The new Cosmic Crisp® season has begun, which sees the VOG and VIP Consortia from South Tyrol involved in marketing in Italy, Spain, Germany and other European countries. Thanks to the incorporation of the new apple orchards into production, the celestial apple is now reaching the
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Since spring 2021, the strawberry variety 'Rendezvous' from the house of Hansabred can be found in cultivation. It is already successfully produced in the Rhineland as well as in southern Germany, but also in the entire federal region, as well as in Austria, Eastern Europe, and the Benelux
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A year-long pandemic with numerous lockdowns, war in Europe, exploding costs for energy and thus also for transport, refrigeration and storage, unstable supply chains worldwide, staff shortages, currency turbulence ... How can the fruit industry cope with this bundle of crises?
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The California Table Grape Commission is positioned to expand international demand for California table grapes in 16 target markets with its 2023 export marketing campaign. read more

In the past weeks, the supply situation for iceberg lettuce was tight, which led to significant tensions on the market. With the now increasing quantities from Spanish cultivation, the market situation is currently stabilising again. read more

From 3 to 7 April, the delegation will be hosted by Abulkhair Tamabek, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan. Bouke Arends, mayor of the municipality of Westland, says: "On behalf of the municipality of Westland, it is an honour to be the first Dutch mayor to receive
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Patatas Meléndez, a company from Valladolid with a turnover of 110 million euros in 2022, has just made history in the fresh potato sector. The company has inaugurated its new automated factory, in which it has invested more than 36 million euros and whose advances are focused on
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Yesterday, the Moerdijk Port Authority announced the second company to be part of the new Logistics Park Moerdijk (LPM) in the Netherlands. Lidl signed on to develop a distribution center (DC) of more than 200,000 m2 on a 35-hectare plot. The supermarket chain already has several logistics
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Egyptian strawberry growers are complaining of unfavorable weather conditions this year, resulting in higher production costs, lower volumes, and a switch in the strawberry varieties adopted. Emad Mahdy, owner of Al Fayruz Nurseries and a consultant specializing in strawberry production,
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Votech announced today the grand opening of their newly expanded manufacturing facility and company headquarters in Reusel, The Netherlands. This marks the completed integration of two renowned players in the packaging industry, Fischbein International and Votech, who came together in 2021
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Importers of Moroccan agricultural products have to find alternative origins, as several crops have seen a big drop in volumes. Citrus, blueberries, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables from Morocco are missing, said Walid Goddi, Morocco sourcer in the Rungis hub.  read more

BASF presents the latest additions to its portfolio of crop protection products, seeds, traits and digital solutions, which aim to provide farmers with tools to control local and typical pests of some cropping systems and to respond to

their needs.
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A normal trading year does not exist just yet for Matias Gonzalez Rojas, CEO and owner of WHM Fresh in Chile, who started this exporting company during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown period. He used his over a decade of fruit export experience and currently exports table grapes, blueberries
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Two people from the province of Cordoba could be sentenced to three years in prison on charges of fraud in the sale of oranges. According to the prosecution, when the orange season arrived, one of the two defendants would register as a partner at a cooperative in order to 'put forward an
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"Accelerating change" was the motto of this year's World Water Day, which took place on 22 March and which the United Nations has been calling for since 1992. read more

Grape leaf samples taken by the Humboldt County Department of Agriculture have tested positive for Pierce’s disease (PD). read more

It is a slow trend that characterises the sales on the wholesale markets in this last period. From the fruit and vegetable market of Trieste(Moi), we took stock with Renato Guercio, owner together with his brother of the company Solagro. read more

In week 11, Peru exported 1,072 tons of blueberries, i.e. 20% more than in the same week last year, which brings the cumulative total of the current campaign (two weeks before its end) to 331,580 tons, that is, 29% more than in the previous campaign, according to Fresh Fruit. read more

Ukrainian farmers continue to struggle with the difficult situation in the country. At the beginning of the war, many greenhouse farms had to stop their work, which led to a decrease in the production of fresh vegetables and fruits, and unemployment among farmers. All of these difficulties
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Trading and purchasing activity in the table beet market in Ukraine has been quite stable in March. However, the situation in the segment changed dramatically at the beginning of this week, and the demand fell noticeably, EastFruit project analysts report. read more