Rain and hail for the start of the French apricot campaign
The first French apricots were harvested around May 15th, but the weather conditions have severely affected the start of the season. After a long period of drought, a strong storm and rainfall

Nottinghamshire strawberry grower stops production due to labor troubles
Starkey's Fruit, near Southwell, in Nottinghamshire, has been producing soft fruits for 75 years. In recent years, it was growing about 800 tons of soft fruit in polytunnels. But now, rising costs

Strongest sales growth in Croatia: Metro Cash & Carry
All roads lead to Romaine as new lettuce lines land on SPAR shelves

16 tons of infected strawberries from Serbia were not allowed into the Kaliningrad region in Russia
Employees of the regional administration of agricultural supervision discovered a dangerous quarantine pest in a batch of strawberries from Serbia, according to the department's press service. 16

Tajikistan is expecting a record onion harvest this year
The export of early-harvest agricultural products from Tajikistan has started, including onions. The export of early onions to Kazakhstan has already reached a volume of approximately 200

BMEL: Model region competition "Ernährungswende in der Region" launched
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has launched the model region competition "Ernährungswende in der Region". Cities, municipalities and rural districts, as well as social

Robust export season expected for Canadian cherries
British Columbia experienced warm weather during cherry bloom. “One morning, the trees started blooming and by the next day, we were at 100 percent bloom,” says Julie McLachlan with Jealous

Uzbekistan: assortment of imported exotics and local fruits and berries continues to expand (video)
EastFruit experts draw attention to the growing assortment of fruits on the shelves of supermarkets in the capital of Uzbekistan, the city of Tashkent. The growing income level of the population

"Consumption of traditional Galia melons will increase exponentially over the next few years"
"The development of traditional Galia melon crops was optimal up until mid-May. The temperature was good and conditions were favorable for flowering, fruit set, and fruit development. However, in

VSSE: Optimal weather for summer strawberry enjoyment
The strawberry season is in full swing all over Germany. While the harvest in the high tunnels in the south and west is already over and coming to an end in the other areas, farms all over Germany

"Due to the high water and floods in Italy, some organic crops were lost"
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

American cherries go on the market, mangosteen arrives and the market declines
American cherries have arrived in the market this week; Vietnamese durians and Thai mangosteens have dropped in price as the arrivals increased; in addition, seasonal domestic fruits such as

“We must continue to support French production”
In 2023, Kultive embarked on an ambitious project: growing French mushrooms to meet a real demand in a sector mainly represented by imported products. Despite a few necessary adaptations common to

Not all fruits are visible to a fruit picking robot

"Removing pathogens from tomato storage is crucial for shelf-life"
The Hungarian company Nemeskert Kft. operates greenhouses encompassing 13 hectares, powered by geothermal energy. With 9 hectares dedicated to tomato cultivation, the company yields an impressive

"Subdued early potato volumes are marketed at persistently high prices"
The marketing of table potatoes and onions produced in the previous season is now also in the final spurt in the Free State of Bavaria. "German onions in the pack calibers 50-70 and 70-90 are

Ventilated fruit unit packs. Why do they save energy?
Plastic wrappers increasingly have various types of patented ventilation system. Such solutions are proving particularly important in the case of packaging that is sealed by sticking film or

China blows a fresh breeze into South African pear industry
The start of the topfruit season wasn’t auspicious but, as poorly as it had started, it could be heading to a strong run for South African pears. Marketing the early Williams or BC crop was

Chile: "New water law will stop expansion of fruit industry".
Chile's government's planned changes to the water law will adversely affect the country's fruit sector and remove incentives for the construction of new irrigation infrastructure at larger farms,

Week 20, fruit and vegetables in the negative and the gap with Lcc widens
In week number twenty, fruit and vegetables by imposed weight show a setback in large-scale retail sales, and the gap with LCC performance increases. This time the main culprit is classic modern

Kazakhstan is buying fruits from Peru and the Netherlands
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

"This year we sold three tons of tomatoes we produced ourselves"
Organic farmer Michael Boyer produces organic vegetables at three locations in and around Göttingen, most of which he markets in his own specialty store in Göttingen's Ostviertel district. The

Peru: Introduce new mango varieties to serve new destinations such as Asia
In the 2022/23 season, the Andean country exported 252,000 tonnes of mangoes, an increase of 7.23%, agraria.pe refers to APEM managing director Juan Carlos Rivera Ortega. "This is another record