The European top fruit season is going well. "When you consider Elstar apples are priced between €0.90 and €1.20, and that good-sized Conference pears are selling for €1, we certainly cannot complain. But growers need those prices, considering the huge cost increases they've faced," says
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has announced plans to increase checks on major French and European retailers to ensure they comply with a law aimed at securing fair prices for French farmers. The move comes as France aims to curb farmer discontent. The country's farmers, who make up the
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The campaign from Senegal is kicking off for the company 'Frutta Italia', directly linked to Op Francescon, which is part of Aop Mantuafruit: among the expected products are pumpkins, melons and Perla Nera watermelons. But let's see the season in detail. read more

The Spanish strawberry season is in full swing at MG Fruit in the Netherlands. "Strawberries have been one of our range's staple products since we started. I'm a pioneer in the country and, in the 1980s, was one of the first to import these summer jewels from Huelva," says Miguel Gonzalez. read more

A large delegation of farmers and livestock farmers from COAG, led by members of the State Executive Committee, Andrés Góngora, Javier Fatás and Jaume Bernis, is taking part today in the large tractor march called by the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) in the streets of Brussels. read more

Andreas Karyos, head of the potato producer’s association, reported that over 40% of potato crops in the Famagusta district were damaged due to inclement weather. He stated that the rainfall in the Kokkinochoria area has led to the flooding of numerous potato plantations. read more

Tensions have risen in France as dozens of farmers protesting for better conditions were arrested at a food market outside Paris. The French government had previously warned that any disruption at Rungis, a major food distribution hub that feeds 12 million people, would not be tolerated.
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Danish shipping company Maersk has inaugurated a multi-country consolidation (MCC) center in Shanghai, enhancing the city's global shipping hub reputation. The center, located in the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, began operations recently. The initial import containers hailed
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Konispoli tangerines are one of Albania’s emblematic fruits that appear on the international market at this time of the year. read more

Interko has announced advances to its Ultimo ripening rooms that ”reconfirm their position as the world’s most energy-efficient ripening solution”, while opening up the technology to the pre-cooling market. read more

Since the coronavirus-related record growth of 5.4% in 2020, the statisticians report that real turnover fell continuously in the following three years (2021: -1.6%; 2022: -4.6%). In contrast, nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover in 2023 was 5.9% higher than in 2022.
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The agricultural sector in Europe and in Spain is plunged into growing frustration and unease due to the difficult conditions and suffocating bureaucracy generated by EU regulations. "Farmers are struggling in the face of a deregulated market that imports agricultural products from outside the EU.
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In this edition, UNICA is the only Spanish company nominated for the prestigious Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards 2024. "This is the first time we have entered the 'Product' category. It is a stimulus for innovation, which is perhaps lacking in Spain", he explains.
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The range of new plant-based protein products continues to grow. The first plant-based piadina, La Supergreen, arrives in Italy. The limited edition is the result of a collaboration between the Swiss food-tech company Planted and La Piadineria, the first and largest chain
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MSC (the world's leading shipping company and winner of the Port of Valencia's northern expansion) has improved connectivity between South Africa (the main commercial competitor in the southern hemisphere of Valencian oranges) and Germany by including a direct stop in Bremerhaven in its current
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Maritime charter leaders are adjusting their services in response to Algeria's prohibition on transshipment via Moroccan ports for Algeria-bound goods. CMA-CGM has declared an immediate redirection of all cargoes intended for Oran, Mostaganem, and Ghazaouet in Algeria. These will now transit
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The high demand for goods following the exit from covid-19, the adjustment difficulties of global supply chains and the continuation of disparate measures across countries to combat post-financing surges, led to a sudden and sharp price spike, without
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The agricultural sector in Europe and in Spain is plunged into growing frustration and unease due to the difficult conditions and suffocating bureaucracy generated by EU regulations. "Farmers are struggling in the face of a deregulated market that imports agricultural products from outside the EU.
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China's Pagoda Industrial Group has launched the sale of its first batch of persimmons from Spain, following an easing of import regulations. The Spanish fresh produce supplier, The Natural Hand, has shipped the fruit to China, following the update of the Chinese customs list in the first half
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Grupo Alcoaxarquía's motto is 'We market what we produce'. They are present in Spain, Morocco, Peru and will soon announce expansion into another Latin American country, a "Caribbean" one. A new subsidiary that will allow them to offer a continuous supply of
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