Sweet potatoes

In week 43, Essen-based potato wholesaler von der Stein was able to deliver the first newly harvested sweet potatoes from the Pottbäcker farm in the Lower Rhine region. "The new marketing season has got off to a good start, with good quality and predominantly large tubers over 500 grams that
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The adoption of a UNECE recommendation for sweet potatoes this week will ensure product quality and fairness in trade, thus enhancing sustainable development outcomes. The standard was initiated by Germany and South Africa. read more

Bako Sweet is partnering with retailers to transform holiday produce displays and champion sweet potatoes as the ultimate holiday must-have this season. 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 global sweet potato market continues to widen its appeal, as interest in the product grows globally. In the Netherlands, the supply from Egypt is diminishing due to smaller exporters shifting to other products, resulting in a more stable market. According FreshPlaza report, Spain and
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The sweet potato season is currently in full swing, as far as Egyptian sweet potatoes go. "We have a good outlet for this towards our customers. We are working closely with our partners on this. It's a pretty tough market, but together we are making sure to get the sweet potatoes packaged and
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The Egyptian sweet potato season continues amid heated competition between exporters. As the season progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to source good quality batches, which transfers the competition to the price front. Mohamed Maatouk, CEO of the Egyptian Emirati food industries,
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The global sweet potato market continues to widen its appeal, as interest in the product grows globally. In the Netherlands, the supply from Egypt is diminishing due to smaller exporters shifting to other products, resulting in a more stable market. Spain and Portugal also face quality issues
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Sweet potatoes are registering demand on the up, fair prices along the entire chain and increasingly curious consumers. Sipo believes in them and supplies multiple varieties with different colors. read more

Due to the effects of climate change, resulting in an extended growing season, growing sweet potatoes in Estonia might become a possibility. University of Life Sciences researcher Eve Runno-Paurson: "Only 50-60 years ago, we could not have talked about growing sweet potatoes in Estonia. As a
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Egypt became the largest supplier of sweet potatoes to Scandinavia, one of the most premium consumer markets in the world, for the first time in history in the MY 2022/23 (July-June), according to EastFruit. Egyptian exporters were able to provide about a third of all sweet potato imports to
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Bako Sweet is gearing up for the Global Produce and Floral Show in Anaheim, California. The brand’s harvest season has been off to a promising start, despite the cold and wet conditions that followed the winter months. The standout feature of this year's harvest is the range of sizes to meet
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Since 2017, regional sweet potatoes have been growing and thriving on the Lower Rhine potato farm Pottbäcker. "In terms of botany and production as well as preparation and post-harvest handling, the crop is incomparable to the table potato," says Andreas Pottbäcker, who grows the root
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The harvest of North Carolina’s sweet potatoes has begun, growing conditions have been good with the right amount of rain at the right time. read more

Kohlrabi, celeriac, sweet potatoes, pak choi, turnips: these are only some of the fall products Sipo started selling this week as part of its "Sapori del Mio Orto" range. As the season changes, consumption is slowly veering towards fall products and the company from Rimini is not going to be
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While niche crops such as tropical fruits, garlic or sweet potatoes have gained a lot of importance in recent years, table grapes from German production are still a rarity. In the greenhouses of the Kremers farm in Heinsberg, directly on the German-Dutch border, dark, red as well as light grapes
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"There is no shortage of sweet potatoes this year," announces Mohamed Maatouk, CEO of the Egyptian Emirati food industries. "This season's volumes exceed last year's, to keep up with the growing demand for this produce." read more

Data shows that the European sweet potato production has been increasing every year for the last ten years. Currently, the total European production is around 100,000 tons, but 90% of this production is in Iberia (Portugal and Spain), which limits the competitive landscape to these two
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Supplies of sweet potatoes are tightening up as they do at this time of year with growers waiting for new crop to come on. Nick VanBerlo of Berlo’s Best, who grows sweet potatoes in both Ontario, Canada and North Carolina, says there are a few regions that have dwindling supplies of old crop
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