Over the past five years, pineapple exports have been on a steady upward trend, with a significant increase in 2021. However, just one year later, exports have already gone downhill again, by 7.6% to be precise, agraria.pe refers to César Freund, deputy director of Trade
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'Amazing result, we are at the end of a season that is drawing to a close,' says Salvatore Daino, President of the Consorzio di Tutela Arancia di Ribera D.O.P; read more

Vanguard CEO Craig Stauffer talks about the growing discussions around food scarcity. During the Covid-19 pandemic and the infamous toilet paper shortage, empty grocery store shelves were a a common sight. Food scarcity is a growing concern worldwide and it is partly due to the disruptions in
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In a banana farm in La Orotava (Tenerife), ALDI presented its initiative to value the work on sustainability of Canarian producers and good practices in the cultivation of bananas in the Canary Islands; an action that is part of its Sustainability Plan for 2023. read more

The debut of the Emilian event confirms the fair enthusiasm rediscovered after the pandemic period. The first day got off to a fast start, and already from the first rows at the entrance the excitement of getting into the heart of the food world was evident... where fruit and vegetables did not shy away. The
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Times are running and besides talking about changing opening hours, wholesale markets also have to deal with online. Who said, in fact, that food centres have to be only physical? The turning point comes from Spain, where it was decided to create an
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Maungatapere Packing (MPL) is now in it's second full packing season, set up in 2021 the facility packs blueberries for the Australian export market with the very latest in blueberry packing machinery.  read more

International Blueberry Days will open with a preview at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona on Tuesday 2 May. It is called Blueberry School, a full day reserved for young researchers and technicians on the main scientific topics of the blueberry: genetics, nursery,
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In recent months, two Dutch companies, Scherpenhuizen and Kamps Sperziebonen, have discussed further cooperation. That recently led to Scherpenhuizen taking a strategic interest in Kamps. read more

Packaging is becoming increasingly important for the presentation of a product, which is why nothing should be left to chance, not even the choice of packaging machine. read more

In agriculture, communicating content, without falling back into the classic 'bucolic' rhetoric aimed at giving a benevolent but superficial image of the farming world, seems to be a mission impossible, and often the culprits are the farmers themselves who are not very inclined to tell the world
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Italy enters the last quarter of the strawberry campaign. A year which, as in other production areas of the Mediterranean Arc, was characterised by high temperatures. This situation did not affect the production and commercial development of Inspire, which belongs to the
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A decrease in selling prices was recorded on the onion market in Ukraine this week, EastFruit project analysts report. The main reason for the downward price trend was the massive supply of imported onions from Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands. According to the project’s daily
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The export season of walnuts from Ukraine in 2022 began with record lows, and prices for the walnut kernels in the Ukrainian market continue to disappoint producers and suppliers, EastFruit reports. read more

The harvest of onions at Premium Fresh is almost done for the year, the harvest conditions have been very good except for a some rain in the last few days. read more

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Although, as EastFruit previously reported, a short-term cold snap at the end of March does not pose a big threat to fruit growing in Moldova, some cases of damage have been recorded. Among them is damage caused by a storm wind to several greenhouses where strawberries are grown. read more

FEDEMCO has announced the appointment of Guillermo Arregui Ferrando as its new director. With a strong background in marketing, business development and proficiency in four languages, the appointment highlights the high standards and the new direction of the association. read more

One of Australia's most iconic car manufacturing plants in South Australia is set to become one of the largest exotic mushroom production facilities in the world. read more

The President of the German Farmers' Association, Joachim Rukwied, urges the protection of agricultural land on the occasion of the agreement reached by the government coalition on climate and energy policy. read more