In 2024, Australia proudly welcomes the 12th World Potato Congress to Adelaide, marking a significant moment for the global potato industry. Scheduled from June 23-26, the World Potato Congress not only provides a platform to showcase the excellence of the Australian potato sector but aims to
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Aartsen is keen to keep growing. This Dutch company's current premises have reached its limits. After the last expansion in 2008, there was no more room to grow. Aartsen, thus, began searching for a larger plot. "And we found it," says operational director Jasper van der Sandt. He is pleased to
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The December holidays have caused an uptick in demand for some exotic fruit varieties and Asian retailers in particular pair exotic fruits to increase store visits this time of year. “Our Brazilian Samba papaya and Ecuadorian white dragon fruits are doing exceptionally well in Canada and
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The Sardinian artichoke season had already started this year under very good auspices (click here to read more) and the increasingly low temperatures gave a real boost to both production and demand. read more

The minimum price for pears has long been one of the workhorses of grower Luigi Golinelli (in the opening photo) who, with the technical-informative-economic group 'Pears at two euros', is leading the battle for entrepreneurs (click here to read more). read more

Mercadona ends 2023 with 49 stores in Portugal read more

Excellent news for the Sicilian agri-food sector: on 20 December 2023, the Consortium for the protection of Ficodindia dell'Etna PDO, recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, with Ministerial Decree 30 November 2023 published in Official Gazette no. 287 of
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From the fundamental structural change at the Munich wholesale market to packaging and product trends in fruit and vegetables, right up to the current negotiations on the new construction at the wholesale market site - over the past two decades, owner Jörg Sailer of service agency Klaus Burkert
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According to EastFruit, Egypt remains the leading supplier of imported artichokes in Italy, both in fresh and frozen form. The amount of Egyptian artichokes that enter the Italian market varies from 9 to 15 thousand tons per season (roughly from July to June). Egyptian exporters have a strong
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GP Graders has sent out a statement, looking back on 2023. It says: read more

After a year full of industry updates and insights, the IFN editorial team is taking a short break for the Christmas holidays. read more

The 2023/2024 campaign is proving challenging for Spanish lemons, with prices at the edge of profitability. read more

The garlic market is experiencing some difficulties this December, with “high prices and quality well below expectations,” according to Patrick Flin, head of Paris-Ail and Royal Saveurs. France and Spain have suffered from the weather, and China is experiencing a major production shortfall,
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Sources predict Morocco’s Tangerine/mandarin production for MY 2023/24 to reach an estimated 950,000 metric tons, increasing 3 percent over MY 2022/23, orange production should increase by 5 percent over the previous year to 820,000 MT, while lemon/lime production will reach 40,000 MT. Much of
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Greenpoint Trading B.V., a service partner and supplier of vegetables and fruits, is celebrating its five-year anniversary. Since its establishment in 2018, the company, specializing in premium avocados, has traversed a path with a focus on quality and service. Carel van Krimpen, founder and
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“At Fruit Color, we were very happy to receive our first shipment of peaches from Chile. These were the first peaches from Chile in our history to be sold on the Chinese mainland,” says Kaimao Ye and Braulio Diaz from the Chilean exporter Gesex in China. read more

After a fire ravaged the former vegetable exporter Van Dijk Delft, Bogaerds Architects received its first commission from the fruit and vegetable sector in 1983. Since then, this Dutch firm has never left. Cor Bogaerds founded the company 80 years ago. Located in a sleekly renovated apple
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Even though Spanish companies' imports of Egyptian oranges have risen exponentially, coinciding with two years of lower production, "there is no doubt that the fruit will be labeled correctly," says an industry operator, "indicating the country of origin of the production, and not just where it
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In September, Japanese peeling innovator Astra attended the IFPA show in the USA. As well as catching up with existing customers and meeting familiar new visitors, the company's most significant achievement at the show was the discovery of the previously unrecognised capacity of its existing
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Container lines will use a variety of methods to minimise losses due to the oversupply of vessels in 2024, according to Philip Damas, managing director of Drewry Shipping Consultants and head of Drewry’s Supply Chain Advisors practice. read more