EU upholds citrus export restrictions for South African goods
Months of high-level engagements between South Africa and the European Union on the EU’s zero-tolerance approach to citrus black spot have yielded no progress. With the European Union upholding

Что не нравится в помощи при засухе
Ассоциация фермеров Валенсии (AVA-ASAJA) жалуется, что меры, одобренные Советом министров для борьбы с

More Colombian avocados heading to US
The volume of Colombian avocados shipped to the US is up 104 per cent so far this season compared to the year-earlier period according to the Colombia Avocado Board (CAB). Avocado production and

What's not to like about drought assistance
The Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) complains that the measures approved by the Council of Ministers to tackle the effects of the drought "will hardly benefit the Valencian countryside

TuttoFood calls, Macfrut answers
After the excellent results of the last edition (click here for more details) Macfrut is back in the limelight. And it does so with a statement by Renzo Piraccini, president of the exhibition, who

Potatoes: HZPC UK achieves eleven per cent increase in sales and acquires TLC Potatoes
Potato grower Royal HZPC Group is maintaining its forecasts for the 2022/23 financial year, expecting an 11% increase in turnover compared to the previous year (€352m), with a gross margin of

Organic purchases in 2022, declining fruit (-2%) and vegetables (-0.8%)
After dropping 4.6% in 2021, sales of organic food and beverages grew by 0.5% last year, lower than expected especially in a strongly inflationary context (+9.1% agri-food price growth in 2022).

“Current market is looking for smaller sized cherries”
The Turkish cherry season is very close to starting. Kubra Guven, marketing manager of Ana Fruit, states they’re expecting a larger harvest than they had last year. “This year, the weather

Цветущая черника (мониторинг плантаций, Люблинская область 09.05.2023)
Фенологическая фаза растений голубики была определена для трех сортов с разной степенью раннеспелости:

Northeast Spain faced with crippling drought
A massive drought in Catalonia is forcing this northeast region of Spain to turn to water rationing, seawater desalination and recycling effluent from sewage treatment plants. Last year reservoirs

Hapag-Lloyd Q1 2023: good resilience in weaker market environment
Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first quarter of 2023 with an EBITDA of USD 2.4 billion (EUR 2.2 billion). EBIT decreased to USD 1.9 billion (EUR 1.7 billion) compared to the same quarter last year,

Pakistan mango exports affected by climate change
Pakistan Fruit Exports have declined by an alarming 42 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the first 9 months of FY 2022-23 in dollar terms. Although the exports of the fruit have witnessed a 110%

“The challenge is to make consumers discover Magnum's taste”
Over the last 10 years, Magnum®, the flagship variety of Earth Market, has become a premium round strawberry in 31 European and American countries. "It has been unanimously accepted from the very

“Our Mexican table grape growing costs have increased by 35% in last two years”
The start of Agrofesa’s 2023 Mexican table grape season is up to 7 days later than last year due to colder weather during blooming and flowering. César Ortiz, CEO of Agrofesa, says despite this

Malaga produced between 150,000 and 200,000 kilos of medlar in this campaign
Malaga's medlar harvest has come to an end and producers have harvested between 150,000 and 200,000 kilos, a very similar volume to last year, according to Miguel Angel Sanchez, the manager of the

Anecoop przystępuje do projektu HortiGO2
Anecoop podpisał umowę o współpracy z Global Omnium i Tribunal de las Aguas, aby prowadzić ocenę i certyfikację wpływu produkcji rolnej na środowisko w ramach projektu

Positive trends for apples and citrus fruits at CAR
"In the last few days there has been quite a bit of movement as far as sales of apples and citrus fruits are concerned". Amato Marocca, of Fratelli Marocca Srl, a wholesaler specialised in pears

Peruvian papaya exports fell by more than a half in the first quarter of 2023
In the first quarter of 2023, Peruvian papaya exports decreased by 64% in volume and 57% in value over the same period of the previous year, with shipments totaling 45.3 tons for 165,000 dollars,

Assomela: EU packaging regulation (PPWD) ignores industry efforts
After its monthly meeting at the beginning of May, the Italian association published an analysis of the current situation in the apple sector. As of 1 May, 378,311 t of Italian apples were in

Anecoop signs up to HortiGO2 project
Anecoop has signed a collaboration agreement with Global Omnium and Tribunal de las Aguas, to lead the evaluation and certification of the environmental impact of agricultural production under the

Royal HZPC Group maintains forecasts
Potato breeder Royal HZPC Group maintains its forecasts for the 2022-2023 financial year. HZPC expects turnover to grow 11% from last year (then 352 million euros) with a gross margin of 66,5