"Considering our productive and commercial experience, we are hoping that old vineyards will not be replanted with new varieties, but rather renewed with traditional ones. The Italia grapes can in fact still lead to great satisfaction, provided that the quality levels respect the tradition of
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Overall, South African pome fruit production is considered stable, with small but steady growth driven by the planting of new varieties with better yields. In 2023, this may not be the case. Due to the hailstorms that hit at the end of
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Back in November, Morocco shipped their first citrus of the season to the US. Usually, the season runs through May, but due to a lighter crop, it will finish earlier. “We are currently wrapping up the back end of our Morocco mandarin program,” says Luke Sears, President and Founder of LGS
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In Kazakhstan, there is a shortage of vegetable storage facilities, especially during the off-season. In response to this problem, the Ministry of Agriculture has planned the construction of 97 fruit and vegetable warehouses with a total volume of 335.6 thousand tons. As part of this plan, 10
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Rwanda's avocado exports continue to grow, each year beating the previous year's record, assures Kengne Timo, managing director of Kengne Empire. "The world is going green and consumers are aware of the need to diversify food sources. Rwanda has all the assets to emerge in a world that wants
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Times are running and besides talking about changing opening hours, wholesale markets also have to deal with online. Who said, in fact, that food centres have to be only physical? The turning point comes from Spain, where it was decided to create an
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Maungatapere Packing (MPL) is now in it's second full packing season, set up in 2021 the facility packs blueberries for the Australian export market with the very latest in blueberry packing machinery.  read more

Italy enters the last quarter of the strawberry campaign. A year which, as in other production areas of the Mediterranean Arc, was characterised by high temperatures. This situation did not affect the production and commercial development of Inspire, which belongs to the
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A decrease in selling prices was recorded on the onion market in Ukraine this week, EastFruit project analysts report. The main reason for the downward price trend was the massive supply of imported onions from Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands. According to the project’s daily
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The export season of walnuts from Ukraine in 2022 began with record lows, and prices for the walnut kernels in the Ukrainian market continue to disappoint producers and suppliers, EastFruit reports. read more

Although, as EastFruit previously reported, a short-term cold snap at the end of March does not pose a big threat to fruit growing in Moldova, some cases of damage have been recorded. Among them is damage caused by a storm wind to several greenhouses where strawberries are grown. read more

FEDEMCO has announced the appointment of Guillermo Arregui Ferrando as its new director. With a strong background in marketing, business development and proficiency in four languages, the appointment highlights the high standards and the new direction of the association. read more

One of Australia's most iconic car manufacturing plants in South Australia is set to become one of the largest exotic mushroom production facilities in the world. read more

The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value over the past year could still not be enough and the central bank may have to let it slide further. read more

On the occasion of the new Bimi® campaign, the Murcian countryside has welcomed a visit from communicators and journalists from all over Spain. The guests of honour were nutritionist and influencer Mario Ortiz, MasterChef Fabián León and healthy lifestyle influencer Anna Ribes. read more

The Signor Datterino project developed by Bayer through its Vegetables division was created with the aim of satisfying the growing consumer demand for quality in the production chain through one of the most widely used products in Italian cuisine: the date tomato. read more

The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers-Exporters from the Region of Murcia (Proexport) recalls that the Egyptians were already growing lettuces on the banks of the Nile more than 6,000 years ago. Even today, every year, as a result of R+D+i in the agricultural sector, new crops are still being researched.
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The 30 busiest container ports in the world saw slower growth in 2022, as inflation and economic uncertainties capped consumer spending. read more

Paolo Bruni, president of CSO Italy, and Adriano Aldrovandi, president of AOP UNAPera (in the opening photo), spoke this morning at the conference 'Fruit Growing: the point of the situation' held at Cibus Connect in Parma on the initiative of Coldiretti Emilia Romagna, together with
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Fresh Food has been busy recently. The Belgian company focuses largely on the English market and has grown substantially since Brexit. So when that country's shelves recently emptied, the importer/ exporter had plenty of work. "The empty shelves had nothing to do with shortages, just price.
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