“The French onion market should regain balance in August”
The French onion market finally seems to be recovering after months of shortage in supply. “The last quarter was particularly complicated at the French, European and global level, due to a

Lidl Portugal: Fruit and vegetables exports at 26,200 tonnes
Switzerland: Lidl announces management changes Lidl Switzerland has announced that its chief operating officer Christian Steimle is to step down from his role, succeeded by Benny Klein as of 1

Cucurbit variety trials set for August
A series of pumpkin, courgette and winter squash variety trials will be held this summer, the Outdoor Cucurbit Growers Group (OCGG) has confirmed. The trials will be held on Thursday 24 August at

Onion bubble: What will farmers do with all these onions from August onwards?
According to EastFruit analysts, many countries in the region have dramatically expanded the area under onions under the influence of record prices and strong demand for this crop in the markets

Fresh seminar webinar provides information for the safe assessment of fruit and vegetables
Fruit and vegetable products are always evolving after harvest: visibly and invisibly. Invisible attributes such as shelf life, defects inside the fruit, temperature damage and ripeness parameters

Egyptian onion exports to UK almost reach record high
Egypt shipped 19,400 tonnes of onions to the UK in the first nine months of the current MY 2022/23 (August-July). Such a volume has turned out to be almost record high for this period, but the

Onion bubble – what will farmers do with all these onions from August onwards?
According to EastFruit analysts, many countries in the region have dramatically expanded the area under onions under the influence of record prices and strong demand for this crop in the markets

“We have just finished our potato stocks one month ahead of schedule”
On a potato farm located north of Paris, the first new potatoes will be harvested at the beginning of August, and the last potato stocks from the previous campaign have just been sold. “We

Egypt will commence onion and citrus exports to Philippines and Uzbekistan on June 15
According to Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation El Sayed Al Qusseir, the nation will start exporting onions and citrus to the Philippines and Uzbekistan on June 15. Egyptian

Asparagus shortage in South Africa
South Africa has exported less from its traditional asparagus suppliers and there is a shortage of asparagus. On the Johannesburg municipal market's website an extremely low level of asparagus is

End of a good season for Egyptian carrots
The carrot growing season in Egypt ended on a high note, while the export campaign is still underway. The season was marked by good volumes and quality despite phytosanitary problems, according to

New basil variety helps indoor grower to differentiate
With basil being one of the most, if not the most, popular fresh herb that consumers want to cook with, one indoor grower is introducing a new basil product just in time for spring. Square Roots

German Fruit and Vegetables: "Now is the hour of the strawberries".
Domestic strawberries are being harvested again - for the time being from protected cultivation. But with mild temperatures and sufficient sunshine, the outdoor fruits should not be long in

HM.CLAUSE promotes its late pepper Hilarion F1
This is a red california pepper for late cycle (planting from 20 July to 10 August). It is very similar to Katión F1 but, unlike the latter, it provides high resistance to powdery mildew and

Ramiro Arnedo presents Serafina
This conference took place in Leonardo Castillo's farm, located between San Agustín and Solanillo. There, the attendees were able to see the appearance and weight of this new aubergine

Uzbekistan: cabbage producers suffered huge losses due to abnormal cold weather
The harvest of white cabbage in Uzbekistan was seriously affected due to the abnormal cold in Central Asia in January of this year. As a result, cabbage prices rose sharply, and the export volume

Uzbekistan: cabbage producers suffered huge losses due to abnormal cold weather
The harvest of white cabbage in Uzbekistan was seriously affected due to the abnormal cold in Central Asia in January of this year. As a result, cabbage prices rose sharply, and the export volume

NZ broccoli prices varying sharply as wet weather continues
As growers are faced with a poor growing season, making prices fluctuate, the price of a head of broccoli is about the same as a kilogram of potatoes and brown onions. A survey of the price of

Onion exports from Poland August-November 2021
The volume of onion exports from Poland in the 2021/2022 season (from August to November 2021) amounted to 45.6 thousand tonnes. This result is noticeably lower than the one from the previous

Potatoes hold their prices on the Polish market
Seasons with price increases between October and December are rare on the Polish potato market. The last time there was a clear upward trend was in October 2018. Previously, something like this

Foreign trade in potatoes in Poland in the season 2020/2021
The 2020/2021 season was historic for foreign trade in fresh edible potatoes in Poland. Why will this season go down in history? We write about this below, analysing CSO data on exports and

Onion exports from Poland in season 2020/2021
The volume of onion exports from Poland in the season 2020/2021 (from August to July) amounted to 146.5 thousand tonnes. This result is significantly weaker than that of the 2019/2020 season, when

What are the prices of onion in Poland?
It is known that the harvest of onion in 2021 will not be high, due to unfavourable agrometeorological conditions - both during the growing and harvest periods. CSO estimates put the harvest at

The green bean season is coming to an end in Poland
Domestic green beans are disappearing from the trade of large wholesalers in Poland. Soon, too, smaller-scale trade will come to an end. Until November, it will still be possible to buy it -

Greenhouse cucumbers at record high again in Poland
More or less since the second decade of August, the current season on the wholesale greenhouse cucumber market in Poland has started to look more and more like last year's season. This in