Spanish exports continue to shrink in volume as imports grow
Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports between January and April 2023 decreased by 11% over the same period of the previous year, totaling 4.1 million tons. Meanwhile, imports increased by 17%,

"Belgian tomato prices under pressure, but those of eggplant and cucumber rebound"
The Belgian greenhouse vegetable season is in full swing at importer/exporter, Fresh Food. During the winter, this Belgian company focuses mainly on imports from Southern Europe and Morocco, but

Sweet cherry market in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
The cherry season is beginning in Eastern Europe, in Georgia it is in full swing, and in Central Asia it is already coming to an end. However, mid-June is the period of time when cherries can be

Turkey to start selling governmental stocks of hazelnuts; exporters are not happy
As EastFruit’s readers should know, Turkey has a substantial amount of unsold hazelnuts stocked. TMO, a governmental body, which buys and sells hazelnuts from the open market in order to

A company with 60 years of history but still looking ahead
"What is important is to always look ahead, yet without forgetting the history we are celebrating," stated Valente, a company dealing with technical solutions for vineyards and orchards located in

Cherries, the campaign gets into full swing in Piedmont
The IFN survey on the state of the art in the main Italian cherry-growing areas continues, and today we are in Piedmont, where Luca Nari and Valentina Roera, researchers in the fruit-growing area

Frederick Hiam invests £2.5 mln in vegetable factory in Brandon
East Anglian vegetable producer Frederick Hiam has invested £2.5 mln in machinery, which will replace 20 seasonal workers. Frederick Hiam has upgraded its factory in Brandon with a new trimming

Castellón: Benihort expects a good watermelon season
Benihort (Benicarlo/Castellón) expects to market 10 million kg of striped low-seeded watermelons in this year's campaign - provided the weather plays along. The 2023 campaign is expected to start

Marchwi wciąż jest bardzo mało
Trwa okres przejściowy między starym i nowym sezonem marchwi w Polsce. Nierzadko w takiej przejściowej fazie wciąż jest na rynku dużo starej marchwi wyprzedawanej

Sweet cherry market in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia – prices, production, quality
The cherry season is beginning in Eastern Europe, in Georgia it is in full swing, and in Central Asia it is already coming to an end. However, mid-June is the period of time when cherries can be

Construction begins on project to help agriculture researchers conserve nut and fruit crops for today and tomorrow
Renovation and construction of nearly 35,000 square feet of screenhouses and greenhouses began on June 15 at the Lewis Brown Research Farm in Corvallis, Ore. The project supports the Agricultural

DFHV Annual Conference: Nutrition strategy and drug smuggling were the focus in Hamburg
This year's annual meeting of the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV), which was attended by around 70 participants in Hamburg on 15 June, was characterised by lively discussions around the

Fornari (Apofruit): 'For cherries, the worst campaign ever'
The wave of bad weather that has been affecting the Peninsula for several weeks now has not yet stopped and, inevitably, the first balance sheets of one of the most difficult fruit and vegetable

Turkey to start selling governmental stocks of hazelnuts – exporters are not exactly happy
As EastFruit’s readers should know, Turkey has a substantial amount of unsold hazelnuts stocked. TMO, a governmental body, which buys and sells hazelnuts from the open market in order to