After starting off with some problems due to the weather, the apricot season of the Italian brand Albisole is now going very well, according to the Guidi growing company’s management. “Up to mid-July, the season was marked by ups and downs, but from the beginning of August the
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Morocco keeps expanding its presence in the global blueberry market, with the United Arab Emirates as one of the most rapidly growing directions, reports EastFruit. In the MY 2022/23 (July-June) Morocco headed the list of the blueberry suppliers to the UAE, having outstripped South Africa. read more

Dutch vegetable specialist Growers United has said that it is using international research to help it understand “what makes shoppers tick”. read more

Cítrics de Nules, the company formed by the merger of Nulexport and Cipla in 2021, has filed for bankruptcy with the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. read more

The Soil Association has warned the UK government that its failure to act on fossil fuel-based fertilisers is putting the country’s whole Net Zero Strategy in jeopardy. read more

Leading Australian fresh produce grower-packer-marketer Costa Group has released its financial results for the first half of 2023 with a poor citrus season set to reduce full year earnings by an estimated A$30m (US$20m). read more

Leading Australian fresh produce grower-packer-marketer Costa Group has released its financial results for the first half of 2023 with a poor citrus season set to reduce full year earnings by an estimated A$30m (US$20m). read more

As the grape season kicks off in the southern hemisphere, the global grape market is shaping up for an interesting season, considers EastFruit and invites you to read the review of the global grape market, published in Italian by the FreshPlaza. read more

For ANOVE it is essential to have these techniques available in the European Union in order to achieve the necessary advances in plant breeding to feed a growing population in a healthy, safe way and always trying to minimise the impacts of climate change. read more

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Salads from vertical farming are entering haute cuisine menus, used by top chefs who are important endorsers of these products. One example comes from the collaboration between Planet Farms, which recently launched a campaign to support the new-look range,
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For the eighth consecutive year, almonds retained the top spot as the most used nut in new product introductions in Europe in 2022. The data can be found in Innova Market Insights' Global New Product Introductions report. Italy, Germany,
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Washington fresh apple exports this year are estimated to fall 18.7% from a year ago, according to the August 2023 Washington Apple Commission. So far this year, 23.5% of Washington’s apples have been exported. As of Aug. 13, 2023, 21,942,000 cartons of Washington apples have gone to export
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The export value of fruits, vegetables and flowers rose by 8.3% in the first half of the year, reaching a total of over €1 billion. This is the first time that the sector’s international sales have broken the billion euro barrier in the first six months of the year. Over 80% of sales were
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Spain’s melon season has been a rollercoaster so far, starting out with an oversupply, followed by a shortage due to weather destroying over half of the crops. But August has seen a significant upturn in fortunes. read more

Daikin Reefer has worked with Thai mango shipper Swift and CMA CGM to successfully transport Nam Doc Mai (Honey) and Mahachanok (Rainbow) mangoes from Thailand to Korea and Japan using seafreight rather than airfreight. read more

Freshcare has announced the launch of the inaugural  Australian Assurance Summit to be held in Sydney on 14-15 November 2023. read more

Australian food producers are increasingly embracing advanced crop-enhancement products such as high-tech fertilisers as they strive to maintain profits and reduce inputs in challenging times, according to leading plant physiologist Dr David Marks. read more

The temperatures of the last few days on the Romagna Riviera make one think more of autumn days than the last days of summer. A condition greatly affected by summer fruit, whose sales have slowed down. read more