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The Netherlands: RHP certification for Van Egmond Potgrond
2024-03-01 00:00
The company Van Egmond Potgrond in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) is RHP certified with end products Horticulture and the renewable raw material wood fiber.
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In the Korca district of Albania, farmers have reported a recent uptick in the sales of apples, onions, and potatoes. This shift is attributed to two primary factors: a strategic reduction in product prices by the farmers themselves, and enhanced customs measures implemented by the Albanian
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Cordless rodders: requests also from the US and Chile
2024-03-01 00:00
"This is the fourth year that we have had the ARVIPO AF100 cordless thistle in our catalogue, and at each end of the campaign the number of pieces sold is always higher than the previous one. We reopened the new sales season about a month ago, and so far we have sold hundreds of radiators.
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Italian mushrooms go international
2024-03-01 00:00
The mushroom season is in full swing for Sipo. "Sales are going very well in Italy," says Riccardo Giacomini, Sipo's development manager, "but we are also receiving excellent feedback abroad, in particular from Greece. In addition, we're establishing important business relationships in other
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FAO is set to bolster Moldova's table grape sector
2024-03-01 00:00
FAO is set to bolster Moldova's table grape sector through its "One Country, One Priority Product" (OCOP) initiative.
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"Especially at the beginning of the season, our blueberries attracted a lot more attention."
2024-03-01 00:00
This year the Dutch sales office of North Bay Produce enters its fourth year of operation. "We have six people working in the Netherlands and England, where we would like to expand further in the coming years," says Wilco Arts. North Bay is a North American cooperative of
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In the greenhouse vegetable trade, the transition to western European products is currently in full swing, but for the time being the market is dominated by those from the south. Benny Cuypers of BelOrta says: "We have to keep up with the prices from Spain and Morocco,
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The blockade of the A-2 continues due to protests by Catalan farmers
2024-03-01 00:00
The AP-7 motorway, Spain's main overland connection with France, has been closed since Tuesday, although this Friday the road has been cleared once the farmers' demonstration is over, although the blockade on the A-2 continues due to these protests.
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Spain: Drought forces tropical fruit to broaden its horizons
2024-03-01 00:00
The tropical fruit sector is exploring new growing areas to ensure the category's growth in the coming years, in the face of the severe and prolonged drought in several Spanish provinces. Two major specialist companies have set their sights on the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. A third is
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Ukraine: less expensive carrots due to opened storages
2024-03-01 00:00
The daily monitoring of EastFruit show that the prices of carrots on the Ukrainian market of root crops decreased on the current week, as the farmers started to sell their stocks of this product from storage.
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The 2024 stone fruit season is approaching in Murcia, Spain, where flowering is about 10 days earlier than last year.
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Finland: Vertical farm only used for propagation as it’s too costly for standalone products
2024-03-01 00:00
The vertical farm we're renting is based in a local gardening school that comprises three-layered 200m2 gutters. In December, we're starting to cultivate the mother plants, using in-vitro plants. Whereas, in March, we harvest the runners and get them rooted in our greenhouses to produce mother
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Panama seizes five tonnes of cocaine hidden in Ecuadorian bananas destined for Spain
2024-03-01 00:00
In an operation in the port of Colon, Panama, authorities seized five tonnes of cocaine hidden on a ship carrying bananas from Ecuador to Spain. Panama's security minister, Juan Pino, reported that the discovery was made in "two containers".
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Thrips control in roses: strategy, action and results
2024-03-01 00:00
The floriculture sector is of great importance worldwide. Colombia and Ecuador are the second and third largest exporters of flowers per year, accounting for 24% of the world market share and supplying major markets such as the United States, Russia, and the Netherlands (Chambers, 2024).
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"The raspberry market is very volatile and diverse every year"
2024-03-01 00:00
Bfruit is a grower´s organization of berries and kiwi, located in Portugal with some production all over the country. Filipa Bragança, Manager of Bfruit, states their aim is to increase production and add unique varieties to the offer of Portugal: "Our blueberry production is concentrated in
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Sweet potatoes from Brazil enjoy rising demand in Europe
2024-03-01 00:00
Demand for sweet potatoes from Brazil has grown in Europe. Cassiano Berol, from the Brazilian exporter Agrícola Plantar, explains that, "because of the complications arising from the drought in Europe, in particular in Spain and Portugal, which are both sweet potato producers, and the recent rains, the demand for sweet potatoes has increased in Europe.
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"With our platform we offer global manufacturers access to the Polish retail sector."
2024-03-01 00:00
Roger Boons enthusiasm for the Polish market is undeniable. He entered the fruit and vegetable sector in 1985 and quickly became active in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall for the then New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board (Zespri). For the past six years,
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Products from the Vesuvius in great demand abroad
2024-03-01 00:00
"We've almost completed the processing of the Friarielli vegetables preserved in oil as well as into a cream. The production has doubled this year thanks to the extraordinary demand from the foreign countries where we are present (United States, Spain, France and Germany). These markets demand
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From March 1, 2024, Gijs Baake will be the new International Commercial Manager at Royal Brinkman. After 6 years working in various positions, he is now responsible for managing Royal Brinkman's foreign branches outside Europe.
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Belarusian customs officers prevented the export to Russia of 300 tons of Polish pears
2024-03-01 00:00
Border officials along the Belarusian-Russian border are increasingly detecting attempts of illegal fruit and vegetable smuggling.
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