Sweet pepper

As the New Year approaches, the prices of some vegetables are expected to rise by almost a quarter, with cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, and berries experiencing the highest increase. The anticipated 25% cost surge for greenhouse plants is based on Rosstat's analysis. Over the last
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The seed company HM.CLAUSE has presented a great novelty in its pepper portfolio, its first variety of lamuyo. It is called Gardel F1, and with it they are inaugurating a new line in their offer that also represents a differential point. Gardel F1 provides resistance to powdery mildew and is included in the range,
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The Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service of the Junta de Andalucía, Spain, published a report on the phenological status of greenhouse crops in the region during the past week. read more

Serious forms of virosis are affecting vegetable production in Almeria, Spain. Denouncing the situation is the Iberian agricultural association Coag Almeria itself, which speaks of heavy damage on tomatoes, courgettes and peppers. read more

Manter International B.V., a manufacturer of weighing and packaging solutions, IMA Ilapak Italia and IMA Record, with their high-end packaging machinery, and both part of IMA Group’s FLX HUB, have officially joined forces in a strategic partnership. It will focus on fresh fruit and vegetables
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At the moment, the greenhouse supply of bell peppers is normal for this time of year. “The supply is also comparable to last year with a slight few more around,” says Ray Mastronardi, VP of Sales, DelFrescoPure®. read more

We are currently in the middle of the vegetable season in Almeria, but the watermelon planting is going to start in some areas of Almeria in just a matter of weeks, and those plantings will determine the size of the supply which will start reaching the European markets in mid-April. read more

Enhancing local ecotypes has always been an objective of the seed company Blumen Vegetables Seeds (click here to read more). This time the company's research, in the person of breeder Mariano Giannone, has turned to the pepper segment, for which the local ecotype has been innovated
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The pepper market finds itself in different phases across the globe at the moment. In the Netherlands, prices are high due to the end of the domestic season, whilst in the UK demand for imported Spanish peppers is good. The French market is currently experiencing oversupply, due to the late of
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Generally, for the market of a fruit and vegetable product, a season is never the same as the previous one; unfortunately or fortunately, some would say. For example, Sicilian pepper producers would have hoped for another production and commercial campaign equal to the
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The Spanish bell pepper import season has started at VitaFresh Produce, the first red, green and yellow bell peppers arrived at the start of November. read more

The supply of bell peppers is limited right now but that is changing. “The first harvest from West Mexico was delayed by rains but is beginning to show now and will increase over the next four to six weeks,” says Doug Johnson, senior vice president, sales for PennRose Farms, LLC. “The
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Strawberry farming has noticeably shifted from open to covered cultivation in recent years. Along with tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers, strawberries are now a fully-fledged greenhouse crop. There are notable expansion projects with high-tech glass greenhouses. For several reasons, that is,
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The beginning of November marked the change of season for Früchte Eder Ltd from Kirchham/Tutting with peppers from Spain, which they had previously sourced from Belgium and the Netherlands. "The quality is still very good, as the plants are still quite young. They are greenhouse produce from
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With the arrival of the last tomatoes and sweet peppers from northern German production, the domestic fruit vegetable season is now nearing its end. "The quality of the last few trains was actually quite good. Sales were also quite pleasing throughout the entire campaign, although marketing is
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The Coordinadora de Organizaciones Agrarias y Ganaderas, COAG, de Almería, warns about the severe pest problems that, in the form of viruses, especially in crops such as tomato, courgette and pepper, are occurring in the current season. read more

HM.Clause's California pepper catalogue is growing year after year and, this season, it has already added three new materials, all of which are resistant to powdery mildew and nematodes. read more

The Spanish greenhouse vegetable season's start has, in the past, sometimes been less promising. "Considering, say, bell peppers, given that the Netherlands was on the market until two weeks ago, those prices have been good," begins Marco Romein of Agrogestion Alboran. read more

An analysis carried out by Hortoinfo reveals that, in 2022, Moroccan pepper exports reached 166.9 million kilos, growing by 4.43% over the previous year and by 80.8% in the last 10 years. read more

The season is over for most of Harvest House's bell pepper growers. "It was an extraordinary one that started later than we've become accustomed to in recent years. That was because of the higher energy cost with many growers, thus deciding to cultivate differently. For example, some growers
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