The BONNY Group is among the Exclusive Partner Farms of the Hamburg-based fruit trading company Port International. The BONNY Group boasts over 270 hectares of cultivation area in the Canary Islands, of which 115 hectares are dedicated to cucumber cultivation. The majority of these cucumbers are
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With spring around the corner, greenhouse tomato production is ramping up. At Windset Farms®, crops in its Delta, British Columbia facility that were planted in early February will start production later this month. Windset's Delta facility. "The local season in Delta previously ran from March
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Producers in Peru are already looking forward to a recovery in the 2024 season after a challenging season last year. The table grape producer Alonso Puga Chief Executive Director of Proserla, says in the past season in Peru the weather effects was very adverse on their production: "Our harvest
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Due to exceptionally wet field conditions, many are reflecting on a mixed harvest campaign for field vegetables. "For celeriac, we were sold out by the end of February, about four weeks earlier than usual. The same applies to the marketing season for organic Hokkaido squash: Normally, we are
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The Dutch onion export market is not very lively at present. "We're simply too expensive. An unhealthy sentiment has crept into that trade. It's been bothersome this whole year, and our sector is staring itself blind against it," says Tjerk Nagel of Konaxx Onions. "Current prices aren't
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At the confluence of the Moselle and Saar rivers, near the border with Luxembourg, the Port of Trier has been recognized for decades as a tri-modal transportation hub (rail, inland waterway, road transport), offering a comprehensive range of services. Its main cargo includes solid and liquid
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Bananas, the world's fourth most cultivated food crop, are under serious threat. That is from diseases like Moko, Black Sigatoka, and, above all, the relentless, rapidly advancing fungus TR4. A diligent search for a resistant variety is underway, but a solution is needed to safeguard
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EastFruit reports an unprecedented influx of Russian cucumbers on the Polish wholesale markets. Polish market operators observe that Russian cucumbers dominate the supply, mainly because of their low price. Poland imports about 2-3 thousand tons of cucumbers from Russia every month, making it the… read more

EastFruitreports an unprecedented influx of Russian cucumbers on the Polish wholesale markets. Polish market operators observe that Russian cucumbers dominate the supply, mainly because of their low price. read more

The supply of cucumbers across the big consumption market of Europe is on the lower side with slow starts for many production countries. However, pricing is also low in most EU countries. At the largest auction in Belgium the 'largest cucumber acreage in recent history' was noted. This winter
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The beginning of March continues along the lines of February with flat sales. There was a recovery in aubergine and courgette prices, while for brassicas the market remained firm. The situation is better for fennel; satisfactory quotations for tomatoes and peppers, especially
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Recent reports from the UK have highlighted a concerning trend in potato production, attributing a potential shortage to a series of unfavorable weather events. The 2022 harvest yielded only 4.1 million tonnes of potatoes, a significant drop attributed to adverse conditions, including heavy
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Carrot prices have been dropping for second consecutive week in Ukraine, EastFruitreports. The warm weather is to blame, as it causes the quality of the carrots to decline in the local growers’ storages. Farmers are in a hurry to sell their medium- and low-quality carrots, which drives the
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As some frost has been forecast, fruit growers in the Wachau and in Burgenland are anxious about their harvest. If the frost reaches -4 degrees Celsius and lasts for two or three nights, the apricot harvest could face total failure. "Currently, the forecasts are looking a bit better, but we have
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'Organic farming is a cornerstone of the strategy that sees environmental sustainability travelling in parallel with productivity and the need to maintain social balance'. Thus the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco
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Verdant™ Technologies has partnered with Freshouse, a grower and distributor of fresh produce, to launch an iceless broccoli shipping solution using HarvestHold Fresh® technology. Traditional shipping methods for broccoli can use up to 3,500 gallons of ice per truckload to help maintain
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Gautier Semences has held its Tomato Discovery Days in El Ejido. An appointment in which attendees have been able to see the new products that are including and some of the flagship varieties of its catalogue, such as the

Tomatoes

Tomatoes.
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A survey carried out by independent audits firms with each of the CitrusBR members, and subsequently consolidated confidentially by an external audit, found that the global inventories of Brazilian orange juice, converted into FCOJ Equivalent, held by CitrusBR members on December 31st, 2023 were
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The Sardinian asparagus campaign of Op Agricola Campidanese started a little early, but the market seems to be rewarding the first arrivals of the product with satisfying quotations. The quality is also good; we talked about this with Marco Lotta, sales and logistics manager of
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In the fiscal year 2022-23, Tamil Nadu achieved a significant milestone in mango exports, totaling ₹6.6 billion, including both mango pulp and fresh mangoes, with a collective weight of 66,900 tons. This was announced by E Somasundaram, Director of Agri-Business Management at Tamil Nadu
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