Reybanpac awarded as ‘Triple Impact Company’ for sustainability
Ecuadorean banana supplier Reybanpac has picked up an award from business magazine Ekos as one of the Best Companies with Triple Impact: economic, social and environmental. Vicente Wong, CEO of

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 3 April
The Roman artichoke campaign is now in full swing, but demand is struggling to take off despite the approaching Easter festivities. Agretti production is in full swing. Asparagus prices are rising

France: Good demand for 100% organic colored chard
Biogaronne, a group of producers specialized in the sale of organic products, has been marketing colored chard for about 2 weeks. “This is the second year that we sell organic colored chards.

Ecuador: Banana exports down at the beginning of the year
From January to February 2023, exports amounted to 66.8 million cartons. This is 0.47% less than in the same period last year. In terms of destination, 32% was destined for the European Union

Asia accounted for 16.7% of total Peruvian table grape exports in 2022
In 2022, Peruvian grape exports reached US$1,362,740,000 for 554,730 tons, showing an increase of +9% in value and +8.1% in volume compared to US$1,249,800,000 for 513,060 tons in 2021. This was

Oranges in the shower, the new trend on TikTok
Tik Tok is the social platform of the moment. It conquers youngsters and adults alike thanks to the possibility of creating funny, catchy, even surreal content, which, often, creates real trends

What lies ahead for the dessert fruit market?
There is a noticeable trend in Poland away from berry crops intended to supply processing plants and towards growers moving towards selling fruit on the fresh market. This offers more stable

Bananas from Colombia at £1.10: up 3% from last week
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and

Ireland: €1.36 m worth of cannabis found in container of oranges from Spain
Gardai have uncovered €1.36m worth of cannabis shipped to Ireland from Spain in a container load of oranges. One warehouse worker has been charged with unlawful possession of cannabis on March

Brazil: Grape exports to China expected this year
The Chinese market could open up for Brazilian grapes by the end of the year. This was announced by the president of the Brazilian Association of Producers and Fruit Exporters (Abrafrutas),

"Price hype is damaging the healthy operation of the Lane Late navel orange market"
The Lane Late navel orange, which goes on the market every spring, is a late-ripening citrus variety. It is well-known because of its good taste and has less competition from the same category

Tesco goes peat-free on bedding plants
Tesco has announced it has become the first UK retailer to go peat-free on its British-grown bedding plants. The move, which the supermarket said was aimed at lowering its carbon footprint,

Peru overtakes Chile as top grape exporter in South America
The Peruvian grape season is wrapping up. “Harvest at our farms in the Ica area was completed about three weeks ago,” says Dirk Winkelmann with Vanguard International. While the production

The fruit we should be eating to fall asleep faster
Struggling to fall asleep at night can be incredibly frustrating. Experts have said missing on crucial sleep can lead to a myriad of health problems, and it also decreases physical and mental

Plant nursery and varietal innovation expo at Macfrut 2023
From 3 rd to 5 th May, Macfrut 2023, to be held in Rimini (Italy), will become an international meeting point for nursery professionals, breeders, producers, technicians and researchers. There

Valencian citrus sector calls for cold treatment for mandarins following false moth detection
The Citrus Management Committee (CGC), the association that brings together private Spanish citrus exporters, demanded an investigation from the European Commission in September into the scope of

Brazilian grapes close in on Chinese market
The Chinese market could open up for Brazilian table grapes by the end of the year according to the president of Abrafrutas, Guilherme Coelho. Coelho visited Beijing last week with agriculture

Egypt reduces exports of oranges to the EU due to unfavorable weather and devaluation of the pound
The EU, one of the main markets for oranges from Egypt, sharply reduced the volume of purchases in the 2021/22 season, EastFruit reports. Egyptian exports to the EU fell to the lowest level in at

"In cherry-producing countries with surpluses in the supply, consumption is usually limited to the season"
The cherry campaign in Extremadura will start later this year, since the cold recorded in January and February, which was otherwise necessary for the proper awakening of the trees, delayed the

Bananas go under the knife
Bananas take centre stage in surgical experimentation. A doctor in London simulated a remote operation on a banana in California with the help of the new 5G technology. As seen in the video, the

How tolerance to stress can be improved for cherries and other tree crops
“The role of the cuticle, whether it’s on the fruit, seeds or foliage, is very important for plant health and leads to healthy plants and high-quality fruit. However, the cuticle can be

Igp blood orange, one tonne of fruit seized without traceability
The president of the Consortium Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, Gerardo Diana, thanked the Sicilian Regional Forestry Corps and Noras (Nucleo Operativo Regionale Agroalimentare Sicilia) in a note for

Greedy middlemen make money from strawberries
Representatives of the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers of Andalusia (UPA Anadalusia) in Spain, are critical of the rates offered for strawberries to Spanish growers. On average, they get