Alicante: Early start of the medlar season
The high temperatures and the intense sunlight for this time of year resulted in a shorter pollination period, so that the loquat season in Marina Baixa/Alicante started about two weeks earlier

Table tomato prices remain high
The prices of Sicilian greenhouse vegetables continue to remain rather high, but only when it comes to table tomatoes. A small tour taken with Giuseppe Zarba, president of the dealers of the

More fruit in jam, the European Union demands it
European regulations become strict for some agricultural products and require more fruit in jams, mandatory labelling for nuts, dried fruit, processed and cut vegetables such as bagged salad. Jams

Moldovan berry producers rely on sales in the domestic market and exports to Romania in 2023
Farmers from the village of Kunicha, one of the largest export-oriented berry clusters in Moldova, hope to maintain and even expand the supply of strawberries to Romania this year. In 2022, the

medFEL: Planting forecasts for Charentais melons
On the occasion of the medFEL in Perpignan in the south of France, in addition to the harvest forecast for apricots, the current developments of the acreage for Charentais melons in Morocco, Spain

Gamtoos vegetable farmers drive hundreds of kms daily to keep going during drought
Eight years of drought has had a “fatal impact” on vegetable production in the Eastern Cape’s Gamtoos Valley, says Noelie le Roux. “There are only two or three farmers left who plant

Florette unveils £1m summer marketing plan
Florette, the £40m salad brand, has announced a £1m marketing campaign that will reach 8.6m shoppers this summer. Spearheaded by sponsorship of Food Network, the UK’s only dedicated food TV