"Prices are generally good," Pieter Declercq, organic product manager at the Belgian cooperative REO Veiling said of organic winter vegetables in mid-January. He notes that the frost and the harvest uncertainty it brings for the winter crops still in the field is causing some nervousness in the
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The UK government has announced that checks on fruit and vegetables coming in from the European Union will not commence until the end of October at the earliest. This decision provides temporary respite for the food industry, which has been concerned about potential post-Brexit port delays. The
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The previous Pacific Northwest cherry season was perceived as excellent in terms of quality, but one cherry grower labeled it as one of the most exasperating seasons. The reason? The superior produce was left unsold due to excessively high prices in California. read more

The aim of this event was to show growers and field technicians the continuation and completion of this variety in its second round, as they had previously been able to appreciate Victoriano's good fruit set in high temperatures and its remarkable earliness. read more

Egyptian exporters have not only set a new record for garlic exports to Taiwan in 2023, but also may have had an indirect participation in the presidential and parliamentary elections of this island nation, reports EastFruit. They were accompanied by garlic suppliers from Argentina, who joined
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Due to the threat in the Red Sea, a significant logistics bottleneck is looming over the export season of grapes, despite expectations of a bumper season following two lean years. Vilas Shinde, CMD of the Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company, suggested that the increased logistics costs incurred by
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After last spring's postponement, which was also due to the flooding that so severely affected our territories, the agri-voltaic conference is being held again with a more specific focus on the Electric Orchard 'Fruit growing must change, the Electric Orchard is the new
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Domestic food storage potatoes were evidently predominant. Availability had not changed significantly and was sufficient to satisfy interest. Due to cost factors, there were occasional slight increases in price. Only Munich reported slight discounts on domestic offers. In the area of early food
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The Spanish 'Tropical', the driving force behind Andalusian and Spanish agriculture, is going through one of the most complex moments in its history. Its producers are faced with the paradox of having some of the most promising raw materials on the European markets at the moment, but with the problem of not being able to find the right products for the market.
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"Currently, we are supplying frozen berries, plum puree in barrels from Serbia, and fruit distillates from Bosnia to the EU. The prices for the frozen fruits have fallen dramatically, especially for raspberries. In the last two years, raspberry prices were so high that they were partly sorted
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Bayer is exhibiting at Fieragricola, the international agricultural exhibition scheduled at Veronafiere until 3 February 2024; read more

Francesco Canella has passed away, and a great entrepreneur who built his success on gastronomy, fruit and vegetables and meat. I used to call him 'the wizard of fresh food', but his passion combined with that of his brothers Settimo and Pietro for what is 'alive' in grocery shops did not
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Since January 25, all Egyptair cargo flights carrying strawberries, raspberries, beans, peas, broccoli, and spring onions for the Tulpin Group have been landing at Brussels airport. The Ostend airport, where that Belgian company and its transport company Ostendfresh usually operate, is
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In February FreshPlaza will be focusing on the grape sector. Are you a grower, importer or supplier of grapes? If so we would love to hear from you. read more

Over the past six years, Fairtrade banana volumes have increased by 466 percent in Canada and 15 percent in the United States. “Today, we estimate that one in three organic bananas in Canada are Fairtrade, while the total Fairtrade market share of conventional and organic combined is estimated
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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Andalusian Regional Government, Carmen Crespo, has participated in a lunch-colloquium with the Association of Businessmen and Professionals CTI of Marbella, where she highlighted that "we will make available to the province of Malaga
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Solidtec B.V. introduces a completely new palletizing machine based on new techniques and designs: the ST8. This machine is engineered in answer to the requests from the market for a smaller and efficient palletizing system. read more

A global market, yet one strongly oriented towards CIS nations. Omar Papi, CEO of Futura srl, which deals with fruit and vegetable graders, illustrates his company's strategies for the Italian and foreign markets, inviting guests over to the stand at Fruit Logistica. read more

The Commission has today proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products. This is done in line with EU commitments to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. read more