Imported fruit, trends with Conor
While the summer fruit campaign is proceeding between highs and lows - with limited volumes and fruit spoilt by the latest weather events - the trends for imported fruit, such as learance, kiwis,

Industrial raspberry prices in Serbia slowly upwards
The buying season of one of the most important fruits for Serbs - raspberries - got off to an unacceptable start for the growers there. 200 dinars/kg (about 7.59 zlotys/kg) is considered an

Moldovan cherries eyeing the European market
The sweet cherry season in Moldova has just begun. Despite poor pollination for medium and late varieties of cherries in some regions of the country, the overall harvest looks promising and

Cypriot government is determined to improve competitiveness in cherry cultivation
The Cypriot cherry production is valued at €1.6 million. Cherries are an important crop in Cyprus, especially for mountain and semi mountain communities. Under the right circumstances, these

Record-breaking cherries awarded in Conversano
The traditional cherry festival, during which the 50 heaviest Ferrovia cherries are awarded, was held last week in Conversano (Bari). The winner with 883 grams of cherries, for an average of about

Canadian growers take top accolades at greenhouse competitions
Nature Fresh Farms and Mastronardi Produce took top accolades at this year's annual Greenhouse Competitions. Nature Fresh Farms received the Overall Coolest Cucumber and three Chef's Choice

Georgia’s strawberry season is still ongoing: increased prices and strong local demand
The farmers in Georgia have completed the harvest of local strawberry varieties from the Kakheti region. Now the market is left with only the remontant varieties from open fields and greenhouses

Fewer smaller size Valencias from California this season
Just over four weeks into the California Valencia orange crop and smaller sizes look to be tighter. “While the crop is down in both districts, the size structure has grown because of all of the

World's most expensive mango comes to India
The world's most expensive mango, known as 'Miyazaki' and priced at around Rs275,000 per kg (€3,000) is now being showcased in a three-day-long Mango Festival in India. Farmers in the state of

Peru: blueberry exports almost double in first month of 2023/24 season
Whereas 790 t of blueberries were exported in May last year, the figure was 1,574 t in May this year, agraria.pe refers to Proarándanos. The reason for this enormous growth was the deliveries to

Ukraine: Introducing a 'commercially-promising' in-store pilot
Recently, Smart Oasis, a Ukrainian vertical farming company, has successfully launched its products and is now piloting 'a commercially promising business model' for sales of living herbs under

BayWa r.e. builds largest "Fruitvoltaic" project in Europe
In the Netherlands, BayWa r.e. and its subsidiary GroenLeven have begun construction on Europe's largest "Fruitvoltaic" project. The plant, which involves placing PV modules over raspberries, has

Peach and nectarine market: price outlook and present situation in Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey
According to Fedor Rybalko, international consultant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and EastFruit expert, relatively low peach and nectarine yields are

Cherries in large-scale distribution, risk or no risk?
In June, we are in the middle of the cherry season, an Italian excellence that can boast several PGI awards certifying a disitinctive quality in the European fruit and vegetable scene. However,

Mercosur is one of the priorities of the forthcoming Spanish presidency
One of the objectives of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, which begins on 1 July, will be to speed up trade agreements with Mercosur, Chile and Mexico, as stated at the last

Recent rise in UK packing potato prices has been weighing on demand from retailers
The recent rise in UK packing potato prices has been weighing on demand from retailers, with supermarkets utilising contracted supplies as much as possible to reduce exposure to high prices in the

Stawki handlowe USA-Chiny rosną wraz ze spadkiem stawek transatlantyckich
Ciąg ogólnych podwyżek stawek (GRI) rozpoczynających się w marcu-kwietniu nie pomógł stawkom spot kontenerów. Indeks Shanghai Composite Index, który chwilowo wzrósł do 1 028 USD,

Raspberries are a very demanding but fascinating product
On his plot of 2,500m², Thomas Le Bot grows raspberries, mainly for French pastry chefs, as well as supermarkets. The harvest started 3 weeks ago, and this year's raspberries are more fragile

Peaches and nectarines, bad weather aligns production
This year's peach and nectarine campaign has started a few weeks late in the south, where reduced volumes are expected due to the bad weather in the last month, but at the same time it is ahead in

Fruits from Turkey set to flood the markets because of another collapse of the lira
By, probably, an complete coincidence, immediately after the end of the presidential elections in Turkey, won by the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish currency suffered yet

Торговые ставки между США и Китаем растут на фоне падения трансатлантических ставок
Последовательность общих повышений ставок (GRI), начавшаяся в марте-апреле, не помогла спотовым ставкам на