"Given all the raw material price increases, it’s been quite a challenging time," is how Jantine Heemskerk answers when asked about how the sector is faring. She is from Heemskerk fresh & easy, a Dutch company that focuses on washing, slicing, and packaging fresh fruit, vegetables, salads,
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Placido Perez Chuecos, the president of COAG in Lorca, stated that the lack of rain was making producers rethink the summer campaign, which focuses mainly on watermelon and melon, and that this lack of water could affect the caliber of the fruit. “We started the summer campaign but the dry
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Egypt keeps increasing exports of sweet potatoes to the UK – the largest market for sweet potatoes in Europe, EastFruit reports. Over the past five seasons, the exports of Egyptian sweet potatoes to the UK have been increasing annually, and they may well reach a new record this season. read more

Grower Kwekerij De Koning from Etten-Leur delivered the first early raspberries of the Kwanza variety. "With this first sale we start the domestic soft fruit season. In the coming weeks and months we will start with the first sale of our blackberries, blueberries, currants,
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A strong focus on links with foreign countries, quality content and networking: these have been the growth factors of theMacfrut trade fair over the years - scheduled to take place from 3 to 5 May at the Rimini Expo Centre - and will continue to represent the development assets for the
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Prices for imported greenhouse tomatoes are increasing rapidly before the Easter holidays in Ukraine, EastFruit project analysts inform. The reason for the rise in the price of tomatoes on the Ukrainian market was the bad weather both in Ukraine and in Turkey. Thus, prolonged rains in the
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After the first removals of the earliest product at the end of March (click here to read the article), last week in Licata the campaign of Red Falcon melons also started for Master Fruit, which markets them under the unmistakable brands The Original and The Bomb, a guarantee of
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"We began harvesting the first new crop of size six winter cauliflower this week, so we have it available too," says Ruud Slagter of P.N. Slagter. This Dutch company grows cauliflower on 180 hectares and markets it and fellow growers' cabbage. Winter cauliflower cultivation has always been
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The weather is seriously affecting asparagus cultivation in the province of Foggia, Apulia. The tail end of a winter that is still harsh on Italy - as the weather is expected to worsen next weekend after a few days of good weather - is affecting the harvest of green, conventional and organic
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The lack of rainfall during spring is increasing the level of plant stress and producers are increasingly more concerned about crop development, especially in the south of the country. Some agrarian organizations and autonomous communities are already demanding a Working Group on Drought be
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In 2021, the People’s Republic of China overtook the United States as the world’s largest blueberry producer. Blueberries are planted in 26 of China’s 34 provinces. Meanwhile, China is also the world’s leading importer of blueberries. Imported blueberries in China are mainly from Peru
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Due to a combination of factors, including a destructive tropical season in 2022, citrus production in Florida dropped to levels not seen since World War II. Citrus growers are facing an uphill battle due to the combined effects of ongoing drought, a disease known as citrus greening and the
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The tomato industry in Morocco is currently enduring one of its worst seasons, suffering the full brunt of commercial challenges and natural hazards. Among these hazards and not the least, the phytosanitary damage - namely the ToBRFV virus - is behind the loss of 10-15% of volumes this season,
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Egypt keeps increasing exports of sweet potatoes to the UK – the largest market for sweet potatoes in Europe, EastFruit reports. Over the past five seasons, the exports of Egyptian sweet potatoes to the UK have been increasing annually, and they may well reach a new record this season. read more

Positive signs of revival are coming from the Verona market, especially with seasonal fruit. read more

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Mike Smith as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective May 29, 2023. Smith will continue to report to Tom Werner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lamb Weston. read more

Carton Pack S.p.A., a company specialising in the production of packaging for the fruit and vegetable and food sectors, founded in 1970 by the Leone family with production facilities in Rutigliano (BA), has completed the acquisition of control of Smilesys S.p.A., an Italian company producing film
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The thirteenth week of the new year brings the value sales of fruit and vegetables by weight back into negative territory, and increases the gap with Packaged Consumer Goods (FMCG). Among the sales channels, in addition to the always heavily loss-making online, the negative performance of the
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What could be better, more special, more festive, and more delicious than plump and luscious red cherries for a holiday? In China, cherries have increasingly become a major part of Chinese New Year festivities. They are given as gifts, used as festive decorations, or as an ingredient in dishes
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