Despite a later harvest, the coloration of some apple varieties will be less intense than usual, says Jakub Krawczyk, export manager for Polish apple exporter Appolonia: “Harvesting of apples started a little later in Poland, because we had some hot days and warm nights. This resulted in a
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Piedmont has a record: it is the region with the largest area under medicinal plants in Italy. There are more than 600 hectares, with Piedmontese mint leading the way in a widespread supply chain of herbs and derivatives that involves several districts in the region. On Friday 27 October, a meeting in
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In the Netherlands, most organic onions are still in the ground, and looking ahead, Green Organics' Robbert Blok expects below-average yields. "Organic onion acreage has remained fairly stable, but we had quite an unusual growing season. Yields will, thus, not be great in the Netherlands or the
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Changes are coming for the tomato processing market, an industry in which Italy ranks third in the world after the USA and China; read more

Many Hungarian apple growers are complaining that they did not reach the average harvest this year because of the cooler and wetter than average spring months. Apples are grown on 45,000 hectares in the country, including 250 hectares in Tolna County. Forecasts predict a moderate apple harvest
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As global orange production shifts from the Southern Hemisphere to the North, the market is characterised by high prices in many countries. In the Netherlands, the transition from an expensive South African season to the arrival of Spanish oranges has impacted pricing. Germany continues to
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In week 43, Ottobrunn-based ExPa-Frucht Ltd will start the new Greek kiwi season. From week 44, the import company expects the first larger volumes of Hayward kiwifruit from Greece. "We expect an average harvest volume and relatively less small-sized fruit (caliber 36/42), which are usually well
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"This is an important milestone for us, given the facility construction in Fauske just began this spring. Back then, we sowed the seeds for watercress, radish, broccoli, and borage, which we have been delivering to clients ever since six days ago," says Marius Johansen, Founder and Co-owner of
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The Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG) today demanded severe sanctions against the French government and the perpetrators of this morning's violence against lorries carrying agricultural products from Spain. read more

Marni Fruit warns colleagues in the fruit and vegetable sector about fraudulent trading under the name France Distribution SAS. "A person posing as Remi Allard places orders under this false name. He uses this email signature: read more

The international analytical platformEastFruit reports that Egypt’s exports of vegetables and fruits declined by 5 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively, during the first week of October compared to the last week of September. read more

With demand for citrus, especially oranges, currently high in Saudi Arabia, Global Star Group is gearing up for the kick-off of the citrus season in Egypt and Spain, major suppliers to the Gulf country. read more

The combination of knowledge on the organoleptic qualities of produce and an increasingly developed know-how enabled PND, a leading company in the manufacture of fruit processing machinery, to design PEARL6, a brand new pear peeling machine. FreshPlaza has talked about it with Virginia Cascella,
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'We don't want to lower the pear flag'. read more

Coralis, a consortium that brings together a number of Italian companies in the small organised distribution sector, is a member of Federdistribuzione, the association that for over sixty years has brought together and represented modern distribution companies, both food and non-food, operating in Italy. Consortium
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The area of organic lemon grown in Spain under the guarantee of the European model reached 11,509 hectares in 2022, an increase of 574% in 10 years compared to 2012. As for organic grapefruit, its surface area has grown by 418% since 2012, currently reaching 685 hectares.
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The launch of Agoralimdirect.fr, the new virtual marketplace for fresh produce in the Île-de-France region, lays the foundations for tomorrow’s food distribution, according to Stéphane Layani, president of Paris’s Rungis International Market, initiator of the Agoralim project. read more

Last year, RIVOIRA GROUP signed a worldwide license from NKP (New Kiwi Plant) for 2 sweet yellow kiwi varieties owned by the University of Udine (Italy). Today, at last, the brand name under which these yellow kiwis will be marketed has been unveiled. read more