US Early Pride variety will fill gap in the mandarin production in November and December
"We believe that, with the varieties available in the second part of the season and with the existing volumes in Spain, we can cover the whole period from December to June," said Cipriano

"Dates sales have been excellent recently"
As usual, the Dutch dried fruit and nuts company Tovano was busy last week because of Easter. "In recent years, Easter sales have always been excellent. People often receive plenty of packages at

Germany: Truck toll mileage index fell most recently
The mileage of trucks with at least four axles on federal motorways subject to tolls fell by 2.6 % in March 2023 compared to February 2023, adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects. As reported

Avocado might become the most traded fruit by 2030
According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) projections, the avocado will become the most commercialized tropical fruit by 2030. Global exports are predicted to

Improper transportation leads to 20% of fresh produce destroyed in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera announced that 19% of vegetables and 21% of fruits in the country are destroyed due to a lack of proper transportation. This amounts to

Polish greenhouse strawberries - the season has started
This week, the first larger batches of Polish strawberries will hit the country's shops. According to Aldona Radola, who has been producing strawberries in greenhouses in the Kalisz region

Royal looks ahead to positive stonefruit campaign
Spain’s Royal said it is anticipating a strong start to its 2023 campaign. A cold snap in January and February has delayed the start of the season compared to earlier campaigns, but the dry hot

Nigerian tomato farmers estimate pest attacks lead to losses of 70%
Tomato farmers in Northern parts of Nigeria are currently combating the Tomato leaf miner. Apparently, it has threatened to push the cost of tomatoes up by 450 per cent, and led to a loss of 70

NFU secures seasonal worker visa ‘reset’ for 2023
The MAC (Migration Advisory Committee) have launched an inquiry into the seasonal worker visa. They intend to consider all aspects of the seasonal worker visa scheme, including; the rules under

Herb production transitions to New Jersey this week
Domestic herb supplies are good coming out of the South and Southeastern U.S. “We are also transitioning now into New Jersey and will probably start harvesting in New Jersey this week,” says

"Belgian asparagus production should be in full swing by week 17"
With the first snip, the Flemish Agricultural Minister, Jo Brouns, officially started the Belgian asparagus season last week. That, and Easter being over, however, does not mean that the "white

VIC is becoming increasingly international: from the NSB meeting in Australia to the Strawberry Symposium (NASS) in California.
CIV President Mauro Grossi explains: "During the Symposium, our partner Idris Consulting in the person of Prof. Johan Aelterman was the featured CIV speaker in the Genetics and Breeding session

Tomatoes, the project for reusable seed bowls
The AOP CIO, an Association of Producers' Organisations based inParma, of which AINPO, Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro and Consorzio Agrario di Cremona are members, presented the TomatER research

Table grapes, among producers there is a strong desire for redemption
The 2022 campaign for Italian table grapes will be remembered as the 'Annus horribilis', with even producers with several seasons behind them describing it as 'one of the worst commercial

The first large batches of onions of a new harvest became available on the wholesale markets of Uzbekistan
At the end of March 2023, EastFruit wrote about the beginning of the harvest of early winter onions in the southernmost region of Uzbekistan. As we forecasted in the article, a week later, the

True cost of apple production exposed
For the first time, an independent analysis has exposed the real cost of the production crisis facing UK apple growers. The analysis, conducted by farm business consultants Andersons, reveals that

Irish veg processing and packaging business paid Sunday allowance of 5 cents per hour
A vegetable processing and packaging business paid a Sunday allowance of 5 cent per hour to a minimum-wage worker who was regularly required to work 15-hour days. That is why, at the Workplace

The first Italian apricots make their debut on the market
We are not even in mid-April, the temperatures remind us of February, but Italian apricots are already beginning to peep into the market in Rome. In fact, for some years now, a small producer in

Murcian farmers expect this year's stone fruit production will be similar to that of 2022
The stone fruit farmers of Vega Alta estimate that, if there are no last-minute incidents, this year's total stone fruit production will be similar to that of 2022, when they managed to market

5.1 million employees, 619,000 companies, 170,000 products - the German food industry in figures
The largest share of the workforce in the food sector is made up of employees in the hospitality industry (1,856,000), most businesses are in the agricultural sector (258,700) and the highest

New packaging machine for multi-format cartons
INDUSER presents a new adaptation of a packaging line for tomatoes, but this time for two carton sizes. The packaging line - whose design considers from the product feeding to the associative

Getting ready for red potato summer season
As the prime summer selling season for red potatoes approaches and supplies of russets and yellows continue to tighten, MountainKing is packing record numbers of its Butter Reds while it ramps up