If, last week, hail had whitened much of northern Italy (click here to read more), in recent days it has also arrived in the southern regions, leaving a trail of damage on both crops and civil infrastructures. The regions most affected were Puglia
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Research conducted last year showed nearly two thirds of Kiwi shoppers were unwilling to pay a premium for fruit and vegetables grown, picked, packed and delivered with sustainable practices. read more

You might not think so, but inRomagna it is already strawberry time. The agricultural company Fabbridi Santarcangelo, a member of Agribologna, started picking the Joly variety at Easter and then continued with Tea, Sibilla and Elodì.
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While today’s supply chain helps to keep the world moving, it is far from perfect, with almost 8% of stock perishing or being discarded at a cost of $163 billion annually. read more

Five pounds in Britain today will only go as far as four pounds did in 2019 - a rate of inflation unmatched by other Western European countries over the same period. read more

“Melons from Central America and South America are still present on the French market but the melons from Senegal and Morocco now have priority,” explains Eric Godard Durand. The two origins have been on the market since mid-February. In two weeks, the melons from Spain will arrive in
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Yesterday, Frutura announced it has signed a licensing agreement with The Coca-Cola Company. “They approached us with this idea mid-last year. We’ve taken some time to collaborate and negotiate, and we are humbled to be working together with such an amazing brand,” says David Krause,
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The aim of the project, on which the Aldi Süd Group worked together with Aldi Nord and other actors in the sector, including Heartwood LLC, Banana Link, Dole, Grupo Iren and Banafem, was to train and guide workers and local trade unions to use wage data to
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The euro and pound are being hurried along by a conveyor belt of interest rate hikes in Europe just as U.S. rates near a peak. This is a reversal of the trends that drove them to multi-decade lows last year. The euro and pound have rallied 4-5% against the dollar since March as market ructions
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Hidden inside mandarinio boxes inside mechanical false bottoms made in the bonnet of elegant cars or in the passenger compartment of mighty lorries. The cocaine passed through the Strait of Messina, from Reggio Calabria in the direction of Palermo, camouflaged in a variety of ways to escape detection.
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"Consumers are increasingly focused on health and convenience. But the enjoyment aspect is becoming more and more relevant," according to Wim Kleinjan, Managing Director, and William de Vries, Commercial Manager of Fruity Pack. read more

The cold snap that Morocco experienced in January and February has put tomato plants in a state of vegetative zero. Volumes dropped from 2000 to only 250-300 kg/ha/day. In the aftermath, the Moroccan government implemented quotas on tomato exports on February 19 in an effort to boost local
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Coldiretti Puglia, on the basis of the Ismea report, states that citrus fruit prices in Taranto have plummeted by 48%, with the rising cost of the shopping cart and climate change decimating the harvests, while consumers have cut their purchases of
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Alce Nero expands the frozene range by launching Passati Rustici Biologici Surgelati. Vegetable, source of protein and rich in fibre, an innovative, healthy and tasty product; convenience, ready in just 6-8 minutes. With no water or stock in the recipe and no added seasoning Alce
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The Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection has denied information about dangerous viruses in tomatoes in Uzbekistan. Negotiations on the matter were held between the quarantine services of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Kazakh media referred to the words of the head of the regional territorial
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ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA returns to Hong Kong this year. From 6 to 8 September 2023, the AsiaWorld expo is expected to attract thousands of high-calibre trade visitors and top buyers from across the fresh fruit supply chain, who will see a wide range of
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How will the management of the fruit and vegetable department change in the future if the 'old' figure of the department manager, the one who knows the trade, trains new colleagues daily in the 'field', guides consumers daily in their purchases, is slowly disappearing? read more

Despite the recent sunshine, the weather in England has been pretty gloomy, leading to a delay in the strawberry harvest. read more

At the end of last week, Poland quite unexpectedly introduced a temporary ban on the imports and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products, and Hungary and Slovakia joined it a few days later. Similar measures are also being discussed in Romania and Bulgaria. Naturally, it was the restrictions
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European processing potato prices have hit record highs this week, with increased competition from processors for a limited volume of uncontracted (free-buy) stocks pushing up physical prices. The Mintec Benchmark Prices for Dutch processing potatoes were assessed at €330.00/mt on 18th April. read more