Elite Apple Company will join forces with Honeybear Brands® to market its apple varieties. The Elite Apple Company is a privately-held, grower-owned production facility located in Sparta, Michigan, the heart of Michigan’s apple country. For more than 40 years, the family of growers which make
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Hispatec Agrointeligencia, a leading company in technological solutions for global agriculture, will be present at two key events for the Chilean agricultural industry: the Global Cherry Summit and the South American Blueberry Convention. read more

Following March’s unsettled weather in California, what does this mean for the state’s cherry season? “The outlook is good--we’re optimistic the crop will be above average,” says Nick Lucich of Delta Packing Co, noting that the 10-year average is 6.2 million boxes of cherries. read more

A new strategic Spanish-Chinese phytosanitary agreement promoted by the president of the PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition government, Pedro Sánchez, has made quite an impression. The meeting in Beijing of Presidents Sánchez and Xi Jinping, has so captured a lot of interest. read more

The Dutch onion market's earlier frenzy has subsided. So says Mike de Koster of WDK Onions, an onion grading and packing facility. "Prices fell and then stabilized, and far lower volumes are leaving. Fortunately, as a small family business, we're flexible and can scale up and down quickly.
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Turkish fruit and vegetable exports from the Western Mediterranean region increased by 26 percent between January 1 and April 11 from a year ago, coming in at $229 million. Shipments of fresh vegetables and fruits generated $248 million and $41 million in revenues, respectively, according to
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Below is an overview of the market performance recorded in Lusia in March. read more

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection (BVL) has issued an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product Novodor FC on the basis of Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. read more

Dutch pears are fetching good prices. "Things are running very smoothly. The large sizes are selling for between €1.25 and 1.35. Those higher prices slow down sales somewhat, but I don't see prices dropping suddenly. The slightly shrunken Belgian supply benefits us," says Paul Peters of
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Aldi Nord is voluntarily foregoing margin and massively reducing the prices of fruit and vegetables. A clear sign that customers can rely on Aldi Nord in economically difficult times. After the drastic price cuts for coffee, butter, and cooking oil, the inventor of the discount store is thus
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"The first consignments of mini-anguras from Sicily have sold like hot cakes, despite the fact that the temperatures in Milan are not particularly mild. This is howUmberto Musso, co-owner of Italfrutta distribuzioni - a company active at the Milan fruit market - comments to IFN on the debut of one of the
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It is white, delicate and slender. It is the Zambana asparagus, a niche product that has been growing in the Adige Valley for over two hundred years, where it is cultivated using traditional techniques. read more

The first batches of imported potatoes arrived in Moldova, as businessmen say, in the first days of April. Potatoes come from Egypt and possibly Morocco. In the domestic market of the country, the wholesale price for potatoes from North Africa was about $1-1.2/kg, they are bought and sold at
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The Extraordinary Assembly of DOSES, Distretto orticolo sud est sicilia, was held last Thursday, at which members set themselves important short- and medium-term goals; read more

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is trying to revolutionise the world of insurance for Italian fruit and vegetable companies. read more

It is not always easy at the time of purchase to identify pears at the right degree of ripeness for different tastes. InGreatBritain the offer of this product is varied and there are references that indicate the degree of ripeness of the fruit on the packaging: from crispy to soft in
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The Thuringia Section celebrated its 30th anniversary on 15 April 2023. It has been regionally represented and active since 1993, according to the German Nutrition Society (DGE). Its aim is, in the interest of consumers and the public, to provide scientifically sound advice on all questions of
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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, inaugurated this Monday the 36th edition of Salón Gourmets, the International Fair of Quality Food and Beverages, which is being held until 20 April at IFEMA. This fair, the leading gourmet product fair in Europe and one of the most important in the world, will be held at IFEMA until the end of April.
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Our video about the famous Tajik dried apricots, which are dried and processed right in the orchard or in the field, caused a flurry of comments. Most commenters were indignant that dried apricots are dried in unsanitary conditions right in the field with insects and dust, and that even on the
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