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The Potato Partnership has had a successful first year
The first year success of the Potato Partnership (TPP) was quite successful, says James Wrinch, director of East Suffolk Produce and a TPP founding partner. For the founding partners of the Potato

Chinese potatoes have appeared on the trading platforms in Primorsky Krai
The delivery of Chinese potatoes to Primorsky Krai has been resumed. From March 20 to March 26, the first batch of Chinese potatoes weighing 87.4 tons arrived, the Primorsky Interregional

Frost, up to 70 per cent of production losses for apricots
Today's was a bitter if not dramatic awakening for many farmers in the province of Bologna, especially in the Valsamoggia area. For the second night in a row, the temperature dropped below zero:

“We delivered another quarter of strong operating results and have raised our fiscal 2023 financial targets accordingly"
Weston Holdings, Inc. announced its fiscal third quarter 2023 results and updated its fiscal 2023 outlook. “We delivered another quarter of strong operating results and have raised our fiscal

"We are already in the middle of the asparagus season, but with 20-25% fewer volumes"
The persistent cold from mid-January to early March, and the frosts when Granada's green asparagus season was starting in mid-March (with temperatures as low as -10ºC) affected the earliest crops

"Our biggest growth is in organic sweet potato farming"
The Portuguese sweet potato season is currently coming on strong at East4Fresh. "Other Mediterranean countries have stopped delivering and we are pretty much the only ones left with good quality

Drewry’s composite World Container Index remained relatively stable this week
Drewry’s composite World Container Index The composite index remained relatively stable (decreased a marginal 0.4%) this week, and has dropped by 79% when compared with the same week last

Researchers find that certain molecule in broccoli promotes gut health
In a recent study, researchers at Penn State found that broccoli contains certain molecules that bind to a receptor within mice and help to protect the lining of the small intestine, thereby

Difficult citrus fruit campaign due to lower volumes
“The citrus fruit campaign is facing a difficult period as, despite the constant collaboration with our suppliers of raw materials, we have not seemed to achieve the volumes planned for the

Easter, it was decided not to risk
This year, during Easter, supermarket brands such as Coop, Conad, Esselunga and discounters such as Lidl, Aldi and Eurospin decided not to take risks with big discounts on products such as

Melons at 0.99: there is no limit to the worst
Seeing a melon sold at a retail price of 0.99 euro/kilo is, except in special situations, in itself something deplorable because it debases the product, seeing it at the beginning of April is

Toronto specialty store offers extremely rare strawberries for $28
One Toronto specialty store is selling some extremely rare Spanish strawberry varieties, introducing the one-and-only Borga strawberries, available to you by the good people at Cheese Boutique,

"Virus pressure, energy price discourage speciality tomato cultivation this season"
Belgian cooperatives seem to increasingly be experiencing an acreage shift. This season, due to virus pressure and high energy prices, more and more of both Coöperatie Hoogstraten and BelOrta

Organic is the food of the future
With around 2.2 million hectares under organic cultivation, Italy is among the greenest European countries. It has the highest percentage of organic areas in the total (17.4%), against a European