In Europe, the Spanish and French cauliflower supply has been limited for weeks. According to Jurgen Ratelband and Danny Duijs, Tolpoort Vegetables' sales representatives, there is no end in sight yet, either. "Everyone had hoped the supply would pick up a bit more," begins Danny, "but frost hit
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With approximately 40% of a normal harvest, this year’s Rocha pear campaign will end earlier than usual. “We will have merchandise until the end of April/beginning of May, while we usually sell until the end of June” explains Eric Tastayre, manager of Apifood. “We will try to go as far
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Last week, the Southeastern Produce Council held their annual Southern Exposure event, themed 'Produce, The Final Frontier.' Just like in 2022, the event was extremely well attended. Last year's record attendance of 3,000 was met again this year, and the spirit was upbeat. "I'm always impressed
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Self-restriction on exports was introduced on February 15 and will last two and a half months, until April 30, 2023. read more

March has started in the Almerian marketing centres with practically similar high prices as in the last weeks of February, especially for the products with high demand and a low supply. read more

The Major Tropical Fruits Market Review Preliminary Results are issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Subgroup on Tropical Fruits of the Intergovernmental group on Bananas and on Tropical Fruits, which is a subsidiary body of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP). read more

Peru’s citrus season started late as early varieties were a bit slow out of the blocks, while a better season than last year is hoped for. The Peru Citrus Producers Association (ProCitrus) is hoping for a 4.24% increase to 270 000 tons in 2023 compared to last seasons 259 000 tons. read more

The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has participated in the constitution of the bilateral commission for monitoring the status of water bodies and the sustainability of uses in the Tagus-Segura aqueduct, which has been held from
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“Our farms of the Gascony region are starting their campaign of organic Landes asparagus this week.” This asparagus has a great reputation thanks to the soils where it is produced: sandy soils that extend over the entire western Aquitaine basin, giving it characteristics that are quite
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The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has issued an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product CURATIO (active ingredient: lime sulphur broth). read more

The upward trend in the already record-high prices for onions continues in the Ukrainian market, due to the reduction in onion stocks in local farms and the consistently high demand, analysts of the EastFruit project inform. read more

Australian macadamia growers are urging shoppers to pop macadamias in their trolleys ahead of a predicted record crop. It’s predicted 60,000 tons of nut-in-shell will be harvested in this year’s season. This comes after farmgate prices tumbled from a record $6.20 per kilogram in 2020 to
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Nut processors require different sorting solutions to perform various tasks as they shell, peel, and process their products. At first, sorting machines take care of fairly basic tasks. As nuts move up the production line, sorters become more sophisticated and specialized. The almond process is a
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Vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan and an Italian seed company have settled in respect of a long-running litigation before the Court of Modena, Italy. This Italian company had been accused of reproducing and marketing seeds of Rijk Zwaan lettuce varieties, which are protected by plant
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"The crises of recent years has also affected the citrus sector. More and more frequently we are seeing that very good fruits do not find a market, due to foreign competition, to the point that sometimes the harvest doesn't even take place. In the last glimpse of the Apulian clementine
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Italian company L'Agri Valle Bronda offers many different products and services to growers in Northern Italy, including crop protection. read more

"In general, the production of bell peppers, not only of the Lamuyo, but also of other kinds, is much more limited at the moment due to the weather conditions. Although this is not the only reason," said Isaac Garcia, of the company Veganature from Almeria, Spain, which is specialized in red
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The intensive production and auxiliary industry trade fair in Almeria, Infoagro Exhibition, which will hold its fourth edition from 10 to 12 May at the Palacio de Congresos in Aguadulce (Almeria), continues to add initiatives to ensure that its exhibiting companies have within their reach the
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According to Diego Aliaga, head of the Agroforestry Innovation Center at the Universidad Científica del Sur (UCS), research on micro-tomatoes is progressing positively. "Trials were carried out with four varieties, and theSolanum pimpinellifolium variety was chosen. It was used to start the
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According to the Moldova Sustainable Development Fund, in the area of centralized irrigation systems in the Dniester and Prut river basins managed by Water Users Associations about 7 000 ha were irrigated in 2022, of which about half were vegetables and perennial fruit crops. In 2020, which was
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