The situation of the lemon and orange supply in the processing industry presents unique challenges and opportunities this year due to global and local market conditions. "For oranges, we are facing a significant worldwide shortage, exacerbated by production losses in the United States and
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Temperatures are on the rise in Belgium again. The days are getting longer, and the sun is out more and more. It seems spring is slowly approaching, and with it, Belgian-grown soft fruit. "It's the most beautiful time of the year," begins grower Benoit Demedts. "And we're looking forward to it."
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With an average annual production of 500 to 600,000 tons, the traditional clementine grown in Italy still accounts for more than 70 percent of the country's total clementine growing area of approximately 30,000 hectares. Because of its geographical extent and potential, Calabria is the region
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The Sicilian Tarocco campaign is coming to an end. Incoming are the more red-pigmented varieties, such as Moro oranges, as well as blond oranges of the Washington Navel variety. Last batches of common clementines from Southern Italy: late varieties, such as Hernandina, are arriving.
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According toEastFruit analysts, wholesale prices for potatoes in Moldova started rising again after short-term decline. The growth is not too sharp yet – within 10-12% on a week but it may just be enough to signal a radical change in the market trends. Prices are back to the levels observed at
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The protests of French farmers - which are also occurring in other European countries as a consequence of rising inflation and costs for insurance, fuel and fertiliser - are also causing disruption to the free movement of fruit and vegetable exports.
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Combining farming and energy production on the same plot sounds appealing. But is it feasible yet? In the Netherlands, scientist Dr. Wilma Eerenstein, a partner in the Sunbiose project, highlights the challenges that still exist, Fruitpact reports. read more

Up&Up Talent Solutions, known as a Fresh Produce Specialist in Recruitment have now branched out to help foreign businesses that want to set up their business facilities in the Netherlands. read more

Worldwide Fruit started their Spanish avocado season in December and now have programmed arrivals each week. read more

Mutti, the Parma-based company and European leader in the tomato derivatives market is, for the first time, a partner of the Sanremo Festival, allowing itself to be inspired by the international vocation of the kermesse, which has made Italian style its strong point. In the name of enhancing the
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Early cabbage produced in Uzbekistan has appeared this week on the supermarket shelves in the capital of Latvia, Riga. The retail price for this product is 1.99 euros per kg, which corresponds to 26,700 UZS. For comparison, retail prices for the same cabbage in Uzbekistan range from 3,000 to
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Fourth consecutive participation of Apofruit Italia at Marca where it presented some of its most innovative projects. We talked about it with Mirco Zanelli, commercial director. Developing new varieties to save Made in Italy The novelty Dulcis, the kiwi fruit of Italian innovation read more

According to EastFruit analysts, early cabbage produced in Uzbekistan has appeared this week on the supermarket shelves in the capital of Latvia, Riga. The retail price for this product is 1.99 euros per kg, which corresponds to 26,700 UZS. For comparison, retail prices for the same cabbage in
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The zero-emission orchard of Made in Nature, the project promoted byCso Italy and financed by the European Union for the promotion of fresh and processed organic fruit and vegetables in Italy, France, Germany and Denmark, continues and grows. The following companies are participating in the project
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In the year just ended, Italy recorded significant inflation levels but with two faces. On the one hand, in fact, consumer prices rose by an average of 5.7% according to ISTAT, but less than the previous year (+8.1%), while on the other, on the
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Despite having been the second most important crop in the southeast of the country, the production of green beans has lost its prominent position and has become something of an "anecdote". read more

It was an unforgettable Sunday for Italian sport; there had not been such national euphoria for a few years. Bringing up the Tricolour was the South Tyrolean Jannik Sinner, who made history in Melbourne by winning one of the most important tournaments on the professional circuit.
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US imports of Spanish peppers have resumed after a one-year halt due to the detection of the Mediterranean fruit fly in several shipments, fruitnet.com reported. This was announced by the Almerian producer organisation Coexphal, which said that
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This was despite the fact that the French government had already made concessions. However, these had not gone far enough for the farmers. Despite the protests, the government is prepared to make further concessions to the demonstrating farmers. In the next 48 hours, for example, proposals
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The response of the French Gendarmerie and police has been long in coming, but it has arrived. Since Sunday, 15,000 members of the forces of law and order and armoured tanks have been deployed in front of strategic points such as the international market of Rungis, one of the targets of the attacks.
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