Chilean producers expect a bumper avocado crop in 2023/24, due to favourable climatic conditions and abundant rainfall in the winter. FAS/Santiago estimates that avocado production will total 200,000 tons, a 21.2% rise from 2022/23. Area planted will total 32,710 hectares, up 1%. Exports for the
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The ToBRFV virus is a global problem for the tomato sector. In Morocco, losses of this year’s crop are estimated at between 15 and 20% of production due to the blight. The virus can cause a significant reduction in crop yield, as well as a deterioration in fruit quality. Producers are facing a
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) and its Australian agriculture subsidiary AustOn Corporation (AustOn) have announced a new strategic partnership with leading Australian grower-packer-marketer Montague. read more

New Zealand’s Ardgour Valley Orchards has officially launched its export programme for a series of new specialty apricot varieties bred by Plant & Food Research. read more

Brussels has given the final green light for an EU-New Zealand trade deal that, while mutually lowering barriers for both markets, highlights the recent failure of EU-Australia negotiations. The European Council, representing the EU's 27 member countries, said it adopted the New Zealand pact,
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An important assist for Italian producers comes from Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, which is back in the field with its new catalogue for processing tomatoes to consolidate its market position in one of the most important sectors in the Made in Italy agri-food panorama and does so thanks to
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SanLucarp aims decisively at greater commercial development in our country, to be implemented not only by expanding the range of products available - berries, strawberries, citrus, seedless grapes, stone fruit, exotic - but also with category projects, multi-product islands with only branded references. By
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The berry industry has seen rapid growth, but the future can be a fragile thing. With input costs for growers rising, weather extremes affecting the whole chain, and inflation impacting consumers' expenses, the market is challenging. However, with input costs stabilizing and the consumers'
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On the occasion of the recent Black Friday, as we reported on gdoweek, Amazon reintroduced its physical pop-up store in Milan at 1 Via De Cristoforis, near Piazza Gae Aulenti, open until 26 November for a temporary offer on several categories and with distinctive spaces.
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The new season of Australian nectarines arrived in the Chinese market in early November, about 7-10 days earlier than in previous years. It is understood that the Australian production area is hot and dry this year with little rain, which is conducive to nectarine cultivation. "The current
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Continuing its commitment to drive innovation and advance new technologies in agriculture, McCain Foods has announced the launch of Presia Ag Insights. A newly formed business unit wholly owned by McCain, Presia is the result of a decade of collaboration to develop digital technologies,
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It is quiet on Brussels' early market. Groothandel Michel nv, specializing in strawberries, awaits December's larger volumes. "We can sell, but the summer crop has almost completely run out. The Sonatas from the winter crop are starting to trickle in, but there aren't large volumes yet," says
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The citrus campaign of the COAB producer organization, based in Corigliano Rossano in the province of Cosenza, began in the first week of October. "We've started with the first quantities of the early varieties Caffin and Spinoso, and it wasn't without difficulties. We worked with zero stocks
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Berry Global has launched a new version of its Omni® Xtra polyethylene cling film for fresh food applications, which provides a high-performance alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films. read more

Supply and movement of iceberg lettuce within Ontario right now seem to be steady. read more

With around 430 exhibitors from 12 countries and numerous visitors from all over the world, the organizers of the expoSE/expoDirekt trade fair duo can look back on two successful trade fair days in Karlsruhe. Although the willingness to innovate and invest in the asparagus and strawberry
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In the MY 2022/23, Egypt achieved a remarkable milestone by exporting a record volume of oranges to Spain, multiplying its exports manifold, as reported by EastFruit. This feat allowed Egypt to ascend to the premier position among orange suppliers to Spain for the first time. read more

The new national kiwi harvest is underway, while the Italian persimmon harvest is coming to an end. Radicchio from Veneto is in full campaign. Demand is still low for clementines while it is high for apples, which have run out of stock, and for Sicilian Navelina oranges.
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The Sady Dnipra company was the first Ukrainian company to develop an offer of apples custom-designed for the market of Uzbekistan. read more

According to a representative of the COAG agricultural organization, producers opted for other products because of the artichoke's cold, abundant water, and high labor demands. read more