Where is Syngenta’s current focus when it comes to the tomato category? read more

This season, on account of the warm weather conditions, flowering in Turkish stonefruit orchards occurred early, according to Mustafa Arslan, owner of Turkish exporter MDA Agro. read more

The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness of white asparagus and encourage consumers to eat asparagus (more often). The foundation is targeting younger consumers between the ages of 25 and 45. This is because the group of consumers who mainly eat asparagus is being
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The share of open field vegetables in the Dutch cultivation area is now 70%, and that of covered cultivation is as high as 73%. The stable development is partly due to the demand from supermarkets, which have also become certified in larger numbers. SMK, the foundation that organises the
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The fruit and vegetable industry is faced with a conglomeration of issues that demand everything from producers in particular. While Ulrich Theileis, President of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative Association (BWGV), believes that challenging weather conditions are now
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The 2023 California cherry season was one the industry would probably just as soon forget. In a normal year, the first fruit of the season should ripen in late-April with shipments winding down by mid-June – in time to get out of the way of the mammoth production from the Pacific Northwest.
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EastFruitreports a notable advancement for Egypt in the UK’s mango and guava market, securing the ninth rank among the top suppliers – a first in its history. In 2023, Egypt’s mango and guava exports to the UK surged to 2.8 thousand tons, marking a 55% increase from the prior year and
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At this meeting of the ANPCA general assembly, the crop data for the last few seasons were presented. In particular, the data on the area cultivated with garlic in Spain showed a drop of more than 30% over the last two seasons compared to the previous year.
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Agrintesaapproaches the Mezzogiorno: formalised by the shareholders' meetings the merger by incorporation with Osas, a historic Calabrian cooperative specialising in fruit production. The operation, effective from 1 June, takes Agrintesa's fruit-growing land register beyond 9,300 hectares, of which
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Yesterday, Thursday, Europlátano organised an event to present the sowing of a farm affected by the Tajogaite volcano, which was presided over by Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands, as well as a visit to the recovery works of several farms covered by the volcano. read more

In week 12, there was a sharp increase in sales of Lcc products, while the sales of weighted fruits and vegetables showed timid growth, even though they have performed better than Lcc since the beginning of the year. Inflation is almost stagnant. Among the distribution channels, discount stores continue to lead, followed by supermarkets. read more

Market analysts from EastFruitreport that Kazakhstan, alongside its neighbors Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, has encountered a significant oversupply of onions within its domestic market, a challenge that remains unresolved on the export front. February 2023 saw a dramatic decline in Kazakhstan’s
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Agrintesaapproaches the Mezzogiorno: formalised by the shareholders' meetings the merger by incorporation with Osas, a historic Calabrian cooperative specialising in fruit production. The operation, effective from 1 June, takes Agrintesa's fruit-growing land register beyond 9,300 hectares, of which
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In value, the Spanish fruit and vegetable exports in January 2024 outside Europe also fell, by 6%, totalling 40.7 million euros and representing 40.7 million euros.
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After welcoming the dawn of a new era in the apple category, the Cosmic Crisp® campaign takes off to bring consumers to experience heavenly lifestyle moments on TV, online, as well as in the cities and skies of Italy,

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The Kikoka Kiwi Consortium (Europe) has elected Andrea Peviani of Peviani as its first president and appointed Vip’s Fabio Zanesco as executive director, effective from 1 September. read more

In some cases, there was a lack of produce at origin due to weather conditions, and in other cases demand in Germany was lower than in the previous year. Which types of vegetables experienced a particularly sharp decline? read more

The threat of heatwaves, the danger they pose to production and what data can do to help us face up to them was the topic of a presentation on the Future Lab stage at Fruit Logistica. read more

As usual, demand for the harbingers of spring increased before Easter. Supply focussed on German tunnel-grown produce, but the first produce from early outdoor cultivation was also available. The open-air harvest in the main German growing region, the Palatinate, has been very strong in recent years.
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This reduction in stocks in March means that it is the lowest decrease in this month compared to the past four years. Compared to last year in particular, the reduction is around 20 % lower. Stocks of all apple varieties are still at a low level.
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