Floating rafts and nethouses provide perfect growing circumstances for Italian lettuce
The harvest and sale of Ninfa brand lettuce, grown on 10 hectares of floating rafts in the Italian province of Ravenna, started last week. Gianluca Rossi, owner of Valle Standiana, looks with

"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,

Energy crisis results: Fewer Dutch greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers in 2022
At 1.8 million tons, the gross greenhouse vegetable yields in the Netherlands were 7.9% lower in 2022 than a year before. The gross yield of greenhouse vegetables in the Netherlands fell 7.9% to

Ogórki szklarniowe taniej niż rok temu
Końcówka marca i pierwsza dekada kwietnia przyniosły stabilizację cen ogórków szklarniowych. Również tych z krajowych szklarni. Po pierwsze dlatego, że

Pedro Sánchez and Xi Jinping sign agreement on export of persimmon and almonds
A new strategic Spanish-Chinese phytosanitary agreement promoted by the president of the PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition government, Pedro Sánchez, has made quite an impression. The meeting in

Fruit and vegetable exports from Turkey’s Western Mediterranean region up 26 percent
Turkish fruit and vegetable exports from the Western Mediterranean region increased by 26 percent between January 1 and April 11 from a year ago, coming in at $229 million. Shipments of fresh

Lusia market, prices and deliveries on the rise
Below is an overview of the market trend recorded in Lusia in March. In the Lusia area the market was essentially stable in terms of weather, with cool, sunny days, with only two moments when it

"I don't see pear prices just falling, bright spots on apple market too"
Dutch pears are fetching good prices. "Things are running very smoothly. The large sizes are selling for between €1.25 and 1.35. Those higher prices slow down sales somewhat, but I don't

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

Insurance, a fund to revive policies
The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is trying to revolutionise the world of insurance for Italian fruit and vegetable companies. Firstly, the number of companies insured against

In the UK, pears can be buttery or crispy
It is not always easy at the time of purchase to identify pears at the right degree of ripeness for different tastes. In Great Britain, the offer of this product is varied and there are references

"Dutch tomatoes and bell peppers start late, but prices offer perspective"
March was a dark month in the Netherlands, so the tomato and bell pepper supply got going particularly late. Cucumber and eggplant growers have been in production for some time. Commercial

"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