Protesting French farmers arrived at Rungis on Thursday. Fifteen tractors were counted at the gates of the MIN market, while blockades continue throughout the country. read more

The New Zealand avocado industry is exploring ways to enhance fruit quality and crop resilience amidst fierce international competition after a challenging year for exporters. The sector is also emphasizing its sustainability efforts to global markets. read more

Soilless cultivation helps prevent all those soil-borne pathogens that can affect yields. That is why Vincenzo Di Natale, administrator of Poggio del Cardo - a company with a long-standing tradition in growing tomatoes -together with his father Silvio, opted to have crops that combine the
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Growers are facing very uncertain times as the climate is changing and weather patterns become harder to predict while at the same time production costs are increasing. This is when digital agronomy solutions become almost a necessity rather than a luxury. read more

Another cold snap is boosting sales and consumption as demand remains strong. The availability of pre-pack quality is tightening and there appears to be plenty of enquiries about remaining stock. The viability of any crop which was unharvested is now in doubt after the latest cold snap. This
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Over the week, the Primorsky Krai in Russia received 6,000 tons of fresh vegetables and fruits from various countries, as reported by the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor. read more

The Citrus Management Committee (CGC) has called on national and European authorities to urgently establish a secure corridor to ensure the transit of perishable Spanish products through France. "We have already had several consecutive days of blockades, riots and protests by French agricultural
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DHL Global Forwarding recently inaugurated its new warehouse and headquarters at Schiphol. Many customers and associates attended the grand opening. "Many of our clients had already visited, and most of those who didn't attend had signed up for a private tour," begins Ivo Koopmans, DHL Global
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Australian scientists will be collaborating with their global counterparts to make it quicker and easier to develop new banana, custard apple, papaya, passionfruit and pineapple varieties for Australian growers and consumers. read more

"Prices are generally good," Pieter Declercq, organic product manager at the Belgian cooperative REO Veiling said of organic winter vegetables in mid-January. He notes that the frost and the harvest uncertainty it brings for the winter crops still in the field is causing some nervousness in the
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The UK government has announced that checks on fruit and vegetables coming in from the European Union will not commence until the end of October at the earliest. This decision provides temporary respite for the food industry, which has been concerned about potential post-Brexit port delays. The
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The previous Pacific Northwest cherry season was perceived as excellent in terms of quality, but one cherry grower labeled it as one of the most exasperating seasons. The reason? The superior produce was left unsold due to excessively high prices in California. read more

Due to the threat in the Red Sea, a significant logistics bottleneck is looming over the export season of grapes, despite expectations of a bumper season following two lean years. Vilas Shinde, CMD of the Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company, suggested that the increased logistics costs incurred by
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Domestic food storage potatoes were evidently predominant. Availability had not changed significantly and was sufficient to satisfy interest. Due to cost factors, there were occasional slight increases in price. Only Munich reported slight discounts on domestic offers. In the area of early food
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"Currently, we are supplying frozen berries, plum puree in barrels from Serbia, and fruit distillates from Bosnia to the EU. The prices for the frozen fruits have fallen dramatically, especially for raspberries. In the last two years, raspberry prices were so high that they were partly sorted
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Since January 25, all Egyptair cargo flights carrying strawberries, raspberries, beans, peas, broccoli, and spring onions for the Tulpin Group have been landing at Brussels airport. The Ostend airport, where that Belgian company and its transport company Ostendfresh usually operate, is
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In February FreshPlaza will be focusing on the grape sector. Are you a grower, importer or supplier of grapes? If so we would love to hear from you. read more

Over the past six years, Fairtrade banana volumes have increased by 466 percent in Canada and 15 percent in the United States. “Today, we estimate that one in three organic bananas in Canada are Fairtrade, while the total Fairtrade market share of conventional and organic combined is estimated
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Solidtec B.V. introduces a completely new palletizing machine based on new techniques and designs: the ST8. This machine is engineered in answer to the requests from the market for a smaller and efficient palletizing system. read more