In it, farmers from all over Germany explain how they see themselves and what measures they are taking to help solve future issues on their farms and in sector organisations. In the coming weeks and months, the topics to be addressed will include
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In outdoor cultivation, frost has damaged O+G, affecting not only currently grown winter vegetables such as spinach, beetroot, cabbage varieties and broccoli, but also citrus fruits that are ripe and in the middle of harvest, as well as bees, which were able to stay for a long time due to the previous warm days.
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The results confirm the assumption that consumers have cut back on their O+G purchases overall, the report continues. Around 20% of those surveyed stated that they had reduced the amount they bought - especially when it came to frozen or tinned goods. However, the picture was not so bleak for loose
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An important assist for Italian producers comes from Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, which is back in the field with its new catalogue for processing tomatoes to consolidate its market position in one of the most important sectors in the Made in Italy agri-food panorama and does so thanks to
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In the MY 2022/23, Egypt achieved a remarkable milestone by exporting a record volume of oranges to Spain, multiplying its exports manifold, as reported by EastFruit. This feat allowed Egypt to ascend to the premier position among orange suppliers to Spain for the first time. read more

The new national kiwi harvest is underway, while the Italian persimmon harvest is coming to an end. Radicchio from Veneto is in full campaign. Demand is still low for clementines while it is high for apples, which have run out of stock, and for Sicilian Navelina oranges.
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The Sady Dnipra company was the first Ukrainian company to develop an offer of apples custom-designed for the market of Uzbekistan. read more

France is in the midst of a farming crisis thanks to national inflation, which has pushed up the price of potatoes and many potato-based products. The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), a French government agency, recently found that potato produce prices have soared
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The strategic plans of the CAP 2023-2027, which are very much focused on the environment, and agricultural policies in the EU were the main topic of conversation during the second day of the International Congress of Producers' Organizations ICOP 2023, held in Almeria. Kristine Bori, from DG
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Polish truckers and farmers are staging an around-the-clock blockade of the southeastern Medyka crossing. This has resulted in lorries lining up at the Poland-Ukraine border. This blockade has significantly complicated the delivery of imported products from Europe, the priority of retail chains
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Ageon Srl, a leader in soilless crops for 30 years, shares with IFN readers research done in Germany on the spread of the ToBRFV quarantine virus that has been threatening crops across Europe for years. read more

The Hass avocado harvest will begin soon in Andalusia and the Valencian Community, but their situations are very different. Avocado producers in Malaga, which concentrates 40.1% of the total avocado area in Spain, are concerned about the drought, which has forced the approval of restrictions
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In week 46, the average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin America stood at €134/100 kgs in Germany. read more

Belgium: New Spar Colruyt Group in Kermt opens on November 30 read more

Casalasco S.p.A., Italy's first integrated processing tomato chain, has signed an agreement to acquire 70% of De Martino s.r.l., a historic trading company specialising in the marketing of Italian canned foodstuffs worldwide, with the aim of strengthening its
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Poland has been attempting to get its apples to Indonesia. It will likely have the maiden export next year. According to Jacek Kolomyjec, the Jakarta bureau chief at the Polish Investment & Trade Agency, Poland had been in talks with the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry on the apple export
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ASAJA-Almería has verified the excellent quality of the poinsettias marketed by the province, to decorate millions of homes in Spain this Christmas, during a visit to several seedbeds of ornamental plants distributed by the Levante and Poniente Almeriense. read more

Egyptian exporters are gearing up for the citrus season, which officially begins on December 15, but it remains unclear how prices will compare to last season. Mahmoud Esawy, export manager at Al Wessam Company for Agri Crops, shares his insights. read more

The French statistics service Agreste reports that the Guyot variety is particularly striking with -32%. Autumn and winter varieties, on the other hand, are unchanged compared to 2022, it continues, despite drought and high temperatures in summer.  read more

Powdery mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha) has again caused increasing problems in Switzerland in recent years. The fungus overwinters as mycelium in the buds. Infected buds sprout five to eight days later in spring than healthy buds and are easily recognisable by their mealy coating.
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