Domestic citrus production in China remains consistently strong and is expected to continue to grow in 2023/24 (12 months to 31 October 2024), according to a USDA report. This comes after favourable weather conditions in 2023 and replanted crops once again producing fruit following bouts of
read more

The district of Nashik has initiated its grape export season to Europe with a shipment of over 1,000 tons. The district's Agriculture Department reports that this initial consignment, consisting of approximately 76 containers of grapes, has been dispatched to the Netherlands and Romania. read more

Despite the challenging conditions and rising costs in mushroom cultivation, Ramazan Gülnar, a mushroom wholesaler from Paris Direkt Ltd, reflects on a successful year 2023. Not only was a sales growth of 27 percent achieved, but the product range was also further expanded. "We can now deliver
read more

The Dai-Lahu-Va Autonomous County of Menglian, located in Pu'er City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, is making a name for itself as a hotspot for avocado cultivation. This year, the county is set to harvest over 10,000 tonnes of avocado fresh fruits, resulting in estimated earnings
read more

A meeting to show the potential of the cooperative world, recounting its innovative drive and competitiveness on the market, laying the foundations for a new 'bridge' with a historical territory and reference point for fruit and vegetables: Agrintesa, a leading national cooperative for
read more

Ecuador’s banana industry continues with harvesting, production and transport as well as exports despite a state of emergency declared earlier this week following the prison break of a gang leader leading to violence flaring up in different areas during the week. read more

Demand is high and supply is low on strawberries right now. “It’s that time of the year. Supply is about 1/4 of what it is when berries are being shipped in the peak summer season,” says Alfredo Ruiz of Naturalar Fresh Inc. “It’s also been a challenge for the farms to produce
read more

Sainsbury’s saw its grocery sales climb 8.6 per cent over the Christmas period, winning shoppers from all of its major supermarket competitors. read more

BeeHero has announced that it has been named on Cleantech Group’s 2024 Global Cleantech 100 for the second consecutive year. read more

Part of the increase in turnover was therefore due to higher product prices. According to the company, sales of products from Spain, Morocco and Turkey were also higher. However, the strongest increase was in additional sales from members, among others,
read more

In this context, they have confirmed the preparatory work that began a few months ago. The initiative aims to create joint management of the fruit, olive oil, almonds, energy and all services for its members. read more

The winners of the annual awards for outstanding innovations from the entire fresh fruit and vegetable value chain will be chosen exclusively by trade visitors to FRUIT LOGISTICA 2024, which takes place from 7 to 9 February 2024 in Berlin.
read more

Two Catalan agri-food cooperatives, ActelGrup and Fruits de Ponent, are to form a strategic alliance, under which they will merge the management of their business units for fruit, olive oil, almonds, energy management and all member services. read more

M&S has reported strong growth figures over the crucial Christmas trading period. read more

The peak in demand and sales is usually reached around the Christmas holidays, and the season slowly winds down in spring. After the wet weather, winter arrives at the beginning of the year with temperatures in the minus range. The supply of stored Brussels sprouts decreases steadily and until
read more

Sodexo has reported a further increase in the consumption of meat-free meals. read more

Pulse growers are being invited to attend one of three roadshows organised by Syngenta and the Processors & Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) this month.  read more

This is partly due to the weakness in November 2022, but also reflects the fourth consecutive month of rising demand for air freight. read more

Abdul Gani Vakil, Senior Vice President of J&K Peoples Conference and a former minister, has expressed serious concerns about the influx of substandard pesticides and manure in the market. This unchecked issue could potentially undermine the strength of Kashmir's fruit industry, including
read more

The Department of Agriculture has announced the lifting of the ban on South African Hass avocado exports to Japan. The ban was lifted at the end of November last year, with both nations agreeing on a work plan to ensure the correct implementation of export protocols. read more