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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The Dutch potato market is currently not enjoying much demand. "Spain is showing some interest in Agrias, but beyond that, the market's dead quiet. Potatoes are quite expensive, so we now face competition with local offerings," says Kristian Verhagen of Verhagen Holland in the Netherlands.
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The South African grape campaign, currently at its peak of availability, should last another 3 weeks, before giving way to Chile. Timothée Levesque, product manager at Dole France, looks at the southern hemisphere campaign, the market and the events that have shaped the season. Tight market
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By 2024 there will be a total of 151,000 entry quotas in Italy for non-EU workers: 61,250 for non-seasonal employment, 700 for self-employment and 89,050 for seasonal employment; 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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Costa Group has hit the record books for developing and growing the world’s heaviest blueberry, according to the official Guinness World Records. read more

According to the Primorsky Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), from March 4th to 10th, a total of 6,089.1 tons of fresh vegetables, fruits, and berries from various countries were brought into the region. During this
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At a time when the attention of the conscious consumer is maximised towards a correct and healthy diet and when the trend towards the consumption of vegetable-based proteins is growing, Valfrutta is launching a new recipe doubling the protein content: Valfrutta the smoothie
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Among the main tasks and at the same time advantages of this new organisational structure, the initiators of its creation include: read more

The new Italian garlic campaign will start in June and volumes are not expected to increase on the agricultural front. Francesco Delfanti, sales director of the company of the same name, which specialises in the production of garlic, onions and shallots, explains why.
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