Tomatoes

A significant share of the supply of fresh tomatoes to the Russian market comes from Turkmenistan. Every year the Republic is increasing exports in this direction. read more

According to calculations by Hortofinfo, based on the Observatory of Prices and Markets of the Junta de Andalucía, in 2022, producers in Andalusia were paid an average of €0.99 per kilo of tomato (this average takes into account all tomato varieties), i.e. the highest level in ten years. read more

Climate change is causing the deterioration of aquifers, the depletion of arable soils and the alteration of climatic seasons, affecting the future of conventional agriculture, which requires new biotechnological tools to combat its effects. read more

Under this agreement, Bayer says it will exclusively distribute selected M2i products for the control of harmful lepidoptera in crops such as stone and pome fruits, tomatoes and grapes. read more

What could be more common than tomatoes? Yet behind the product - of which there are many different varieties - there is the extensive hard work of research. Italy's L'Ortolano has also been investing in tomato breeding for years now. read more

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds will be present at Fruit Logistica where it will present some of the latest amazing innovations in the industry (Hall 1.2 stand C-50), including Ideal melons, among the 10 finalists for the Innovation Award 2023. A virtual tour to see the robotbased
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According to the results of December 2022, prices for fresh vegetables in Kazakhstan increased by almost 20% over the year. read more

More young vegetables from domestic crops are appearing on local wholesale markets in Poland. Interestingly, despite not the best weather, their trade is starting earlier than a year ago. read more

The domestic offer of new vegetables is consistently expanding on the fresh market in Poland. Of course, these are vegetables from under high cover at this early stage and their supply is limited, but the situation is very dynamic and if the weather is favourable, the availability of this offer will increase rapidly. read more

The volume of vegetable exports from Poland in 2021 broke the downward trend of the previous two years, but it was not above the level of 2018 (the last year of the previous growth period, started in 2015). read more

Prices of domestic greenhouse tomatoes in Poland have suffered a big fall in recent days. Besides, these prices have been in a dynamic downward trend since the beginning of April. In the larger-scale wholesale trade, the discount from 8 to 25 April was 39 per cent. read more

A dynamic drop in wholesale prices of Polish greenhouse tomatoes is typical for the period from the beginning of March to the end of May. It results from a rapid increase in the supply of domestic greenhouse tomatoes on the market. read more

On Thursday 10 March 2022, the directors of Growers United launched the Sustainable Together scheme. Growers United interprets Sustainable Together as increasing the sustainability of the supply chain from the grower to the point of sale. read more

This is not good news for consumers, but next season vegetable prices in Poland will have to rise or vegetables may disappear from the offer, as their production will become unprofitable and farmers will go bankrupt if they do not raise prices. read more

reenhouse farmer Igor Sachno from Kherson region (Ukraine) is convinced that despite rising costs of fuel, fertilizers, protective equipment, film, drip tape and other consumables, greenhouse vegetable production will not decrease. It is not easy to switch to other technologies, he says. read more

On 6th December 2021, Belarus decided to respond to the latest international sanctions by implementing an embargo on food import into the country for food products originating from the European Union but also the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, the USA, and Canada. read more

Belarus is introducing its sanctions from January 1, 2022, reports PAP based on reports by Belarusian News Agency BelTa. read more

The volume of tomato exports from Poland (CN category 07020000 - Tomatoes, fresh or chilled) after the third quarter of 2021 amounted to 54.8 thousand tonnes, while its value reached PLN 273.2 million. It was lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year in terms of volume and significantly higher in terms of value.
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The 2021 growing season for ground vegetables in Poland started with a delay - even up to 3 weeks in some regions of the country. read more

The volume of tomato imports to Poland (CN category 070200) in the first half of 2021 amounted to 104.5 thousand tonnes, and its value to 710.8 million PLN. read more