Bosman Van Zaal has recently become the official dealer of Elpress, a move seen as strategic in advancing the company's position in advanced horticultural technology. This collaboration aims to provide customers with access to hygiene solutions and enhance the overall technological capabilities
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According to EastFruit, some apple juice concentrate (AJC) factories in Moldova will complete the season of raw material procurement this week. There have been no queues of trucks loaded with apples from the orchard at the gates of enterprises since mid-November. Consequently, the supply is
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The Protected Designation of Origin of the Pomegranate Mollar de Elche has opened the registration period to apply for the Christmas shipment of pomegranates from Elche for people from the Valencian Community who live abroad. read more

It’s peak season for the North American mushroom industry. Consumption and production starts ramping up in September and continues into the early months of the new year. “Demand spikes tremendously heading into the Holiday Season," says Mark Kreiner with Mother Earth Organic Mushrooms.
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As onions are not in high supply in India, the prices have shot up domestically and they won’t go down any time soon, says Manoj Barai, general manager for Indian fresh produce exporter, MK Exports: “The onion situation in India has been changing frequently, due to unpredictable weather
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Limgroup presented the official intronisation of the asparagus variety Mosalim (k8650) to the asparagus world on 22.11.2023 at ExpoSE in Karlsruhe at 09:00 with the Hessian Asparagus Queen Monique I and representatives from the branch. read more

Yesterday, the Clemenules harvest in the region of La Plana, in the province of Castellón, for which the Nuleta brand was recently created, officially started with an event in which the first fruit was cut. read more

While the harvest of late apple varieties is coming to an end, Landgard member farms in the West are generally positive about the 2023 apple season. "The quality is very good and the fruit is beautifully coloured, stable and therefore also easy to store. The cold spring delayed the blossoming,
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The Chilean Cherry Committee, which represents more than 85 percent of the volume of global Chilean cherry exports, released its second estimate for 2023-2024. The new estimate considers the impact of rains this season. The Committee forecasts global exports of 81,477,564 million boxes (5 kilos
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As winter approaches, and especially Christmas, the demand for chicory increases in Belgium; however, it remains to be seen whether there will actually be chicory on everyone's plate again this year. The persistent rain is causing tension on the market. "The period ahead of Christmas is the most
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The supply of bell peppers is limited right now but that is changing. “The first harvest from West Mexico was delayed by rains but is beginning to show now and will increase over the next four to six weeks,” says Doug Johnson, senior vice president, sales for PennRose Farms, LLC. “The
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The amounts available for the selected campaigns in 2024 are divided between promotion in the EU internal market and in third countries, with EUR 81.3 million and EUR 85.1 million respectively. Outside the EU, the countries and regions with a high potential for
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Boxship charter rates have plummeted to a three-year low, but are still 36% higher than average levels in 2019, the year before the Covid-19-fuelled boom began. read more

The global trend towards the machine harvesting of blueberries has brought challenges. Although machine harvesters are faster and less costly than manual picking, they also harvest debris and fruit clusters which cause disruption on packhouse production lines. Machines also harvest unwanted
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The Spanish bell pepper import season has started at VitaFresh Produce, the first red, green and yellow bell peppers arrived at the start of November. read more

From November 26th to November 30th, a Horticulture Trade Mission to China will take place. A total of 19 Dutch companies and institutes will join the mission, headed by Mr. Marcel van Raaij, acting director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and
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Avocados have become a local specialty of Menglian Dai, Lahu, and Wa Autonomous County in Pu'er city, in Yunnan Province. Large-scale production in the county accounts for nearly 80 percent of China's total fresh avocado output. With 7,206 hectares of land under cultivation, the county has
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The port of Cartagena is struggling to recover fruit and vegetable exports to the United Kingdom and France; lines that were suppressed after the pandemic. Almost all regional fruits and vegetables are exported abroad by road. The vice-president of the port, Pedro Pablo Hernández, opts for the
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US potato farmers grew nearly 20 million tonnes of the crop in 2023, a jump of 9% from last year and the first time since 2017 that production increased for America’s most widely consumed vegetable. read more

“This year too, the Christmas box will include two new product lines featuring dried tomatoes and pumpkins that become tasty soups just by adding warm water. Their added value is that they are vegetables with a fresh taste, as if just harvested. What is convenient about dried vegetables is
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