As growers are faced with a poor growing season, making prices fluctuate, the price of a head of broccoli is about the same as a kilogram of potatoes and brown onions. A survey of the price of supermarket staples shows that - in August last year- the price of broccoli was between $2.49 and $2.99
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It’s peak season for California grown Sumo Citrus®. The oversized easy peeler started shipping at the end of December and fruit availability is expected through April. It was a wet start to the season and while the rain is welcome and necessary to continue farming in California, it can lead
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Marco is set to co-exhibit with ATS affiliate, Raytec Vision S.p.A., at Fruit Logistica, Berlin 2023. Their expert sales team will be running meetings and promoting their latest and core products aimed at the fresh produce industry, including: read more

The marketing of Turkish Hicaz pomegranates continues at full speed. "The produce is abundant, demand is normal. Around Christmas, similar to other years, there has been an increase in demand, after the turn of the year, marketing is rather quiet, but still satisfactory," says Bünyamin
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The intense cold in Spain over the past two weeks, with several nights of sub-zero temperatures, is taking its toll on several crops in the Murcia region, mainly stone fruit and field vegetables. read more

According to calculations by Hortofinfo, based on the Observatory of Prices and Markets of the Junta de Andalucía, in 2022, producers in Andalusia were paid an average of €0.99 per kilo of tomato (this average takes into account all tomato varieties), i.e. the highest level in ten years. read more

The Department of Agriculture reported P2.6 billion worth of onions sold from farmers’ cooperatives and associations to consumers, bypassing middlemen. “In line with his vision of increasing farmers’ and fishers’ income, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the [DA] to directly
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The anti-dumping tariffs on French fries placed on three European countries by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) have lapsed. Itac placed anti-dumping tariffs as high as 181.05% on Germany, 104.52% on the Netherlands, and 23.06% on Belgium in July for a
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All kinds of rumors are flying around about Dutch fruit exporter Jan Oskam that Kees Oskam has been running for 30 years. He feels compelled to set these incorrect assumptions straight: read more

1998: the Google search engine was launched, Cher’s Believe was the UK’s best-selling single of the year, Arsenal won the Premiership title – and tray sealing specialist Proseal produced its very first machine. read more

Whether importing blueberries from Peru, avocados from Mexico, or strawberries from Egypt; Jerome de Graaf of StoneX sees that financial transactions are still very often paid in the 'major' currencies such as the euro and dollar. "Then you think you have made a good deal, but money is left on
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From January 24, import and export activities, especially exports of Vietnamese agricultural products through Lang Son border gates to China have been soaring. read more

Liner operators have been moving tonnage from the Transpacific and Asia-Europe lanes to Far East-Persian Gulf and Far East-India routes where rates are steadier. Alphaliner's latest report, released yesterday, said that the unrelenting slide in freight rates and cargo volumes, particularly in
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Over the past few days, a delegation from Macfrut visited Venezuela to promote the fair. President Renzo Piraccini visited the wholesale market in Caracas as well as a few supermarkets. read more

The cultivation of table grapes in Piura has experienced a huge boom in the last two decades. Twenty years ago, Ica was the representative region of this crop; however, at the beginning of the century, Piura embarked on the transformation of thousands of hectares of unused lands into
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A new direction is being taken in 2023 for the fruit and vegetable sorting technology company Futura Srl of Cesena (Forlì-Cesena). We interviewed owner Omar Papi, who is on his way to Fruit Logistica in Berlin. read more

SeedsTec Italia organised another open day in 2023, which this time focused on Livanti FT, a cherry tomato. Although it is actually a spring and summer cherry tomato, Seeds Technologies presented Livanti F1, grafted on the Selvaggio F1 rootstock, which was transplanted on 6 October, outside its
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Supplies of bananas coming into North America continue to be low and will likely stay that way until next month. “Stem counts are low so supplies are somewhere between 15-20 percent lower than they normally should be,” says Andy Thomas-Stivalet of Kavidac Produce. read more

Ten years after the publication that reported the invention of CRISPR/Cas "molecular scissors", CREA (Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura Frutticoltura Agrumicoltura in Acireale) publishes its first article on an international journal (Salonia et al., 2022) using Assisted Evolution Technologies to
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By 2030, the Dominican government intends for the agricultural sector to contribute 700 million dollars to the nation’s GDP. At a press conference on Monday at the Financial Centre, Minister for Agriculture Roland Royer stated that a strong foundation has to be set to achieve these goals and
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