Joya apples increase visibility in Ireland
Joya Europe sees good opportunities for the Joya apple this season, as marketable volumes have doubled to 13,000 tonnes compared with last season. Plantation programmes in Italy and Spain will

Weather report: thunderstorms expected in the north
Finally the rain is back in Northern Italy and there should not even be a lack of snowfall, even at quite low altitudes for the period (400-500 metres). Already last night there were the first

Security in wholesale markets, what needs to change
Wholesale markets are a crossroads for thousands of people who populate Italy's many facilities on a daily basis. These turn into micro-worlds teeming with operators who, in turn, trade, so

Promoting fresh produce in inflationary context: the role of department managers
As the winner of the Most Beautiful Fruit and Vegetable Department 2022 Competition, Consentio took the opportunity to take a closer look at the job of department managers. “Responsible for the

Del Monte makes Israel kiwifruit move
Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced the first successful sale of its Greek kiwifruit in Israel. According to the group, the fruit will be available from November until May and is available in

Huge impact of invasion on Ecuador’s banana exports to Ukraine
Only 13,060 boxes were sent to Ukraine this February compared to last year’s 1,566,944 boxes, underlining the impact of the war and the wider impact on the international community. Meanwhile,

Peru: 41,966 hectares damaged by rainfall and 38,787 hectares lost
And so far, just 51% of the damage has been assessed following the heavy rains and flooding, reports agraria.pe with reference to Indeci's national emergency centre. More rainfall, some of it

First large batches of onions of a new harvest became available on the wholesale markets of Uzbekistan
At the end of March 2023, EastFruit wrote about the beginning of the harvest of early winter onions in the southernmost region of Uzbekistan. As we forecast in the article, a week later, the first

Belgium’s UK export mission
Let’s be honest, Brexit has been a big headache for EU exporters of fresh produce to the UK. Yes, EU imports have so far been allowed to cross the border without sanitary or phytosanitary checks

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

Lemon exports and prices are down for Nellore and Tirupati district farmers
Lemon farmers of Nellore and Tirupati districts are getting worried. The farmers are alleging that the increase in exports from other parts of the country is impacting their exports. The price of

Apples hit by cost-of-production crisis
Most British apple growers are losing money as the cost of production soars. Trade body British Apples & Pears Ltd (BAPL) made the stark claim this week after laying bare the true