Vietnamese fruit industry should focus on quality rather than quantity
In 2022, most of Vietnam's farm export items recovered after the pandemic and regained their strong growth. It was a prosperous year, but fruit and veg turnover continued to fall. The continued

Brett Reasor joins Columbia Fruit
US-based CMI Orchards has announced Brett Reasor will join New Columbia Fruit Packers (Columbia Fruit) as its new CEO. Current Columbia Fruit CEO, Mike Wade, will transition to the role of

Uzbekistan ratifies Preferential Trade Agreement with Turkey
The President of Uzbekistan signed a document on the ratification of the Preferential Trade Agreement between Uzbekistan and Turkey on February 22, 2023. The Agreement was signed on March 29,

Lamb Weston invests 250 million dollars in French fry factory
With an investment of 250 million dollars, American company Lamb Weston is building a giant potato processing plant. The new factory is under construction in the Industrial Park of Mar del Plata;

New Moroccan export quotas will halve tomato prices on the domestic market
Morocco is imposing quotas on tomato exports in an effort to boost local supplies and lower prices ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan. Rising input prices, pest attacks, and repeated droughts

Most of the organic watermelons are already being planted in the area of Nijar
According to the Ministry of Agriculture's latest State of the Crops report, in week 7 (February 13 to 19), producers in the pepper greenhouses of Western Almeria continued to uproot the earliest

Sweden sees elevated fruit and veg prices due to Spain, Italy shortages
Retail and wholesale markets in Sweden, are seeing elevated fruit and vegetable prices, mainly due to shortages from their main supplying countries, Spain and Italy. According to an update from

Latvian potato growers have high hopes for new season
Recently, Latvian potatoes experienced one of the steepest price jumps in the past 10 years, reaching an average increase of 50%. Growers are now preparing for the new season in the hope that

Philippines to start shipping durians to China next month
The Philippines will start shipping durian to China next month. An initial volume of 7,500 tons of durians is ready to be sent to China in March, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said

Fitó provides varieties with resistance to ToBRFV in cherry pear and vine tomato.
The ToBRFV virus (Tomato Brown Rugose Virus) is one of the main challenges that the tomato growing sector has been facing in recent years. Since its appearance in 2015, Semillas Fitó has been

Philippines: Banana growers Davao Del Norte shift to corn
At least 150 banana growers whose plantations were infected with Fusarium wilt or Panama disease shifted to corn farming in Davao del Norte province. This meant they became the first beneficiaries

Competition in the world market of berries requires quality
The Ukrainian Association 'Berry Production of Ukraine' took part in the international exhibition Fruit Logistica 2023. Because a sufficient number of exhibitors was not collected, the National

UK: Fruit and vegetables rationed due to lack of fresh produce
There will have been and still are a lot of puzzled and also worried faces in the UK in the past few days, because Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons have limited the sales quantities of peppers,

Lack of chill hours might impact Georgia peach harvest
California annually produces the majority of the peaches in the US. In 2017, the Golden State produced 56 percent of the county’s fresh peach crop and more than 96 percent of processed peaches.

South African avocado export crop to increase
The South African avocado export industry has released its first estimate of the new season, predicting that the country will export around 18m cartons this year. This would mark an increase of

Sustainable large-scale factory for reusable systems and pallets to be built in Hanover, Germany
A new large-scale factory with over 22,000 sqm of production and storage space for reusable systems and sustainable pallets is being built at the Hannover-West Autobahn interchange (A2/A352).

Argentina: Financial impediment affect January exports
In January, Brazilian banana exports dropped compared to the same month last year. According to Secex, the volume shipped was 7,280 tons, down 12%. Revenue dropped 9%, amounting to just US$ 2.98

Big interest in world’s first AI-powered QC software featured in Berlin
Operation managers and technical teams visiting Clarifruit’s booth at Fruit Logistica in Berlin (2023) experienced a live demo of the automatic defect detection technology. The world’s first

AVA-ASAJA calls for priority in the consumption of Spanish oranges
The arrival of consignments of oranges from Egypt to some Spanish warehouses, especially in Valencia, has raised concerns in the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) due to the lack of

GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW PINEAPPLES
The global pineapple market shows a varied picture, with cold and rainy spells affecting the cultivation in some countries like Costa Rica, South Africa, and Spain. The demand for pineapples in

Tomato prices rise in Ukraine due to lack of imports from Türkiye
The supply of greenhouse tomatoes on the Ukrainian market has decreased again this week, EastFruit project analysts inform. Most Ukrainian representatives of greenhouse complexes reported their

Planning volumes is hard when yields depend on the weather
"In our orchards and gardens, we grow seasonal fruits and vegetables, edible flowers and herbs, which are transformed into top-quality gourmet products. Product availability naturally varies with