The Garlic Contact Group made up of producers and marketers from Spain, France, and Italy has asked Brussels to strengthen customs controls to prevent the fraudulent entry of Chinese garlic into the European Union, in particular at the Belgian border, according to information published on
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Lack of labour is a growing issue in greenhouse farming. Therefore, the rationalization of the workforce is becoming a necessity. In this field, the system Ideal Tutor, developed by SIA Sicilia Group, provides a way to tie up greenhouse plants, as the binding can be done twice as fast. read more

Cabo Blanco Fresh's exciting project for red pitahaya is expected to start in just a few weeks. This season, the firm aims to target the markets of central and northern Europe, as well as the Scandinavian countries. "We continue betting on the cultivation of pitahaya and working to make this
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To meet growing global demand, and strengthen Asian port connectivity and availability, MSC is proud to unveil a new inter-Asia service between the main ports of China and India. read more

Supplies of organic celery will be limited until likely Mid-June. “The historically cold and rainy winter in California has caused significant supply issues of celery for the industry including blight, seeder and planting gaps,” says Brian Amaral of Braga Fresh Family
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As producers in Almeria start harvesting the first watermelons of this season, Anecoop has started the commercial and promotional campaign for one of its star products, the seedless watermelon, a 100% national product that is present in Andalusia, the Region of Murcia, the Valencian Community,
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The current onion market situation is challenging. "The supply from Belgium and the Netherlands is minimal, which makes things hard. There was supposed to be a new harvest from Egypt, but that quality was really disappointing," says Nathalie Sebrechts of Sebrechts Groenten en Fruit. read more

The Netherlands is Kenya's third largest export market. Now, the two countries have indicated they want to mitigate climate change effects within their mutual trade. Over 100 Dutch companies are operating in Kenya, an indicator of the European country's trust and confidence in Kenya's political
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Australia: From humble orange orchard to online produce empire, Alpha Fresh is a multigenerational story of hard work and family read more

Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. For instance, Peter and Euan Grewar, who grow a huge 650ha area of potatoes in northern Scotland, are anticipating a 5-10% yield penalty as the optimum planting window closes. Planting
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The 2023 cherry campaign has started recently in the early areas of Mequinenza, a town in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, located on the banks of the Ebro River. This is an ideal area for cherry cultivation due to its microclimate, which allows it to have the first open ground cherry
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In May of this year, Xuwen MuchSweet Produce Cooperatives, which mainly deals in Xuwen pineapples, will bring several pineapple varieties to Italy to participate in the MacFrut Expo held on May 3-5 to explore the possibility of Xuwen pineapples developing the European market. read more

A Shigella outbreak in England in 2021 has been linked to spring onions imported from Egypt. read more

The signals have been quite positive within the container shipping sector of late; spot rates are up, charter rates and durations are up, second-hand ship sales are brisk and asset prices are rising and idled tonnage is down. However, leading container shipping consultancy Drewry is warning that
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"Demand for asparagus has increased by 40% during the last week alone, with average prices of €4/kg. Most of our produce is commercialized in Scandinavia in 250 and 500 gram bunches. Asparagus are a spring product and, although the harvesting calendar is very short (late March to late May),
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After he was handed it just a few days ago, Vincenzo Bilotta, an agri-business owner from Lamezia Terme (Calabria, Italy), could not resist the temptation to immediately try out his new Versilia mulcher with Automatic Inter-row Kit, trademarked by Pellerano. read more

While many importers receive their fruit already ripened, Irish importer Donnelly Fresh Food does this on site in Dublin. Fruit such as avocados, mangoes, kiwifruit and stone fruit are ripened in the company’s ripening rooms. read more

"In recent years, the association has proven that it can react quickly and comprehensively to current developments. The high degree of self-sufficiency of the potato in Germany is an asset worth protecting. Our dialogs with politicians at all levels show that we can effectively represent the
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The yuan became the most widely-used currency for cross-border transactions in China in March. According to official data, it overtook the dollar for the first time. Cross-border payments and receipts in yuan rose to a record $549.9 billion in March from $434.5 billion a month earlier. read more

The persistent cold in many growing areas of Germany has set back the vegetation of numerous crops by several weeks. This also applies to German spring onions, which is why the available quantities are currently not sufficient to cover the entire demand, neither on the German domestic market nor
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