New Zealand cherry growers are looking forward to a good season, it is still early days, but the spring weather has been good for growing at Cherri Global orchards in Hawke’s Bay and Otago where pollination has been good resulting in a strong flowering. read more

Although everyone involved expected an early start to the apple harvest in advance, the start of the harvest in the Alte Land has been delayed. In the meantime, this year's harvest campaign is nearing completion. "We have consistently harvested fruit of very good quality and ideal caliber. The
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“With this year’s autumn weather from August onwards, squash was planted earlier than usual in France, and the demand has been strong from the start.” Within the range, pumpkins remain the number one choice, closely followed by the butternut, which continues to grow. read more

During the Global Produce & Floral Show, novelties and innovations are shown on on-site display shelves. This year, over 200 companies listed their product here. These were the novelties on display during the 2023 event. read more

From February to September 2023, the Krasnoyarsk region in Russia received a significant influx of foreign fruits and vegetables, totalling 10 thousand tons, according to data from the Siberian Customs Administration. read more

Since the beginning of 2023, the North Caucasus Interregional Department of the Rosselkhoznadzor has monitored the shipment of 84,069 tons of grapes for export from the Stavropol Krai. Specifically, 84 tons of grapes were sent to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and 69 kg to the Republic of Armenia. read more

Last week, Peru's Ambassador to Japan, Roberto Seminario, welcomed the first shipment of Peruvian grapes imported by Fresh del Monte Japan. The company plans to acquire 60 containers as an initial test. read more

Cot International, nestled in the heart of apricot production near Nimes in southern France, is on a mission to breed varieties renowned for their outstanding flavor, aroma, post-harvest qualities, productivity, self-fertility, and disease resistance. read more

The Scottish cherry season at McIntyre Fruit has come to an end and Matthew McIntyre said it was a fairly good season, but no bumper volumes this year. read more

The UK potato industry is grappling with an intensifying menace from wireworms. Currently, a perfect storm of risk factors seems to create optimum conditions for the pest to thrive. read more

BLOOM FRESH, a fruit-breeding company created by the merger of Special New Fruit Licensing and International Fruit Genetics, LLC, is pleased to announce that the South Korean Intellectual Property High Court has ruled that the company’s grape variety brands Sweet Sapphire™ and Black
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Bio Fruchtgemüse Produzenten e.V. wants to extend its quality lead and enter into an even closer exchange with its trade partners in the future when communicating the advantages of regionally produced association goods. read more

During quarantine, phytosanitary control at the temporary storage warehouse of TLT-Zabaikalsk LLC, a shipment of 5,123 tons of tomatoes from China revealed the presence of the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). The infection was confirmed through virological studies conducted by the
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In collaboration with the Ministry of International Cooperation, the Internal Trade Development Authority (ITDA), and the French Development Agency (AFD), the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has launched a project to establish 17 green food hubs across Egypt. read more

It's still too early to calculate if the prices at origin in this campaign, which are better than in the previous campaigns, "compensate" for the decrease in production, which will be slightly higher than last season, but 14.4% below the average of the last five, stated Carles Peris, the
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It recently became known how much money Uzbekistan earned from the sale of fruits and vegetables since the beginning of this year. This was reported by the Statistical Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan. read more

According to elEconomista, Alantra Private Equity has reinforced Surexport Compañía Agraria ("Surexport") with three acquisitions to boost its build-up development in the berry sector: Solana, a Portuguese raspberry producer; AG Group, a blueberry producer in Morocco; and Flor de Doñana, a
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Duda Farm Fresh Foods introduces their new Dandy® Snacking In A Snap! ™ product line with the unveiling of the inaugural product, celery dippers™ at the Global Produce and Floral show. Celery dippers™ are a petite 2-inch celery stick perfect for bite-size snacking. read more

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

California oranges will start slightly late this year. “It’s probably going to be about the first of November to the 10th for most people and we plan on November 6th for our start date,” says Derek Vaughn of Johnston Farms. read more