The 2022 Italian table grape campaign will be remembered as 'Annus horribilis', even producers with more seasons behind them have described it as 'one of the worst marketing campaigns ever'; read more

At the end of March 2023, EastFruit wrote about the beginning of the harvest of early winter onions in the southernmost region of Uzbekistan. As we forecasted in the article, a week later, the first large batches of onions became available on the wholesale markets of the country’s capital. read more

For the first time, an independent analysis has exposed the real cost of the production crisis facing UK apple growers. The analysis, conducted by farm business consultants Andersons, reveals that it now costs £1.26 (median cost) to produce a kilo of British apples. read more

TheDia chain has also launched weekly promotions on more than 100 products and discounts of up to 30%; and Eroski has already implemented a similar measure. read more

A vegetable processing and packaging business paid a Sunday allowance of 5 cent per hour to a minimum-wage worker who was regularly required to work 15-hour days. That is why, at the Workplace Relations Commission, Adjudicator Catherine Byrne ordered Monaghan-based vegetable processing firm,
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It is not even mid-April, the temperatures remind us of February, but Italian apricots are already beginning to peep into the market in Rome. For a few years now, in fact, a small producer in Marsala, who grows the product in a greenhouse and beats everyone in time, harvesting apricots
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Qatar Airways Cargo has introduced direct freighter service from Bogotá, capital of Colombia to Dallas Fort Worth in Texas. The once weekly Boeing 777 freighter departs from Bogota on Mondays and flies to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). read more

The stone fruit farmers of Vega Alta estimate that, if there are no last-minute incidents, this year's total stone fruit production will be similar to that of 2022, when they managed to market almost 300,000 tons in Vega Alta alone and just under 400,000 in the entire Region of Murcia, as
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The inauguration ceremony of the 216th Academic Year of the National Academy of Agriculture will take place on Monday 17 April, from 4 to 6.30 p.m., in the Sala dello Stabat Mater of the Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio in Bologna (Piazza Galvani 1, Bologna). The ceremony will be opened by the
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The largest share of the workforce in the food sector is made up of employees in the hospitality industry (1,856,000), most businesses are in the agricultural sector (258,700) and the highest turnover was achieved by food wholesalers (253 billion euros) - this is shown by
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INDUSER presents a new adaptation of a packaging line for tomatoes, but this time for two carton box dimensions. read more

As the prime summer selling season for red potatoes approaches and supplies of russets and yellows continue to tighten, MountainKing is packing record numbers of its Butter Reds while it ramps up social media and in-store support of the gourmet variety.  read more

"Good partners are the basis for Aartsen's continued development as a company. We never underestimate our partners' importance as they help us stand out with high-quality products every day. This strategy is being applied in the Benelux as well as Asia," says Menno van Breemen of Aartsen. read more

The spring crop of slicing cucumbers has started out in northern Mexico. “Production has been a bit on the slow side due to cooler weather and that has not helped in terms of availability or sizing,” says Raquel Espinoza of Produce House. “However now we’re seeing that it’s starting to
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The Chilean fresh cherry industry closed the 2022-2023 season after exporting a record volume and consolidating Chile's position as the world's leading cherry supplier. read more

The South African kiwifruit industry is still developing, but results are heading in the right direction, in terms of export quality, and volumes are expected to continue to grow as the production of new growers matures. read more

Spanish shipping company Baleària has increased its traffic with the North African country by 30% and is helping to improve even further the new export and import opportunities between the two neighboring countries on both sides of the Mediterranean.  read more

The Eggers vegetable farm from Ochsenwerder has part of its harvest refined into sauces, pesto and salt. The vegetable farm is launching a total of 13 products on the market. "We're very excited to see how this will be received," Arne Eggers tells the Abendblatt. He hopes the new products will
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More than 22 million euros invested, and eight thousand square meters of a new area for logistics and production capacity, is what Cooperativa Agricola Cesenate announced last week when speaking of the project and new construction that started in October last year and that will continue until
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7,900 farms produced goods in line with the organic standards in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in 2022. Sales in the organic food market amounted to CHF 3.873 billion. The market share for vegetables and potatoes is just under 25 percent, while for fruits the organic share is 20 percent. read more