In May of this year, Xuwen MuchSweet Produce Cooperatives, which mainly deals in Xuwen pineapples, will bring several pineapple varieties to Italy to participate in the MacFrut Expo held on May 3-5 to explore the possibility of Xuwen pineapples developing the European market. read more

A Shigella outbreak in England in 2021 has been linked to spring onions imported from Egypt. read more

The signals have been quite positive within the container shipping sector of late; spot rates are up, charter rates and durations are up, second-hand ship sales are brisk and asset prices are rising and idled tonnage is down. However, leading container shipping consultancy Drewry is warning that
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"Demand for asparagus has increased by 40% during the last week alone, with average prices of €4/kg. Most of our produce is commercialized in Scandinavia in 250 and 500 gram bunches. Asparagus are a spring product and, although the harvesting calendar is very short (late March to late May),
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After he was handed it just a few days ago, Vincenzo Bilotta, an agri-business owner from Lamezia Terme (Calabria, Italy), could not resist the temptation to immediately try out his new Versilia mulcher with Automatic Inter-row Kit, trademarked by Pellerano. read more

While many importers receive their fruit already ripened, Irish importer Donnelly Fresh Food does this on site in Dublin. Fruit such as avocados, mangoes, kiwifruit and stone fruit are ripened in the company’s ripening rooms. read more

"In recent years, the association has proven that it can react quickly and comprehensively to current developments. The high degree of self-sufficiency of the potato in Germany is an asset worth protecting. Our dialogs with politicians at all levels show that we can effectively represent the
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The yuan became the most widely-used currency for cross-border transactions in China in March. According to official data, it overtook the dollar for the first time. Cross-border payments and receipts in yuan rose to a record $549.9 billion in March from $434.5 billion a month earlier. read more

The persistent cold in many growing areas of Germany has set back the vegetation of numerous crops by several weeks. This also applies to German spring onions, which is why the available quantities are currently not sufficient to cover the entire demand, neither on the German domestic market nor
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Drewry’s detailed assessment for Thursday, 27 April 2023 shows that the composite index has decreased by 2% this week, dropping by 78% when compared with the same week last year. read more

Drought continues to be a problem in northern Italy, where rivers and reservoirs have reached minimum levels, already almost as bad as last summer. The rainfall in winter and these first few spring months has been so low that irrigation cannot be assured. Applications for wells have
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The table grape season is about to start in Egypt, amidst concerns about weather conditions, to which grapes are particularly vulnerable. read more

Researchers from the University of Lethbridge have been awarded nearly $250,000 through the Agriculture Funding Consortium to improve sustainable potato production by looking at ways to reduce disease in the field and in storage and to increase production while minimizing the use of resources. read more

PGI lemons from Rocca Imperiale sold under the Limoré brand are known not only in Italy, but in Europe as well. What makes them stand out against the competition is not only the quality, but also the sales price. read more

A difficult period could be coming up for the Colombian avocados this year. Cesar Paolini, general manager of fresh produce exporter Arcángel Miguel International SA, focuses on Hass avocados and Persian limes. "Our star product is Hass avocado, which accounts for the majority of our
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Over the past few weeks, the President of the Cermac consortium Enrico Turoni signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Berry Growers from Kyrgyzstan, represented by President Tilek Toktogaziev. read more

Yesterday, April 27, was the second and last day of CPMA's Toronto trade show. In general, exhibitors were very positive about the event, and many said they saw everyone they needed and hoped to see. "The event was well attended with a good number of quality retailers and food service
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"Fresh.Land began because of one grower's cry for help,” begins Mathilde Jakobsen of this Danish digital platform. “A few years ago, my father-in-law, who grows oranges in Algarve, Portugal, couldn't get his fruit sold. That was due to oversupply and low prices on the local market because of
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According to NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board chair Martin Emmett, there is still a huge legislative challenge facing the UK government following Brexit and the need for Defra to look into the horticulture supply chain. Under the Retained EU Law Bill, the government has the ambition to review
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The International Trade Committee recently gave the green light for another one-year suspension of EU import duties on Ukrainian exports to support the country's economy. read more