This year, the celeriac season has taken a completely different turn, according to Robert den Ouden from Rodeno Agri Products. "Initially, we thought there would be enough tubers, but then it started raining and freezing. Many farmers waited for better conditions to harvest, but they never came." read more

The Belgian pear market is well-balanced for now. "It was bustling until January, and things have slowed slightly more than expected. Supply and demand are still fairly balanced, though," begins Christophe Van Haelst of Van Haelst Fruit and VHM Fruittrade. read more

The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) is pleased to announce an updated awards program to recognize leaders in the herbaceous perennial plant industry. read more

The Strait of Bab El Mandab - translated from Arabic as "Gate of Grief" - continues to live up to its name in the context of the crisis in the Red Sea. "The season would have been very good if we hadn't been caught short by the Red Sea problem," says Ibrahim Gadallah, an Egyptian citrus exporter
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Understanding the impact of Tomato Brown Rugose Brown Virus (ToBRFV) in Solanaceae – an introduction read more

The tropical fruit sector is exploring new growing areas to ensure the category's growth in the coming years, in the face of the severe and prolonged drought in several Spanish provinces. Two major specialist companies have set their sights on the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. A third is
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The Georgian Competition and Consumer Protection Agency (GCCPA) has been closely monitoring the nut market, unveiling a shift in export dynamics in its recent interim report. The report highlights a peak in nut export volumes in 2021, reaching 365.6 million GEL, before witnessing a downturn in
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In recent days, the Promoting Committee approved the documentation for the Igp recognition of an excellence of the Neapolitan territory, the asparagus. The Committee, which was formed in November and which we had already reported on (click here to read more), has
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The daily monitoring of EastFruit show that the prices of carrots on the Ukrainian market of root crops decreased on the current week, as the farmers started to sell their stocks of this product from storage. read more

In the Spanish region of Andalusia, there is one particular citrus fruit that is almost exclusively devoted to the export market: the bitter orange. Its production is carried out mostly in Seville, where, according to some historians, it was introduced by Genoese sailors long before the arrival
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In a context of generally higher temperatures in Egypt, and unpredictable temperature swings, the model of production in a controlled environment has proved to be a safe way of guaranteeing quality of crops throughout the year in the country. This is according to Reham Kamal, export and
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The vertical farm we're renting is based in a local gardening school that comprises three-layered 200m2 gutters. In December, we're starting to cultivate the mother plants, using in-vitro plants. Whereas, in March, we harvest the runners and get them rooted in our greenhouses to produce mother
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