Belarusian apple growers face challenges in selling their entire harvest despite a growing presence in the domestic market. With an annual increase in orchards, Belarus accounts for 80% of its apple production in the public sector. read more

Everything is ready at Mazzoni for participation in Fruit Logistica, scheduled to take place in Berlin from 7 to 9 February. The Group will be present at stand A20 in hall 2.2, inside the CSO Collective 'ITALY, The Beauty of Quality'. read more

The Netherlands will produce as much as five times more strawberries this winter as it did during the same period of last year, according to one of the country’s leading growers. read more

EastFruit analysts report that Ukraine’s onion exports are on the rise, while domestic wholesale prices remain steady at 13 UAH/kg or about 35 US cents per kg. read more

White cabbage prices have fallen for Ukrainian farmers, analysts from the EastFruit report. They say that cabbage prices in Ukraine were steady for two weeks, but this week many producers had to lower their prices. read more

The Polish market is experiencing a dramatic fall in wholesale prices of greenhouse tomatoes this week, according to EastFruit . The average price of all kinds of tomatoes plummeted by 35-45% in just a few days. read more

The prices of greenhouse cucumbers in Ukraine are rising again, as EastFruit analysts report. The market participants explain this trend by the growing demand for greenhouse cucumbers and the limited supply of this product. The second half of this week has seen a surge in the activity of
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How have the weather conditions been for the 2023/24 strawberry season in Greece? read more

Europe has been rocked this week by a wave of protests and road blockages, in France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Portugal and Greece, as farmers protest issues from falling sales prices and increasing costs to heavy regulation and perceived unfair competition from outside the EU. read more

At next week’s Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Italy will retain its position as the number one country in terms of exhibitors at the world’s leading fresh produce trade fair. read more

Italy’s Spreafico has launched a new venture in Greece, Spreafico Hellas, to boost its supply of kiwifruit and other Mediterranean produce for the European market. The move is designed to strengthen the company’s position and competitiveness in the global kiwifruit market, as Italian fruit
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Italy’s Spreafico has launched a new venture in Greece, Spreafico Hellas, to boost its supply of kiwifruit and other Mediterranean produce for the European market. The move is designed to strengthen the company’s position and competitiveness in the global kiwifruit market, as Italian fruit
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This standardisation prevents ambiguities when calculating the cost price for their own potato harvest, but also ensures that the costs are not simply overlooked by farmers. read more

So far, significantly fewer mangoes have been shipped from the growing regions in Brazil and Peru for the German market than at this time last year. As a result, there was hardly any produce available on the open markets and wholesale markets in Germany, and prices for shipments
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The focus is on high-quality fruit production that produces less waste and uses fewer chemicals, which is in line with environmentally conscious farming and consumer preferences. These special characteristics make Frutastic a pioneer
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Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, a US-based blueberry genetics and nursery company, has announced a strategic minority investment in the Netherlands-based blueberry tech solution company, FineField. The investment is focused on advancing mechanical blueberry harvesting technology.  read more

The crisis triggered by French farmers, which in recent days has extended to Belgium and even Portugal, is entering its most critical phase. Meanwhile, the European summit is being held in Brussels against a backdrop of riots. The situation created after a week of blockades and two weeks of
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Change in the modus operandi of agricultural mobilisation in France. The measures announced by Emmanuel Macron's government have convinced, at least for the time being, the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA) and Young Farmers, who have announced the
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The Costa Rican melon season should start in week 7 at United Fruits in the Netherlands. Gerbert van Egmond and Frank Levarht run this United Fruits division. They have been operating their own business unit within United Fruits, known as LEFresh, since July 2022. read more

"Pear prices have done nothing but climb for a long while. Last week, though, some of that was clearly skimmed off for sorted fruit. Larger Conference pear prices fell by about €0.10. We believe that was directly caused by, not so much a decreased demand, but rather, an increased supply,"
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