"The market's sights are set on Lleida at a time when there is stone fruit consumption in Europe"
The nectarine campaign has already started in the Spanish province of Lleida. It is doing so significantly in advance, in a campaign in which the region expects to recover its productive

AMI: Cucumber prices remain at a low level
With the summer weather and warmer nights, cucumber production is in full swing. The supply volumes of both German produce and cucumbers from the Benelux region are currently high. Prices have

Walnuts exports from China to Kyrgyzstan increased sharply in 2023
According to EastFruit analysts, in 2023 Kyrgyzstan sharply increased walnut imports from China. During the first four months of the current calendar year, China shipped 25.5 thousand tons of

IMIDA presents new stone fruit varieties that are better adapted to climate change
Murcia's Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development (IMIDA), has presented farmers and technicians with new stone fruit varieties -such as peach, donut peaches, and

Table grapes, clearing the air on quotations
We are at the dawn of the 2023 table grape campaign and already there has been no shortage of challenges, especially those related to the weather, which has severely tested the vineyards of

Walnut Fridays' return to the San Martino farm
Discover the flavours and secrets of Romagna's food and wine culture while spending pleasant evenings in the company of friends and relaxing in contact with the area's nature. In summer 2023,

EU intensifies imports controls on Egyptian oranges
The European Union has strengthened controls on imports of Egyptian oranges and other foods from different countries, according to a regulation published in the Official Journal of the EU. In the

Tozer Ibérica presents new products in broccoli, cauliflower and coriander
The independent seed company Tozer Ibérica adds a new variety to its broccoli range: Imperator. The new reference, developed by Tokita, comes to reinforce Tirreno, its renowned conventional

“Argentina is our main lemon source this time of year”
Lemon imports from Argentina into the US started in May. “We’ve been receiving product for the past month and we’re getting very good reception,” says Ronnie Cohen with Vision Global

“Tens of thousands of euros worth of damage” on ransacked farms in Nantes
On Sunday June 11th, 2023, activists from the collective Soulèvements de la Terre targeted a farm to the south of Nantes, as well as several experimental plots on the site of the Federation of

Vignola Igp cherries, communication campaign kicks off
The three-year communication and promotion campaign for PDO and PGI fruit and vegetables continues. "Europe signs the products of its territories", for the entire month of June the activities

UCR to release new high density avocado scion cultivar
The University of California (UCR) is to release a new high density avocado scion cultivar. BL516, which will be marketed as Luna UCR and is pending plant variety protection in the US, officially

Chilean avocado and citrus industry impacted by severe frost
This year’s winter has come to bite hard in Chile as sub-zero temperatures of between -6 and -10 degrees, described as a polar freeze, touched large parts of production areas affecting avocado

Vegetables, the Italiafruit analysis
The vegetable market is moving at two speeds. Some references are falling sharply in quotations, such as cluster tomatoes which are suffering from Dutch competition. There is instead a settlement

'Cherries, difficulties are there but quality is guaranteed'
For most, this will be a cherry year to forget. The campaign was undermined by bad weather, especially the more precocious and medium varieties, but demand is holding up despite unprecedented

'First sugar apricots arrived from Turkey'
Spanish apricots dominated and were most likely flanked by Italians. Unloadings from France complemented. From Turkey came, on the one hand Matador; on the other hand the first sugar apricots also