By week 14, exports stood at 8,873 t, 55% more than at the same point in the previous season, simfruit refers to the Kiwi Committee. read more

"The anticyclone in Spain during the last days, which is responsible for the high daytime temperatures during Easter, has also caused a significant drop in temperatures during several consecutive dawns and caused frost damage to different agricultural productions in different areas," Agroseguro
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How can production be increased by counteracting the negative effects of climate change, water shortages, and increasing pathogens, while drastically decreasing synthetic pesticides and fertilisers, as the Green Deal calls for? Many are calling for the use of the new
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Wage protests halt high-speed grocery deliveries at India's Zomato read more

Overall, Baden can look back on a relatively cold, but strong-selling Holy Week. "Easter sales were very pleasing overall, and compared to the previous year we were even able to record a plus. This is again related to the fact that at that time there was still the after-effect due to the Corona
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The blueberry market has experienced very high growth in recent years, both on the production and consumer side. In particular, the increase in production in various regions of Europe led to a seasonal oversupply and consequently to a decline in the
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The citrus season is slowly but surely drawing to a close and is now giving way to the summer fruits - even if the sun's rays are still holding back a little. Nevertheless, the season for Spanish honeydew melons as well as for other melon varieties will start at Grundhöfer GmbH at the Frankfurt
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Australia is looking forward to delivering more high-quality grapes to the Philippines and introducing more varieties of the fruit in the coming years. Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) senior trade and investment commissioner Christopher Lim commented. “We think that the
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A Norfolk fruit farm is making the earliest-ever start to its strawberry harvest - after investing £1.5m in a sustainable heating system. Place UK, based at Tunstead, near North Walsham, is heating a 2.2-hectare growing structure with a new ground source heat pump, which uses underground water
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Africa is a fruit powerhouse and Europe is loving it. Over the past few years, the African continent has been providing a significant portion of Europe's fresh fruit consumption, and it's not slowing down any time soon. These delicious and nutritious fruits have made their way into European
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Fruit symbol of the 2023 edition of Macfruts will be the blueberry. The International Blueberry Days will make it the world capital. Opened by a study day at the Università Politecnica della Marche (Ancona), the Forum will host the Symposium (3 May), with leading scholars and
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As winter weather in North America and the constant rains in California come to an end, the effects are still being felt around the produce markets. read more

Marked night frosts, as occurred in the first week of April, can cause considerable damage during fruit blossoming. The Agricultural Meteorology Department of the German Weather Service (DWD) has therefore investigated whether climate change increases the risk of late frost damage to plants. read more

Mexico is the world’s largest avocado producer and exporter. Its avocado production accounts for 30% of the world’s total avocado production and is growing at an average annual rate of 3%, as global avocado demand continues to rise. As reported on agroberichtenbuitenland.nl, the European
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The release of the March Food Price Index for New Zealand shows yet another month of disruption to the country’s fresh produce industry off the back of a challenging summer. Fruit and vegetable prices in March were up 22.2% on March 2022. read more

In February, 827 t of organic carrots were sold in the Swiss retail trade. After exceeding 900 t in each of the last three years, February sales thus fell to a level similar to February 2018 (830 t). At the same time, organic carrots had a low price of CHF 2.80/kg on average in traditional
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The click day applications of 27 March had already confirmed the fears of the industry: the quotas for the flow decree are, once again, insufficient. read more

Overall, the Seeberger Group looks back positively on the year 2022. According to the company's own information, its turnover remains stable at around 300 million euros in a challenging industry environment. After two years of the pandemic, the Seeberger Professional business unit in particular was able to achieve
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The Undersecretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ernesto Abati García-Manso, has convened the drought round table for next Wednesday, 19 March, to assess the impact of the drought on the agricultural sector and to follow up on the last technical meeting, held on
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