Times are running and besides talking about changing opening hours, wholesale markets also have to deal with online. Who said, in fact, that food centres have to be only physical? The turning point comes from Spain, where it was decided to create an
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Italy enters the last quarter of the strawberry campaign. A year which, as in other production areas of the Mediterranean Arc, was characterised by high temperatures. This situation did not affect the production and commercial development of Inspire, which belongs to the
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A decrease in selling prices was recorded on the onion market in Ukraine this week, EastFruit project analysts report. The main reason for the downward price trend was the massive supply of imported onions from Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands. According to the project’s daily
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The export season of walnuts from Ukraine in 2022 began with record lows, and prices for the walnut kernels in the Ukrainian market continue to disappoint producers and suppliers, EastFruit reports. read more

Although, as EastFruit previously reported, a short-term cold snap at the end of March does not pose a big threat to fruit growing in Moldova, some cases of damage have been recorded. Among them is damage caused by a storm wind to several greenhouses where strawberries are grown. read more

FEDEMCO has announced the appointment of Guillermo Arregui Ferrando as its new director. With a strong background in marketing, business development and proficiency in four languages, the appointment highlights the high standards and the new direction of the association. read more

The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value over the past year could still not be enough and the central bank may have to let it slide further. read more

On the occasion of the new Bimi® campaign, the Murcian countryside has welcomed a visit from communicators and journalists from all over Spain. The guests of honour were nutritionist and influencer Mario Ortiz, MasterChef Fabián León and healthy lifestyle influencer Anna Ribes. read more

The Signor Datterino project developed by Bayer through its Vegetables division was created with the aim of satisfying the growing consumer demand for quality in the production chain through one of the most widely used products in Italian cuisine: the date tomato. read more

Paolo Bruni, president of CSO Italy, and Adriano Aldrovandi, president of AOP UNAPera (in the opening photo), spoke this morning at the conference 'Fruit Growing: the point of the situation' held at Cibus Connect in Parma on the initiative of Coldiretti Emilia Romagna, together with
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Home consumption remains buoyant and demand for peeling stock is reported to be picking up. Current weather conditions are wreaking havoc and no ground work has taken place for the last few weeks as a result. Over double the amount of rainfall has fallen in March 2023 vs March 2022. It is
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The new Cosmic Crisp® season has begun, which sees the VOG and VIP Consortia from South Tyrol involved in marketing in Italy, Spain, Germany and other European countries. Thanks to the incorporation of the new apple orchards into production, the celestial apple is now reaching the
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Since spring 2021, the strawberry variety 'Rendezvous' from the house of Hansabred can be found in cultivation. It is already successfully produced in the Rhineland as well as in southern Germany, but also in the entire federal region, as well as in Austria, Eastern Europe, and the Benelux
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From 3 to 7 April, the delegation will be hosted by Abulkhair Tamabek, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan. Bouke Arends, mayor of the municipality of Westland, says: "On behalf of the municipality of Westland, it is an honour to be the first Dutch mayor to receive
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Yesterday, the Moerdijk Port Authority announced the second company to be part of the new Logistics Park Moerdijk (LPM) in the Netherlands. Lidl signed on to develop a distribution center (DC) of more than 200,000 m2 on a 35-hectare plot. The supermarket chain already has several logistics
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Votech announced today the grand opening of their newly expanded manufacturing facility and company headquarters in Reusel, The Netherlands. This marks the completed integration of two renowned players in the packaging industry, Fischbein International and Votech, who came together in 2021
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Trading and purchasing activity in the table beet market in Ukraine has been quite stable in March. However, the situation in the segment changed dramatically at the beginning of this week, and the demand fell noticeably, EastFruit project analysts report. read more

Italy is entering the final stretch of its strawberry season. A year that, as in other producing areas of the Mediterranean Arc, has been marked by high temperatures. This situation has not affected the productive and commercial development of Inspire, which is part of the programme
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As in previous weeks, domestic Elstar, Jonagold, Royal Gala and Braeburn from the domestic CA warehouses dominated the market. Boskoop and Pinova followed in terms of importance, while Wellant and other club varieties reduced their presence somewhat. Italy, according to BLE, primarily sent over
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In March 2023, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) asked people in Germany in a representative survey about their preferences in dealing with used packaging, the topic of reusable packaging and their assessment of the environmental footprint of packaging compared to the
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