In 2022, the Japanese fresh vegetable market was estimated to be 13.6 million metric tons (MMT), with around 5 percent coming from imports. In 2023, Japan imported 621,696 metric tons of fresh vegetables, primarily led by onions, peppers, and pumpkins/squash. The United States ranked 4th in vegetable imports to Japan, following China, South Korea, and. read more

Due to exceptionally wet field conditions, many are reflecting on a mixed harvest campaign for field vegetables. "For celeriac, we were sold out by the end of February, about four weeks earlier than usual. The same applies to the marketing season for organic Hokkaido squash: Normally, we are
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The supply of hard squash is down from last year. “The production across all vegetables is down out of Western Mexico and little hard squash remains in storage in the U.S.,” says Lesley Sykes of The Sykes Co. read more

“It’s a busy time for our Mexican team and grower partners with large volumes of vegetables shipping daily from Rico Farms Facility in Rio Rico, AZ,” says Oscar Trujillo with Bridges Produce. The company is currently importing organic hard squash (Acorn, Butternut, Delicata, and Kabocha),
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You are 'pumpkin historians', when did your commercialisation start and what is your experience after so many years? read more

Ad numbers bounced back this week as new flyers replaced those that were extended over Thanksgiving. Retailers focused on holiday celebrations with offers designed to help shoppers maximize their budgets and fill stockings a little fuller. Holiday fruits like pomegranates, offshore cherries,
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“With this year’s autumn weather from August onwards, squash was planted earlier than usual in France, and the demand has been strong from the start.” Within the range, pumpkins remain the number one choice, closely followed by the butternut, which continues to grow. read more

Syngenta has introduced two new squash varieties featuring resistance to Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus (ToLCNDV). The company said Alpha and Delfos offer genetic resistance for season-long protection and will first be made available to growers in the Mediterranean Basin, where the impact of
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Hard squash and watermelon supply out of Mexico have gotten a late start this fall. “Our fall season on these items is about two weeks behind normal,” says Lesley Sykes of The Sykes Co. “That’s mostly due to the high winds brought by Tropical Storm Hilary this summer.” read more

At Fruit Attraction, the participation of companies in the internationalisation format for fresh Italian produce created by the Edamus consortium is expanding. Focus on rocket, grapes, fennel, pomegranate, butternut squash, Campania pomannurca and valerian read more

At Fruit Attraction, the participation of companies in the internationalisation format for fresh Italian produce created by the Edamus consortium is expanding. Focus on rocket, grapes, fennel, pomegranate, butternut squash, Campania pomannurca and valerian read more

The drought at times caused severely limited growth of pumpkins, according to farmer Rolf Vetter, who grows both Hokkaido, butternut, muscat and spaghetti pumpkins on his farm in Riedhausen. "We started selling them two weeks ago. Sixty to 70 percent of the demand is for the Hokkaido and 20
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The Hatch chile season has arrived and many retailers featured the popular peppers in multiple regions of the country. Specials on grilling and roasting items like sweet onions, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, pineapple, corn, and bell peppers were tied in with Hatch chile promotions. Sales
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A series of pumpkin, courgette and winter squash variety trials will be held this summer, the Outdoor Cucurbit Growers Group (OCGG) has confirmed.  read more

Sipo, an Italian company active in the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables, received the Contest Ambassador Award, presented by Cortilia, an eCommerce platform for fresh food and typical specialities. Sipo's most popular products from
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It all started with organic courgettes and fennel, but for the past four years, the Cantalupo farm in Urgnano, in the province of Bergamo, has also been cultivating black cabbage, white courgette, yellow courgette, patisson, spaghetti squash and yellow turnips. Unusual products, which
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A courgette 'wonder' for the winter. This is how HM.CLAUSE defines its courgette variety Pietra F1. Last week it was shown again in the field at an open day in the Nijar area. read more

"I have never had to face such a situation: there is a lot of demand for squash, but there is no produce. It is a very difficult moment, I've never had to tell a client I couldn't fulfil their order before," explained Giuseppe Ventura from La Zucca Rossa, a company working at Centro
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After 16 years of seeing the global fresh produce market at Enza Zaden, Chris Groot moved to open-field vegetable specialist AGF-Direct in October 2022, a company with at most 10 employees. read more