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Key Turkish produce got more expensive on the Georgian market
2023-02-28 00:00
EastFruit’s latest survey held on February 24, 2023, reveals sharp price increases for several key products – most notably, tomatoes and peppers. They are heavily imported at this time of the year, thus price changes are strongly linked with external trade issues.
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Cold weather pushes Mexican colored bell pepper peak production back
2023-02-27 00:00
Cooler weather in Mexico has slowed down production on colored bell peppers. “We’re just about to turn the corner in Sinaloa,” says JC Myers, vice-president sales and marketing for SunFed Produce. “We’ve been two to three weeks behind our expected real production peak. We’ve been
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UK: Fruit and vegetables rationed due to lack of fresh produce
2023-02-24 00:00
There will have been a lot of puzzled and also worried faces in the UK in the past few days and there still are, because Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons have limited the sales quantities of peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and co. per person. Customers are only allowed to buy three or two pieces per product.
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture's latest State of the Crops report, in week 7 (February 13 to 19), producers in the pepper greenhouses of Western Almeria continued to uproot the earliest varieties. They were also harvesting the peppers that were planted later and that are coming to the
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Onion shortages might be a new chapter in world food crisis
2023-02-24 00:00
Onions are the staple of cuisines across the world, the most consumed vegetable after the tomato (technically a fruit). About 106 million tons are produced annually — roughly the same as carrots, turnips, chillies, peppers and garlic combined.
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"Our goal was to realize added value for bell pepper"
2023-02-23 00:00
Snijpunt celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Both management and employees are proud of this anniversary. The entire year 2023 will therefore be a celebration. This year, they look back at what they have achieved and, of course, look ahead with their plans for the future.
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Vegetable prices go through the roof in Netherlands
2023-02-23 00:00
The cost of out-of-season fruits and veggies, like bell peppers, broccoli, and lettuce, is rising for Dutch consumers, with some supermarkets charging an average of €3.50 for a cauliflower. Gerard van den Akker of produce auction Bilthoven said that a combination of high gas prices, which have
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"Meanwhile, greenhouse vegetable supply steadily increases again, only peppers lag behind"
2023-02-23 00:00
Spanish vegetable shortages are once again past their peak. Stephan van Marrewijk, working in the commercial department of the Spanish cooperative Vicasol, looks back on a bizarre market situation. "There have been moments of big shortages and, therefore, high prices that have turned the whole
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Supermarkets limiting sales of veg per customer
2023-02-22 00:00
Across the UK supermarkets are facing shortages of some fruit and vegetables.
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Bikos F1, more earliness and late powdery mildew resistance
2023-02-22 00:00
BASF's vegetable seed business, which operates in the market under the Nunhems brand, has organised a field day in El Ejido (Almeria) on Tuesday, 21 February, to show its red California pepper for late cycle Bikos F1, with which it completes its new range with resistance
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"Cautious drop in price of Spanish peppers sets in, tomatoes still 'insanely expensive'"
2023-02-21 00:00
After bizarrely high prices for Spanish greenhouse vegetables last week, the prices of various vegetables have finally dropped a bit this week. "Carnival week tends to be quieter, but at least for peppers, a cautious drop has started," notes Philip van Geest of Van Geest International.
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MPIC enters vegetable sector with greenhouse project in Batangas
2023-02-21 00:00
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is building a greenhouse facility in San Rafael, Batangas, this is the company's first involvement in the vegetable sector.
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Shortage of salads and citrus fruit in UK supermarkets
2023-02-21 00:00
According to The Guardian, British retail is facing shortages of certain products, mainly cucumber, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes, as well as broccoli and citrus fruits as a result of the cold weather in January and February in both Spain and Morocco.
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UK runs out of salads and citrus fruit after Mediterranean cold snap
2023-02-21 00:00
According to The Guardian, distribution is facing shortages of cucumbers, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes, as well as broccoli and citrus fruits because of the cold weather in producing countries such as Spain and Morocco.
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Supermarkets across north London hit by vegetable shortages
2023-02-20 00:00
North London supermarkets are being particularly hard hit by a nationwide shortages of fresh vegetables.
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No patents on seeds: Patent on peppers not revoked
2023-02-17 00:00
The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected the opposition against a patent of the company Syngenta (Chemchina) on conventionally bred peppers (EP2140023). In 2013, Syngenta had applied for a patent on the genetic trait of plants originally from Jamaica.
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In Europe, greenhouse vegetable prices are reaching great heights. "Unbelievably, bell peppers currently cost more than green asparagus. Wednesday, Feb. 15, bell pepper prices even broke through the magic €30 mark. Monday, Feb. 13, that was still €25 to €26," says Ruud Zwinkels of EFP
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"I've never seen prices such as these for TOVs"
2023-02-17 00:00
Greenhouse vegetable prices are skyrocketing. "Bell peppers, zucchini, eggplant, tomato, cucumber. You name it, everything's expensive," says Geert Baecke of Tino's Fruit in Belgium. "We're anxiously awaiting Dutch and Belgian trade, but it's going to be a big problem getting products in the
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"I don't see unbelievably high Spanish greenhouse vegetable prices changing any time soon"
2023-02-14 00:00
"Unbelievable, these prices. We've been in business for a few years now, so we've naturally seen occasional outliers, but prices have been outlandish for days," says Pieter de Ruiter of 4Fruit Company in the Netherlands. "I don't see the market situation changing any time soon either. There's
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