Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Ltd has announced the expansion of its UK head office in Ipswich, with the formal opening of an additional office building on Monday 3 July 2023. read more

In week 25, the average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin America stood at €125/100 kgs in France. read more

The General Assembly of the producer cooperatives Reichenau-Gemüse eG and Raiffeisen-Lagerhaus eG took place on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in the hotel "mein inselglück" on the island of Reichenau. The cooperatives, due to the multitude of crises, looked back on a challenging business year. read more

Lower availability for apricots in Europe has led to strong demand for the Greek product, says Matoula Katsika, export and sales manager for Greek fruit exporter A.C. Kissavos: “This year, our season started strong in terms of demand, as there was a lack of apricots from other European
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According to new analysis of international trade in Ireland and NI from the Economic and Social Research Institute, trade across the Irish border has become more economically important post-Brexit. read more

The demand for healthier food options is on the rise, driven by an increasing number of health-conscious consumers. According to a survey by Food Industry Asia, eight out of ten Filipino consumers are becoming more health conscious and would prefer healthier food choices as long as they are tasty. read more

“We have had three very complicated weeks for large artichokes,” explains Pierre Gélébart, product manager at Prince de Bretagne.The market was not balanced due to the very high production and a consumption that failed to live up to expectations. “In fact, it is a consequence of last
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Tomato Excellent, the contest that focuses on Sicilian fruit and vegetable specialties, is back. Now in its fourth edition, the award invented by the event's patron, Rosario Sallemi, was held in Ragusa at the Donnafugata Castle, a location that perfectly combines the themes of agriculture with
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The weather has not been kind to Irish farmers so far this year. Earlier in the year they had the wettest March/April on record with 140mm of rainfall recorded when the average for the time of year is 25-30 mm. This meant that growers could not sow the crops and a gap in supply was predicted.
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A little more than a decade ago, some pioneers of Abanilla began to cultivate okra, a crop in which they only compete with a handful of Central American countries. "This means that, due to our geographical position, we have an advantage over our competitors in terms of exporting our okra,"
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This is how Paco Fernandez, a producer of early peppers from El Ejido, summarizes what happened in many Almerian farms in this campaign; as Asaja Almeria detailed a few days ago, the market value of the product has skyrocketed more than 52% over the last season. read more

Faced with the arrival of new races of Bremia (downy mildew of lettuce) and the spread of the Fusarium threat, Gautier Semences already offers a wide range of Bl:29-40 EU and Fusarium resistant in outdoor lettuces Fol:1 and/or Fol:4. read more

The heat in Italy is not only causing poorer quality watermelons and netted melons, but above all crop failures. "The product is currently very scarce, which also makes it correspondingly more expensive. Reticulated melons have recently had a price increase of 50 percent, but the price of
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Yesterday, Australia’s Costa Group said it would give US private equity Paine Schwartz Partners (PSP) access to its books after a A$1.39 billion ($927.41 million) indicative offer for shares it does not already own in the horticulture firm. read more

A light supply and strong demand for California stone fruit are challenging the export market. “The demand overall is making it more difficult for exporters because the price is so high domestically that to go to any export markets, they just can’t afford the prices,” says Ken Barbic Sr.
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"This year, the work and effort of our producers in Spain have again gone to waste at the beginning of the garlic campaign, in the months of May and June. A big squall remained in the Iberian Peninsula for more than 20 days and brought heavy storms and a lot of rainfall that has affected more
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After the first few weeks of sales, the French stone fruit season is now slowly picking up speed. "We are expecting the first arrivals of the popular apricot variety Orangered in a few days, which we can then usually offer for about three weeks. Sales have been somewhat weaker so far, although
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The UK raspberry season started around 10 days late in mid-May but is now in full production. Asplins Producer Organisation has growers throughout the UK and supplies 30% of the UK’s raspberries from May until December, in a good season. read more

Geofur started harvesting its almost 60 hectares of watermelons located between the Ostiglia (Mantua) and Melara (Rovigo) municipalities. The market is very receptive at the moment, also because quantities are not high. read more

According to a recent campaign report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, the area devoted to melon and watermelon production in 2023 has been singularly affected by the lower availability of water resources “which has conditioned planting decisions in the productive areas
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