'Apricots, frost has burnt up to 80 per cent of the fruit'
Over the past few nights, frost has made itself felt on fruit and vegetable production in Emilia-Romagna. As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more), apricots and stone fruits in

The first Italian apricots make their debut on the market
We are not even in mid-April, the temperatures remind us of February, but Italian apricots are already beginning to peep into the market in Rome. In fact, for some years now, a small producer in

Huelva's berry campaign is one of the most complicated in living memory
According to the secretary general of Asaja Huelva, Félix Sanz, this year's strawberry and berries campaign is one of the most complicated campaigns in living memory due to many reasons,

How companies protect their crops from frost
There are those who use under-foliage irrigation to create a micro-climate and those who prefer over-foliage anti-frost systems, pellet or wood burners, or even burners towed by tractors.

230 mm of rain can't stop Peru's double harvest of table grapes
‘If it sees a cloud it bursts’ was the saying for some of the older generation table grape cultivars. Nowadays in Peru, despite over 230 mm of rain, a good double harvest (second harvest) is

In Dnipro, the occupiers hit a hangar where vegetables and fruits were stored with a drone
On March 27, the Russian occupiers carried out a night attack in Ukraine, using Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones and guided aviation bombs, according to a statement by the Ukrainian Air Force

“Increasing production quantities and volume caught up with each other in terms of sales”
The weather in Turkey has been similar to the weather last year in the cultivation areas for Bursa Black Figs, says Ceyhun Gündüz, general manager of Turkish black fig exporter Alya: “We’ve

New technology and varieties will save energy in the future
Due to rising energy costs, this year's vegetable season in Burgenland is starting 1-2 weeks later. There will be some minor losses due to the later start, but there are not many Austrian farms

Insights aplenty at World Avocado Congress
Sustainability practices and the need to grow consumer demand were headline themes on the opening day of the academic programme at the 10th World Avocado Congress. Taking place at Auckland’s