South African table grape industry body SATI has announced the successful start of its 2023 promotional campaign in China, launched at Guangzhou’s Jiangnonghui wholesale fruit market. read more

Turkey’s fresh produce sector is working hard to support the relief efforts to help those affected by last month’s earthquakes in the south-east of the country, delivering food packages, fuel and shelter to the disaster zone. Produce companies from the agricultural region and elsewhere
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China’s first crop of home-grown durian is drawing near, leading to growing excitement. Orchards on the island of Hainan are expected to produce over 2,000 tons of fruit starting in June. The plants have been growing since 2019 and will produce their first commercial volumes this year. read more

The first ever shipment of Peruvian pitahaya has arrived in Rotterdam, with the “superfruit” sent by Camposol. Harold Mongrut Dias, Camposol’s General Manager of Operations for Peru, said: “It has been a work of many years that allows us to start exporting a new crop like pitahaya. We
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Starting with fresh fish in the TUTTOSEAFOOD area and continuing with fresh pasta in TUTTOPASTA, a craftsman-like product consumers increasingly appreciate all over the world. Further business opportunities that complement fresh foods will be on display in such sectors as TUTTODAIRY, with fresh
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Challenging growing conditions has led Indian mango exporters to prioritise opportunities in Central Asia this season, making the most of shorter transit times. read more

Australia and New Zealand’s largest horticulture conference and trade show returns to Adelaide in 2023. read more

Australian apple consumers will get a taste of Isaaq and Swing this season. read more

Superplum is addressing food safety and sustainability with a new table grape offering for the Indian market.  read more

Campagnola Iberica, with headquarters in Barcelona and production at Campagnola s.r.l. in Italy, is a leader in the manufacture of agricultural equipment, such as electric and pneumatic pruning shears, olive-tree harvesters, chain pruners and more. read more

The current world is being taken over by AI. The internet has been flooded with illustrations, and even videos created by AI. While some people are concerned that may cost them their job, growers are very much looking forward to the infamous autonomous growing. read more

Core Fruit, the avocado exporter of producer ZZ2, has for some weeks been exporting early Hass (Maluma) and greenskin avocados to a European market which is presenting a very different picture to last year: avocado supply from Spain and Israel tapered off earlier this year creating a big gap in
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With new regulations emerging across the globe, consumers and businesses are getting the message that excessive plastic usage is bad for the environment. “The problem is that there is too much plastic waste and not enough economically viable means to establish effective recycling options,”
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It became much colder in Moldova at the end of March. This week, the air temperature will drop to +3-4° C on some days, and frosts are expected at night to -1-2° C. It rained with snow in several northern and central regions of the country, and there were squally winds. It will get warmer by
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After having experienced a very rapid evolution in recent years, we can say that the sweet potato industry is currently in a readjustment process, stated David Ortega, of the Cadiz company Santo Boniato. “We decided to start producing sweet potato in 2019 with a small washing and calibration
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This month, Spanish wild strawberries appeared again in herb and edible flower merchant Van Laethem's assortment. "These have been an established part of our range for several years. As soon as the first ones are ready for harvest, we offer them," says Niel Van Laethem of this Belgian company.
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In the Nurata district of the Navoi region of Uzbekistan, a project on establishing a walnut plantation with an area of ​​200 hectares is being implemented with a total investment estimated at $500,000, EastFruit experts report. read more

The Florida peach season is three weeks away from getting underway. “The crop is a little light compared to last year. Most of our trees are 10-11 years old and they’re kind of slowing down a little bit and aren’t what they used to be,” says Ken Edison of Deer Park Peaches in
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The Valencia Region will be the leading European producing area in the expansion of the new extra-late variety 'Kino'. With this citrus fruit, the Valencian sector will be able to extend the marketing season for mandarins from March-April until May or even until the end of May.
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A Ukrainian farmer named Viktor Shuleshko rebuilt his vertical farm business after it was destroyed by Russian troops shelling the Dnipro airport. Despite the damage, he did not give up on his dream of growing plants using vertical farming technology. Now, he has set up a new farm in the
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