Organic eggplants can be found year-round at the Karl Eschenbach GmbH company, managing director Mariano Thanner tells us. He sources the product from Germany and Spain, although at present he offers mainly goods from Italy. "Prices are much higher than last year. This is mainly due to the
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In the first quarter of this year, Kazakhstan purchased nearly 133,000 tons of fruit, which is 1.2% less than in the same period last year. The most imported fruits were mandarins, to 27.7 thousand tons (+36.2%). Pakistan, China, and Turkey were the main supplier countries. read more

According to an analysis carried out by Confidencial Digital based on the products marketed in Mercamadrid, Spain's biggest wholesale market and a reference in Europe, this market went from selling 3,075,105 kilos of avocado in 2012 to 45,885,295 kilos last year. This means that avocado
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It’s been a solid season for Greek kiwifruit in the Indian market, says Saurabh Tanwar of Indian fruit importer Fruitways: “The Greek kiwi has proven to be the most important origin for the Indian consumer. As per the data of April 2023, the Greek kiwi took the second place in terms of
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Distinctiveness in a sign can be played with the information card, bringing together health, sustainability and cooking content. It is called Nutritionists among trolleys the proposal made to retail by the Italian Association of Nutritionists in the Kitchen (Ainc), which
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Over the last ten years, citrus fruit consumption has fallen significantly both in Spain and at a European level. The data - reported by interempresas.net - are those released by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, which also identified individual product trends
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Since the beginning of this year, 180 tons of apricots, nectarines, peaches, and plums have arrived in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation from abroad, according to the regional office of the Department of Agricultural Supervision. read more

"The bell pepper season has gotten off to a great start in terms of quality and price," says Marco Bergman of Harvest House. "The demand has generally been good since the first day of harvesting, partly due to shortages in Spain caused by the weather conditions and also because we ourselves came
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Experts claim that changing weather patterns are hurting potato growth in Northern Ireland. Long periods of dry weather at present could affect crop yields later in the summer. A dry February allowed farmers to plant their early crops and rainfall that arrived later in the year has enabled
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In May 2023, organic apple stocks were reduced by 735 t; at the end of the month, around 950 t of organic apples were still in storage. The reduction corresponds roughly to that of May 2021; in May of the previous year, only 437 t were sold. However, this is due to the fact that last year, the
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The famous Melitopil cherry (Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine) has not yet matured, and the Russian invaders already have grandiose plans for it, writes Zprz.City. read more

Vilmorin-Mikado is one of the companies that has been working on interspecific tomato rootstocks for the longest time. It started in this segment in 2008 in Spain and is currently one of the market leaders. Currently, the company is in the midst of a phase of change, and
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Almost all major onion producing countries in Europe have reduced their plantings. Spain is estimated to have gone from 1.567 million tonnes to 1.198 million tonnes, while the Netherlands has gone from 1.768 million tonnes to 1.494 million tonnes. Overall, the European harvest
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Northern Ireland potato grower Wilson Country plans to start harvesting its Comber Earlies next week, with first arrivals hitting Tesco NI stores from 7 June. read more

The major production company Amplus celebrated in 2022 30 years and keeps enjoying a growing demand for Polish produce. The group produces on a large scale berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries), tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, lettuces are the main varieties produced. It also
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The causes of this situation are the weather conditions in the main producing areas: in Italy due to heavy flooding in the Emilia Romagna region and in Spain due to water restrictions in Catalonia and Aragon, regions that provide more than 80% of the world's water supply.
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In the case of cherries, the situation is compromised, while problems for apricots are limited to the early segment; for the medium and medium-late crops, however, yields should meet quality requirements. This is a snapshot of the situation provided by Vincenzo Finelli, director of Italy's
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At the end of May, the stock level of 9,131 t is 9,161 t below the level from 2022 (18,292 t) and 5,821 t below the level from 2021 (14,952 t). As was to be expected, the total stock level is at a very low level and is just sufficient until the free import phase from 15 June 2023, report
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The experience of the Almaverde Bio Islands is a clear example of success in Italy and a model to follow. read more

The market was virtually empty when the first Sicilian grapes arrived at Zoutewelle in the Netherlands two weeks ago. "The overseas season, including that of seedless grapes, was a done deal. Egypt had yet to start, so those Italian grapes arrived at just the right time," Bertus Schipper says. read more