We predicted it (click here to read more) and the bad weather arrived as early as yesterday afternoon. Too bad that the long-awaited thunderstorms to replenish the ailing reservoirs soon turned into hail; read more

The president of the Provincial Council of Jaén, Francisco Reyes, and the mayor of Bedmar and Garcíez, Pablo Ruiz, visited the Colmena Verde company, which is dedicated to the marketing of fruit and organic products, including white asparagus grown in this municipality. read more

Italy is entering the final stretch of its strawberry campaign. A year that, as in other producing areas of the Mediterranean Arc, has been marked by high temperatures. This situation has not affected the productive and commercial development of Inspire, which belongs to the varietal program of
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The Northern Hemisphere season is about to become intensive and challenging. The Oscar® Greece kiwifruit campaign ended on a positive note with strong support for targeted country marketing actions. Primland expects to finish marketing its French kiwifruit towards the end of May with excellent
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The wholesale prices for yellow onions of the 2022 harvest in the markets of Chisinau increased by 0.5-1 MDL/kg in the first half of this week up to an average of 15 MDL/kg ($0.83/kg). The rise in the price of onions in the Moldovan market is a normal seasonal phenomenon in April. It is
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"With our twenty years of experience in the sector, we design and build greenhouses for agriculture as well as photovoltaic greenhouses. We aim at being a social driving force in a territory - that of Calabria - that is not yet ready to value its land, and therefore to benefit from its huge
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March has been a very strong month for the Polish apples, says Jan Nowakowski, manager for Polish apple distributor, Genesis Fresh: “The sales of apples in March peaked compared to February and previous months. The beginning of the month was very good and this feeling continued for the whole
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Joya Europe sees good opportunities for the Joya apple this season, as marketable volumes have doubled to 13,000 tonnes compared with last season. read more

What are the main challenges facing vegetable growers in Belgium at the moment, and what are they coming to you for research on? read more

In some ways, Belgium’s system for buying and selling fruit and vegetables seems a bit old-fashioned. But the recent scrutiny of British retailers’ fixed seasonal contracts for most fresh produce has made some consider the merits of alternative models – systems which arguably return a
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What are Uganda’s main fresh produce exports and markets in Europe? read more

Let’s be honest, Brexit has been a big headache for EU exporters of fresh produce to the UK. Yes, EU imports have so far been allowed to cross the border without sanitary or phytosanitary checks – on all but the highest-risk products. But the London School of Economics estimates that the
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Only 13,060 boxes were sent to Ukraine this February compared to last year’s 1,566,944 boxes, underlining the impact of the war and the wider impact on the international community. Meanwhile, banana exports from Ecuador to Russia are down by 8.02% from pre-war levels. read more

“Mercadona will double its investments to 280 million euro in 2023, which are destined for the construction of the future logistics block in Almeirim (center of the country) and the opening of new stores,” the company stated on Tuesday. read more

Raspberry growers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are looking at this year’s harvest with uncertainty. All indications are that there will be a multitude of challenges. In the first place is the non-payment of last year’s purchases, followed by the fact that the refrigerators are full of fruits
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Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, is exhibiting their VERYX® optical sorter and Zephyr™ horizontal-motion conveyor, as well as showcasing their other world-class equipment, in Hall 6 / B73 at Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 4-10, 2023. read more

In 2006, the tomato leafminer, a plague that affects the tomato plant and causes large losses throughout the value chain, arrived in Spain. This mining lepidopteran mainly attacks the leaves of the plant to feed on the parenchyma, a tissue involved in a wide variety of physiological functions,
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Bonduelle, the market leader in vegetables in Italy, revolutionises the world of fresh produce and introduces for the first time legume and vegetable salads that naturally contain protein, presenting the new Protein Salad range (click here to read more).
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We would like to invite you to the next meeting of the Pear Club, which will take place on 29 April 2023. The workshop this time will be led by a consultant from the Netherlands - Jos de Wit. read more

ln the last two years, the climate crisis has cut Italy's hazelnut production capacity by a third despite the fact that more and more hazelnuts have been produced and consumed over the last decade. In fact, as reported by Il Sole 24 ore, in our country the hectares dedicated to hazelnut cultivation
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