In 2022, Morocco became fourth among the largest exporters of fresh blueberries in the world, leaving behind even the United States, where, in fact, blueberries were first cultivated, EastFruit reports. read more

Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the world’s more prominent temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers, has officially opened its expanded cold storage facility in the Port of Aarhus, Denmark, strengthening its network of key port locations and providing customers
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In February 2023, most food products in Ukraine continued to rise in price, with onions and carrots rising in price the most. The relevant data on average consumer prices for goods and services in Ukraine was issued by the state statistics service, Ukrinform reports. In February compared to
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Cigarette litter is a real problem, so Australian charity No More Butts and Melbourne-based mycologists Fungi Solutions have teamed up to start CigCycle. CigCycle is a research project which will determine whether Australian fungi can be used to create a viable recycling stream from cigarette butts. read more

Guinness World Records has recognized farmer Aharon Shemoel for growing the world's heaviest lemon on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. The citrus fruit grew next to another huge lemon; it weighed 5.265 kg. The fruit's circumference was 74 cm and it was 35 cm high; measured on 8 January 2003. read more

At the same time as the meteorological start of spring, the harvest of the first spring onions is currently underway in the Palatinate. Since the beginning of March - and thus about a week earlier than the average of previous years - according to Gemüsegarten Pfalz, in the largest outdoor cultivation area for fresh vegetables in
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Haith Group, the Doncaster-based vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, has appointed Dutch grading machinery supplier Remach BV to sell its range in Holland and Belgium. read more

José Antonio Gómez, CEO of Camposol, has been named one of Forbes’s “23 of 23”, a list of 23 Peruvian leaders from the private and public sector who are predicted to play a key role in the economy, production activities and state administration in 2023. read more

José Antonio Gómez, CEO of Camposol, has been named one of Forbes’s “23 of 23”, a list of 23 Peruvian leaders from the private and public sector who are predicted to play a key role in the economy, production activities and state administration in 2023. read more

The March 2023 edition of Asiafruit Magazine is now available on the Asiafruit app – Apple and Android – bringing you the latest news and views from across Asia’s fast-moving fresh produce markets. read more

Faced with the shortage of certain agricultural products, and problems of various kinds in the majority of countries of origin, European buyers have fallen back on Egyptian products, says Mohamed Shahen of the Egyptian producer Agro Pro. read more

La UNIÓ Llauradora has asked the European Commission to initiate an investigation “for possible commercial dumping of citrus fruits from Egypt on the Community market” based on Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 8, 2016, on protection against
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Prices for greenhouse tomatoes in Uzbekistan are growing rapidly, updating records every week. Over the past month, their wholesale prices have grown by 1.5 times average, and by almost 70% since the beginning of the year, EastFruit experts note. read more

At the last meeting of the Foreign Affairs Trade Council, held on Friday in Stockholm, Spain has advocated giving a definitive boost to the signing and ratification of trade agreements that have been concluded but are still pending, such as the Trade Agreement

Spain's position is that the EU should give a definitive impetus to the signing and ratification of trade agreements that have been concluded but are still pending, such as the Trade Agreement.
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According to Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration, a 51.7-ton shipment of Chilean cherries stopped at the border due to excessive levels of pesticide residues is to be destroyed or returned to the South American country. None of the problematic cherries have been sold on the domestic market,
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In addition to dairy farming, greenhouse farming is also mainly responsible for agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in Dutch agriculture. This has now been pointed out by the CBS (National Statistics Institute). It praised the fact that domestic agriculture has
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The varieties of fig planted in China are mainly cyan, yellow, red and brown, and there are few purple varieties in production. In recent years, the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences has successfully bred a new purple variety "Zizuan" fig, which has been popularized by the Beijing Guoran
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The season’s first asparagus has become available on the Georgian market. Although it takes a few more weeks for the open-field production to start, asparagus produced in the high tunnels are already sold. At the moment, the retail price of asparagus in specialized fruit and vegetable stores
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In the context of shifting international origins and markets for fresh produce, new players are emerging as alternative supply sources, such as Rwandan producers who significantly increased their export volumes in recent months. read more

Over 400 exhibitors from twelve nations will be at the 27th expoSE - Europe's leading trade fair for asparagus and berry cultivation - and the 12th expoDirekt - Germany's largest trade fair for direct agricultural marketing - at Messe Karlsruhe from 22 to 23 November 2023.
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