For the beginning of next week, difficult nights are in store for Italian fruit growers, especially those located in northern Italy, as a sharp drop in temperature is expected, which will bring the mercury columns to indicate values around 0°C. On the disturbance front,
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The new season of Cosmic Crisp® has begun, with the South Tyrolean consortia VOG and VIP engaged in marketing in Italy, Spain, Germany and other European countries. Thanks to the entry into production of the new plants, the heavenly apple arrives on international markets
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An endangered national park, 'thirsty' farms and the Spanish right wing doing everything to make water theft legal. This is the picture that is emerging in Andalusia, and which has prompted Brussels to threaten Spain with dragging it into court. Hard to say who the
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The global bell pepper market had been marked by weather challenges earlier in the season, causing lower availability and higher prices, particularly in European countries. In Germany, the supply of bell peppers has now increased again, mainly from Spain, Turkey, and the Benelux countries,
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Irish Food Board Bord Bia has confirmed that “monitoring sanctions” were applied in the case of a company that incorrectly labelled French potatoes, using a Bord Bia quality logo that can only be used on potatoes grown in Ireland. read more

Spaniards are increasingly concerned about taking care of their diet by choosing healthy products and, to acquire them, they are turning to the internet. This is one of the main findings of the study carried out by FITstore.es, a benchmark company in the e-commerce of healthy fit-food, which reveals how
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A new opening for Banco Fresco, the food retail chain specialising in fresh produce, which has chosen Garbagnate Milanese to continue its growth in Lombardy. The shop in Via Leonardo da Vinci, inaugurated yesterday in the presence of Mayor Davide Barletta, is the sixth store
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Almeria's pepper campaign is in its last phase with increasingly limited availability and high prices, while volumes grow in Murcia, which already has peppers of all colors available. The lower supply of early Dutch peppers means that Murcian exporters can expect a good campaign. read more

Freshuelva (The Association of Strawberry Producers and Exporters of Spain’s Huelva region) projects a 30% fall in strawberry output and a 25% smaller blueberry crop compared to the last campaign, owing to a “very difficult” season, including rising input costs and adverse weather
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"Considering our productive and commercial experience, we are hoping that old vineyards will not be replanted with new varieties, but rather renewed with traditional ones. The Italia grapes can in fact still lead to great satisfaction, provided that the quality levels respect the tradition of
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Times are running and besides talking about changing opening hours, wholesale markets also have to deal with online. Who said, in fact, that food centres have to be only physical? The turning point comes from Spain, where it was decided to create an
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Italy enters the last quarter of the strawberry campaign. A year which, as in other production areas of the Mediterranean Arc, was characterised by high temperatures. This situation did not affect the production and commercial development of Inspire, which belongs to the
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A decrease in selling prices was recorded on the onion market in Ukraine this week, EastFruit project analysts report. The main reason for the downward price trend was the massive supply of imported onions from Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands. According to the project’s daily
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The export season of walnuts from Ukraine in 2022 began with record lows, and prices for the walnut kernels in the Ukrainian market continue to disappoint producers and suppliers, EastFruit reports. read more

Although, as EastFruit previously reported, a short-term cold snap at the end of March does not pose a big threat to fruit growing in Moldova, some cases of damage have been recorded. Among them is damage caused by a storm wind to several greenhouses where strawberries are grown. read more

FEDEMCO has announced the appointment of Guillermo Arregui Ferrando as its new director. With a strong background in marketing, business development and proficiency in four languages, the appointment highlights the high standards and the new direction of the association. read more

The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value over the past year could still not be enough and the central bank may have to let it slide further. read more

On the occasion of the new Bimi® campaign, the Murcian countryside has welcomed a visit from communicators and journalists from all over Spain. The guests of honour were nutritionist and influencer Mario Ortiz, MasterChef Fabián León and healthy lifestyle influencer Anna Ribes. read more

The Signor Datterino project developed by Bayer through its Vegetables division was created with the aim of satisfying the growing consumer demand for quality in the production chain through one of the most widely used products in Italian cuisine: the date tomato. read more