Increased Brazilian melon exports create tensions over water
In the Chapada do Apodi, a plateau that stretches across Rio Grande do Norte and neighbouring Ceará state, things began to change with the arrival of large melon producers in the late

Excess soil salinity, Italy goes to school from Israel
Italy is looking to Israel not only for an increasingly efficient use of water, with state-of-the-art irrigation systems, but also to solve the problem of the effect of excessive soil salinity on

The First European Watermelon is from Spain, it is ours' kicks off its tour at Infoagro Exhibition
The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers' Organisations of Almeria, COEXPHAL, has presented today in Almeria the campaignLa Primera Sandía Europea es de España, es nuestra (The First

Watermelons, prices are already at an all-time low in Spain
Spain is on the alert for speculation. The watermelon campaign has just started, but producers are already facing collapsing prices, well below current production costs and among the lowest ever

Demand still lively for strawberries from southern Italy also thanks to the reduced availability of summer fruits
The strawberry campaign in southern Italy is still underway, and demand is still interesting, especially for the produce from Basilicata. "Demand is lively, but the volumes are half those of a

"There are biological solutions in the fridge for F2F, but the EU needs to speed up procedures.
Translator Translator Translator Translator The European Commission's Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy is of concern to a large part of the fruit and vegetable sector. There are many challenges and

Brazil: Initial orange forecast for 2023–24 at 309 million boxes
The 2023–2024 initial orange forecast for Brazil’s citrus belt is 309.34 million boxes. The forecast was announced on May 10; the projected volume is 1.55% less than the previous crop, which

Far-reaching implications of proposed EU marketing standards for pre-cut fruit and vegetables industry
Freshfel Europe warned the European Commission this week on the far-reaching implications of its draft proposal on marketing standards if rules on mandatory country-specific origin labelling are

BayWa reports above-average earnings in first quarter of 2023
BayWa AG generated above-average earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the first quarter of the current financial year. Despite falling year on year to €91.8 million on the heels of an

France: Winter lettuce production declines despite increasing areas
According to estimates released by the French statistical service Agreste on 1 April 2023, the national harvest of winter lettuce will decline by 18% year-on-year in the 2022-2023 season - despite

"Despite the high risk of frost, we will harvest our first marketable apricot crop this year"
For a long time, stone fruits such as apricots, nectarines and peaches were regarded as imported goods par excellence. But after the first, successful cultivation trials in southern Germany, the

AMI: German salads start the season
The lettuce harvest in Germany already started several weeks ago and continues to progress. After the import season struggled with the highly variable weather conditions at the beginning of the

Mexico's mangoes are working towards internationalisation
The General Director of EMEX (Association of Producers - Exporters of Mangoes of Mexico), Myrna Castro, acknowledges that "our main market is the United States, but we are trying to boost the

Pakistan mango exports affected by climate change
Pakistan Fruit Exports have declined by an alarming 42 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the first 9 months of FY 2022-23 in dollar terms. Although the exports of the fruit have witnessed a 110%

Who loves Moroccan watermelons the most?
EastFruit continues a series of articles on the horticultural market in Morocco. The country is confidently increasing exports of several categories of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables,

“The challenge is to make consumers discover Magnum's taste”
Over the last 10 years, Magnum®, the flagship variety of Earth Market, has become a premium round strawberry in 31 European and American countries. "It has been unanimously accepted from the very

“Our Mexican table grape growing costs have increased by 35% in last two years”
The start of Agrofesa’s 2023 Mexican table grape season is up to 7 days later than last year due to colder weather during blooming and flowering. César Ortiz, CEO of Agrofesa, says despite this

Potato, fruit, and vegetable processing machines for sale
Several interesting fruit and vegetable processing machines are offered for auction! Think, for example, of infeed bunkers, tippers, washing machines, peelers, slicers, and weighing machines for

Hnos. Fernández Lopez signs a commercial partnership with Cal Modest to strengthen its organic line
After several years of mutual commercial collaboration, Hnos. Fernández López SAU will start working on organic production with the Agroturisme Cal Modest SL company, located in Tornabous,

Camposol opens first blueberry packhouse in Mexico
Camposol has built its first blueberry packing plant in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, which will offer the service not only to the company but also to growers in the area who will be able to pack

Norma to rely on sustainable IFCO transport crates for fruit and vegetables in future
Norma and IFCO are expanding their cooperation - for more sustainability and the reduction of food waste. To this end, a long-term partnership was concluded, thus declaring war on disposable