Yesterday, the Dutch Staay Food Group got its first shipment of grapes - the Black Magic variety - from Puglia in southern Italy. Buyer Sander Rutten visited those grape growers last week. Four growers cultivate grapes for the Staay house brand NERO Premium. They are all modern family businesses
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According to the first estimates made public today in Interpera, the international pear congress held in Lleida, the next pear harvest will be one of the lowest in the last 30 years with around 1,900,000 tonnes forecast. According to these initial estimates,
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If there is one duo that is particularly popular with producers of honeydew melons from the Ionian arc up to northern Italy, it is Tripudio F1 and Graffio F1, varieties of HM.Clause.The two types act as a link between the end of early Sicilian greenhouse production and the beginning of the
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The Moroccan-Tunisian group RioFresh, which specializes in supplying fresh produce to supermarkets, relocated part of its operations to Montenegro at the beginning of this year, announced Fatma Zramdini, the company's CEO. A few months into this venture, Zramdini looks back on the successes and
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Fresh Del Monte launches a range of Hpp (High Pressure Processing) juices on the Italian market without added sugar (almost a prerequisite for new products in the segment). High Pressure Cold Pressing preserves the nutritional qualities read more

On Monday, in the Netherlands, the Berrybrothers team began picking the new season's first blueberries. "The timing surprised us a bit. With the wet, dark March and April, we thought we'd start a little later this year. However, the past few weeks' beautiful weather accelerated everything. With
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In the melon market, supply dynamics and weather conditions have been influencing the availability and prices of various melon types across different regions. In the Netherlands, the supply of Spanish watermelons has seen a drastic decrease due to hailstorms that occurred in May, causing crop
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According to initial estimates released today at Interpera, the international pear congress held in Lleida, the forthcoming European pear harvest will be one of the smallest in the last 10 years, with a forecast around 1,900,000 tonnes. read more

According to first estimates released today at Interpera, the International Pear Congress in Lleida, the next pear harvest will be one of the lowest in the last 10 years, with around 1,900,000 tonnes expected.  read more

Austrian industrial vegetable supplier AMMA Import Export Ltd is seeking to recover damages of some €4.5 million owed by North Macedonia's agricultural company Dena Produkt Import Export Veles over failed contractual obligations and misappropriated funds. According to Austria's embassy in
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Spaniards spent 2.7% more on food in 2022, a year marked by inflation, although this did not translate into higher consumption, which fell by 7.1% in volume compared to 2021. read more

The Spanish Guardia Civil, aided by Europol, has dismantled a criminal network involved in the multi-ton trafficking of cocaine from South America to the EU. During various operations, 8 locations in Cádiz and Málaga were searched, 13 people were arrested, and seizures included: 6.5 tons of
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After low pressure "Lambert" caused massive damage in Germany, the damage is becoming more and more visible. In Hesse, for example, the storm with hail, storm and heavy rain moved mainly over Kassel and the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. In North Rhine-Westphalia it was mainly
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From July 1, 2023, a new decree banning selling unprocessed fruit and vegetables in plastic packages comes into force in France. So reports the Dutch Agroberichten Buitenland. This new regulation appeared on June 21 in the Journal Officiel (Government Gazette), six months after the Conseil
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Three and a half months before the start of Fruit Attraction, which celebrates its 15th anniversary from 3 to 5 October 2023, and in full marketing phase, the fair has already exceeded the total occupancy of the last edition with 58,700 m2. read more

According to a report by vilt.be, the Belgian Colruyt Group no longer wants to source its Charentais melons from France, but is starting a trial this year with the fruit from a Flemish greenhouse. A contract has been signed for the production with Tomeco, a
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Originally from Chile, elephant garlic is hardly found in Europe anymore. However, Robert Eder, managing director of Früchte Eder, has been offering the product at his company in Kirchham/Tutting for about five years. "A supplier from whom we mainly buy wine and Parmesan cheese introduced me to
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It is not customary to talk about this, but Polish fruit growers, on the one hand, demand to ban raspberry imports from Ukraine, but at the same time, they do not want Ukraine to ban imports of Polish fruits and other food products. At the time of signing the Association Agreement with the EU,
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Agricola Famosa, the world’s largest melon and watermelon grower and exporter from Brazil, will now have a guaranteed 12 month supply of melons to Europe. The company is also set to increase exports to Europe by between 10-15% next season. Carlo Porro, CEO of Agricola Famosa: “Right now,
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Luis Planas took part in the meeting of the Agricultural Insurance Quality Observatory, created in 2004, to monitor the measures being taken to improve the quality of the agricultural insurance system. read more