A recent study, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, saw a team of researchers from Austria and Belgium diving into the perceptions and challenges of 553 farmers across 22 European countries. read more

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has thrown out US gourmet food producer MSRF’s complaint against South Korean liner operator HMM. read more

The consumption of avocados in India has grown significantly, Abdul Kadir Memon, Director of Indian fruit importer Abacate International, states: “The avocado market in India has experienced a phenomenal surge. Over the last few years, the market size has consistently doubled, echoing the
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Planasa celebrates its 50th anniversary in one of the best moments in its history. The company closes 2023 with excellent results as one of the most innovative in the sector: Planasa expects to exceed 70 million EBITDA for this year. It has 4.000 employees and operates in 25 countries,
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According EastFruit, the grape industry expects a Moldova report to say that many large growers are not in a hurry to sell their table grapes. They estimate that that the large farmers of Moldova had sold no more than 20-30% of their table grapes harvest as of today. This is not at all
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In the 2022/2023 season, the province of Murcia revalidated its position as the main melon exporter in Spain, contributing 47.39% of the national total. However, according to a report by Hortoinfo based on data from the Estacom statistical service (Icex-Tax Agency), there's been a downward trend
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Under the "Own Orchard" program, over 73 hectares of blueberry plantations have been established, the largest among all Ukrainian regions participating in the support program. read more

Ukraine, recognizing its capabilities in walnut cultivation, is actively expanding the export of this valuable product. According to Gennadiy Yudin, the president of the Ukrainian Nut Association, the area of industrial nut orchards in the country is currently 13.1 thousand hectares, with
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Twenty-two years ago, after working for more than a decade in an important garlic cooperative in the Spanish region of La Mancha, and seeing the growing competition from dried garlic imported from China, Miguel Antonio Olivares decided to take a step in a different direction in the garlic
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The 25th season of shipping citrus from South Africa to the USA came to a close in October. Altogether, +/- 100,000 pallets of citrus were shipped to the US market this season. “I can honestly say that I think this is the best export program in South Africa,” says Alex van Drimmelen
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Trops, the company from Vélez-Málaga that specializes in avocado and mango, is once again news due to its expansion plans. The company, which recently announced its goals to strengthen its presence in Cadiz, has now revealed similar plans for Tavira, Portugal, where it plans to add a new
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The harvest of Spanish Pink Lady apples was completed in November and the 2023/24 marketing season has already begun. "This year, despite the problems there have been with the water supply, the production on our farms in Girona will be normal, in line with that of previous years, and even
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

Ukraine has transported the first batch of trucks to Poland by rail, bypassing the blockage of the land border between the two countries by Polish drivers. read more

From January 1 to October 31 this year, Serbia exported 845 tons of fresh raspberries, valued almost €1.7 million. As for frozen raspberry exports, by the end of October, 57,612 tons were exported. The destinations to which Serbia most commonly exports to are: Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands
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The Christmas peak is as good as over at Sophyn Greens. This Dutch company has been offering its vegetable pastes for about a year and sees great potential, mainly in Germany and Scandinavia. "The Netherlands obviously remains a big market for us, but we find that those regions are slightly more
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The good demand from Europe for blueberries and from China for cherries from Chile is making up for the lower volumes says Cristóbal Valenzuela, Commercial Manager LATAM, of Jaguar the Fresh Company B.V. read more

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have finally located a tiny tomato that went missing for over eight months. The tomato, part of the Veg-05 experiment, was lost by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio after a March 2023 harvest. Rubio's share of the tomatoes, stored in a Ziploc
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November came to a close with the price of Spanish oranges again at the highest level of the last ten seasons, both at origin and in storage. read more

Bingo, the national retail market leader in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will participate in the Fresh Food Leader's event "International B2B meetings with retailers" (see previous article) that will take place in Bergamo on the 25th of January 2024. This is a one day event of face to face business
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