Greenyard’s Like-for-Like (LfL) Net sales amounted to € 1 281,3m in the first quarter of the current financial year, growing 10,3% from € 1 161,2m last year in the same period. read more

The zucchini campaign is about to start in Almeria, where the total acreage devoted to this vegetable has been reduced compared to the previous year. read more

This spring was a nearly optimal pear growing season in the Pacific Northwest, with moderate weather and not too many extremely hot days. As a result, the region is looking forward to a solid organic pear crop this season. “Average sizes might be just a bit smaller than normal, but overall
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Luonnosta Finland Oy and Phil Rayner are excited to announce the establishment of Luonnosta UK Ltd. Luonnosta’s strategy for several years has been to develop international business and strengthen networks worldwide. Now the time was right to take the operations to the next level with a
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The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, has welcomed the agreement with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Wang Yi (on behalf of Chinese Agriculture Minister Tang Ranijan) for the export of avocado to the
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Peru’s blueberry exports to China during the ongoing campaign have fallen significantly compared to the same period last year, informs Fructidor. read more

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The Fruittrade event held in Santiago del Chile ended on August 24th, 2023 and attracted operators from Chile, South America and all over the world. read more

Officials of the Panama Canal Authority warned yesterday that water-conserving measures will be in place for at least the next 10 months. Faced with an unprecedented drought this year, combined with the onset of the El Niño weather phenomenon, administrators at the Panama Canal have cut the
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Because of climate change, extreme weather events are likely to escalate in the future, with a high frequency of spring frost events as well. These are increasingly dangerous, because they occur after fall and spring months characterized by temperatures above the seasonal average which reawaken
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A cold air mass from the Atlantic is bringing changes to the weather and putting an end to the latest heat wave, and to temperatures that have inevitably resulted in significant stress for fruit crops, including the later peach varieties from the Spanish region of Aragon. read more

Fruit and vegetables have always been used by all the media as a symbol of price increases and speculation, while only for some time now has climate change repeatedly decimated their supply, pushing up prices and, on the other hand, quality
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In order to respond to the extraordinary demand for food products that will take place during these few days, the more than 300 FMCG logistics platforms of the companies of ASEDAS, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Service Stores and Supermarkets, will be
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“Broccoli sprouts have been showing an increase as there has been a lot of publicity around the benefits of the sulforaphane enzyme it contains. People literally started buying it up in supermarkets, adding it to smoothies and dishes. Now we’re seeing a big trend for healthy foods that are
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Lack of products due to bad weather in the countries of the region has resulted in higher prices this year for Albanian agricultural products, but exporters are facing high losses from the exchange rate. read more

Brand, sustainability and an increase in the importance of organic products represent the strategic triad on which the Coop Sole di Parete(Caserta) company has based its entire production and sales policy over the last five years. If these growth factors have already been rewarding
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The old low-rise wooden sheds that started the history of intensive horticultural greenhouse cultivation in the southern coastal area of Sicily, the so-called fascia trasformata (transformed landscape), are now only a distant memory. Today, the Simonelli company, founded nearly 50 years ago,
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Port of Melbourne reported total container throughput, full and empty, in July 2023 were down against July 2022. read more

Companies participating in Fruit Attraction 2023 interested in participating may do so until 4 September, as long as they are products, technological solutions or services for the fruit and vegetable industry whose commercialisation will begin after 1 September.
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Many people have experienced an itching sensation in their mouth when eating pineapple; in fact, many wonder if they could be suffering from an allergy. The answer, in the vast majority of cases, is no. read more