With the French fry industry leading the way, there is currently plenty of movement in the European potato market. "Prices were stable at around €0.30 for a long time but began rising last Thursday. Given the processing numbers, we'd all hoped for and anticipated that increase, but in five
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In much of Europe, including the UK, soaring energy prices have forced tomato producers to limit their production or even consider leaving the business. This is placing ever greater responsibility on overseas producers in countries like Morocco to keep the retail shelves stocked. read more

What does sustainability really mean for fruit and vegetables? And how should the trade itself respond? AMI and Fruchthandel Magazin, part of Fruitnet Media International, want to provide answers to these questions at the European Sustainability Forum in Düsseldorf on 10 May 2023. read more

Horticulture Crop Protection Ltd (HCP), the grower-owned-and-subsidised company set up to ensure UK growers have access to plant protection products once AHDB Horticulture wound down, formally opened for business yesterday (17 April). read more

Sussex grower Richard Diplock is appealing to UK consumers to buy British tomatoes as the domestic season gets under way. read more

The South African citrus season is barely a month underway, and the country’s lemon exporters are clearly favouring Middle Eastern, Russian and Asian markets for their early shipments. read more

The total throughput at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges came to 68.7m tonnes in the first quarter of 2023, a drop of 4.5 per cent when compared with the same period last year. read more

New physical checks will be implemented at the UK border from January before further security and safety checks for all EU imports are introduced in October 2024. read more

The International Blueberry Organisation (IBO) has paid tribute to Bernadine Strik, who passed away recently. read more

AgriFutures Australia’s EvokeAg event will be held in Western Australia in 2024. read more

The Vietnamese fruit industry has sharpened its focus on export opportunities as opposed to meeting the need of the domestic market, providing an opening for imported fruit. read more

Vietnam’s fruit growers are harnessing the power of XAG drones to cuts costs and improve efficiency on their banana and durian farms. read more

Apparently, doctored pictures that appear to show star-shaped grapes have circulated online for months. This has caused some netizens to believe they are a genuine fruit from Japan. However, viticulture experts said there was no such thing as star-shaped grapes and AFP found various videos
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Binaya Srikanta Pradhan, the Indian High Commissioner said yesterday that the country was ready to import as much avocado as is available in Tanzania. He made the remarks at a stakeholders' meeting for trade in crops organised by the Mbeya Region branch of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce,
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According to East-fruit, Morocco's greenhouse cucumber exports have been on the rise since 2017 and in the last three years, local exporters have managed to break the record every year. As a result, Moroccan growers supplied 20,000 tonnes of cucumbers from Morocco in 2017.
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Chilli pepper volumes in Rwanda are on the rise, with both domestic and foreign demand being strong, says Mr. Jean-Claude Niyomugabo, co-founder of Speke Farms. read more

With 68% of Spanish consumers increasingly concerned about climate change, and more than half (54%) saying they are concerned about the environmental impact of plastic packaging, it is clear that more action is needed to stop the harmful effects globally.
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With the celebration of Sant Jordi's Day approaching, we offer you these tips so that your roses are better preserved and you can enjoy the gift:Buy them in good condition: in a trusted florist's shop, because they know how to preserve them better until the moment of the gift.
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Today more than ever, South Tyrolean mountain agriculture faces the challenge of producing food that stands out on the market for its quality and is characterised by the guarantee of regional origin. In 2015, the provincial government established the Laimburg experimental centre and the
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University of Maryland researchers have developed what may just be the perfect apples for American growers trying to adapt to a changing world. The two new apples, a yellow and a red one are heat-tolerant, blight-tolerant, low-maintenance, easy to harvest and not least, delicious-tasting. Both
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