Bananas from Colombia at £1.08 this 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

Drought-related income tax rebates for farmers and ranchers
The Ministry of Finance has approved reductions in the IRPF modules for 800,000 farmers and stockbreeders that will mean a tax reduction of 1,807 million euros to alleviate the effects of the

UK to invest £21 million in Africa’s cold chains to improve agricultural storage
The United Kingdom government has announced plans to invest up to £21 million into African countries to enhance the continent’s depleted cold chain systems as part of efforts to drive down

Potential gap ahead in grapes from Mexico
Grape production is underway from Mexico already though sizeable volume may not be seen until late May. Miguel Suarez with MAS Melons & Grapes says supplies are coming in currently from Jalisco,

Xenia®: Marketing season successfully concluded
Xenia®, the new pear club variety of the German Fruit Variety Consortium (DOSK), says goodbye to the German market after a successful season. Just in time for the pear blossom and Pear Day on 23

Liquidseal invites South African citrus exporters to join a subsidised commercial trial
After several years of using Liquidseal on South African citrus, both organic and conventional, with the support of Citrus Research International, the Dutch company is at the point of scaling up

“There's more avocado than demand for this fruit in the world”
Bancolombia published a report on the global perspectives of avocado, highlighting that “there's more avocado in the world than demand for this fruit.” The accelerated growth of new

"As a cooperative, we stand closely together"
With annual sales of 232 million, Erzeugergroßmarkt Langförden-Oldenburg eG (ELO) is probably one of the largest fruit and vegetable companies in Germany. We spoke to Jens Wiele (on picture

Importing EU goods into the UK: more change is underway
Following repeated postponements, the UK Government has finally published its plans to introduce full border controls on imports of goods from the EU. We explain what this means in practice and

Crisis at Aldi Nord through losses
Aldi, Lidl continue to outperform rest of UK grocery market: Kantar The latest market share data from Kantar for the UK market shows that Aldi and Lidl continue to outperform the competition, with

"After two years like this, our entire legacy is in jeopardy"
Just a few days ago, the Commission for the Guadalquivir Hydrographic Demarcation agreed to start the irrigation campaign with a discharge of 385 hm³ for the irrigation of crops under the General