Global Tomato Congress presents the future of fresh tomatoes
As the challenges of the past year continue to be felt, the Global Tomato Congress is back in Rotterdam with a programme filled with talks and discussions about how to safeguard the future of the

DP World adds inland container depot at India’s Hazira Port
DP World has opened a rail-linked container freight station (CFS) at India's Hazira Port, as the global marine terminal operator seeks to scale up its container integrator offerings out of the

AREFLH focuses on draft packaging regulation and the new CAP
As part of the General Assembly, AREFLH organised a public conference on the new CAP and the European Packaging Regulation on 23 March in Lleida (Catalonia). This event was an opportunity to

Prices for greenhouse cucumbers in Ukraine are rising again
After a sharp decline in prices in the market of greenhouse cucumbers in Ukraine last week, prices are increasing again, EastFruit project analysts inform. The price rise is due to the increased

Global avocado community heading to New Zealand
This time the world is coming to New Zealand. New Zealand exporters are so used to getting on a long haul flight, lap top in hand, to meet and make new customers, understand the market and promote

Andalusian garlic production in danger
The provincial secretary of COAG Cordoba, Carmen Quintero, took part in the National Garlic Round Table, held in Las Pedroñeras (Cuenca), where the reduction in production, the drought and the

Vellsam teams up with US-based Del Monte Fresh
Vellsam Materias Bioactivas has reached an important worldwide agreement with the US producer and marketer Del Monte Fresh through which they will form a new company with which they will open new

Last chance to register for Global Grape Congress 2023
What do growers, retailers and consumers really think about the proliferation of new varieties on offer today? And how can breeders address their respective needs to give new cultivars the best

More dragon fruit from Ecuador breaks the market

"Mango exports from Peru's Casma region drop heavily this week"
The mango market is picking up well, according to Marcel van Rooijen of Trofi from Den Hoorn. "In Peru, production has now moved to the Casma area where very few and many small sizes are coming

Strategic partnership sees New Zealand's Sassy and Posh apples year-round in China
As the first container of new season New Zealand Sassy™ touches down at the Guangzhou Port, Global License holders, Next Generation Apples (NGA), has announced a Strategic agreement with

Dalat is growing into Southeast Asia's Almeria
Horticulture production in Vietnam is evolving in several ways, showing a steady development of Vietnam’s horticulture industry. Vietnamese company Fresh Studio is at the right crossroads of

Fruit and vegetables outperform Lcc in week 10
The trend in fruit and vegetable sales by imposed weight is still negative in the tenth week of the year, but the performance differential compared to the previous week is reversed, this time in

Scottish potato growers on an aid mission to Ukraine
A group of Scottish potato farmers are undertaking an aid mission for Ukraine. Farmer Mark Laird from Kirriemuir worked in Poland and Ukraine for many years. His Central Plains Group (CPG), of

"At this site, we offer both organic and conventional packaging and repacking"
Looije Packing has been operational in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands, for just under three months now. "Our new way of working is slowly bearing fruit there. After three months of managing a very

Lidl siezes UEFA Euro 2024 partnership to highlight importance of fresh fruit and vegetables
It is official: Lidl is a UEFA Euro 2024 partner. This partnership begins with this year's European Qualifiers. Lidl is thus a global UEFA partner for the European Qualifiers in 2023 and 2024 and

India: Grapes get cheaper due to excess arrivals
Prices of Indian grapes have gone down by 30-40% in the domestic markets compared to last month. In the wholesale market, one kg of quality grapes is available at Rs2S-30. In the retail market,

SVM gains rights to Sassy and Posy
Next Generation Apples (NGA) has signed an agreement with Shenzhen SVM (SVM) that will see two New Zealand-bred apples grown in China. The deal gives SVM licensing rights to Sassy and Posh in

Cherries Glamor strives to replicate its project in Israel to recover the Russian market
The sale of the earliest and most expensive cherries in the world, grown in greenhouses in Lleida and Huesca, has just started. These are the only cherries filling the gap between late March and

Egypt became the fourth largest supplier of frozen strawberries to the US in 2022
In 2022, Egypt came out fourth in the ranking of countries supplying frozen strawberries to the US market, EastFruit reports. The US is the world’s largest importer of frozen fruits and

"I'd love a few more years like this"
"I think what's happening on the onion market is absolutely amazing. There's confidence in the product, and there's a market again. So you can make good money. That livens things up. I'd love a

"Niche products like Radicchio Rosso lift nicely on the shipment"
Recently, Feeling Fresh sent the first pallets of red peppers to North American customers. Still, according to Marcel van der Pluijm, it will take some time before the larger volumes will be

Spain: Area under garlic cultivation to be reduced again
In week 11, the general assembly of the Spanish National Garlic Council (Mesa Nacional del Ajo) took place in Las Pedroñeras/Castilla-la Mancha. With regard to the new garlic season, it was

Record prices for the kaki from Ribera Alta
The Coalmar Fruits cooperative, the result of the merger between Agricola del Marquesat de Llombai and Agricola San Salvador de Alfarp, has reported record kaki prices in its first year, which

Limes from Colombia and Peru are making inroads into the USA
The lime market is in a bit of a lull right now. Fruit in Mexico, North America’s primary lime sourcing country, suffered from high temperatures and drought during bloom about three months ago.