"The world and season looks much rosier for Belgian top fruit growers this year. The sizes and quality are good, as are prices for this time of year," begins Xavier Laduron, a grower who is responsible for Fairebel's fruit sector committee. "It's important to keep it that way so we can cover
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South American Mango availability to the US is struggling this season. Ecuador and Peru, two key suppliers, have been impacted by the El Niño phenomenon, which significantly affected bloom hence causing lower production. While Ecuador usually ships through December or early January, shipments
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In the face of escalating challenges and mounting financial pressures within the agricultural sector, efficiency has never been more critical for growers. As inflation continues to push production costs higher, the prices received for produce are not keeping pace, squeezing profit margins. It is
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The OrtoRomi Radicchio P.G.I. season is off to a great start with excellent products with a high service content made with 100% Veneto vegetables from a short and controlled supply chain. The four special OrtoRomi references are based on Radicchio Rosso di Treviso I.G.P. and Radicchio
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“You get to know blueberry trends but this year I had to throw my blueberry marketing manual, with all the trends and the statistics, out the door,” says Tiaan Rossouw, managing director of Rainbow Superfood, a berry exporter. read more

The Consorzio di Tutela del radicchio Rosso di Treviso Igp (Consortium for the Protection of Red Radicchio of Treviso Igp) awarded Alì Supermarkets (Selex) at the Radicchio d'Oro event, an annual appointment that enhances local products, the brainchild of Egidio Fior and Pietro Gallonetto, with the support of the
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In the 2023 export season Southern African citrus growers packed 165.1 million (15kg) cartons for delivery to global markets. While this is an increase of approximately 800 000 from the packed figures of last year, it is still 500,000 cartons lower than the forecast at the start of the season
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Soil fatigue is a common problem in agriculture, especially when the same vegetable species is cultivated repeatedly on the same land. This leads to various agronomic problems, including reduced root development, lower vigor and productivity and increased sensitivity to diseases and
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Last month, APM Terminals Pecém, Brazil, handled 55,000 TEUs, the highest volume ever recorded in the terminal’s history. The terminal also saw an impressive 11% growth in container moves year to date, versus the same period in 2022, mainly driven by a 23% growth in the export of produce from
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The commercial apple season got off to a very positive start, characterised by good demand and excellent product quality, with higher prices than last year, which, however, did not discourage sales. Thus Massimo Venturoli, a salesman specialising in
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Taking into account the auctions it has in the province of Almeria and the marketing activity itself, La Unión provides commercial support to about 3,000 producers each season, handling an average of about 350 million kilos of fruit and vegetables annually. read more

"The mandarin campaign in the Catania plain is considerably delayed and with many challenges to face". This is what producer Orazio Pulvirenti of the homonymous farm, active in the Palagonia area, which markets The Red Gold branded products, tells IFN. read more

Harrison Mullins, a three-year-old from Rossendale, Lancashire, is an avid fan of broccoli, not for eating but as a companion. He sleeps with a real broccoli every night, replacing the usual teddy bear, and refuses to eat it, considering it his 'best friend'. His obsession includes a broccoli
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US cranberries are harvested in autumn, just in time for the holiday season. The 2023 US cranberry crop is forecast to be 7.62 million barrels, down 5.4 percent from the previous year, but equal to the 2020–22 average. The top-producing state, Wisconsin, typically harvests around 60 percent of
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For the second year in a row, prunes are a real hit in Uzbekistan’s exports. In 2022 exports of prunes from Uzbekistan doubled compared to the previous year, and Uzbekistan became one of the three largest exporters of prunes in the world. In 2022 Uzbek prune exporters have built on last
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The Italian kiwifruit campaign is getting into full swing with the knowledge that there will be no shortage of unknowns, given that we are facing the year with the lowest harvest ever, especially as far as the green-flesh type is concerned. To understand how the
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Yesterday in a plenary vote, the European Parliament rejected the European Commission's proposal for pesticide reform with 299 votes against, 207 in favour and 121 abstentions. With the rejection by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, it now awaits the pronouncement of the
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Is it possible to cultivate the desert? Some people have wondered about this and that is how the idea of the Moroccan-based start-up Sand to Green was born. It opens up the agricultural sector to new frontiers through a mix of innovative technologies and agroforestry; read more

The 2022 French campaign was exceptional, with an abundant harvest of almost 50,000 tons, compared with an average of 40,000 tons (20,000 tons in the Périgord and 20,000 tons in the Grenoble region). This surplus was “difficult to sell on the saturated global market, which led to a drop in
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The European Commission has adopted the 2024 work program for the promotion of agri-food products, which will have a budget of 185.9 million euro that will mainly be used for co-finance promotion programs proposed by entities in the different Member States, as well as the communication campaigns
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