Tomatoes

Inspectors from the Rosselkhoznadzor department in the Amur region and the Republic of Sakha have monitored over 35,000 tons of various fruits and vegetables through the international automobile checkpoint Kanikurgan since the beginning of the year. All shipments originated from China. read more

Many New Zealanders may be able to include more fruit and vegetables on their festive menus thanks to a significant drop in the cost of produce. read more

The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority keeps a register of companies and inspection sites that are permitted to export tomatoes and bell peppers to the United States. These companies meet the requirements set by the United States. A list published on December 6 spans two pages. It
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The clock sales of Spanish vegetables at ZON started off slowly this year. "Just like other years, we started supplying courgette and aubergine around week 43/44, but various products such as tomatoes and some field crops started significantly later this season. Particularly, the availability of
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NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have finally located a tiny tomato that went missing for over eight months. The tomato, part of the Veg-05 experiment, was lost by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio after a March 2023 harvest. Rubio's share of the tomatoes, stored in a Ziploc
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High temperatures, high production and labour costs, and variable prices colour the global tomato market at the moment. In the Netherlands, growers are rekindling their operations under lights after a year of sparing energy use, witnessing a surge in tomato prices alongside concerns about the
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First came the Tomato monitor, then the Soft Fruit and Exotics ones. Now, the crowd-sourcing platform Roamler is introducing a fourth monitor to its fruit and vegetable sector services: the Fruit-vegetable Monitor. read more

Bulltec from Cesena has supplied OP Ortomì from Pachino (Siracusa), a new semi-automatic system for the packaging of a bunch of tomatoes into punnets. For Bulltec, Ortomì is a point of reference in the area of the packaging and commercialization of Pachino tomatoes both in Italy and abroad. read more

Among the toughest challenges facing agriculture today is drought, which is putting a strain on various agricultural productions. Many solutions are being planned by the experts to still guarantee profitability for farms despite the difficulties,
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Last year, high energy prices meant there was little supply from those countries' greenhouses, so supermarkets had to switch to imports from Southern Europe. How are things looking this year? We approached Colruyt Group for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the upcoming winter
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There was great participation and interest in the Veronese greenhouse meetings, organised in Zevio, in co-ordination between Bayer CropScience's Vegetables and Crop Protection divisions. read more

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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Following the entry into force of the new CAP reform and the new Fruit and Vegetable Sector Intervention, Italia Ortofrutta - Unione Nazionale, in concert with its member POs, is promoting the realisation of applied research projects under the Operational Programmes of the
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Tomatoes, championed by the American Heart Association (AHA) for their potassium content, have demonstrated additional heart health benefits in a Spanish study involving more than 7,000 adults aged 55 to 80. The research revealed that the daily consumption of one large tomato's equivalent
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In week 48/23, prices in the Almerian marketing centres fell for most vegetable products. Although this was also the case for tomatoes, they were able to maintain a high price level. Round tomatoes realised 1 euro/kg to 0.90 euro/kg, longlife tomatoes 1.15 euro/kg bsi
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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

The Fruit & Vegetables Special went from words to deeds. After the workshop, fruit and vegetables took centre stage in all their shapes and colours to entertain delegates at the inevitable light lunch in the foyer of the Fico Eataly World congress centre in Bologna. A way to comment,
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This spring, Ahmed Laasri started Handelfresh in the Netherlands. The trader wants to further boost fruit and vegetable exports from his family's business in Morocco. "Our Moroccan tomatoes sell well in Spain and the United Kingdom, but Dutch customers still have to get used to the prices," he says. read more

In cooperation with Agroatlas, the leading green bean marketer in Europe, a new firm specializing in organic production has been created in Almeria. "Biogrow Farms has been created both as a producer and marketer, specializing in vine and cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and organic watermelon," said
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