The start of Agrofesa’s 2023 Mexican table grape season is up to 7 days later than last year due to colder weather during blooming and flowering. César Ortiz, CEO of Agrofesa, says despite this delayed start the overall quality of all varieties look “outstanding” and point to a good season. read more

Several interesting fruit and vegetable processing machines are offered for auction! Think, for example, of infeed bunkers, tippers, washing machines, peelers, slicers, and weighing machines for potatoes, fruit, and vegetables. Some of these are offered in a combination, for example, a complete
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After several years of mutual commercial collaboration, Hnos. Fernández López SAU will start working on organic production with the Agroturisme Cal Modest SL company, located in Tornabous, Lleida, where it manages more than 110 hectares of organic fruit trees, including stone fruit and pome fruit. read more

Malaga's medlar harvest has come to an end and producers have harvested between 150,000 and 200,000 kilos, a very similar volume to last year, according to Miguel Angel Sanchez, the manager of the San Isidro cooperative in Sayalonga. This volume is similar to the volume obtained in the last five
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EastFruit periodically publishes an analysis of the Georgian strawberry market, where local producers frequently comment about the price competition with Turkish strawberries and its negative effects on local production, at the same time, we observe the developments in the market, although big
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Supplies of blueberries in North America are strong. “Georgia is past its peak, wrapping up highbush varieties in the next week or so,” says Tim Crane, Category Manager of Blueberries for Oppy. “We are loading new crop from North Carolina next week for the first time. It’s
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In the first quarter of 2023, Peruvian papaya exports decreased by 64% in volume and 57% in value over the same period of the previous year, with shipments totaling 45.3 tons for 165,000 dollars, with an international average price of 3.65 dollars per kilogram, which was 19% higher than last
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On the 5th of May, the European Commission approved the inclusion of “Melocotón de Cieza” from Spain in the register of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI). read more

Omer-Decugis & Cie, an international group specialising in fresh and exotic fruit and vegetables, has published its revenue for H1 2022/23 (1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023) and Q2 2022/23 (1 January to 31 March 2023). read more

Many people do not know that the humble potato may conduct electricity and function as a salt bridge between two metals on each side. This lets an electron current to flow easily over a wire in order to generate electricity. Alas, the tuber cannot be used as an energy source on its own. read more

According to Kees Oskam, the overall apple market has changed somewhat since spring. "In New Zealand, poor flowering and growing conditions have affected apple cultivation. South Africa's making better prices outside Europe, and Chile and Argentina are no longer as interested in Europe either.
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Potato breeder Royal HZPC Group maintains its forecasts for the 2022-2023 financial year. HZPC expects turnover to grow 11% from last year (then 352 million euros) with a gross margin of 66,5 million euros (last financial year 63.9 million euros). The potato breeder operates with a financial
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Topping onions during the loading process isn’t new, but in Europe and other key growing areas it is not common practice. Here the crop is topped before it is swath lifted. Certainly when the onion haulm is still green and standing straight it is an potential source of infection for fungi and
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From May 4 to 10, visitors to Germany's Düsseldorf exhibition center could see the latest gadgets in packaging technology and machines. Numerous applications for fresh food to non-food were covered. read more

The Mintec Benchmark Prices for Grade 1 White Packing Potatoes EXW England reached £330/mt on 9th May 2023, up 22% month-on-month (m-o-m). The recent rise in prices has been driven by concerns that planting delays, due to heavy rainfall will push back the arrival of the early crop, placing
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Like many crops across the country, the Michigan asparagus crop is about two weeks late this season. “It’s because of the temperatures we had. Some growers thought there would be an early start because there wasn’t a lot of snowpack but the cold temperatures changed that,” says Brian
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Monitoring of the prices of socially significant food products conducted in stores of Almaty showed that the trend of decreasing the cost of the social basket, observed in the second half of April, has been replaced by a rise in prices. The prices of vegetables included in the list of social
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The South African Table Grape Industry (Sati) together with the Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum (FPEF) reflected on the past 2022/2023 table grape season, which they described as a challenging one. This is due to various unpredictable factors, such as unexpected weather patterns.  read more

During the recent Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute, Michael Rogers, director of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Citrus Research and Education Center, provided details on recently funded citrus research projects. read more

Abacates do Brasil has launched an initiative to promote avocado superharvest and impact retailers and consumers; actions include advertising film on free-to-air television, digital assets, OOH advertising and recipe videos. read more