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South Africa’s table grape industry organization, Sati, has expressed satisfaction with the early outcomes of this year’s promotional campaign in Vietnam and China.
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An early start for Portuguese apricots
2024-05-17 17:00
Hailstorms in northern Portugal have caused a slight decrease in apricot volumes this year for Granfer, the country's top stone fruit producer. However, the harvest in Alentejo, another key production area further south, is progressing well, as reported by the head of commerce.
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The first shipment of South African clementines for the new season has arrived in the US.
2024-05-17 15:00
Pierwsze mandarynki z południowoafrykańskiego sezonu cytrusowego w 2024 roku pojawią się w sklepach detalicznych w USA od przyszłego tygodnia, gdy rozpocznie się sezon eksportowy.
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Lidl Austria: "Living Wage Bananas" project guarantees living wages in the banana supply chain.
2024-05-17 11:00
Together with the producers, suppliers, and partners FLOCERT and IDH, a pioneering system was developed as part of the Lidl project "Living Wage" to ensure that the necessary price premium is in place to close the wage gap towards a living wage for Lidl's share.
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Eksport awokado Hass z Kolumbii do USA ma wynieść w tym roku 50 milionów funtów, co oznacza wzrost o 50 procent w porównaniu z 32 milionami funtów wysłanymi w 2023 roku - takie dane podała Kolumbijska Rada Awokado.
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Zespri destroys over a million trays of kiwis.
2024-05-17 10:00
Jason Te Brake, Chief Operating Officer, said that Zespri had examined 2,600 (54%) of the pallets. Zespri even sent employees to Belgium to address the situation and enlisted external food safety experts.
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In the amended plant protection regulation, it no longer matters who brings the potatoes into contact with surface water.
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Fertilizing blueberries should be adjusted to the condition of the plants in a particular plantation.
2024-05-17 00:00
Many highbush blueberry plantations in Poland were severely affected by the frost in April and May, which in some places could rather be called freezes. However, there are regions or plantations where the situation allows for a hopeful outlook
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SPP "Enogray" in Kherson is scheduled to start its sweet cherry harvest in late May. This year's crop has been notably affected by fluctuating temperatures, causing poor fruit sets for varieties that bloomed in colder weather. The yield for this season is expected to be only slightly.
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The impact of May frosts on Ukraine's blueberry and raspberry crops.
2024-05-17 00:00
EastFruit's analysts are currently assessing the damage caused to fruit and vegetable crops by recent frost events in Ukraine. For a summary of the preliminary evaluation, please see the first section of our report. It is important to note that starting from May 9th this year, nighttime temperatures
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AlgarOrange, the premier association of citrus fruit producers in Portugal, announced a 4.5% growth in citrus fruit sales, totaling more than 42 million kilograms during the first half of the ongoing season. This period, from September 2023 to February 2024, experienced a notable surge in sales.
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Orange for Agricultural Crops is an Egyptian company that is a part of the Ali Salam and Sons Group. It operates three packhouses and three production lines. The group also owns a package manufacturing business that produces the company's boxes, which are made from reusable plastics. "Our main market is..."
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On May 2, 2024, Turkey announced a ban on all trade with Israel due to the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in Gaza. According to the Turkish Minister of Trade, the ban will be lifted when a sufficient flow of humanitarian aid is ensured into Gaza. As a result of the ban, the Israeli government is...
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Citrus container volumes loaded from Maputo are expected to significantly increase this year, according to Dawie Scholtz from logistics operator LBH Mozambique. Citrus has already been exported through Maputo for several weeks, and many more containers are expected to pass through their gates for good reason.
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A new 8,000-ton vegetable storage facility has been inaugurated in the Russian Far East.
2024-05-17 00:00
W Buryatii została otwarta nowa hala magazynowa warzyw o pojemności 8000 ton. Ten obiekt, jedna z największych w rosyjskim Dalekim Wschodzie, został utworzony przez wiodącą regionalną firmę rolniczą "Garantia-2", która od dawna jest prominentnym producentem ziemniaków i warzyw.
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In the Chelyabinsk region, the first 40.8 tonnes of fresh cherries from Uzbekistan were received on May 13-14, 2024. Since the beginning of 2024, Rosselkhoznadzor has already inspected 356 tonnes of kiwi from Iran, 23.2 tonnes of strawberries from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and 16.5 tonnes of ...
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"Uprawiamy wiele różnych odmian wiśni, aby przedłużyć nasz sezon" "We cultivate a wide variety of cherries to prolong our season"
2024-05-17 00:00
The Bulgarian cherry season typically begins around the 7th or 8th of May and lasts until mid-July, although this timeframe can vary based on the region. Diva Agro is located in central Bulgaria, 25 km from Stara Zagora. The company harvested their first cherry crop in 2016 and currently cultivate cherries on 40 hectares of land. The season usually runs from May until mid-July.
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On May 13th, the International Working Group on Peronospora in spinach (IWGP) named a new strain of spinach downy mildew (Peronospora effusa): the strain RZ2331B has been officially designated as Pe: 20. Rijk Zwaan's spinach program already has a range of varieties.
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The global market overview of pineapples
2024-05-17 00:00
The warmer weather in tropical countries in the Caribbean and South America has caused a decrease in pineapple production since the beginning of the year. In Panama, the combination of warm weather and an ongoing drought has had a negative impact on pineapple production, resulting in lower yields.
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Monkeys are threatening a pineapple farm.
2024-05-17 00:00
Devon Slater, a farmer in Orange Hill, Barbados, is facing substantial financial losses because monkeys are raiding his pineapple farm. Despite six years of incident-free farming, the primates have begun attacking his crop, eating or damaging several fruits each day. Experts recommend the
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