It is quiet on Brussels' early market. Groothandel Michel nv, specializing in strawberries, awaits December's larger volumes. "We can sell, but the summer crop has almost completely run out. The Sonatas from the winter crop are starting to trickle in, but there aren't large volumes yet," says
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The citrus campaign of the COAB producer organization, based in Corigliano Rossano in the province of Cosenza, began in the first week of October. "We've started with the first quantities of the early varieties Caffin and Spinoso, and it wasn't without difficulties. We worked with zero stocks
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Berry Global has launched a new version of its Omni® Xtra polyethylene cling film for fresh food applications, which provides a high-performance alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films. read more

Supply and movement of iceberg lettuce within Ontario right now seem to be steady. read more

With around 430 exhibitors from 12 countries and numerous visitors from all over the world, the organizers of the expoSE/expoDirekt trade fair duo can look back on two successful trade fair days in Karlsruhe. Although the willingness to innovate and invest in the asparagus and strawberry
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In the MY 2022/23, Egypt achieved a remarkable milestone by exporting a record volume of oranges to Spain, multiplying its exports manifold, as reported by EastFruit. This feat allowed Egypt to ascend to the premier position among orange suppliers to Spain for the first time. read more

The new national kiwi harvest is underway, while the Italian persimmon harvest is coming to an end. Radicchio from Veneto is in full campaign. Demand is still low for clementines while it is high for apples, which have run out of stock, and for Sicilian Navelina oranges.
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The Sady Dnipra company was the first Ukrainian company to develop an offer of apples custom-designed for the market of Uzbekistan. read more

According to a representative of the COAG agricultural organization, producers opted for other products because of the artichoke's cold, abundant water, and high labor demands. read more

Have you ever wondered what a fresh produce section looks like in US supermarkets? How do you imagine it: small, big, non-existent or replaced by frozen products? And what is the produce like, high or low-quality? And what about the prices? Can the US be the new market frontier for Italian
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Each year, Prince de Bretagne produces approximately 2,000 tons of Roscoff PDO onions and 2,500 tons of pink onions from Brittany, which is less than 1% of the French production. For 2023, Pierre Gélébart, product manager of Prince de Bretagne, describes a “two-speed” season. read more

France is in the midst of a farming crisis thanks to national inflation, which has pushed up the price of potatoes and many potato-based products. The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), a French government agency, recently found that potato produce prices have soared
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For two days, around a hundred people visited Vilmorin-Mikado's demonstration farms to learn first-hand about the performance of Nyostar F1 and Ingenyo F1, two varieties included in its NyO range with resistance to powdery mildew and nematodes. read more

The President of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini officially inaugurated the new Forlì headquarters of Commercianti Indipendenti Associati - Conad. Numerous authorities attended the ceremony, held on Saturday, including the Mayor of Forlì, Gian Luca Zattini. "Palazzo
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Australia’s vegetable industry is set to receive an unprecedented level of protection against exotic pests through a unique $10 million levy-funded collaborative biosecurity strategy. read more

Kissabel is one of the most original and promising apples in the vast and varied panorama of club apples in the fruit and vegetable departments. In this episode of #freshtalks we talk about it with Fabio Zanesco, head of protected varieties at Vip Val Venosta and spokesman for Novamela, the consortium that
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

The dollar slipped against a slew of currencies on Friday. The drop was caused by the news of steady US business activity in November, but private sector employment declined in line with expectations for a fourth-quarter economic slowdown. read more

While the overall avocado crop remains comparable to last year, there is a noticeable difference in this year’s harvest. “This season has brought a significant increase in smaller fruit from Mexico, making up the majority of the current supply,” says Amanda Horney of London Fruit, which
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In an emotional ceremony held last Thursday in the Plenary Hall of the Pulpí Town Hall, the Primaflor Foundation and the Pulpí Town Council renewed their social agricultural project "One garden, one family" for another year. The handing over of the keys and the signing of the
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