On 5 and 6 June the European potato community gathered for the Europatat Congress 2023 in Gdansk, Poland. The first-time ever Polish edition of Europatat’s annual event focused on the impact of current geopolitics for international agri-food trade and on the effect of EU’s Green Deal’s
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The first plums from southern Italy, characterized by excellent size and flavor, have been reaching markets and supermarkets in the central North. The premises are good, and so are the prices. read more

The EU imported 723,984 tons of oranges from third countries between September 2022 and May 2023, i.e. 31.6% or 173,700 tons more than in the same period of the 2021/22 campaign and 16.5% (102,400 tons) more than the average, according to the data from the latest Enhanced Monitoring on EU Citrus
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"This is how a lazy afternoon can lead to great things." This statement by Olympic Fruit's Lennart van den Heuvel says a lot about the creation of Linkebal II, a mandarin shandy from the Vet & Lazy brewery. This Dutch brewery uses rejected mandarins from Olympic Fruit for this beverage. On
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In an effort to strengthen connectivity and meet customers’ integrated logistics needs, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) is bolstering its growing freighter network between Mainland China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the U.S. by increasing frequencies of regular flights as well as introducing
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The recent request by the Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) asking the Department of Commerce to withdraw from the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement jeopardizes the availability of the variety of tomatoes that U.S consumers expect at prices they can afford and would harm U.S. businesses says the
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British cherry growers have confirmed that despite a very British start to the year with plenty of rain and chills, the rise in temperature means that the British cherries will have even more flavour than previous years, just in time for harvesting season. read more

Irish growers and industry experts are warning there will be a shortage of domestic fruit and vegetables including cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, parsnips, broccoli and sprouts for the rest of the year. read more

The Agriculture Department of Kashmir is forecasting a bumper production of garlic this year. Prices have also gone up compared to previous years, officials said. Joint Director of the Agriculture Department of Kashmir, Mohd Younis Chowdhary, said last year valley produced 16,000 Mt of garlic
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Affected by the hot weather, the production of red dragon fruit in Guangxi production areas this season is expected to decrease by 30% compared to the same period last year. As the import of Vietnamese dragon fruit is blocked, the demand for domestic dragon fruit in the market has surged. Mr.
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"We are currently getting ready for the watermelon campaign. The fruit is our most important summer crop, and we plan to market 10 million kilos of the white striped seedless variety," said Sebastián Torres, sales representative of the Benihort cooperative, which is located in the Spanish
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"We have developed a 250g cherrybox with the objective of meeting the specific needs of consumers and the big retail chain," reports Simone Amidei from Simapack when talking about the new cherry pack that combines color, practicality and a convenient shape. read more

JAXA-accredited space venture Tenchijin is extending the application of its Tenchijin COMPASS data utilization platform for agriculture. With the vision of cultivating asparagus on the moon in the future, Tenchijin has successfully harvested “Moon Asparagus.” read more

The Egyptian onion season is ongoing in a context of rising demand and lower volumes than last year, driving up prices and presaging an increase in acreage next season. Mohammad Hassan, Sales Manager at On Trade, gives an overview of the season. read more

Queensland horticultural growers will be able to create, innovate and accelerate their ideas thanks to a new collaboration announced today between Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers (QFVG) and the FNQ Food Incubator. read more

Exports of Alphonos, Kesar and Banganpalli mangoes from India to the US market has more than doubled in the current season (April-June) compared to the year-ago period, because of a decline in air freight and a new irradiation facility in Ahmedabad. read more

The weather phenomenon known as El Niño is causing above average temperature increases in Peru, making the critical flowering period for mangos very challenging according to a producers. Climatologists report that the El Niño system is already upon the country with the rest of the year
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"Many big CEA players are opening US-based facilities now, intended to service the US market, but here in Toronto, we still primarily eat west coast lettuce. It's expensive and old, an issue that has been bothering me personally for a while." Speaking is Jay Willmot, President at Kinghaven
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After the Turkish elections, the lira went into free fall. The currency has lost as much as 20% of its value against the euro. However, that has not impacted Verita Holland, which exports exotics from the Netherlands to Türkiye. "It's inexplicable; our sales are only increasing," Muhammet Cakir
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Argentina has stepped up the use of the Chinese yuan to pay for imports from China, instead of using US Dollars. This is part of a currency swap deal with Beijing. read more