The Barcelona wholesale market Mercabarna has seen its exports of fruit and vegetables double since it set up the Mercabarna-Export Cluster in 2013. In 2014, companies house within the market sold 1.7m tonnes of produce, of which 25 per cent was exported, mainly to France and Italy and some
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Chilean fruit exporters are celebrating the news that China has opened its doors to their peaches and apricots after the signing of a protocol in Beijing on Tuesday (17 October). read more

Nolan Transport based, in Rosslare, Co. Wexford, is one of Wexford’s leading employers; more than 1,000 staff are working there, and it is operating over 2,000 trailers and 700 trucks. It has been able to grow massively due to Brexit. read more

Since 2011, Enza Zaden has conducted business in Central America as an export region managed by Enza Zaden Export B.V. in the Netherlands and supported by a dedicated regional sales team. This approach has fostered strong relationships with key dealers and driven substantial year-over-year sales
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This year, the Juliet variety continues to grow, with a 20% increase thanks to young orchards coming into production. While the production from the Rhône valley and the south of France is slightly below potential for the 2023 campaign, the harvests in other French regions are in line with the
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Summerfruit Australia are anticipating a good season. Flowering and fruit set has generally been very good and a warm to hot spring and summer is expected which is perfect for high quality summer fruit. read more

In order to prevent water shortages connected to global warming, Turkey’s General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) is installing prepaid electronic meters, updating the piped systems in various agricultural enterprises. read more

The drought situation, high temperatures and the decrease in the local production of vegetables have made it necessary to increase the import of fresh foodstuffs from Morocco to Malaga by ship, East Fruit reports referring to Surinenglish.com. read more

Helice RZ F1(click to learn more), after a testing period in the main Italian pepper-growing areas, gave optimal results, especially in the regions of Campania, Sicily, Piedmont and Veneto. The variety proved to be suitable for the
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Prices rose by an average of 10%, purchases fell by 8%. This, in short, is the snapshot of the first half of 2023 on fresh fruit and vegetables taken by the Cso Italy Market Observatory on the basis of data from the GfK Italia panel. From January to June 2023, the following were purchased
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Despite the restrictive turn of the central banks' monetary policies and the moderate wage dynamics, inflation in Italy remains high (+5.3% on September 2022according to preliminary ISTAT estimates, slightly down on a monthly basis) and there are signs of difficulties in the
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Very positive numbers for the recently concluded 15th edition of Fruit Attraction: an increase of 16% of professionals and 10% of both exhibitors and exhibition area. Logistics area increased by 31%. read more

Tianyun International Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, an important seller and manufacturer of processed fruit products in the People's Republic of China, has announced that the Group entered a strategic co-operation agreement with Tuah Tacunan Sdn Bhd, a tropical fruit producer
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When fall arrives, the mushroom season usually gets going. "But we can't complain about the past few weeks. Sales went quite well, and the supply and demand of white and chestnut mushrooms were well-matched. It went as it should," says Arno van den Oord of the Dutch mushroom and bean sprout
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This is the first time that Syngenta has held a pepper conference at such an early date in the El Ejido area. And it has done so to show the potential of its two new products from the beginning of the crop. They are called Norris and Arconte and they are two early cycle red California peppers. read more

World Food Day was commemorated with a new sense of urgency in South Africa, spurred by research commissioned by the Shoprite retail group that suggests that 49% of South Africans will go hungry at night in two years' time. read more

According to initial forecasts, about 330 million strawberry plants will be planted throughout October, an average of about 9 million seedlings per day. These will be the plants yielding the fruit that will be supplied in the coming months in the European market. read more

A perfect storm has been gathering over UK road transport prices for the past few months. The returning HGV levy, clean air charges, rising fuel prices and higher business costs have all contributed. read more

"Consumer demand for mushrooms is slowly reaching normal levels again. The post-pandemic market has been somewhat disappointing. Organic mushrooms fared slightly worse, but there, too, demand is picking up," Warmolt Boer, member of LTO Netherlands' Mushroom group, begins, reflecting on the
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Green bell peppers are seeing a perfect storm in supply, and that's creating strong markets. read more