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The 5th Stone Fruit Congress brings together more than 30 experts to discuss the future of the sector
2023-11-08 00:00
The V National Stone Fruit Congress has published its technical program with a selection of the best experts from leading research centers, universities, and companies. Any party interested in attending the congress can read the program and register here. More than 30 speakers will present their
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The development of growing technologies, improved selection, the growing popularity of protected cultivation and the constant improvement of quality and freshness preservation technologies – all these factors, according toEastFruit experts, are a threat to the global dried fruit market. After
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Del Core: 'Packaging regulation would have an impact on fruit and vegetable quality'
2023-11-08 00:00
"The proposal for a PPWR regulation, approved by the European Parliament's Environment Committee on 24 October, as presented, would have a negative impact on one of our country's sectors of excellence, fruit and vegetables, which make up 25% of the entire agricultural sector.
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Just over seven years ago, 26 July 2016, was the historic date when the first significant entry of an international investment fund into a Spanish fresh fruit marketing company was announced. The MIURA fund entered the historic family citrus company
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Caat gives face and voice to the protagonists and focuses on digital
2023-11-08 00:00
The stories and faces of Caat's fruit and vegetable companies. A new format kicked off in the last few days, with the first launch episodes broadcast on the Centro Agroalimentare Torino's social networks, Facebook pages, Linkedin and YouTube channel. Among the first companies to talk about their
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It’s been a very strong start for the Turkish apple season, despite some issues with the Gala variety, says Alper Kerim, owner of Turkish fruit exporter Demir Fresh Fruits: “The Turkish apple season started so fast compared to the previous years. The Gala variety had some problems regarding
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Georgia imported large volumes of blueberries from Ukraine
2023-11-08 00:00
EastFruit analysts draw attention to an interesting and rather suspicious trend of a sharp increase in exports of Ukrainian blueberries to Georgia in 2023. The fact is that Georgia itself is rapidly increasing blueberry exports, and once again updated export records this year, increasing it four
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The Dutch area of covered strawberry cultivation in greenhouses and permanent tunnel greenhouses has almost doubled in 10 years. A steady increase in acreage can also be seen in Flanders. In recent years, Flemish statisticians consistently point to a shift in cultivation from open-air to covered
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The total harvest of Austrian field and greenhouse vegetables amounted to 674,300 tonnes, which was almost the same as the previous year's production (±0 % compared to 2021), with hardly any change in the area under cultivation. Optimal growing conditions in early summer and good climatic
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Cucumber price shoots up at start of import season
2023-11-08 00:00
The steep fall in tomato prices slowed last week. The VBT average prices come out at over 1.08 euros for 1 kg of loose tomatoes and just under 1.40 euros for vine tomatoes. With that, prices are still above average and are also higher than in recent years in early November. The same goes for
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Circana and Crai launch the first Retail Private Cloud Gateway
2023-11-08 00:00
Circana, a leading consultancy company for managing and interpreting the complexity of consumer behaviour, and Gruppo CRAI, a leading Proximity company in Modern Distribution, announce the launch of the exclusive Retail Private Cloud Gateway. The solution
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The current export price of Chinese ginger down 50% on last year.
2023-11-08 00:00
In 2023, the harvest of Chinese ginger began in early October, and now the harvest is drawing to a close. Regarding the market situation of ginger, Freshplaza has recently conducted relevant market exchanges with Leo Jiang of Qingdao Shenpu Fruit & Vegetable.
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Georgia imported large volumes of blueberries from Ukraine – what’s wrong with this fact?
2023-11-08 00:00
EastFruit analysts draw attention to an interesting and rather suspicious trend of a sharp increase in exports of Ukrainian blueberries to Georgia in 2023. The fact is that Georgia itself is rapidly increasing blueberry exports, and once again updated export records this year, increasing it four
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Over 1,000 tons of fruit and vegetable products were imported into the Kuzbass territory in October 2023
2023-11-08 00:00
In October 2023, officials from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance in the Republics of Khakassia and Tuva and the Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass, controlled 1,088.6 tons of quarantined products upon importation into the Kuzbass territory. The import of quarantined
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Deciduous fruit production to rebound to 486,850 MT for apples and 625,400 MT for pears in MY2023/24
2023-11-08 00:00
Experts forecast fresh deciduous fruit production to rebound to 486,850 MT for apples and 625,400 MT for pears for Marketing Year (MY) 2023/24. This is due to favorable weather conditions, which have restored yields from MY 2022/23. Apple exports are expected to increase to 81,854 metric tons,
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Rains hit early Chilean cherries
2023-11-08 00:00
Early varieties affected across different parts of the country, says Fedefruta
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Azerbaijan is actively advancing its agriculture, focusing on key areas such as tomato, persimmon, pomegranate, and notably, hazelnut production. The country ranks 4th globally in hazelnut production for the 2022/2023 season, producing 24,000 tons, constituting 4% of the world's hazelnut
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"We are expecting 30% more mango volumes for the next season".
2023-11-08 00:00
Good winds are blowing over the mango industry in Côte d'Ivoire, as the growing phase is progressing comfortably, according to Joel Adjoka, CEO of Cofruibo & Mango Fresh.
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Mexican veggies cooperative aims to reach more US customers
2023-11-08 00:00
Bell peppers as football players, tomatoes listening to music, and surfing mini-sweet peppers are all part of the new veggie branding created by Produce Team LLC to appeal to children in the US to eat more vegetables. According to Diana Zamudio, regional sales associate of the Produce Team,
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Russia: Tuta absoluta found in tomatoes coming from Uzbekistan
2023-11-08 00:00
On November 3, 2023, officials from the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for the Orenburg Region found a quarantine pest, known as the South American tomato moth (Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)), in a batch of fresh tomatoes weighing 6,608 tons from Uzbekistan. This discovery occurred during the phytosanitary
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