Despite strong growth showing positive signs for many growers in several individual categories, mixed performance across the sector saw the overall value of the Australian fruit sector fall four per cent over the past financial year. read more

A new model of installation for strawberry cultivation called Berryfesta has been launched by the Spanish company J. Huete. The intention is to provide a new solution to the producers of this demanded fruit. read more

Ocean Network Express (ONE), a global container shipping company headquartered in Singapore, will launch a wholly-owned office in Kenya. The new Ocean Network Express Kenya office in Mombasa will begin operations on 1 April 2023 and is located on Moi Avenue/Cotts House. read more

In Belgium, Industriële Koeltechniek Roose (IKR) recently installed a new cooling and freezing system at De Aardappelhoeve. This potato specialist is increasingly focusing on the convenience market with its brand, The Potato Chef, which required a new storage location. "The IKR system let us
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The U.S. dollar is generally seen as the most powerful currency in the world. It’s the most-traded currency on the global stage by a wide margin. read more

The Camp-Galhan winery in the Cevennes also produces sweet onions and green asparagus on 4 hectares. Lionel Pourquier, manager of the farm, has been adapting and perfecting his production techniques for several decades in order to offer the most tender and highest quality asparagus possible.
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Crisp, fresh strawberries from local cultivation all year round: this is what the Witten-based start-up vGreens, founded in 2022, achieves thanks to sophisticated vertical farming technology. In the enclosed space of around 50m2, the popular red fruit grows and thrives in a vertical arrangement,
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As protests in Israel escalate further, the fresh produce industry is uncertain about the effects on harvesting, packing and exporting. The Ben Gurion International airport in Tel Aviv has suspended outgoing flights during Monday morning, while Haifa, the largest port in Israel, has come to a
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Europatat warmly welcomes the Polish company LIND, which was established in 1996 as an investment of a Scottish family-run agricultural business with generations experience in the production of high-grade seed potatoes – J&WF Lind, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. read more

Although avocado exports from Mexico to the world in January and February increase each year to mainly meet the demand for guacamole due to the US Super Bowl, prices did not help Mexican producers this year. read more

The stone fruit season in Europe will officially start at the end of May. Most of the fruits currently on the market come from Chile and South Africa. But production from both origins has fallen sharply recently. Affected by the strong wind, some packaging plants were even forced to shut down.
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2022 was a painful year for the endive sector and producers are “tired but resilient", according to Stéphane Jacquet, general manager of APEF. Pushed to the limit by the excessive increase in energy prices, the growing list of banned active substances (including the latest ban on benfluralin)
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The South African grape season is coming to an end. This year's campaign took place in two phases. “The northern regions and Orange River came into production first, with a significant volume deficit. At the beginning of the campaign, exports were clearly lower than in previous years at the
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Avocado volumes are ample currently compared to this time last year. read more

Numerous members of Confagricoltura Forlì-Cesena and Rimini attended the meeting promoted by Federazione Nazionale di Bieoconomia (National Bioeconomy Federation) with Israeli company Solar Gik. The event, in the presence of the Federation's president Alessandro Bettoni and vice-president
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Family is a word often used around the produce industry these days, and for good reason. Many successful farm companies today come from families who have built their legacies over the years. In Mexico, Divine Flavor's grower group is no different, and each of the growers the company works with
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The first white grapes arrived from India at LuBaFresh in the Netherlands on February 9. They now have enough for some availability outside programs. "The market's good enough. Prices could be slightly higher, but at least the sales are there," says Lucien de Wit. read more

Last year, the organic industry was confronted with various challenges. This year, too, the situation seems to remain tense. When asked, communications manager Lisa Kadagies of lehmann natur told us how this has affected organic bananas as well as organic limes for the company. read more

India has been a solid market for Polish apples, says Jakub Krawczyk, export manager for Polish apple exporter Appolonia: “Generally the apple sales are going quite smooth, we receive orders from customers all the time, and many clients have been very satisfied with the quality this year,
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After a slight price drop, onion demand has picked up again, notes Marius Jansen of the Dutch company JJK Onion Trade. "Lately, prices have been rising sharply, but things were tough. Then prices dropped by about €0.04. That stagnation is the year's first setback in a market that has only been
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