Anyone in the fresh produce business knows that it is not one of the easiest businesses to be in, with all the ups and downs, be it from the markets, currency, weather or even global pandemics! read more

In the Netherlands, Bakker AGF's Jan Bakker recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Of those seven decades, he has been trading fruit and vegetables for six. "I started peddling cauliflower at ten, and I've never stopped," Jan begins, laughing. read more

Onion prices have crashed in Maharashtra and potato prices have spiraled downwards in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and some other states. The crashing of onion and potato prices has once again highlighted the plight of Indian farmers who are compelled to destroy their crops. read more

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British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) will start publishing monthly sales data on its website from February 2023. read more

Tomato supply remains limited. Any major supplier countries for tomatoes to Germany are facing production challenges. As a result of the low availability of goods, the usual high level of promotional activity has been significantly reduced. read more

Fruits and Vegetables Europe, Eucofel, an organisation made up of producer and exporter associations from different Member States, including FEPEX, held its annual assembly in Brussels on Tuesday, at which it approved the lines of action for 2023, which include the
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Val Venosta Apples will once again be present at the main Spanish markets. During the months of March and April, VI P , the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives of Val Venosta, will be present with an attractive stand in the main markets of the peninsula,
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AMFRESH is one of the few family companies left in the sector. It has headquarters in both hemispheres and integrated companies dedicated to research and the production of varieties, such as Genesis Innovation Group for citrus fruits, pomegranates, kakis, and blueberries, as well as the SNFL
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Patatas Meléndez recently opened a brand new, fully automated plant in Valladolid, Spain. Deprez Construct, from Belgium, and Wyma, an international company, supplied most of the fully automated washing and sorting line. "It's a first for us, too, to have combined all automatic aspects in this
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The timely implementation of additional capacity and the installation of a massive on-site power generation capacity have enabled Hexkoel to maintain operations in the cold storage facility even with up to eight hours of power outage at a time. With a full capacity of 2.5 mio
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SIKO GmbH is currently supporting an agricultural research and development project with two rotary encoders from its range for mobile machines. read more

The Experimental unit of the Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural – IDR in Palmas is following the various research phases for the launch of new apple cultivars to producers. After 10 years of research, the first popular sensory survey of the flavor of 16 new varieties was carried out. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, Uzbekistan sharply increased the imports of fresh apples in 2022. They rose by 2.5 times over the year and reached a record 26 700 tonnes. read more

Bringing organic more into the mainstream - this was the goal set 20 years ago by Renate Künast, then Minister of Agriculture, who spoke out for a 20 % share within ten years. To date, the target has not been reached. Instead, the bar has been raised: 30 % by 2030. read more

Organic fruit and vegetables are not produced under a glass bell jar. So it happens again and again that the laboratory analysis or another indication shows residues of pesticides. But how do I assess this? What measures do I have to take? The answer is provided online by the
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The most problematic situation is with onions. In Ukraine, the wholesale price of onions is three times more expensive than last season. Oleksandr Khorev, head of the "APK-inform: vegetables and fruits" project, says that in the near future, the prices will rise by another 20%. In retail, taking
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"Arsène Maillard, founder of Agro Sélections Fruits, passed away a year ago. Since then, we have been working to keep his memory alive through the development of the varietal improvement programs he started in the 1960's with his wife Laurence," said Aurélie Ferrieux, executive director of
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Currently, many growers have fallen victim to the dreaded downy mildew disease that is inflicted extensive damage to vineyards in the Murray Valley region. Downy mildew is among the most feared diseases for grape growers because it causes extensive damage to both table grapes – for eating –
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The export of table grapes in Peru from the northern zone (Piura) and south (Ica) in a comparison with the previous campaign shows an increase in container volumes. In the north of the country we have a volume increase of 23% close to 16 000 containers compared to 13 thousand containers the
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