Seedless lemons are slowly taking shelf space away from seeded lemons and drawing the attention of both consumers and chefs worldwide. read more

Cso Italy took stock of the areas cultivated with strawberries and small fruits (blueberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, blackberries) in our country. For 2024 there is a new slight decline in strawberry cultivation (-1%, same decrease as in 2023). According to last year's figures, only
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Last year's potato harvest in Russia hit a record high, totalling 8.6 million tons, according to Federal State Statistics Service data, surpassing market demand by a million tons. Experts and industry representatives express concerns that a portion of this surplus might remain unsold. Government… read more

In the past few years, Belarus has been encountering significant problems regarding potato production and marketing. Despite its significance as a national brand, potato prices in the country are extremely unstable, leading to dissatisfaction among both producers and consumers. The oversupply in
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The conference was aimed at the Quality teams of its suppliers in the production area of Lleida and Aragon (stone fruit, pome fruit and grapes).

The conference was aimed at the Quality teams of its suppliers in the production area of Lleida and Aragon (stone fruit, pome fruit and grapes). read more

Most of Janyra Organics' herbs of the new season are ready to harvest. This cultivation and export company from Kitui, Kenya, recently primarily focused on the domestic market, but this season, its gaze is increasingly turning towards the export market. "We started two years ago. This first
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"After the exponential growth of a few years ago, the ginger sector now seems to be stabilising, although there's a small but steady increase in demand every year," says Paolo Pari, Director of the Italian company Almaverde Bio, describing a product that is considered exotic for the country but
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In a strategic partnership with Spo Zentrum Srl and Jingold Spa, IDeA Agro has launched a new agricultural development involving the creation of an avocado plant in Sicily on an area of approximately 100 hectares in the province of Syracuse. Agro Avo, the new reality born from the partnership between the three
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"We started marketing a few days ago and we expect to expand the line already this year," says Fabio Altamura, vice-president of Altamura's producers' organization, based in Pontecagnano Faiano (Italy), of the recently launched leaf powder line. The leaf powder product line (photo provided by
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As some of the first lemons from South Africa are being loaded for Greece next week and Argentina's lemons are also getting ready for harvesting and exports soon, a trader from Argentina says markets in Europe are slow but ready to receive the summer citrus. Juan Ignacio, CEO of KJI Trade LLC,
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A year ago, analysing the 2022 final balance of Italian foreign trade, we headlined that it had been a debacle for Italian fruit and vegetables, as there had been an overtaking in volume terms of imports over exports, with a negative balance of 100 thousand tonnes (click here to read more); read more

After years of testing and perfecting, De Hoog Orchids has added a new variety of Dendrobium Nobile to its collection, the Dendrobium Nobile Bouquet Purple Rain. Tomorrow, at the Trade Fair in Boordfabriek (Rijswijk, the Netherlands), this novelty will be showcased to the public for the first
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Just over a month before the start of the watermelon harvest in Spain, the prospect is that the acreage in Almeria will be reduced by around 5% compared to last year. Meanwhile, the Senegalese watermelon campaign is successfully underway, with good quality and volumes. "We have been having a
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The 10th edition of Food Expo Greece, the event dedicated to the food and beverage sector, took place from 9 to 11 March 2024 at the Metropolitan Expo Exhibition Centre in Athens. Food Expo Greece is the reference platform for the international food industry and a meeting point for more than
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The French government has allocated EUR 100 million for the Food Sovereignty Plan in the fruit and vegetable sector. The measure - as reported by revistamercados.com - was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Marc Fesneauduring the
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Cso Italy takes stock of the areas cultivated with strawberries and small fruit in our country. A valuable update for companies in the process of fine-tuning their strategies for the next campaigns. read more

From Friday until the end of March, farmers will block the passage of lorries through the border crossing with Slovakia in Chyżne, PAP has learned. One lorry per hour is to be allowed through. The protest is linked to the influx of grain from Ukraine and against the green deal. read more

Tradewinds Intl brought their largest floral show yet to the Austin Convention Center in downtown Austin, TX, with over 70 farms and breeders exhibiting from Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, The Netherlands, Australia, and the USA exclusively for their floral buying members. With a jam-packed,
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During a plenary session, Russian State Duma Deputy Oleg Nilov claimed that $6 billion from flower purchases on March 8th in Russia had effectively flowed to the Netherlands, which supports the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). "Six billion dollars of our men's money for these flowers leaked to
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Poland, a top-10 global exporter of fresh blueberries, has emerged as one of the most rapidly expanding markets for the fruit, sourcing increasingly from abroad, EastFruit reports. Notably, as of the close of 2023, Poland has ascended to the ranks of the top 8 largest importers of fresh
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