Georgian imports of blueberries in the off-season are keeping up the surge that started in 2018
Earlier EastFruit wrote about a Georgian farmer finding it profitable to produce off-season blueberries last year. Now our analysts point out low volumes, but very quick growth, of fresh blueberry

Moroccan asparagus exports: growing volumes and expanding geography
Morocco has been increasing its asparagus exports over the past five years, and their volumes have more than doubled, as reported by EastFruit. For three marketing years in a row, Morocco was

Saxony-Anhalt: Application deadline for EU schools programme is 10 July 2023
In the 2023/2024 school year, the state of Saxony-Anhalt will continue to support healthy nutrition for children in day-care centres as well as in primary and special schools through the free

Kiwi, less will continue to arrive from Chile
The quantities of Chilean kiwi available will be lower this year and supplies will end a month earlier than expected. Reporting the news is the online publication Fruitnet.com, which specifies

Avocado ripeness testing method tests fruit the way consumers do
According to a recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign’s Applied Research Institute, Apeel Sciences’ proprietary method of testing avocado ripeness is up to three times

Slimers to supply slug-control solutions
A new £2.6m Defra-funded project that seeks to provide farmers with precision slug-control solutions launched yesterday (28 June). Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced

South African citrus growers say EU pest rules could put the squeeze on exports
New European Union health safety requirements on citrus exports from South Africa might cut the volume of South African oranges by up to 20 percent. The rules, which came into effect in January,

"Last month, Peruvian lemon exports were not as favorable as expected"
According to Fresh Fruit, so far this year Peru has exported 21,537 tons of fresh lemon, i.e. 22% more than last season. However "last month's exports of this product were not as favorable as

"Times have never been tougher for soft fruit growers."
"Just when the industry was looking to recover from the pandemic, we’ve been plunged into an even greater state of crisis triggered by a number of factors. Increased production costs linked to

A promising campaign for Egyptian sweet potatoes is about to begin
The sweet potato campaign kicks off on July 15 in Egypt, on a background of strong demand and increased production, announces Amr Kadah, export manager at HB Group For Import And Export. "We're

“​Our affordable, 100% natural shelf-life extension coatings are available to producers globally”
In recent years, shelf-life extension technologies have grown vigorously as many companies saw an opportunity to tap into the hot topic of reducing food waste. “The produce industry is

Higher garlic prices this year
Last week, the garlic division of the Spanish growers' association Asaja reported that about 30% of the garlic in its fields won't be harvested due to the impact of the persistent rains recorded

"South African organic sweet potatoes are of excellent quality"
South African Cape Sweet organic sweet potatoes are widely available at the Dutch company Organic Cape again. "These sweet potatoes are of excellent quality. Once harvested, they're kept in cold

LUNA ucr, the new Hass avocado variety
Eurosemillas presented last week, in front of more than a hundred large Californian avocado growers and at the University of California Riverside (UCR) agricultural extension facilities, the BL516

Green Motion presents Luna UCR to California growers
More than 100 California avocado growers attended an event at University California Riverside (UCR) last week for the launch of a new avocado variety developed by Eurosemillas. BL516, which will

Flat nectarine snack Ondine debuts in large-scale retail stores
Ondine, the premium, flat, white-fleshed nectarine from Mazzoni Group, officially presented at Macfrut, is ready to make its official debut in the national large-scale retail trade. It will be on

Saint Lucia sees tropical storm Bret destroying more than 75% of banana crops
More than 75% of Saint Lucia’s banana and plantain crops were destroyed as Tropical Storm Bret hit the island on June 22. Minister for Agriculture Alfred Prospere has stated that in recent

Plums from France: "2023 will be a decisive year for the industry".
"The 2023 campaign announces itself with a great potential to be exploited", stressed Joël Boyer, President of the French plum association AOPn Prune at the General Assembly in Moissac

Fruit exports from Mexico up 4.7 percent
From January to May 2023, the volume of fruit exports from Mexico increased 4.7 percent year-on-year. It reached to 1,887.000 tons, but their commercial value dropped 5 percent to 4,591 million

31% of the tomatoes sold in the first quarter of the year in the EU came from Morocco
A report prepared by Hortoinfo with data from the EuroStacom statistical services (ICEX-Eurostat) reveals that 31% of the tomatoes sold in the first quarter of the year in the EU came from Morocco

Potatoes still top import crop for Namibia
Although efforts to promote potato cultivation in Namibia are intensifying, the production of this crop is still insufficient for the nation’s demand, so imports are necessary. Potatoes are one

"This is how we distinguish ourselves with our tomatoes out of the ground".
One of the first companies to have experimented with out-of-soil production in Italy is Agricola Anzola di Boretto, in the province of Reggio Emilia. The company started growing tomatoes out of