More than a week later than last season, Willem Dijk AGF has started marketing the Navelina oranges under the Elefant brand. "Last week, the fruit didn't yet have the right color and taste. According to Vicent Aguado, director of Exportaciones Aguado, we have to be patient to make this season a
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Supply of ginger right now is low from Brazil as it wraps up its season with approximately two more weeks left in the fields. “We have low availability and considerably high cost compared to past seasons. Brazil had much less product available because it planted less,” says Frederico Stuhr
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Turkey is experiencing a dynamic increase in prices for export-quality apples, as local suppliers cannot satisfy all requests from potential customers. Wholesale prices for Red Delicious apples, which are actively exported to the Indian market, already reach $0.9 US dollars per kg. Prices for
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Southern bacterial wilt of tomato is caused by the soilborne bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum (formerly known as Pseudomonas solanacearum). It is a widespread and potentially devastating disease that affects solanaceous crops and a wide range of ornamentals in the tropical and subtropical
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CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) and LVenture Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-design and execute initiatives aimed at scouting, accelerating, and funding early-stage agri-food and climate-tech innovations. read more

During the filming of the Hong Kong-Malaysian film Lock Up, Malaysian actress Yumi Wong was fined 305 euros for eating durian in her hotel room. The hotel provided a photo of durian seeds in her trash can as evidence, ToDay Online reports. "I'm so stupid that I didn't even know you can't
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From January to October, fruit exports through the container terminal (Tecon Salvador) operated by Wilson Sons in Brazil witnessed an impressive 304% growth compared to the same period the previous year, totaling 2,997 containers handled. Lemon, mango, and grapes played a prominent role in this
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The Aegialia region in Greece faces a lemon crisis, with a drastic 50% reduction in yields due to unfavourable spring climatic conditions. Producers report slow citrus harvests in key production zones like Aegialia and Corinth. Triantafillos Lukopoulos of the Temenisa cooperative notes that
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Yarra Valley Cherries, located in Seville in the Upper Yarra Valley started picking last week, with the early varieties coming off the tree indicating that pollination was good and that the rain came at the right time. They are currently picking the Merchant variety, and it is a big crop this year. read more

In Okahandja, 70km north of Windhoek, Namibia’s newest aquaponics facility has just started supplying Freshmark’s Namibian DCs with all of their pillowpack and mixed lettuce requirements and other leafy greens for sale at Checkers stores across the country. read more

Due to the delay in the planting of vegetables in Almeria because of the high temperatures this summer, the greenhouse vegetable volumes remain limited and prices are still very high. For products such as tomatoes, there continues to be shortages in various markets in Europe. read more

October marked the end of the harvest season of the range of coloured-flesh apples in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. This while the harvest of the Rouge variety, distinctive for its red skin and flesh, the Kissabel® sales season in Europe kicks into top gear. read more

Egypt is considering a return to the barter system for trade with several countries to alleviate the pressure on hard currency, according to Sherif al-Gabaly, Head of the Environmental Compliance and Sustainable Development Office at the Federation of Egyptian Industries. This potential move is
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The Kartzinski farm is located in the Gärtnersiedlung Halte and originally specialized in growing ornamental plants. At that time, bedding and balcony plants, as well as cyclamen and chrysanthemums, were grown here. In 2001, Friedhelm Kartzinski (master craftsman in ornamental plant
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The UK's recent tariff reductions for banana imports from Peru and Mexico have raised concerns among African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) nations. Previously, as part of the EU, the UK provided favorable trading conditions for ACP nations, offering duty and quota-free exports. However, the
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After the go-ahead of the Conferenza Stato-Regioni, the Minister for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests Francesco Lollobrigida announced that Masaf is ready to allocate €12 million for the pear and kiwifruit chains to counter the economic consequences caused by weather and natural
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The Thuringian State Institute for Agriculture and the Thuringian Quality Potato Producers' Association (THÜKAV) hosted the Thuringian Potato Day at the Friemar Experimental Station on 8 November 2023. Thuringia's Minister of Agriculture Susanna Karawanskij crowned the "Bernina" potato variety
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"We have been producing Mollar de Elche pomegranates in San Juan de Alicante for more than 30 years. We came to terms with the fact that when marketing fresh produce, the fruit that could not be sold because it did not meet the market requirements ended up discarded or, at best, was sold to the
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Bayer has announced an update on its collaboration with Microsoft at Agritechnica, a prominent agricultural machinery trade fair. The partnership addresses the agriculture sector's data interoperability challenges by introducing new data connectors. These connectors enable the secure and
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The cardboard vs plastic issue remains a hot topic in the fruit and vegetable sector. For a long time, many markets seemed to be heading for a total plastic ban. But since recyclable plastic solutions are increasingly being introduced, that debate is set to continue for some time. Stackpack’s
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