Slight Increase in vegetable yield
2024-02-28 00:00
In 2023, approximately 5,970 agricultural operations in Germany harvested a total of 3.9 million tons of vegetables. This was an increase of just over 4% from 2022 and 2% more than the average for the years 2017 to 2022. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the area cultivated
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Growing European demand for Brazil’s sweet potatoes
2024-02-28 00:00
Demand for sweet potatoes from Brazil has grown in Europe. Cassiano Berol, from the Brazilian exporter Agricola Plantar: "Due to the challenges with drought in Europe, with Spain and Portugal, who are both sweet potato producers, and recent heavy rains in Honduras, which is also an important
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UK's largest blueberry producer goes for AI grading
2024-02-28 00:00
Hall Hunter has recently purchased a new Elifab Berry Class 12 lane sorting machine along with two automatic tub fillers from Elifab's partner Mat Exakta. The new blueberry sorting and packing line will soon be installed to be fully operational.
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Costa Group appoints Marc Werner as new CEO
2024-02-28 00:00
Costa Group, a fresh produce company in Australia appointed Marc Werner as its new CEO, effective 1 March 2024. Werner commenced with Costa in August 2022 in the role of Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Deputy CEO in July 2023.
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Sollum Technologies expands its sales team in North America
2024-02-28 00:00
Sollum Technologies is expanding its sales team in North America. The company aims to meet the growing demand for supplemental lighting in controlled environment agriculture with an intuitive and fully customizable "dynamic" LED lighting solution.
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'The potato market seems to be at an impasse'
2024-02-28 00:00
On the potato market, traders are not laying their cards on the table, according to Jan Van Luchene of the Belgian company Bruwier Potatoes. "Since the new year, the market has been on a significant upward trend and, in a rapidly growing situation, sellers delay selling
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Oranges recalled in France for exceeding permitted pesticide levels
2024-02-28 00:00
A massive recall of oranges is underway at E. Leclerc supermarkets in France after pesticide levels above EU limits were detected. The alert was issued by the official government portal RappelConso at the end of last week.
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The Netherlands enters market by purchasing cucumbers from Almería to fulfill retail contracts
2024-02-28 00:00
The winter cucumber harvest is coming to a close in the Spanish province of Almeria. "Across the region, from Guainos, one of the last towns in Almeria, to Motril, the harvests are nearly complete, and there will be a brief gap of a couple of weeks until the new plantings begin," says Juan
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Founding members of the world's largest shipping network will extend operational cooperation for at least 5 additional years from 2027. Since 2017, OCEAN Alliance has enabled the four partners to deliver services to their respective customers with fast transit times, competitive sailing
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Poland considers extending ban on Ukrainian agricultural imports
2024-02-28 00:00
In response to concerns over the impact of Ukrainian agricultural products on the Polish market, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that Warsaw is contemplating an expansion of the current embargo on imports from Ukraine. This consideration arises amidst discussions for a more effective
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Fruit Growers Tasmania is calling on the major parties and independent candidates to heed industry's plea for greater recognition of the cost pressures that are impacting businesses.
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Chile reaches new record in domestic avocado consumption
2024-02-28 00:00
A study carried out by iQonsulting reveals a remarkable increase in avocado consumption in Chile since 2000, when each person consumed just 2 kilograms of the fruit. The growing demand has turned the national market into one that is as competitive as others around the world, which has led to an increase in the consumption of avocado in Chile.
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Fennel 'ni', advance for asparagus with very limited volumes
2024-02-28 00:00
After an oblong tomato campaign that ended with positive results in October last year, until March 2024 the calendar continues with fennel, in the areas of the province of Foggia, where the Carden & Leon Corporation, an agricultural cooperative joint-stock company of
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Missione in Azerbaijan per Macfrut
2024-02-28 00:00
An ever closer alliance between Macfrut and Azerbaijan. After the start of the international activity of the 41st edition of the fair (Rimini Expo Centre 8-10 May 2024), which started last September from Baku, a new mission took place a few days ago, which saw the participation of a
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"The recent rains have increased interest in making new investments in pistachio plantations".
2024-02-28 00:00
The pistachio tree continues to grow in Spain, where it is expected that in the coming years there will be a significant increase in production. "It has to be taken into account that at the moment only around 10,000 of the 70,000 to 75,000 hectares that are planted are being harvested, because of
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Cucumber price slump halts in Belgium
2024-02-28 00:00
In week 8, with an average price of 43.7 eurocents for cucumbers, the auctions of the Federation of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives (VBT) managed to halt the price drop of the previous weeks. However, the average price remained below the average of the previous weeks.
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The berry harvest in Saxony significantly improved in 2023 after a decline the previous year. The 39 enterprises in the state harvested 736 tons of berries, as reported by the Statistical Office on Tuesday. In the drought year of 2022, only 417 tons were harvested - about 70 percent less than in
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Casino's consolidated net losses deepened sharply to 5.7bln euros
2024-02-28 00:00
Australia: Woolworths announces price drops on more than 400 items
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Turkey's citrus fruit exports increased in 2023
2024-02-28 00:00
Turkey's citrus fruit exports increased by 23 per cent in 2023, reaching a volume of 1.95 million tonnes, the Aegean Exporters' Associations reported. Hayrettin Uçak, head of the Aegean Association of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, said
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Last year, Thuringian agricultural enterprises harvested a total of 11,211 tons of open-field vegetables from 588 hectares. According to the Thuringian State Office for Statistics, this was 2,379 tons or 18 percent less vegetables compared to the previous year. The total cultivation area
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