Sweet pepper

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

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

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

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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With the first cucumbers grown under lights on the market, the cucumber price continued to rise. The VBT average price for week 45 came to 81.7 euro cents each. A price almost twice the five-year average. Tomato and pepper prices are also above that five-year average, although here, there has
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In week 45/23, italiano green peppers fetched 1.20 euro/kg to 0.80 euro/kg, italiano red peppers averaged 1.60 euro/kg, lamuyo peppers 1.70 euro/kg to 1.40 euro/kg, lamuyo green peppers 1.20 euro/kg to 1 euro/kg, california green peppers 0.95 euro/kg to 0.80 euro/kg, california red peppers 1.70 euro/kg to
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After the first few months of the vegetable season under shelter in the province of Almeria, ASAJA Almeria has made its first assessment of the state of the crop. "As ASAJA Almeria has already anticipated with the forecast for the season, the stabilisation of the pepper area has been consolidated,
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The drama unfolded in a distribution centre for agricultural products in Gyeongsang, South Korea. read more

The Primorye Interregional Office of Rosselkhoznadzor successfully stopped the import of a 6.7-ton batch of tomatoes from China. This action was taken because a quarantine object, the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, was found in the products. read more

From Segovia, La Chipotlera has opened a differential gap in the fresh hot pepper and chili sauce segment. "La Chipotlera is the last step of our adventure in agriculture. We started as an organic-product orchard growing traditional vegetables, such as tomatoes, green beans, and sweet peppers,
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The Moroccan pepper industry is coming out of the bottleneck with crops finally available for export, reports Obeida Mansour, CEO of Universal Peppers. read more

Bell peppers as football players, tomatoes listening to music, and surfing mini-sweet peppers are all part of the new veggie branding created by Produce Team LLC to appeal to children in the US to eat more vegetables. According to Diana Zamudio, regional sales associate of the Produce Team,
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The steep fall in tomato prices slowed last week. The VBT average prices come out at over 1.08 euros for 1 kg of loose tomatoes and just under 1.40 euros for vine tomatoes. With that, prices are still above average and are also higher than in recent years in early November. The same goes for
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Asem, the latest launch of Sakata in Almeria, arrives on the market to meet the needs of the grower of medium-early cycle California peppers, offering a plant with good vigour that produces heavy, high quality fruit, even in soils that are not very fertile. read more

Seasonal favorites like pomegranates, persimmons, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pineapples, potatoes, carrots, and celery were front and center. As were football party staples such as avocados, jalapeno and serrano peppers, onions, Roma tomatoes, cilantro, baby carrots, and cucumbers were well
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The snack segment has been gaining popularity in Belgium, too, in recent years. Life is moving faster, and people are busier, so convenience reigns supreme. To compete with chocolate bars or potato chips, the fruit and vegetable sector is always looking for ways to keep consumers away from
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The decrease in volume was particularly marked for fruits (-11.5%), according to Fepex data. The drop in the vegetable category was smaller (-2.7%) to 3.4 million tons. read more

Spanish bell pepper deliveries increased in German markets. However, inconsistent quality made pricing quite difficult at points. The increased availability of Spanish goods had a negative impact on the prices of their competitors: according to the BLE, Dutch, Belgian and Polish goods often
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Seed company Enza Zaden has recently introduced a new pepper to growers in both openland conditions and under net, a variety called Triology. read more