The price of onions will decrease with the new harvest in Ukraine
This year, farmers have significantly increased the area under onion cultivation, which will lead to a significant reduction in prices for this vegetable when the main harvest begins. This was

Vip, centralisation of sales promoted with flying colours
About six months have passed since VIP, the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives of the Vinschgau, embarked on a new strategy, centralising the marketing of the product. The time has

KRONEN: Customer Day on 28/29 September - Solutions for salad and O+G processing
After the last Customer Day 2021 was held exclusively online due to the pandemic, KRONEN GmbH is again inviting customers and interested parties in person to the Customer Day in Kehl am Rhein in

Bergamo Markets towards expansion
Bergamo's fruit and vegetable market is ready to change 'look'. A rationalisation of spaces is in fact planned for the structure in view of its expansion. The news is reported by L'Eco di Bergamo,

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 5 June
Italian apricots are on the market, with a high price range due to lower product availability, also due to the flooding in Emilia-Romagna. Quality and demand are pushing melon prices up. For

Violent cloudburst, 800 hectares of horticulture destroyed in the Caserta area
On Saturday, a violent cloudburst caused heavy damage in the Caserta area. As Meteoweb reports, around 800 hectares of tomato and other vegetable crops, as well as maize and wheat, went up in

"Business with greenhouse cucumbers is currently disastrous"
"There are currently still 14 to 15 pallets standing around with us that we cannot sell. We had similar problems in the weeks before. While the catering trade is looking for the cheapest possible

QS Academy: Live online seminar "Successfully carrying out incoming goods inspections".
What needs to be considered in the incoming inspection of fruit and vegetables? The QS Academy will focus on this question in the live online seminar on 05 July 2023. From 10 a.m. to around 12

For the first time, sweet cherries from Uzbekistan were delivered to Yekaterinburg by air
In addition, three trucks carrying sweet cherry, cherry, and peach went through customs control. Ural's customs officers inspected fresh fruits for defects and spoilage and sent them to the

Growers United celebrates 10th anniversary
On June 17, members and staff of Growers United will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a summer party. Growers United was founded in 2013 by a group of fruit vegetable growers with the aim of

Fruit and vegetable purchases down 8% in the first quarter
The trend in domestic consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables continued to be negative in the first quarter of this year, with purchases by Italian households standing at 1.27 million tonnes, a

Campero, the ox heart that adapts to multiple areas
Increasingly popular with the large-scale retail trade, the beefsteak tomato is a key product for some Italian regions, such as Sardinia. And it is precisely on expanding the options for this

"Fruit and vegetable exports to overseas markets picking up well; we meet that need alongside local production"
Fruit and vegetable exports to overseas markets like the Middle East, Singapore, and Hong Kong are picking up nicely. That is according to Ruud Krul of the Dutch company Freshclusive. "It's more

Hand-picked green beans from Mexico available year-round
While Peakopia brings many different fruit and vegetable varieties to market, green beans are the company’s main product. “We offer two types, light and dark, and they are grown year-round in

MAF RODA launches the Fast Pack Peach robot on the market
The business group has spent years innovating and developing robotics systems to automate packaging tasks in fruit and vegetable warehouses. Robotics is one of the group's six main lines of

U.S. officials seize $38 million worth of methamphetamine in kale shipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility seized $38 million worth of methamphetamine within a shipment of kale. On Saturday, at approximately

Organic islands, Almaverde Bio's winning formula
The experience of the Almaverde Bio Islands is a clear example of success in Italy and a model to follow. "The Islands are personalised spaces in the heart of the fruit and vegetable departments

VIetnam: Industry experts forecast fruit and vegetable exports will continue to soar
Industry experts forecast that the export of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables will continue to soar. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), fruits and vegetables

QS Academy: Live online seminar "Maintaining quality of fruit and vegetables in the warehouse".
What needs to be considered when storing fruit and vegetables? The QS Academy will answer these and other questions in the live online seminar on 28 June 2023. Participants will learn interesting

WARNING: reported corporate identity theft against EUROFRUT S.p.A.
All fruit and vegetable market operators are warned that unidentified individuals are making attempts to establish contacts with producing companies, including those overseas, to request purchases