The global peach, nectarine and paraguayo markets are off to a good start in many countries, despite adverse weather in some growing regions. In the Netherlands, the Spanish stone fruit season started slowly, but peaches, nectarines, and paraguayos supplies gradually improved. read more

Although the total area under leaf lettuce has hardly changed in Germany in recent years, there have been considerable shifts within the range. In particular, lettuce areas have been greatly reduced, while lettuce hearts and hydroponic cultivation of
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The Alcobaça apples are grown on the shore of the coast of Nazaré, which is well known by surfers around the world for its giant waves. The Association of Producers of the Apple of Alcobaça will begin to market these Atlantic apples, which have been granted a PGI because of their
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With 218 votes in favor and 58 against, French MPs are asking Emmanuel Macron to tell the European Commission that they oppose the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement (FTA) if the countries of the South American trading bloc do not comply with European agricultural health regulations, as well as
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The bush berry campaign in Switzerland is nearing its peak. The strawberry market seems to be recovering to some extent after weeks of volume pressure, while raspberries, blackberries and blueberries are successively hitting the market. Martin Egger (r), berry salesman at Tobi Seeobst AG, spoke
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Zerbinati, Italy's leading producer of fresh vegetables and tasty ready meals, is expanding its line of vegetable burgers - which now also includes four references from the 'Crock' line - by launching the new Burger'Z: three recipes inspired by
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The paradox of the situation is that when in Spain there was not even a hint of rain in April and May and drought was becoming the protagonist of the crops, in the main European seed potato producing countries, mainly the Netherlands and Germany, the
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On June 4, Sharip Sharipov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Dagestan, visited the southern regions of the republic. He got acquainted with the work on increasing the area of pear orchards. read more

June 2023, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Kirov Region, the Udmurt Republic, and the Perm Territory installed 780 sticky traps in the greenhouses of JSC TK Zavyalovsky, LLC DCC, Flowers of Udmurtia, Lilia and IP Head of the KFH Nelyubin V.V., which are manufacturers of flower and
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According to data from the World Trade Organization (WTO), Mexico displaced Spain as the world's leading exporter of strawberries. read more

The bad weather continues to affect the Bel Paese - an official estimate of the damage is still pending. In Emilia-Romagna in particular, May will certainly not be seen as a pre-summer blissful month, but rather due to the devastation caused by the floods and subsequent storms in
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OneThird, a food tech company created to address the annual loss of one-third of all food produced due to spoilage, today announced the deployment of its AI-powered scanner technology in the supply chain of Bakker Barendrecht, part of Greenyard and the sole supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables
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We are at the dawn of the 2023 table grape campaign and already there has been no shortage of challenges, especially those related to the weather, which has severely tested the vineyards of Southern Italy. So much rain during the swelling phase of the bunches has exacerbated several problems related to the
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Its proximity to France, its logistics and its state-of-the-art facilities make the Mercabarna Central Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Complementary Activities Zone, known as ZAC, the main potato trading centre in Spain. Around 400,000
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Yesterday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law establishing a state aid scheme for agricultural producers of vegetables, fruits and potatoes for a period of three years. The scheme consists of granting support in the form of a grant, for a period of three years, worth
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This corresponds roughly to the area of the city of Dortmund. According to Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen, the state's statistical office, North Rhine-Westphalia had the largest area of open-air vegetable cultivation in Germany in 2022 (Germany: 125,200 ha). read more

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Despite the challenging market environment, Edeka Nord can look back on a respectable financial year 2022. Edeka Nord's consolidated sales were around 3.73 billion euros. "The Russian invasion of Ukraine in particular affected us and the entire industry in 2022. In this challenging
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For most, it will be a year to forget for cherries. The campaign was undermined by bad weather, especially the more precocious and medium varieties, but demand is holding up despite unprecedented prices. To take stock from Emilia-Romagna, we spoke with Cristian
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Spanish apricots dominated and were most likely flanked by Italians. Unloadings from France complemented. From Turkey came, on the one hand Matador; on the other hand the first sugar apricots also arrived, which cost € 25 per 10 kg in Hamburg and € 4 per kg in Berlin. Overall, availability
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