An early end to the Spanish and Italian grape seasons made room sooner for overseas grapes on the market this year. "Particularly Brazilian and Peruvian grapes came this way much earlier. That switch usually often happens in week 48/49. It was three to four weeks earlier this year, depending on
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Almost one third of the 'Made in Italy' on the table is produced in the fields and in the stables by foreign hands, with 362,000 workers from all over the world regularly employed in agriculture, providing as much as 32% of the total number of working days needed in the sector in 2022.
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The current week in Ukraine has witnessed a rise in prices for white cabbage, but this upward price trend is specific to the high-quality production segment. Producers managed to increase the price for this product due to a noticeable reduction in the supply of white cabbage from small farms,
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Due to the uncertainty of Spanish growing conditions more European retailers have shown interest for capsicum grown in Israel to secure supply. According to Avi Bar from Mor International in Israel, “There are some European retailers, which are interested to increase capsicum programs with us,
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Last year, high energy prices meant there was little supply from those countries' greenhouses, so supermarkets had to switch to imports from Southern Europe. How are things looking this year? We approached ALDI and LIDL Netherlands for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the
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The Department of Agriculture in the Philippines has imported 21,000 metric tons (MT) of onions to address increased demand during the holiday season. read more

From year to year, Spain takes market share in Europe with its lemons and it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Italian product to compete with such a tough player. Meanwhile, in Sicily, the season begins with the early-blooming Syracuse lemon femminello. Tell
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As the Polish trucker blockade of Ukrainian haulers approaches its one-month mark, the economic toll on Ukraine's businesses is mounting. Since November 6, approximately 2,500 trucks have been stranded at the Ukrainian border with Poland, as Polish truckers protest, demanding the European Union
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ALDI will give a new boost to its growth in Spain with the opening of 10 new shops in December. The supermarket chain will continue to grow in regions where it already has a strong presence, such as the Community of Madrid, Andalusia and Catalonia, and will strengthen its presence in
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Amazon is expanding its logistics network to include over 300 sea routes across Europe read more

The apple market is proving to be a steadily growing market. In fact, there is a positive trend in terms of value and quantity. The Italian company PND, specialized in the production and marketing of fruit processing machines, has dedicated an entire line to this delicate fruit. read more

Due to overbuilding and abandonment, Italy has lost almost 1/3 (30%) of its agricultural land in the last half century, with the usable agricultural area reduced to a mere 12.8 million hectares with effects on the hydrogeological stability of the land and the production deficit
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The bad weather conditions in October meant that harvesting had to stop in many EU countries, just after it had got going. In mid-November, up to 250 mm of rainfall was recorded in potato growing areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany, leaving plots flooded. Of the 1.4 million
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There was great participation and interest in the Veronese greenhouse meetings, organised in Zevio, in co-ordination between Bayer CropScience's Vegetables and Crop Protection divisions. read more

Tosca, a leading provider of reusable packaging solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Indy Obhi as the new Managing Director for UK and Ireland. Reporting directly to EMEA President, Dan Lee, his main responsibility will be to further improve
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As the New Year approaches, the prices of some vegetables are expected to rise by almost a quarter, with cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, and berries experiencing the highest increase. The anticipated 25% cost surge for greenhouse plants is based on Rosstat's analysis. Over the last
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The first edition of the 'Fruit and vegetable trolley of the year' contest (for more information click here), devised by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor together with UNAPROA with the collaboration of Toluna, saw the success in the special ranking dedicated to the essential supermarkets of LIDL
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VIP, the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives of Val Venosta, in October 2022, decided to entrust a dedicated manager with the development of the coordination of the growth of the "Managed Varieties" (the Club apples), in order to have an overview of each individual project. After
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This spring saw BeeFair Organic begin as a new organic fruit-importing company in the Netherlands. "Although that fell in mid-season with certain products, we're delighted with how the season's first months went," Roelant Komen begins. "Our sales are pretty broad. We serve (organic) supermarkets
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As it was expected, Russia introduced a complete ban on the import of vegetables and fruits from Moldova starting today, December 4, 2023, EastFruit analysts report. They used the usual vague pretext: “continuing systematic detection of quarantine objects in vegetables and fruits [from
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