Austria may pay farmers 120 million euros
The European Commission has approved an Austrian aid scheme worth around €120 million to support agriculture and aquaculture in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine. The Netherlands is

Courgette prices fall below 30 cents
Translator With the inflationary crisis registered during the current season, everything has been a continuous increase in production costs in agriculture and livestock farming. This situation

Strawberries, cherries and apricots: new resources for mountain agriculture
Now more than ever before, mountain agriculture in South Tyrol is faced with the challenge of producing foodstuffs that stand out on the market thanks to their quality and the guarantee of

Almeria's organic farming sector suffers selective and "unjustified" aid cuts
Translator Translator After the publication of the Bases Reguladoras de las Ayudas Agroambientales de la Consejería de Agricultura de la Junta de Andalucía, published on 3 April, the technical

Nick: "Better operating results let many farms breathe a sigh of relief".
The average income of farms developed significantly positively in the 2021/22 marketing year. The partly strong profit increase was recorded by enterprises of almost all farm types - from arable

"Unusual asparagus demand results in one of the busiest Easters ever"
The Belgian company, Tino's Fruit, has had a few, exceptionally hectic, weeks. "I think we had one of the busiest Easters ever," says business manager Geert Baecke. "The weather was beautiful,

Promising campaign for Zambana asparagus
It is white, delicate and slender. It is the Zambana asparagus, a niche product that has been growing in the Valle Dell'Adige for over two hundred years, where it is cultivated using traditional

"People will continue to talk about us for a long time, even if the city of Düsseldorf no longer operates a wholesale market"
For several years now, what will happen to the Düsseldorf wholesale market after 2024 has been up for debate. Roland Tolls (on the right in the picture), a board member of the Düsseldorf

Bio Action Plan presented
'The second round table on organic farming was held at Masaf, at which the Organic Action Plan was presented, a very important tool that we have been waiting for for years to give a political

'Asparagus sales mostly didn't get the momentum we were hoping for until the second half of the week'
The presence of domestic offerings, as well as interest, fluctuated throughout the week. However, despite more difficult and reduced domestic cultivation, Holy Week ended quite satisfactorily,

A weather-related trend for Italian organic asparagus
The weather is seriously affecting asparagus cultivation in the province of Foggia, Apulia. The tail end of a winter that is still harsh on Italy - as the weather is expected to worsen next

Bedmar's white asparagus from Jaén has a new marketer
The president of the Provincial Council of Jaén, Francisco Reyes, and the mayor of Bedmar and Garcíez, Pablo Ruiz, visited the Colmena Verde company, which is dedicated to the marketing of fruit

Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Minister of Food Michaela Kaniber open Bavarian asparagus season
With a symbolic first asparagus cut, Minister President Dr Markus Söder and Minister of Food Michaela Kaniber officially opened this year's Bavarian asparagus season together with the Franconian

Polityce rolnej post-CAP "brakuje naukowego rygoru
Jak powiedziałem w moim 2023 Annual Edith Mary Gayton lecture na Reading University, jestem coraz bardziej zaniepokojony brakiem naukowego rygoru lub testowania presji, która poszła do

Scottish asparagus four weeks earlier than last year
The first asparagus was cut on 21st March this year at Scottish grower Denhead Farms in Coupar Angus. This was a whole 4 weeks earlier than last year. “This was the first year of commercial

Сельскохозяйственной политике, проводимой после CAP, "не хватает научной обоснованности
Как я уже говорил в своей ежегодной лекции Эдит Мэри Гейтон в Университете Рединга в 2023 году, меня все

This week in Fruchthandel Magazine: Logistics, Asparagus, Overseas

Minister President Dr Markus Söder and Minister of Food Michaela Kaniber open Bavarian asparagus season
With a symbolic first asparagus cut, Minister President Dr Markus Söder and Minister of Food Michaela Kaniber officially opened this year's Bavarian asparagus season together with the Franconian

Post-CAP farming policies ‘lack scientific rigour’
As I said in my 2023 Annual Edith Mary Gayton lecture at Reading University, I am increasingly concerned at the lack of scientific rigour or pressure-testing that has gone into the

DBV: Interest in organic conversion in German agriculture falls from 20 percent to eleven percent
According to the annual special question on organic conversion interest within the framework of the economic barometer of the German Farmers' Association (DBV), around 11 % of German farmers were

Future Crops’ equipment to be auctioned
All equipment belonging to vertical farming group Future Crops is being auctioned through the Troostwijk Auctions platform, it has been announced, after the Poeldijk-based producer was declared

DBV: Asparagus season has begun - Origin labelling also for processed O+G
"Asparagus and spring simply belong together - and with rising temperatures around Easter, the vegetable grows and so does the desire for the first fresh German asparagus," says Joachim Rukwied,

LEAF ogłasza nowego CEO
Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) ogłosił dziś (12 kwietnia) nominację Davida Webstera jako swojego nowego dyrektora naczelnego. Webster obejmie stanowisko we wrześniu 2023 roku,

Five Barrel Brewing zapowiada specjalną edycję piwa ziemniaczanego "Spud
Mając nadzieję na huczne rozpoczęcie Robertson Potato Festival, Wollongong-based Five Barrel Brewing ogłosił specjalną edycję ziemniaczanego piwa musującego. 'Spud Sparkling Ale' jest

"Belgian asparagus production should be in full swing by week 17"
With the first snip, the Flemish Agricultural Minister, Jo Brouns, officially started the Belgian asparagus season last week. That, and Easter being over, however, does not mean that the "white