The Ferrero Group has Listed adjoining Riverina farms five years after planting some million hazelnut trees over part of it. The Italy-based group behind Nutella will abandon the operation, raze the shrubs and offer the 2665 hectare Narrandera site as a vacant agricultural asset. read more

EastFruit analysts would like to draw attention to the sharp increase in prices for fresh apples in Ukraine over the previous week. Prices for Gala and Golden Delicious apples jumped by 50% in single week! What are the reasons for such an unprecedented price rise? read more

The Egyptian peanut season has just begun, with demand on the rise and competition still calm. Mohamed Hassan, export sales manager at Alalamia Nuts reports on the season's kick-off. read more

A Georgian business delegation has visited the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), hoping to enhance trading opportunities with the latter’s agricultural sector. Georgia is Sri Lanka’s 91st export destination. Last year, Sri Lanka’s exports value to Georgia was $5.02 million,
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The first sales of Rojo Brillante persimmons from the Sibari plain (Calabria), grown by members of the Agrusib cooperative under the Apollo brand, started on October 23rd. read more

Belgian company Van Dijk Foods is preparing to switch to the new overseas season. The last Italian shipments will arrive at the importer in the next few weeks. There seems to be a nice overlap with Peruvian supply, says Henk Vlaeminck. "Italian seedless grapes, mainly red varieties, are
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Tesco's UK boss Jason Tarry to step down in March read more

In July 2023, both imports and exports slowed down compared with June 2023. This did not impact the EU’s trade balance in agri-food products which stayed positive at €6.2 billion. The cumulative trade balance from January to July 2023 reached € 38.6 billion, which is even higher by € 7.3
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The Turkish pomegranate harvest is close to completion. According to Oguzhan Erdogan, Europe sales director for Turkish fruit exporter Ana Fruit, the start of the season was rather busy for them: “The pomegranate harvest started in the last week of September and we are now approaching the end.
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Rwandan producer SOUK Farms exported its first container to Europe this week, a milestone celebrated at an event in Kigali with the participation of the Kingdom of Netherlands Ambassador to Rwanda as guest of honor. read more

A poor potato harvest in Switzerland has prompted many growers to consider quitting potato cultivation. One of these is Daniel Peter, who has been growing potatoes in Rickenbach in canton Zurich for 20 years. He knows it is normal that the harvest varies year on year, but it has not been as bad
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AMFRESH Group, through its team at Genesis Innovation, a pioneering force in varietal development across citrus, exotics and berry categories, are thrilled to introduce a limited-edition citrus variety with a unique and iconic pumpkin shape, easy-peeling multi-colour skin and sweet and virtually
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A transition regarding pallets is occurring in the Dutch fruit and vegetable sector, so Han van Bruggen of De Haan Palletindustrie has noticed. "Natural DPA HT pallets are increasingly replacing the all-too-familiar green DPA ones. That's why we're adapting our production lines to produce new
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Storm Bernard, which hit the Spanish province of Huelva last Sunday, has caused significant damage to the berry sector, with raspberries being the most affected product. The Association of Producers and Exporters of Strawberries and Berries from Huelva (Freshuelva) estimates that about 2,000
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After a short delay the Polish apple season in in full swing. According to Jan Nowakoski, manager of Polish apple distributor Genesis Fresh, Golden Delicious apples will be more of a green color than last year: “This year, the Polish apple season started with two weeks of delay, due to the
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This year's early potato harvest in the Palatinate was completed on the traditional cut-off date, 10 August, with good results. "Under irrigation, there were normal yields and qualities, which was also reflected accordingly in the price. With prices exceeding 60 EUR for quintals, record-high
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Agricultural economist Samkelisiwe Ngwenya of the directorate: international trade promotion at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development presented the annual value chain analysis into avocados, conducted in conjunction with the National Agricultural Marketing Council and
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In October 2023, Bulgaria is witnessing a decline in vegetable prices, according to the weekly bulletin of the Commission monitoring prices for most vegetables. The Market Price Index (MPI), reflecting wholesale food prices in the country, decreased by 0.87% this week to 2208 points. read more

In recent years, Kompany, a Dutch cooperative, took strategic steps to ensure it could supply its customers with fresh cucumbers year-round. That resulted in a Dutch cucumber supply from lit cultivation in winter. It was a great addition that also responded to the market demand at the time.
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The new ginger crop is now in full swing in China and will be prepared for export to Europe from December, after which the first goods will usually arrive after the turn of the year. According to initial information, both the yield and the quality of the Chinese tuber vegetable should be
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