Scientists in New Zealand are attempting to create lab-grown fruit from plant cells, without the parts that are usually thrown away (like apple cores). read more

Israel’s avocado industry, that has just started the 2023/24 harvest season, is seeing good early demand from European markets for the Greenskin variety. “The Greenskin season just started. Demand in the EU is good for now, but we expect a challenging season going forward into the main
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U.S. peach and nectarine production for 2023/24 is forecast down to 574,000 metric tons. Production has been fairly stable during the last 5 years, range‐bound between 650,000‐710,000 tons, but weather events in top producing states will drive supplies below this range in 2023/24.
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Kim Breshears, the Chief Marketing Officer of Potatoes USA, has given a clear overview of the US potato market. She emphasized that potatoes have consistently been America’s favorite vegetable. read more

Up to 73% of US lettuce comes from California, being distributed nationwide through extensive retail chains. Lettuce grown in Florida accounts for 3% of the national total and has a unique market window during the winter months. Traditionally, Florida lettuce has been grown between October and
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Carlópolis, in the Northern Pioneer Region, is the ‘National Guava Capital’. It is a recognition not only of the quantity of fruit produced in the municipality, but also of the quality, which opened doors to the international market, with exports to countries in Europe and the Middle East. read more

Spanish lettuce production in 2022 amounted to almost one million tonnes (966,543 tonnes), grown on a total of 33,411 hectares, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The Region of Murcia, with 15,474 hectares (46% of the total) and Andalusia with
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Food waste is discarded food and associated inedible parts (such as bones or hard parts of fruit). Food waste occurs at all stages of the food chain, from farm to table. However, most of it is generated in the
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Dr. Andrea Schieder has been a breeder at Enza Zaden for 26 years and, together with Dr. Melanie Molnar, who again is primarily responsible for the organic sector, demonstrated Enza Zaden's breeding process. "At Enza Zaden, breeding is done at 26 different locations, including Germany. Breeding
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For most of the summer, the supply of bell peppers has exceeded the demand for them. “The heavier crops were being grown in the East compared to Western production, which has been more balanced through the summer,” says Brian Rayfield, president of PennRose Farms LLC. However, he adds that
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The harvesting of Golden and Red Delicious apples for the partners of Asta Frutta Alto Adige started one week ago and the first data are promising. "Harvesting is proceeding without problems and the past two nights with low temperatures are generating excellent color," reports Markus Tscholl,
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Once again this year, France is demonstrating all of its agri-export potential at Fruit Attraction in Madrid. The French delegation is comprised of a total of 112 companies which will cover more than 2,200 m2 in hall 6 at the IFEMA fairgrounds. read more

As a sign of the challenges in Argentina, prices change so fast supermarkets do not even put price stickers on products anymore. The South American country is facing serious currency issues, price increases over 100%, that is further exacerbated by a long term drought that is forcing the fresh
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Often the fruit and vegetable community has snubbed marketing, seeing it as a source of cost rather than profit. This view is continually borne out in the way innovation projects are constructed. Marketing expenses, in fact, are always among the last items in almost every
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The storms give no respite to Valencian agriculture. Yesterday a new storm of torrential rain, wind and hail once again caused serious damage to crops that are in the middle of harvesting season. According to estimates by the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA),
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Wilfredo la Torre walks through his mango field in the Moro district and finds it hard to find any flower buds amidst the thousands of plants he has in his small estate. The crop should show an abundant yellowish-reddish bloom, but the rise in temperatures, which have gone up above 21 degrees,
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Rockit Global is gearing up for its biggest Mid-Autumn Festival yet, entering new Asian markets and with more Rockit™ apples than ever landing in stores for the peak sales season. read more

It has been a tough few years for grape growers around the globe with unpredictable and wet weather patterns, growers in Australia have not escaped this but are looking forward to a better year ahead. read more

Since last week, the level of wholesale prices for potatoes began to decline on the Moldovan market; the product fell in price by an average of 14% to 6 lei/kg ($0.33/kg). As a result, the average price for new-crop local potatoes for the first time this season has dropped, although not much,
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With the collapse of harvests and the farewell of one in four potatoes, retail prices for potatoes are soaring, ranking as the most expensive fruit and vegetable product at the consumer level with an increase of 26% in August compared to the same period last year. E'
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