Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 13 February
Growing fruit and vegetable prices in general, especially cauliflower. For oranges, demand is still for red-fleshed varieties. The availability of purple Romanesco artichokes is increasing.

'Fruits and vegetables had their most significant quarterly fall since 2012'
Farm inputs have remained elevated for the start of 2023 compared to pre-Covid levels. While they are still far above pre-Covid levels, some input prices have moderated from their peak last year.

Cyclone conditions in the North Island are delivering more rain to growers already struggling with washed-out crops
Big losses from recent storms have some fruit and vegetable growers worried the weather disasters will drive people out of the industry. Horticulture NZ said today’s food price index spike was

Peru’s January protests lead to -47% agro exports decrease worth $190 million
The dollar value of Peru’s agricultural exports of fresh table grapes, blueberries and mango together with unroasted or decaffeinated coffee suffered a -47% decrease worth $190.6 million. This

Queensland’s Evergreen Farms acquired
Queensland table grape and lychee operation Evergreen Farms has been acquired by investment manager Argyle Capital Partners. According to a report from the Australian Financial Review, the 3,793ha

Encarna Selva, director of Aldi's new logistics centre in Sagunto
ALDI has appointed Encarna Selva as Managing Director of its logistics centre in Sagunto (Valencia). With an extensive professional career spanning more than 10 years in the company, she joined

Last season, the price of conventional vine tomatoes surpassed that of organic tomatoes
According to the information provided by the Junta de Andalucía Observatory of Prices and Markets, consulted by Hortoinfo, during the 2021/2022 campaign, conventional vine tomatoes were sold at a

Uzbekistan imported a record volume of mandarins in 2022
Uzbekistan sharply increased imports of mandarins last year – they reached 63 600 tonnes in physical terms, which is 1.8 times more than in 2021, EastFruit specialists report citing data by the

VI.P more centralised marketing
The current situation presents multiple challenges: record harvests, resulting in an oversupply of apples; extraordinarily high summer temperatures, which have consequently affected the quality of