From Segovia, La Chipotlera has opened a differential gap in the fresh hot pepper and chili sauce segment. "La Chipotlera is the last step of our adventure in agriculture. We started as an organic-product orchard growing traditional vegetables, such as tomatoes, green beans, and sweet peppers,
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The Chira Valley in Peru is one of the main regions for the cultivation of organic bananas. Unfortunately, it is being seriously affected by Fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease. Wageningen University & Research and its partners are taking a multi-pronged approach to solving the
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According to EastFruit analysts, this week there was a sharp change in trends on the Polish industrial apple market, where prices had been growing rapidly for quite some time. On Wednesday, processors began informing suppliers about price cuts, although farmers expected prices to continue
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Onion supply across North America is ample. “There seems to be plenty just about everywhere,” says John Harris of Paradigm Fresh. “As we head into 2024 though, I’m expecting some of that to change.” read more

The drama unfolded in a distribution centre for agricultural products in Gyeongsang, South Korea. read more

Albentillas SCA, a cooperative based in Bentarique (Almería), has been integrated into the social structure of Toñifruit SL, a company specializing in organic farming based in Librilla (Murcia). The two companies, which will continue to maintain their legal identity, belong to the
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Yesterday, Transnet revealed that the entity is partnering with Maersk to develop vacant land at Transnet Park, to enhance rail volumes between Belcon Precinct and the Port of Cape Town. The facility at Belcon will offer warehousing, cold storage, reefer capacity and container depots. It will be
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AgroStar subsidiary INI Farms has shipped its first consignment of ‘Kimaye’ branded bananas to Fresh Del Monte in Europe. The pilot was executed by INI Farms in collaboration with the Agricultural Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), along with support from ICAR-Central Institute
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At the moment, UK supermarkets are faced with a significant shortage of broccoli, a development that has raised concerns among consumers and retailers alike. The lack of produce is primarily attributed to the unusually wet weather conditions that have prevailed, severely impacting crop yields.
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In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, more than 20 thousand tons of imported fruits and vegetables have been imported since the beginning of this year, according to specialists from the Rosselkhoznadzor. In addition, the department's employees monitored the import of over 27.5 thousand tons of plant
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After a tough few months, blueberry volume from Peru is increasing. “El Nino played a huge factor. In just our programs, we lost a significant amount of the fruit that we would typically see in the October early November window,” says Michael Giordano of Consalo Family Farms. read more

The subject of leaflets, or more generally of promotions planned well in advance, has always been a bone of contention between supplier and distributor, especially in the fruit and vegetable sector, where the offer is often subject to uncontrollable variables and, therefore, the risk that
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Brazil’s main lime producing and exporting area, the São Paulo Region, is seeing a good 2023 harvest season in terms of quality and prices in Europe, “but not as good as 2022,” says Cassiano Berol, head of the export department at UP-Fruit. read more

The talk highlighted the outstanding results obtained in a technological greenhouse project carried out by Novagric in Águilas last year. read more

Around 250 trade visitors from organic agriculture, the organic trade and research met for the 7th time in Visselhövede for the Bio-Fachforum Gemüse und Kartoffeln (Organic Vegetables and Potatoes Expert Forum). They listened with interest to several presentations and discussed current
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Maersk has started, with the official ground breaking, the construction works for its new large cold store in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The specialized warehouse for temperature sensitive or frozen products like pharmaceuticals, fruits, meat or fish is located right next to the Maasvlakte II
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The 2023 season for persimmons in Campania, so far, has not been one of the easiest; read more

The next cycle of Egyptian tomato exports is due to start soon, in early December. Abdelkader Habony, exporter of a wide range of Egyptian fresh produce, hopes to reach more European markets. read more

After his experience on Masterchef, Nicolò Prati put his cooking aside and devoted himself to his other passion, the land, taking over the family farm in Castel San Giovanni, in the province of Piacenza, and recounting on his Facebook and Instagram profiles his
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As various countries have started up their citrus season, there’s a lot of movement in the market for certain products, says Triland CEO Mariya Dermendzhieva: “Our company sources citrus from Egypt, South Africa, Argentina and China, and then exports them. We just finished the export of
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