Apulian figs, fluctuating season but satisfying quotations
Figs are experiencing a season of ups and downs, the main problem being the rainy weather with few sunny days. A campaign that started late but in which there was no lack of satisfaction. Leonardo

"Myślenie przyszłościowe, współpraca kluczem do rozmów o zrównoważonym rozwoju"
Belgijscy sprzedawcy ziemniaków, warzyw i owoców oraz przedstawiciele sektora przetwórczego zebrali się we wtorek, 27 czerwca, na corocznym wydarzeniu FVPhouse organizowanym

Record watermelons: €1.40/kg wholesale
Golden times for watermelons and melons, after a very difficult first half of June (for more details click here) they have risen to the top of the summer fruit and vegetable list; in fact, there

Schedule reliability continues to improve
Sea-Intelligence has published issue 142 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including May 2023. As the report itself is quite comprehensive

"Forward thinking, cooperation central to sustainability talks"
Belgian potato, vegetable, and fruit traders and representatives from the processing sector gathered on Tuesday, 27 June, for Fresh Trade Belgium, Belgapom, and Vegebe's annual FVPhouse event.

Polish growers cash in on apple exports to Russia, but demand a ban on imports from Ukraine
It is not customary to talk about this, but Polish fruit growers, on the one hand, demand a ban raspberry imports from Ukraine, but at the same time, they do not want Ukraine to ban imports of

"Almost impossible to explain sky-high potato prices to clients"
It is difficult on the potato market, with sky-high prices and a shortage of good-quality produce. "Imported potatoes are very pricey, and the new crop is extremely problematic. It goes back to

Kiambu Country avocado farmers see thieves invade their farms
Avocado farmers from the Gatundu North Constituency, Kiambu Country, are suffering huge losses after thieves started illegally harvesting their fruits. Reportedly, the thieves are invading the

Ukraine: Russian war of aggression also affects the walnut sector
In a recent report, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) assesses the consequences of the Russian invasion on the Ukrainian walnut sector. It forecasts a total production of 106,500 t for the

21 tons of infected apricots were brought to the Russian from Kazakhstan
In a batch of 21 tons of apricots imported into the Sverdlovsk region, a plum fruit eater larva was discovered. Quarantine service experts reported the low quality of fresh fruit on their official

High density planting of hazelnuts and walnuts in Italy are taking a cue from abroad
New, densely cultivated, farming methods for hazelnut and walnut trees are beginning to gain popularity in Spain, which is a country that has always been considered a point of reference in Europe

Insolight tests Agri Photovoltaic system in an organic raspberry orchard in Switzerland
Swiss agrivoltaic systems developer Insolight installed agrivoltaic system “insolagrin” at bioschmid GmbH in the canton of Lucerne, reports EastFruit referring to Freshplaza.com. This

“Ban raspberry imports from Ukraine and Moldova!”, demand Polish farmers. Would it really help?
According to EastFruit analysts, farmers in Poland on June 29, 2023 blocked the first raspberry freezing enterprise in response to what they consider to be unsatisfactory prices for raspberries

Using fake raspberries to train robots how to pick real ones (video)
A trio of roboticists at CREATE Lab, EPFL, in Switzerland, has designed, built and tested a robot that can pick raspberries. In their project, reported in the journal Communications Engineering,

Field Cucumber Day - Invitation, 23 July 2023
We would like to invite you to the Field Cucumber Day on 23 July (Sunday). We will be hosted at the farm of Damian Micik in Szarkówka (32-250 Charsznica), who has set his sights on growing field

Italian grape season starts, higher volumes expected than last year
Yesterday, the Dutch Staay Food Group got its first shipment of grapes - the Black Magic variety - from Puglia in southern Italy. Buyer Sander Rutten visited those grape growers last week. Four

Champions Gavi, Ruiz and Navas honored with tomatoes
Special gift for three Spanish national team players from the same town, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Gavi, Fabian Ruiz and Jesus Navas were presented with crates of tomatoes from the small

Weak peaches, overflowing melons
"The trade balances between goods on offer and demand are changing and, in general, the market is stable but quotations are leaning upwards for fruit". Andrea Bonizzi, agronomist and price list

"Good weather means Dutch blueberries are ripening faster than expected"
On Monday, in the Netherlands, the Berrybrothers team began picking the new season's first blueberries. "The timing surprised us a bit. With the wet, dark March and April, we thought we'd start a

Scottish strawberry season going well but growers still not seeing good returns
In Fife the Scottish strawberry harvest got off to a good reasonable start in mid-May. Robert Simpson from Fife Fruits who grows soft fruit on 32 hectares in Fife said that the early strawberry

“Our expectation is to triple banana exports from Ecuador to China”
The world banana leader, Ecuador, is not done growing exports yet. They are aiming to triple exports to China over the next decade once the new free trade agreement starts. “Our expectation is