A meeting recently held by the European Commission's Fruit and Vegetable Markets Observatory's tomato subgroup took stock of the last summer campaign, in which Spain produced 475,051 tons of tomatoes. This figure represents a 6% decrease over 2022. read more

From January to September 2023, the cargo volume of Chinese ports was 12.540 billion tons, translating to a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, while the container throughput of Chinese ports was 230.7 million TEUs, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.2%. read more

NSW Farmers says it’s clear the Federal Government will use water buybacks as a devastating sledgehammer to complete the Basin Plan. read more

The Egyptian sweet potato season continues amid heated competition between exporters. As the season progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to source good quality batches, which transfers the competition to the price front. Mohamed Maatouk, CEO of the Egyptian Emirati food industries,
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Turkish narcotics police officials have seized 610 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a container of bananas from Ecuador. The detection was done in the southern province of Mersin. Three people, including the owner of the company that was to receive the banana shipment, have been detained in
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Defeder, which specializes in 100% organic agricultural products, has expanded its international expansion by making its first shipments to South America. The company, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary, exports more than 60% of its production to more than 23 countries on three
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The eagerly awaited Egyptian strawberry season is about to begin. Elsayed Elgohary, strawberry producer and owner of Marvel Farm, shares his insights on the season kick-off. read more

The 2022-23 National Residue Survey (NRS) results are in, and we’re proud to report that the Australian macadamia industry has once again been awarded 100% compliance. read more

Argentina’s Mendoza area has started the garlic harvesting with a 50% increase in prices expected due to rains in the Northern Hemisphere that caused lower production for large producers in Spain and China. According to Mariano Ruggeri, the owner of Mendoza Exports, a garlic producer and
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US freight forwarders have seen volumes and demand crash with no peak season to speak of. According to analyst Jon Monroe, forwarders are suffering because consumers are failing to spend and still elevated inventories mean that 2023 has not been conducive to a return to a pre-Covid demand
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Earlier this month, Sun World International took to New York City to officially debut its Autumncrisp® brand grapes’ global consumer marketing campaign. "The result was overwhelming enthusiasm and the birth of a viral grape sensation!" said Jennifer Sanchez, Sun World’s vice president of
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Despite autumn having long crossed its equator, Belarusian market stalls are still piled with fresh berries. While cranberries and grapes remain the main seasonal berries in late October, a journalist raid on Komarovsky market in the capital revealed a supply of fresh strawberries, blueberries,
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The cold and wet weather led to a much later start of the herb season at Johannes Adams' business in Düsseldorf. "The heat during the summer was also rather suboptimal for the herbs. But we can be glad that we were not affected by further flooding or longer periods of heat," says Adams. "Next
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In February, Cyclone Gabrielle caused the Ngaruroro River in the eastern North Island to burst its banks. Consequently, it smashed through Riverside Cherries’ 10-hectare apple orchard, also affecting 7 hectares of cherry trees. The Twyford business lost all the apple trees and half a hectare
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In October, 13 Australian growers and industry representatives travelled to the UK and EU as part of the ATMAC European Study Tour to investigate commercial and compliance drivers such as food safety, farm sustainability and ethical farming certification schemes. Some of the schemes the group
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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

Corsican clementines have been back on the shelves for about a week. For Les Domaines de la Taste, harvesting began two weeks ago: 300 tons are expected (200 tons organic and 100 tons in conversion) for the early clementines, and in November, the harvest of common clementines should reach 1,200
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Bayer has chosen Capogreco Farms as its new exclusive partner for the Australian production and sale of OrangeCandy® melons, for domestic and export markets. read more

Fruits and vegetable farmers and exporters have urged the Kerala government to issue a ‘Nipah Free Certificate’ to Calicut International Airport to help re-start exports that were halted in the wake of the Nipah virus outbreak in early September. read more

Following a tomato processing campaign characterised by a late start, due to adverse weather conditions in May and June, and an unprecedented increase in the price of tomatoes, which touched €150 per
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