Gross apple production expected to be down 7.9% from 2022
Heading into the 2023 harvest, the adverse flooding in the eastern states in late 2022 and two significant hail events in the Goulburn Valley will no doubt impact the supply of apples and pears in

German wholesale prices +8.9% YoY on February 2022
The selling prices in wholesale trade were 8.9% higher in February 2023 than in February 2022. The annual rates of change in January 2023 and in December 2022 had been +10.6% and +12.8%,

Дешевое золото - цены на яблоки в Польше, Украине и Молдове остаются критически низкими
По данным аналитиков EastFruit, цены на свежие яблоки самого распространенного сорта Голден Делишес в Польше,

Цены на грузоперевозки достигли 2-летнего минимума, несмотря на рост цен на дизельное топливо на 12% за последний год
В феврале средняя цена, взимаемая водителями и компаниями, занимающимися грузоперевозками, снизилась

“We want to strengthen and expand the French small fruit production”

This week in Fruchthandel magazine: early potatoes, asparagus, greenhouse produce
The sale of early table potatoes from imports tends to decrease in Germany during the first half of each year. In the first quarter, origins such as Israel or Egypt have virtually no market

Raspberry seedlings are in the greatest demand, while interest in blackberries is growing – Serbian producer
Serbian seedling producer Ned Boske has a growing demand for blackberry seedlings. At the same time, the production of apple, plum, and cherry seedlings is increasing. As Aleksandar Jovanovic,

"We produce macadamia nuts via over 7,000 certified organic smallholder farmers"
The German-Kenyan company LIMBUA works with more than 7,000 certified organic smallholders in Kenya and in 2022 alone produced some 900 tons of cracked macadamia nuts, which are marketed

Morocco has overtaken the US in blueberry exports to become the world’s fourth largest exporter
In 2022, Morocco became fourth among the largest exporters of fresh blueberries in the world, leaving behind even the United States, where, in fact, blueberries were first cultivated, EastFruit

Silniejsze ceny dla australijskich producentów jabłek i gruszek
Skutki niekorzystnej pogody będą widoczne w zbiorach australijskich jabłek i gruszek w 2023 roku - wynika z najnowszej prognozy organizacji branżowej Apple and Pear Australia (APAL).

New tropical mini pepper launched
Windset Farms® introduces SONATA™ Tropical Mini Peppers, the newest addition to the Windset Farms family. The SONATA Tropical Mini Peppers are a Tatayoyo® Mini Pepper variety with a deep

Sizeable challenges for Egypt
Citrus sizes are smaller this year in Egypt, according to Mohamed Diab, quality director at Cairo 3A for Agricultural and Animal Production, a result of heavy rain and hailstorms during the

NZ pipfruit forecast revised after Cyclone Gabrielle
The forecast for the New Zealand apple and pear crop has been revised downward following the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle, which hit parts of the East Coast of the North Island in mid-February.

Ukraine: Vegetable price increases in February
In February 2023, most food products in Ukraine continued to rise in price, with onions and carrots rising in price the most. The relevant data on average consumer prices for goods and services in

Using mushrooms to convert cigarette butts into useful products
Cigarette litter is a real problem, so Australian charity No More Butts and Melbourne-based mycologists Fungi Solutions have teamed up to start CigCycle. CigCycle is a research project which will

Israeli farmer grows world's heaviest lemon
Guinness World Records has recognized farmer Aharon Shemoel for growing the world's heaviest lemon on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. The citrus fruit grew next to another huge lemon; it weighed

Gemüsegarten Pfalz: "Early starters" ensure sustainable movement on the market
The harvest of the first spring onions in the Palatinate is currently underway, coinciding with the meteorological start of spring. Since the beginning of March - and thus about a week earlier

Automatic berry packing systems
The Fruit Logistica trade fair, which takes place in Belina, is an excellent opportunity to learn about machines and solutions dedicated to berry fruit packing. The scale of the event means that

Peru: Avocado exports to start at an increased pace in 2023
21,609,113 kg were exported in the first two months of 2023. This is an increase of 44.3% compared to the 14,974,810 kg of the same period last year, reports agraria.pe with reference to the

Behind the success of the agricultural season in Egypt, the ghost of losses that haunted farmers
Faced with the shortage of certain agricultural products, and problems of various kinds in the majority of countries of origin, European buyers have fallen back on Egyptian products, says Mohamed

“"The massive shipments of Egyptian oranges to EU markets clearly cause an overlap with the varieties of the EU producing countries"
La UNIÓ Llauradora has asked the European Commission to initiate an investigation “for possible commercial dumping of citrus fruits from Egypt on the Community market” based on Regulation

Prices for greenhouse tomatoes in Uzbekistan are record high. Should we expect a decline?
Prices for greenhouse tomatoes in Uzbekistan are growing rapidly, updating records every week. Over the past month, their wholesale prices have grown by 1.5 times average, and by almost 70% since

Flame treatments against woolly aphids
Officine Mingozzi implemented a flame treatment to solve the woolly aphid problem, using their own machines. Leonhard Losch's Azienda Agricola boidinamica Friulana, located in Chiopris Visconte

51.7 tons of substandard Chilean cherries blocked at Taiwanese border
According to Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration, a 51.7-ton shipment of Chilean cherries stopped at the border due to excessive levels of pesticide residues is to be destroyed or returned to