Shannon Boase from CKF recently gave a presentation at the Global Berry Congress in Rotterdam entitled Better Blues: Costco's Canada Case Study. read more

Spanish navelinas dominated the market for blond oranges. They were supplemented by Italian and Greek deliveries. The first Salustiana from Spain arrived, but according to BLE these ultimately only had a supplementary nature. South African Midknight and Valencia Late were still available, most
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The walnut harvest for the 2023 campaign ofIl Noceto, the organisation of 14 producers from the Veneto and Friuli regions, has come to an end. It has reached almost 1,000 dry tonnes, with a loss of around 30% of product compared to the forecast, due to the weather conditions.
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With the arrival of Cypriot and Italian table potatoes, the range changed slightly. However, according to the BLE, the offers still generated little attention, as they were too expensive on the one hand and, on the other, the quality of ware potatoes was still convincing. Business was generally
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Within the framework of the project "Safe Banana: Prevention and mitigation of FOC R4T risks in Ecuador", the executive director of the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE), José Antonio Hidalgo, announced that the GAL Rahan Meristem, from Israel, a variety resistant to Fusarium
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"We must reduce costs and use raw materials sustainably," begins Marinus de Bruijn, Sales Director at FoodeQ. This Dutch company specializes in vibration technology and processing for the food processing sector. It developed the Aura® oil recovery system, aimed explicitly at fried potato
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Alico, Inc. announces financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023. This comes as the Company's groves have been recovering from the impact of Hurricane Ian since September 2022. read more

The South African lychee import season is in full swing at N&K in the Netherlands. "The first air freight shipment arrived in week 45. That availability was challenging, but by flying to different destinations, we still received the lychees regularly. They were priced extremely high,
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Italy's Almaverde Bio harvested 3,300 tons of green kiwis and 2,900 tons of yellow kiwis. "Due to the weather conditions, the quantities are slightly below a normal year. However, this is compensated by an average grading and an excellent Brix value," said Paolo Pari, director of Almaverde Bio. read more

The combination of low orange supply and strong demand, driven by high temperatures, has led to a surge in orange prices in both the fresh fruit and processing segments. This trend has resulted in record prices in the industry, with the current average reaching a historic high in real terms,
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Following the punctual start, on 16 October, of the payment phase for single application CAP advances for the 2023 campaign, the payment of CAP balances for the same period is now starting, based on the unit amounts payable for each intervention on the basis of the data
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For our usual survey inside a large-scale retail outlet, this week we stopped by the Pam supermarket in Parma, a historic shop in the city of Emilia, which has been renovated several times over the years and is part of the Panorama shopping centre; read more

"Banana producers, cooperatives and traders of the Colombian Caribbean, represented in ASBAMA, are standing together against the permanent harassment to which we are subjected by various criminal gangs, which are jeopardizing the security and viability of Colombia's fourth largest agricultural
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The Belgian organic leek market has been picking up for several weeks. That seems to be because harvesting remains problematic due to heavy rains in Flanders. "Demand always increases toward New Year, but the supply is generally lagging somewhat due to delays or problems getting the product off
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Reducing plastic packaging and plant protection products, following the reform of the GI system (acronym for Geographical Indications), are among the qualifying works on which the European institutions have focused in this ninth legislature, now at its end, in particular the Parliament, which from
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The market has plenty of average grapes right now. Domenic Russo, VP of sales for Summit Produce Inc. notes that Eastern cold storage supply is increasing while importers are starting to hold red grapes as they expect arrivals to be down in the upcoming weeks. “Right now, arrivals are 2:1
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The EU produces a wide range of fruit, berries and read more

In Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, a man in his 50s planted three banana trees on a public city street and tended to them unnoticed for two years. Despite watering them twice daily, his activities remained undetected until recently when authorities cut down the trees, which were illegal
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The Honduran Foundation for Social Responsibility (Fundahrse) has awarded the Socially Responsible Company Seal to Fyffes melon subsidiary Sol Group for the second consecutive year. read more

The annual meeting is used by the members of the association to discuss the completed stone fruit campaign. As Fruchthandel Magazin had also reported, this was certainly not easy, especially as far as apricots were concerned, which had severe sales difficulties.
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