Chilean plum shipments to North America 50 percent higher than same time last year
Plum supplies continue to be steady from Chile though other stone fruit varieties such as peaches have finished for the season. Nectarines: Through week 10, 22,014 tons/2,446,003 cases of

Vietnam’s banana exports set to rocket
Vietnam’s top banana exporting province Đồng Naiis expected to ship 25% more of the fruit this year, reaching over half a million tons. Bananas are one of the province’s main export

Price analysis 2022-2023 clementines in Italy
The quotations for the last campaign for common clementines, the variety most widely available in the Italian markets, are not dissimilar to the past, although at slightly higher levels: the same

Food poverty in Germany: a neglected problem that requires political action
On 21 March 2023, the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Nutrition and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) presented its new statement "Food Poverty under Pandemic Conditions" to the

The Union increases its turnover by 8.4% in 2022
Only a few months away from its 30th anniversary, La Unión, a leading fruit and vegetable marketing company from Almeria, has published its annual accounts for the 2022 financial year, showing a

"Australia's grape exports start strong in Asia"
Benjamin Choy has recently joined the FreshPride team from Singapore. He comes with a background in the international fresh produce industry, including representing an Australian stone fruit

Chinese shiitake grower opens production in Poland and Spain
Bi ShuTong is the European Business Developer at QiHe Biotechnology. The company is an expert in the production of substate logs for shiitake, king oyster and oyster, and other exotic mushrooms.

Spanish retail trade reduced its business margins in 2022
The supply crisis caused by adverse weather is aggravating a national and international scenario in which containing food prices has become the priority of all governments. Each country has its

Huelva's blueberry and strawberry production decreased by 25% and 30%, respectively
The Association of Strawberry Producers and Exporters of Huelva, Freshuelva, has calculated that, as the strawberry campaign nears its midpoint, production is 30% lower than on the same date last

Fruit and veg shortages raise blood pressure, says study
While we might flippantly observe that the UK’s recent salad vegetable crisis will have raised the blood pressure of certain retail buyers, it appears this kind of shortage may in fact have a

Fertilising raspberries in tunnels at the start
Vegetation of raspberries in tunnels has already started. The first fertilisers have already been applied on most farms. As part of the Raspberry Factory project in Roguszyn near Czerwinsk nad

Aldi was the biggest recipient of the BAPL apples in the UK - February of this year
With approximately 4,000 tonnes of British apples sold by BAPL growers in February of this year, Aldi was again the biggest recipient of the fruit in the UK. The chain was followed by Tesco,

"More and more fruit growers decide to buy mobile night frost control machine"
Since 2020, Swift International has been the distributor for mobile night frost control machines, which are developed and manufactured in New Zealand. As a distributor, Swift International works

Where are the first batches of Uzbek onions sent after the lifting of export ban?
On March 18, 2023, the abolition of a temporary ban on the exports of onion from Uzbekistan was reported. Just a few hours after the corresponding announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture

"Wholesale prices for radish bunches are within a reasonable range"
Due to the current situation surrounding greenhouse cultivation, only small quantities of radishes are currently available in Germany, says Rolf Vetter, managing director of the Riedhausen-based

Israel’s 2022-23 avocado harvest - volumes lower and lighter
Israel’s 2022-2023 avocado season, has seen lower volumes with an estimated 70 000 tons up to now, compared to over 100 000 tons at the same time last year. “It's been a challenging season to

#Repartofresh. Vicinoate (Coralis): fruit always in the foreground
The brand, well-established in Sardinia and a Coralis partner, continues its development in the area, as described in this article in Gdoweek, and the conquest of new areas in the south of the

REO: Filip Vanaken appointed General Manager
The board of REO Veiling recently unanimously appointed Filip Vanaken as general director of the Roeselare-based producer and marketing cooperative. Filip Vanaken had already held the position of

Beware of frost!
A little warmer air has finally arrived in Poland. It has also become sunnier. Many growers have set to work on their farms. But it is also about time. Today, 21 March, is the first day of

Georgian apple exports have increased over the year, but there is a catch
From September, which marks the start of the apple season in Georgia, to the end of February, Georgia has exported 6 300 tonnes of apples – 17% more than in the same period but a year before.

Na każdy kilogram jagód przypada kilogram dokumentów, ale produkcja ekologiczna jest nadal opłacalna
Przemysł ekologiczny pojawił się na Ukrainie nie tak dawno temu i można go nazwać niszowym. Na razie nie jest zbyt popularny na Ukrainie i w wielu innych krajach, ale może pomóc

In Morocco, rainfall comes just in time to improve the caliber of late citrus fruits
After long months of aridity and consistent drought that have tested Moroccan citrus growers, the rainfalls that Morocco received in February-March give hope for a better season next year, says