Regions

The plum season started for the company Pronto Service from Taufkirchen with produce from Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Serbia, with produce from Moldova also part of the range. "They are characterised by good quality and will be in our range until around October/November," Sales Manager
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In the Netherlands, fresh Dutch sweetcorn harvesting got started at Hermans Suikermaïs last week. Some 55 laborers work at this every day. "It's extremely early; we didn't expect this after the late sowing and all those wet, cold weeks," begins Giel Hermans. read more

Piotr Janota, President of the Fruit Union Association said that when Polish apples were introduced for the first time in the Malaysian market, Poland exported around 200 tons of apples. Now, Janota claims the export of Polish apples to Malaysia is set to increase this year. read more

Northern Spain is increasingly emerging as an option for growing avocados. In fact, Asturias already ranks fourth within the regions with the largest area of avocados in Spain, only behind Andalusia, the Canary Islands, and the Valencian Community, and regions such as Cantabria or Galicia exceed
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Asia Fruit Logistica is back in Hong Kong this year it takes place 6-8 September 2023 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong read more

The smallest orange crop in the last twenty years was especially significant in Spain as of December 2022. Simultaneously, there has been a large increase in imports from Egypt, part of which have been destined for re-export. In view of the trend, it is worth asking whether Spain is losing its
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The Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has requested President Ramaphosa to urgently intervene, and halt unfair trade regulations enforced by the European Union (EU) on the local citrus industry, in particular their discriminatory trade regulations on Citrus Black Spot (CBS),
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After a complicated spring, the summer is looking much more clement for the French cucumber campaign. "We experienced great weather variations at the start of the season. In the spring of 2023, the volumes on the French market were in excess, due to the overlapping of regions, with the south of
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After years of growth driven by the health trend, demand for raspberries and strawberries is slowing down, while demand for blueberries, increasingly regarded as a superfood, is at a standstill. Growing cultivation areas in Italy (especially blueberries and blackberries in the North, raspberries in the South), now
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Kiwifruit originated in Chinese forests, and China is still the world’s biggest producer. While plenty of information is available on growing kiwis, there is relatively little that takes into account the specific climate and conditions in South Africa. read more

Following Carrefour's acquisition of Cora and Match in France, it is now E.Leclerc's turn to acquire its share of the Delhaize Group, this time in Luxembourg. read more

Kernser Edelpilze GmbH has expanded its product range with two new varieties of edible mushrooms. In addition to herb mushrooms, shiitake, oyster mushrooms, nameko and pom pom, the mushroom cultivation company based in Kerns (Central Switzerland) now also produces enoki and shimeji in organic
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Tropical fruit producers in the Alanya district of Antalya are facing an uphill battle as sweltering temperatures endanger their harvest. The region, known for its abundant production of tropical fruits such as bananas, avocados, loquats, mangoes, papayas and dragon fruit, has been struggling
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The Bonduelle Group's revenue stands for FY 2022-2023 at € 2,406.2 million, a change from the previous financial year of +9.2% based on reported figures and +5.0% on like for like basis*. Currency variations had a positive impact of +4.2% on the group growth, with the US dollar and Russian
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William H. Kopke Jr., Inc., a vertically integrated fruit and produce company, announces the arrival of its summer citrus from South Africa, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina. This premium citrus fruit including mandarins, navel oranges, minneolas, cara caras, grapefruits and lemons,
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The Dutch vegetable breeder and seed supplier Rijk Zwaan, as part of its ‘Freshly Forward, from Foundation to Future’ theme is the company's road map for tackling today’s challenges. This is done together with retail and producer partners in Asian countries of Malaysia and Vietnam. read more

Last week, in a sunny break to a wet Cape winter, the Southern African fresh produce industry enjoyed a rare moment to meet colleagues from across the region, although producers were fewer in number than previous years and, as noted by an audience member, most shipping lines not in attendance. read more

Facilitating the export of apples of Moldovan origin to the Indian market, including the approval of phytosanitary requirements to complete the import approval procedure for this product per Indian law, was one of the main topics discussed by the Director General of the National Food Safety
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EastFruit wrote earlier that the average wholesale prices for raspberries in the Georgian market this season had remained the same, despite higher prices at the beginning of the season. Now they are 9 lari per kg ($3.43). While some farmers fear potential marketing problems if supply increases
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Kenya Plant Inspectorate Health Services managing director, Theophilus Mutui, said the country has gotten an additional approval to export temperature treated mango fruits to the European Union. He said the notification for the approval to use vapour heat treatment for fresh mango fruit from
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