There is a particular buzz for broccoli, with demand rising steadily over the past week. This market dynamic is not only conditioned by falling temperatures: to understand what is happening in Italy, we have to look to Spain. read more

Food prices in the European Union have continued to increase in 2023, but according to the latest Eurostat analysis, potato prices have shown a ‘staggering rise’. Eurostat claims there had been ‘substantial increases’ in food prices throughout 2022 but latest data for the second and
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In a warehouse in Tetouan, Spain, miles away from any farmland, arugula and aromatic basil are cultivated indoors. It has been a few months since Isifarmer landed in an old gymnasium, which has been transformed into a vertical farm seeking urban farmers to further develop its model. read more

This year's chicory root harvest got off to a rather slow start, according to grower Joseph Münch from Grafschaft-Gelsdorf. "The wet May meant we couldn't prepare any dams, which is why the whole thing was delayed until the beginning of June. After that, we had a long dry phase, during which
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While the market for kohlrabi is manned by historical varieties with an old genetic matrix, Ivs Takii has researched and introduced new cultivars with specific characteristics and resistances that adequately respond to the latest market trends. Of great prominence and commercial importance, a
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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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"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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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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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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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, 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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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. read more

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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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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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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