"This year, because of the mild weather from fall until ten days ago, we picked larger amounts of early strawberries. However, now the colder temperatures of the past ten days have slowed down the harvest. We are still continuing the harvest, and we have already picked more than double the
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As a well-established Food Safety solutions leader, Ammeraal Beltech has developed yet another revolutionary product. Namely, the Ultrascreen PRO belts which were carefully engineered to address the performance and quality requirements of dewatering and drying of foodstuffs without damaging the
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The Australian grape growers are looking forward to a good season after a couple of challenging ones. The current harvest started 2-3 weeks late but the fruit is looking very good and it is starting to catch up now. read more

Emsland Gemüse Ltd is expected to be able to harvest the first tomatoes of this year's season in week 17, about two weeks later than in previous years. "Of course, we have also noticed how insanely high tomato prices are at the moment. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen how the market will
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In Europe, the entire vegetable range is currently costly. In Spain, temperatures dropped sharply again recently, and in Belgium, the market is still waiting for larger volumes. "There aren't shortages; the supply's just very limited," Christoph Bouvry of the Belgian wholesaler of the same name
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North Carolina peach growers are on freeze-watch until the end of April. “We’re about 20 days ahead this year compared to last year which was quite a normal year. So we’re pretty much on the backside of the blooms now--the ground is warm and there’ve been some warm rains so there’s no
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The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has published the new "Interpretative Leaflet on Banana Quality Standards" on which ASPROCAN has been working for the last three years, together with the Territorial Trade Directorate and the Sub-Directorate for Banana Quality Standards.
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The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop. Since the month of August 2022, however, several Member States registered additional drought and heatwave events that will result on smaller fruit sizes and, therefore, lower volumes. read more

Guatemala has just ended their avocado export season with good demand and sales across Europe and the United Kingdom. But it has been challenging says Luis F. Teo from the export company Frutesa, as they head towards the end of their snow and sugar pea export season too. read more

Celeriac is making a comeback as a fasionable foodie item, according to Tesco. read more

South African apple and pear exporter Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing has said it is cautiously optimistic ahead this year despite facing many of the same challenges that made 2022 a tough year. read more

New research on Ghanaian and Colombian banana workers in UK retail supply chains has shown that the Fairtrade Premium plays an important role in achieving living wages. read more

Belgian cooperative BelOrta this week announced the sale of the first strawberries of the season to kick off the new season. read more

Government officials in France have issued a recall on a consignment of Maltaise oranges sent from Tunisia to retailers across the country, after inspectors said they had found traces of Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide banned in the EU. read more

Can you tell us a bit about the Namibian table grape business, and the benefits of production in the country? read more

Leading environmental compliance data specialists Ecoveritas hailed 2023’s Packaging Innovations event in Birmingham a significant demonstration of the sector’s willingness to embrace upcoming Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation. read more

Ecuador’s banana exports rose by almost 8% year-on-year in January to 35.01 million boxes. According to AEBE data, the main markets were the European Union (30.16%), Russia (24.27%) and the Middle East (13.07%), which received a combined 23.63 million boxes. read more

Fairtrade and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have announced an expanded partnership aimed at helping farmers and agricultural workers to diversify and access new markets, achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strive towards Agenda 2030. read more

A heavily set crop will impact fruit sizing for Californian Valencias this season, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. read more

“The official data of the environmental balance of paper production, by considering the entire tree-farm cycle for its production, that is, from when the trees are planted, has shown a positive trend. It means that in the entire paper production cycle, the amount of CO2 absorbed by forests and
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