A good hazelnut harvest is expected in Georgia in 2023 – Merab Chitanava
The head of the Georgian Hazelnut Growers Association (GHGA) forecasts a much better hazelnut harvest in 2023 compared to last year, provided that hazelnut growers are active, EastFruit reports.

Moroccan cucumber exports have more than tripled in five years!
Morocco, as one of the world’s leading exporters of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables, remains the focus of EastFruit. Over the past three years, the country has been annually updating

"Quality is looking very good, definitely better than last year and the weather has been kind"
The Australian citrus harvest is about to start, the first Navels should be ready for export at the beginning of May. Sai World grows most of their citrus in the Riverland region of Australia,

Geological service fears that France might face worse summer drought than 2022
According to French geological service BRGM, low groundwater levels are putting France on course for a worse summer drought than last year. The nation suffered its worst drought on record last

Local raspberries boost berry popularity in Belgium
Belgian cooperative BelOrta has announced the sale of the first locally grown raspberries of 2023, of the Kwanza variety, produced by Kwekerij De Koning of Etten-Leur and purchased by Ann De Rijck

LBP Rotterdam in the spotlight
How has the year started, and what trends are you noticing? Anton Filippo: The start of 2023 has been different to the beginning of last year. We have suffered from the bad weather in South

Drewry’s composite index stable this week
Drewry’s composite World Container Index remained stable at $1,708.63 per 40ft container this week. Drewry’s detailed assessment for Thursday, April 13, 2023, pointed to the composite index

Melons, the campaign for Master Fruit kicks off
After the first removals of the earliest product already at the end of March (click here to read the article), the Red Falcon melon campaign also started last week in Licata for Master Fruit,

HLB-tolerant Donaldson tree might help hard-hit Florida citrus growers
Due to a combination of factors, including a destructive tropical season in 2022, citrus production in Florida dropped to levels not seen since World War II. Citrus growers are facing an uphill

Date brand focuses on increased presence in Canada
Medjool date brand Natural Delights® returns to CPMA this year with award-winning products and a successful Canadian marketing program in tow. For the last several years, Natural Delights has

Number of port strikes around the world has been growing over the past year
The number of port strikes around the world has been growing over the past year, causing headaches for many parties. The number of protests and strikes affecting port operations quadrupled last

Bud frost in raspberries. How to assess the damage?
On our plantation we had another cataclysmic event during the winter. The plastic tunnels in which the raspberries (long cane) grown for the summer harvest were overwintered collapsed under the

Growers claim raspberry exports are quite complex right now
Raspberry growers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are looking at this year’s harvest with uncertainty. All indications are that there will be a multitude of challenges. In the first place is the

There are still no wholesale lots of early carrots on the Uzbek market, and prices for last year’s carrots are record high
According to EastFruit specialists, in the spring of 2022, the first large batches of early carrots became available in the wholesale markets of the capital of Uzbekistan on the 20th of March. In

Hazelnuts, arrivals from abroad doubled in 10 years
ln the last two years, the climate crisis has cut Italy's hazelnut production capacity by a third despite the fact that more and more hazelnuts have been produced and consumed in the last ten

Naeco sadzi nowy las w ramach programu Naeco Reforest
W ramach tej inicjatywy, którą firma realizuje już po raz drugi, chce przyczynić się do walki ze zmianami klimatu, ochrony różnorodności biologicznej oraz poprawy jakości powietrza

Georgian Nuts Incorporated expects first commercial almond harvest this year
The large Georgian company Nuts Incorporated owning more than 700 ha of almond orchards (Supernova, Lauren, and Guara varieties) in Eastern Georgia, is waiting for the first industrial harvest of

Scottish asparagus four weeks earlier than last year
The first asparagus was cut on 21st March this year at Scottish grower Denhead Farms in Coupar Angus. This was a whole 4 weeks earlier than last year. “This was the first year of commercial

Beyond Seeds develops a new plant bioplastic
Beyond Seeds has been carrying out screening and characterisation research on more than 50 plant species for the last 5 years, focusing mainly on the seed. As a result of this research, it has

Stellar prices but poor quality: this is not good enough
Operating in fruit and vegetables, with first fruits or new items, does not always bring the desired results; this is especially the case if certain factors - such as quality/price ratio and

South African avocado exports to increase by 23% this season
The first of this season’s avocados from South Africa arrived in the European market in week 10, the total export is expected to be 80,000 tonnes, up 23% on last year. “Volumes out of South

Orzechy laskowe, przyjazdy z zagranicy podwojone w ciągu 10 lat
W ciągu ostatnich dwóch lat kryzys klimatyczny spowodował zmniejszenie o jedną trzecią zdolności produkcyjnej włoskich orzechów laskowych, mimo że w ciągu ostatnich dziesięciu

Joya apples increase visibility in Ireland
Joya Europe sees good opportunities for the Joya apple this season, as marketable volumes have doubled to 13,000 tonnes compared with last season. Plantation programmes in Italy and Spain will