Egypt has been increasing its exports of frozen strawberries to the US market this year,EastFruit reports. Egypt became the fourth largest exporter of this product to the US last year, and in the first seven months of this year, the volume of exports in this direction increased by 17%. read more

The Primorsky interregional department of Rosselkhoznadzor prevented the import of tomatoes and peppers from China due to the identification of an object quarantined for the EAEU. read more

With an exceptional 2022 harvest and the crisis in purchasing power, the Walnut of Grenoble PDO is experiencing difficulties. Arnaud Rivière, president of the Interprofessional Committee of the Walnut of Grenoble (CING) - which groups together 720 producers and 17 marketing operators, including
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In spring, the price of snake cucumbers remained stable for a long time because, among other things, import volumes were significantly lower, according to André Busigel, managing director of Reinhard Busigel GbR in Albertshofen. "The Netherlands came onto the market later with larger
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The Government of Bangladesh has fixed the prices of of potatoes, onions and other basic items such as sugar and eggs. read more

A delicate moment for the fourth range, marked by reorganisations to cope with rising energy and vegetable raw material costs. read more

“We are reaching the end of the summer citrus import season,” says Miles Fraser-Jones with Sierra Produce. He is referring to imports from South Africa, Peru, and Chile. The last arrivals will be late-season mandarins and Midknight oranges from South Africa, expected to arrive through the
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Just a few months after its launch, the DimmidiSì Fresh Risotto line is enriched with a new recipe: Risotto with Red Radicchio and Walnuts. Driven by the excellent market response, La Linea Verde, always attentive to emerging food trends, continues to invest in a
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With 650 exhibitors, 20,000 square meters of exhibition space and 12,500 operators, 10 percent of them from abroad, 12,500 visitors (the same number as the previous edition, but this time exclusively B2B), the verdict on the International Exhibition of Organic and Natural Products-Sana 2023 is
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After tame summer sales, the European banana market is picking up. "Day trade ripened banana prices are up to between €14 and €17. But we've been through a difficult time," says Robert Greeve of the Dutch company Anaca Greeve. read more

Earlier, Freshplaza reported how South Korea would delete tariffs on bananas and pineapples from the Philippines. read more

A very unusual legume: tiny, irregular, at once ancient and contemporary. We are talking about the moco delle valli della Bormida, a variety of chickling vetch that until a few years ago almost disappeared, then rediscovered and now a Slow Food Presidium. A long history, that
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Just kidding, but Jarno Mooren, the Plant Specialist, and the research team at Signify have been busy experimenting, and it shows. "When I brought a small pineapple shoot from my personal collection to our GrowWise research center a few years back, I didn't believe it would ever bear
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ASAJA Alicante reports that the hail that fell yesterday for ten uninterrupted minutes in some municipalities of the Vega Baja del Segura such as San Fulgencio, Dolores, Almoradí, Benejúzar, Orihuela and districts, Jacarilla and Bigastro, has caused serious damage to fruit trees, especially citrus.
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The auditor from the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thailand officially conducted the inspection on the Dutch pear value chain from September 8-10, 2023. The inspection by a Thai auditor is part of the market access protocol for exporting pears from the
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NFU Cymru’s Rural Affairs Board has voiced concern that current Glastir contract holders could be left worse off as a result of the transition to the new interim environment scheme. read more

Campaigners say Britain is becoming the ”toxic poster child of Europe” as it fails to outlaw 36 pesticides recently banned by the EU, the Guardian reports. read more

The NFU has issued a “massive thank you” to the public for their support of Britain’s farmers and growers as it marks Back British Farming Day (BFFD) today (13 September). read more

Defra secretary Thérèse Coffey has today (13 September) announced a package of measures designed to help consumers ’buy British’ and provide farmers with the cashflow they need to invest in their businesses. read more