Salix Fruits has opened a new office in Sadat City, Egypt, marking the latest stage in its ongoing international expansion. It will source Egyptian citrus for the company’s growing customer base. read more

China has managed to keep domestic food supplies and prices relatively stable during a time when most countries around the world are struggling. Domestic food prices rose by just 0.4% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, compared to the global average of 25.2%. China’s domestic cereal
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Rijk Zwaan has teamed up with Indian trading company IG International to introduce Sweet Palermo® to the Indian market. The sweet pointed peppers in four different colours are a good fit with the Indian trading company’s mission to keep inspiring consumers with colourful, healthy, and
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Westfalia Fruit India has announced the arrival of this season’s first sea container of Tanzanian avocados and the first air shipments from Westfalia Fruit Peru, marking the beginning of what is shaping up to be a “strong and exciting” 2023 campaign, according to a media release from the
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The 2023 New Zealand kiwifruit export campaign is under way, with single-desk marketer Zespri anticipating a “more stable” shipping environment this year. read more

China is set to harvest its first crop of home-grown durian with orchards on the island of Hainan forecast to produce over 2,000 tonnes of fruit.  read more

Martin Cowie has been appointed CEO of BGP International and Fresh Solutions Group (FSG) read more

There are major shortages on this year's ginger market. "The Chinese crop is 40-50% lower than last year, and since there are so many market speculators, prices have doubled," begins Gerry Li of Vision Fresh in the Netherlands. "Chinese ginger is currently selling at €43-€45. The Brazilian
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Edeka's new sustainability campaign starts on 20 March. The accompanying TV spot shows a ballerina playfully prancing through the store on pointe shoes. The core message: just as effortlessly as the ballerina, Edeka customers can also, metaphorically speaking, make their
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The initiative to include this tool comes from the Human Resources department, which is actively looking for benefits and solutions that meet the needs of its employees. According to Gloria Llatser, Director of Human Resources at Bonnysa, "we want to make it possible for the
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While many varieties of fresh apples have finished shipping out of British Columbia, some fresh varieties remain. “There are a handful of larger operations with controlled atmosphere capacity that are still packing but overall the crop is down compared to 2021. It will run short--the industry
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According to experts from Moldovan organizations of agricultural producers in Moldova, about 60 000-65 000 tonnes of apples from the harvest of 2022 remained in the refrigerated warehouses of farmers and traders at the beginning of March. Given the fact that a little less than 30 000 tonnes were
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In agriculture, UAV plant protection technology is mainly used in field crops or plantations with wide and flat terrain, but less frequently in citrus orchards with hilly terrain. Recently, in an exchange with Linhai Chunshu Fruit Professional Cooperative, we learned that the cooperative pays
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With the beginning of spring, the start of the asparagus season is not far away. According to the Association of Southern German Asparagus and Strawberry Growers (VSSE), asparagus growers in warm regions of Germany are expecting larger quantities of asparagus at the end of March.
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For the past ten years, Traxens has been providing shipping companies and professionals of the fruit and vegetable sector with electronic devices that can be placed on containers, permanently or temporarily. This allows them to track the progress of their goods in real time. “This system gives
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Despite the increase in the supply of apples to the countries of Southeast Asia and Latin America, Polish growers could not fully compensate for the loss of the market for their fruits in Russia. According to Miroslav Maliszewski, president of the Union of Polish Horticulturalists, the
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Less chemistry thanks to the use of agriculture 4.0 tools, a market that in Italy is expected to reach around 2 billion by 2022 and allows a predictive approach and natural solutions. It is in this direction that Bayerche has launched an innovative digital tool, Nematool, to
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“In today's highly interconnected and fast-paced world, the food industry relies heavily on global supply chains to supply consumers with safe, high-quality products. Therefore, food traders have a crucial role in ensuring that food is safe and complies with regulatory requirements. However,
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Which crops are most likely to be cultivated in the future? This was the question addressed by scientists at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomics (ATB) in a study funded by the Union of the German Potato Industry (Union der Deutschen Kartoffelwirtschaft e.V.).
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Red onion prices, though still acceptable, hold no candle to yellow onions' sky-high prices. Still, that market is affecting red onions this year, Carl van de Wiel of Agro Centre Holland notes. "We often say the red onion market operates completely independently of the yellow. However, now,
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