Prunes 2023 Expo to meet in person
After two years of virtual meetings, Chileprunes, the Association of Dried Plum Processors and Exporters of Chile, will be hosting a face-to-face event, in which the world of production, industry

Rijk Zwaan and IG International introduce Sweet Palermo in India
In partnership with Rijk Zwaan, the Indian trading company IG International is introducing Sweet Palermo® in the Indian market. The sweet pointed peppers in four different colors are a good fit

SweeTango’ Apple: The first apple of the season ready for customers
Australian family-owned fresh produce business Montague is presenting its first apple variety of the 2023 harvest: SweeTango. SweeTango is crisp and sweet with a zesty watermelon flavor and touch

The price of onions fell to 2 cents per kilogram but so far only in India
Indian media have been flooded with reports of strikes by onion producers in the country amid a drop in the wholesale price of onions to almost 2 cents per kg, EastFruit informs. “The case looks

China's vegetable exports increased in 2022
China's vegetable exports saw stable growth in 2022, with the export volume up 6.5 percent year on year, data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows. Some 11.83 million tons of

Malaysia: Vegetable prices set to soar again due to wet weather
Consumers have been warned to expect a shortage of vegetables in the market as continuous rain in the last few days has caused farms to be inundated and damaged by strong winds, say farmers.

Schedule reliability dips slightly M-o-M in January 2023
Sea-Intelligence has published issue 138 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including January 2023. As the report itself is quite

"Perhaps the entire value chain should question how the supply has been managed at destination"
In recent days, temperatures have fallen again in southeastern Spain, after daytime temperatures had risen for just over a week since mid-January. Frosts are back and the recovery of the vegetable

US: Indoor grower adds four new regional salad greenhouse hubs
BrightFarms is expanding with four new regional greenhouse hubs offering sustainably grown leafy greens to more people across the Eastern and Central U.S. The new locations will begin shipping to

Albanian agricultural exports soar
Albanian agricultural exports to the European Union reached a record €473m in 2022, according to the country’s agriculture minister, Frida Krifca. This represents an increase of 15.6

“Very strong” 2022 for Kuehne and Nagel
Kuehne and Nagel said it closed the 2022 financial year with an “exceptionally strong result”, seeing growth in net turnover and earnings. The Switzerland-headquartered company reported on a