Aldi is gearing up to spend approximately £34 million on British fruit and vegetables as it prepares for its best Easter performance yet in terms of food sales. read more

Zespri has today (22 March) released its first guidance to growers for the 2024/25 season, reporting strengthened per hectare returns off the back of strong demand and improved yields. read more

All varieties of courgettes fetched 0.33 euros/kg to 0.15 euros/kg, long aubergines 0.45 euros/kg to 0.28 euros/kg and striped ones 0.50 euros/kg to 0.30 euros/kg. read more

The export figures show that Belgian cucumbers are also popular outside the country's borders. According to figures from GfK Belgium, which were compiled on behalf of Flanders' agricultural marketing agency VLAM, the consumption of cucumbers has increased by almost half compared to 15 years ago.
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Volumes of various seasonal vegetables are on the rise at Belgian cooperative BelOrta as spring conditions start to bed in. The cucumber season officially kicked off on 26 January, but only now are they reaching full availability. read more

The Agri-PV pilot plant on the bioschmid gmbh farm in Gelfingen (LU) covers over 7,000 square metres. This makes it the largest facility of its kind to date. Another special feature is that three different systems are being tested at one location and this is being done in raspberry crops over three years.
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Prices have fallen in recent weeks due to the extensive range. The Spanish season is now drawing to a close and the range is being switched to peppers from Central Europe. read more

While the decline in imports was halted in 2023, the German fruit harvest was one of the smallest in recent years. Was this a uniform development, or did the individual types of fruit develop differently? read more

The Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG) demands urgent measures against imports from Morocco, with the revision of the EU-Morocco preferential agreement

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The end of winter is proving to be negative for three very important products for horticulture in Almeria and Granada: long aubergines, striped aubergines and green courgettes. The changing weather conditions are causing quality problems in the fruit,
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Macfrut Table Grape Global Players will be a great meeting and dialogue with experiences from around the world. The event is part of the Table Grape Symposium, the global grape symposium

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According toEastFruit analysts, the simultaneous and sharp devaluation of the national currencies of Turkey and Egypt is causing unprecedented concern among citrus producers from the European Union, primarily from Spain, Italy, and Greece. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, unfavorable weather conditions currently observed in the Malatya region of Türkiye could have a huge impact on the global dried fruit market and the regional fresh apricot market. read more

Contraction of volumes persuperfruit, superfood and spices, among the 7 clusters surveyed by the latest edition of GS1 Italy's Immagino Observatory, the six-monthly study that monitors consumption phenomena in the large-scale retail trade, cross-referencing information on digitised product labels from the
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Macfrut Table Grape Global Players will be a great meeting and dialogue with experiences from around the world. The event is part of the Table Grape Symposium, the global grape symposium

Macfrut.
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Contraction of volumes persuperfruit, superfood and spices, among the 7 clusters surveyed by the latest edition of GS1 Italy's Immagino Observatory, the six-monthly study that monitors consumption phenomena in the large-scale retail trade, cross-referencing information on digitised product labels from the
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Following the revival of activities on the market of frozen raspberries and consequent price rise, EastFruit team continues monitoring the situation carefully. Here is the latest update on the market development for key frozen fruits and berries in the EU. read more

The current strawberry season in the province of Huelva, which accounts for 90 percent of the national production, has reached a third of the expected total marketing volume, a moment that has coincided with "a sharp drop" in the price at source of the fruit.

The current strawberry season in the province of Huelva, which accounts for 90 percent of the national production, has reached a third of the expected total marketing volume, a moment that has coincided with "a sharp drop" in the price at source of the fruit. read more

The current strawberry season in the province of Huelva, which accounts for 90 percent of the national production, has reached a third of the expected total marketing volume, a moment that has coincided with "a sharp drop" in the price at source of the fruit.

The current strawberry season in the province of Huelva, which accounts for 90 percent of the national production, has reached a third of the expected total marketing volume, a moment that has coincided with "a sharp drop" in the price at source of the fruit. read more

This week marks the arrival of substantial imports of new harvest potatoes to Ukraine, as noted by EastFruitproject analysts. This influx has exerted downward pressure on the prices of domestically grown potatoes. Over the past week, potato prices have dipped by an average of 12%, now ranging
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