The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) released their full report on Prevention and control of microbiological hazards in fresh fruits and vegetables. read more

There are a number of farms in southern Italy that have made the drastic decision to eliminate early September potted strawberry transplants from their production program. read more

This autumn, ALDI will increase its purchases of persimmons and pomegranates from domestic suppliers by around 11%. This season, the company will purchase around 610 tonnes of product (550 tonnes in 2022), thus reinforcing its commitment to local and seasonal produce, thanks to
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In 2022, the organically farmed area in Germany continued to grow, increasing by 11.26 percent to a total of 1,869,227 ha. The number of producers and processing partners who are members of the associations (Naturland, Bioland, Demeter, to name but a few) is steadily growing. Sixty-four percent
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The Belgian Competition Authority (BMA) has given BelOrta's acquisition of the Belgische Fruitveiling (BFV) the go-ahead. On September 11, 2023, the BMA approved how much sole control BelOrta gains of BFV, they report. read more

Every month, British Apples and Pears collates data from British Apple & Pear growers on the quantity of British apples they sold to UK supermarkets. The latest data is below. read more

"There is a shortage of blueberries in the market. So far this season, Peru's exports are said to have fallen by almost 40% because temperatures in some parts of the country have been higher than normal, and we cannot forget that Peruvian blueberries are the ones supplying the main markets in
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According to a first emergency estimate carried out by the Association of Farmers of Valencia (AVA-ASAJA), yesterday's storm caused significant damage to crops and agricultural infrastructure in several regions of Castellón and Valencia, especially in the Plana Baixa, Vall d'Albaida, and Los
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EW Group, a German based strategic family Holding has signed an agreement for the takeover of Planasa Group, from international private equity firm Cinven and the Spanish family office, Label Investments. read more

Washington/Eastern Colorado-Kansas:Matt Murphy with L&M Cos. in Raleigh, NC, said on Sept. 12 his team is very busy this week. “Demand good, and we are rockin’ and rollin’ out of the Jensen place in Warden,” he said. “We are getting close to halfway done with harvest with about a month
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There’ll be a difference between the first and second generation of Egyptian pomegranate fruits this season, says May Salem of Egyptian grape and pomegranate exporter FinBi for Land Reclamation and Agriculture Development. This mostly has to do with the weather. read more

By now, the term shrinkflation is no longer new in our lexicon. Instead, it is an entirely new move that Carrefour France has taken to denounce the shrinkflation of products in the face of a
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Egypt has been increasing its exports of frozen strawberries to the US market this year,EastFruit reports. Egypt became the fourth largest exporter of this product to the US last year, and in the first seven months of this year, the volume of exports in this direction increased by 17%. read more

The Primorsky interregional department of Rosselkhoznadzor prevented the import of tomatoes and peppers from China due to the identification of an object quarantined for the EAEU. read more

With an exceptional 2022 harvest and the crisis in purchasing power, the Walnut of Grenoble PDO is experiencing difficulties. Arnaud Rivière, president of the Interprofessional Committee of the Walnut of Grenoble (CING) - which groups together 720 producers and 17 marketing operators, including
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In spring, the price of snake cucumbers remained stable for a long time because, among other things, import volumes were significantly lower, according to André Busigel, managing director of Reinhard Busigel GbR in Albertshofen. "The Netherlands came onto the market later with larger
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The Government of Bangladesh has fixed the prices of of potatoes, onions and other basic items such as sugar and eggs. read more

A delicate moment for the fourth range, marked by reorganisations to cope with rising energy and vegetable raw material costs. read more

“We are reaching the end of the summer citrus import season,” says Miles Fraser-Jones with Sierra Produce. He is referring to imports from South Africa, Peru, and Chile. The last arrivals will be late-season mandarins and Midknight oranges from South Africa, expected to arrive through the
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Just a few months after its launch, the DimmidiSì Fresh Risotto line is enriched with a new recipe: Risotto with Red Radicchio and Walnuts. Driven by the excellent market response, La Linea Verde, always attentive to emerging food trends, continues to invest in a
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