Peru: Hard times for asparagus
Both production and exports have steadily declined in recent years as the Andean country's market window has narrowed, eurofruit reports, citing a report by consultancy Fresh Fruit Peru. Between

Good late orange and blood orange campaign in Sicily
"Cooperativa Il Girasole is among the few citrus fruit companies still processing fruits this season with late oranges such as Valencia Late and Ovale Calabrese. In addition, we believe we are the

Florette receives the Innovation Award at THE 6th Night of Enterprises
This award wishes to acknowledge the work and efforts of the companies that are committed to this territory, as is the case of Florette, which in 2021 started up its production centre in Terres de

Conserve Italia, plants under water
EvenConserve Italia was not immune to the flood that hit Romagna last week. As reported by Il Resto del Carlino, heavy damage was suffered by the plant in Barbiano di Cotignola. Here, one of

High prices in the final stretch of the citrus campaign
There is hardly any fruit left in the fields of the Valencian Community, Andalusia, Murcia or Catalonia as the citrus harvesting season is ending and prices at source can be three hundred percent

Fruit from Lake Constance: Monitoring shows sustainable success for wild bee species diversity in orchards
On the occasion of Biodiversity Day, Obst vom Bodensee Vertriebsgesellschaft (OvB) published new wild bee monitoring results. The OvB is pleased to report that wild bee diversity in the Lake

More Oryx releases as Trips parvispinus rebound with the warm weather
The arrival of June is the starting signal for the pest Trips parvispinus to increase its presence in greenhouse horticultural crops. This pest has already been visible since last April,

Avocado movement maintained momentum post-Cinco de Mayo
Supplies of avocados in the U.S. remain plentiful. “This year the supply is very different,” said Juan Monsalve, category manager of avocados for LGS Specialty Sales. “Last year, Mexico was

Fepex signs agreement with Garrigues law firm
The Spanish Federation of Associations of Fruit, Vegetable, Flower and Live Plants Exporters (FEPEX) and the law firm Garrigues have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of providing the

Industrial tomatoes from the North, price set
After months of interminable negotiations, the agreement on the price of processing tomatoes for the 2023 North Italian marketing year between the Producer Organisations and the Industry has been

UK fruit exports have halved since Brexit, data shows
The UK’s fruit exports to the EU have lost more than half of their value, equal to almost £135m, in the two years to March 2023, according to new data published by the government’s tax

Dominican Republic awaits word on vegetable preclearance program
Growers and shippers in the Dominican Republic are waiting optimistically for an action plan to help expand the USDA APHIS preclearance program and allow the country to ship additional