Strawberries for big retail chains and wholesale markets
"We started harvesting strawberries in late March and will continue until late June. Ours is not a mass-production, but rather a selected one, so we manage to also reach the big retail sale chains

Portugal and Spain want to strengthen their position on the almond market in France
Pere Ferré, president of the Spanish SAB-Almendrave group, and Albino Bento, president of the Portuguese Centro Nacional de Competências dos Frutos Secos, have presented a new initiative aimed

Good flowering period for Italian apples point to high availability in coming season
VOG is looking ahead to the 2023/2024 apple season. At MacFrut held in Italy, the Consortium outlined its next strategies based on the four elements of the Home of apples structure: origin,

Zespri: Fruit quality has increased, but significantly lower New Zealand kiwi crop 2023
Zespri has confirmed that difficult weather conditions throughout the 2023 growing season have contributed to a lower than expected New Zealand kiwifruit crop this season. According to the latest

Fiber-based packaging for lowering fresh produce’s climate impact
Currently, producers and sellers have high expectations for packaging reliability and at the same time seek to balance this with increasingly ambitious sustainability measures. This includes

Destatis: Vegetables rose by 13.7 per cent, fruit by 6.2 per cent
"The inflation rate has thus weakened for the second month in a row, but remains at a high level," says Ruth Brand, President of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Among the goods and

Turkish cherry harvest delayed in early regions due to lower temperatures
The growing period for the Turkish cherries has been rather positive, says Belit Balci, deputy managing director of Turkish fresh produce exporter Alara Tarim: “The weather conditions are

Buraki ćwikłowe – nie ma mowy o powtórce sprzed roku
Końcowa faza sezonu 2022/2023 na krajowym rynku buraków ćwikłowych ma przebieg daleki od tego, czego życzyliby sobie producenci i hurtowi dostawcy tego warzywa. Jeszcze

The fruit and berry market in Russia has the potential to increase by almost 70%
A recent report by "Interagro" reveals that the fruit and berry market in Russia has the potential to increase by almost 70%, reaching 14.6 million tons annually. The research suggests that the

Crop challenges and high costs impacting yuca supplies
Yuca or cassava supplies out of Costa Rica are seeing some challenges currently. Costa Rica is a year-round producer of the root vegetable and the crop takes approximately nine months to mature.

Styrian asparagus peak season starts now at SPAR
Just in time for Mother's Day and the barbecue season, SPAR is putting Styrian asparagus in the spotlight together with the "young WILD ("jungen WILDEN") vegetable farmers". The cooperation with

“Minus temperatures at night in May are very normal”
It’s very unclear what kind of damage the frosts have caused to the Polish blueberries, says Sandra Stefaniak-Syguła, co-owner of Polish berry trader Berrytrade: “It’s challenging for us to