Sgarbi's night raid on the supermarket
It is half past one in the morning and the shop assistants at a supermarket in Caravaggio, in the province of Bergamo, are expecting anything but to seeVittorio Sgarbi come in to buy a mango. In a

South Africa: Winter storms affect growers in the Cape
After the latest in a series of winter storms that swept through South Africa's Western Cape region, growers of citrus and other fruits are facing a difficult period of recovery. Over the past ten

Spain, apricot production falls by 65% by 2022
The Castilla-La Mancha cooperative has tried to estimate the 2023 apricot harvest in the region and, in consultation with other structures in the area, it has emerged that production will fall by

Bangladesh's mango exports up as quality improves
Bangladesh's export earnings from mango have jumped this year as local growers are supplying an improved quality of the popular fruit through both private and public initiatives. About 1,757 tons

Floods in Serbia could change the global raspberry market prospects
EastFruit analysts are closely monitoring the situation in Serbia, where heavy rains have led to floods. The natural disaster is observed in a large number of regions of the country, including the

Sweet start to UK cherry season
Driscoll’s UK cherry growers have confirmed that, despite a very British start to the year with plenty of rain and cold, the recent rise in temperature means that their cherries will be bursting

Apricot production in Castilla-La Mancha will fall by 65%
After consulting with the cooperatives in the sector, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias Castilla-La Mancha has estimated that the production of apricots in the region in 2023 would decrease by 65%

Vietnamese seedless lychees now available in the UK
A first batch of Vietnamese seedless lychees arrived in the UK late last week. This was the fourth specialty fruit of Vietnam exported via the official channel to the UK this year. The shipment