"Growers are always looking for high yielding varieties that maintain good tip quality"
The late Dr Peter Falloon started breeding asparagus over 40 years ago, and his son and the team at Aspara Pacific have been breeding asparagus in different forms ever since. "We currently have

Destatis: 19 500 тонн спаржи было импортировано в 2022 году - почти на 29 процентов меньше, чем в 2021 году
Незначительная часть спаржи, потребляемой в Германии в сезон спаржевого сезона, поступает не с

Peruvian asparagus air exports increased by 24% in January 2023
According to information from the Foreign Trade Society of Peru (ComexPerú), in the first month of 2023, Peruvian air shipments were led by exports of fruit and vegetable products, which amounted

"Demand has been very good as no one else is in the market at the moment"
The first asparagus of the season were cut at New Forest Fruit on 22nd of February. The company produces some of the earliest asparagus and strawberries in the UK, due the unique microclimate in

“The tenderness of French asparagus is even more pronounced in the Cevennes”
The Camp-Galhan winery in the Cevennes also produces sweet onions and green asparagus on 4 hectares. Lionel Pourquier, manager of the farm, has been adapting and perfecting his production

AMI: Как будет развиваться рынок спаржи в 2023 году?
С наступлением весны в Германии снова начинается сезон спаржи. Несмотря на то, что стартовая ситуация

AMI: How will the asparagus year 2023 develop?
With spring, the asparagus season in Germany begins again. Even though the starting situation could be better due to increased production costs and persistent inflation, there is confidence after

UK’s Muddy Machines to offer robotic harvesting as a service
Muddy Machines is a UK-based robotics company. It has developed a team of five robotic harvesters called "Sprout" that will work together to pick British asparagus commercially in Herefordshire

‘Sprouts’ set to harvest spears
A ‘herd’ of robots is to be released into the English countryside to commercially pick British asparagus for the first time this coming season. Muddy Machines – the robotics company behind

"Ahead of Easter, demand for asparagus will exceed supply"
There is plenty of demand, but due to the cold weather and lack of sunshine hours, the larger volumes of Dutch asparagus are still a while away. "We also still have to do quite a bit of ploughing

We assume that asparagus will be available around Easter
The asparagus harvest is now gradually gaining momentum with the first batches coming from sites with heated cultivation. But the main harvest does not start until shortly before Easter.

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 20 March
Fruit and vegetable prices are generally lower. Demand for asparagus is still contracting and that for strawberries is still subdued. The campaign for Sicilian Tarocco oranges closed early. Thanks

VSSE: Start of season for first local asparagus
With the beginning of spring, the start of the asparagus season is not far away. According to the Association of Southern German Asparagus and Strawberry Growers (VSSE), asparagus growers in warm

BBV: New Franconian Asparagus Queen in Office
The new asparagus season is upon us and the Franconian Asparagus Producers' Association is now represented by a new asparagus queen: Veronika Hussnätter from Middle Franconia is the new

First German asparagus from covered, heated fields available already
Since the end of last week, OGA/OGV Nordbaden eG in Bruchsal has been offering the first asparagus from covered heated open ground areas from German production, managing director Hans Lehar tells

Heavy rain and flooding causes some delays in Peru’s fruit exports
Extensive flooding across many parts of the north of Peru caused damage to key bridges and roads that caused delays of getting export crops such as table grapes, mangoes, avocados and asparagus to

This week in Fruchthandel magazine: early potatoes, asparagus, greenhouse produce
The sale of early table potatoes from imports tends to decrease in Germany during the first half of each year. In the first quarter, origins such as Israel or Egypt have virtually no market

The season’s first asparagus became available on the Georgian market
The season’s first asparagus has become available on the Georgian market. Although it takes a few more weeks for the open-field production to start, asparagus produced in the high tunnels are

Trade fair duo expoSE & expoDirekt in Karlsruhe from 22 to 23 November 2023
Over 400 exhibitors from twelve nations will present themselves at the 27th expoSE - Europe's leading trade fair for asparagus and berry cultivation - and the 12th expoDirekt - Germany's largest

Season of asparagus for exports starts in April in Georgia
Georgian asparagus and blueberry producer GeoFresh LLC expects to harvest up to 25 tonnes of asparagus this year for export to the Persian Gulf countries. According to GeoFresh representative

Sezon szparagów na eksport rozpoczyna się w kwietniu w Gruzji
Gruziński producent szparagów i borówek GeoFresh LLC spodziewa się zebrać w tym roku do 25 ton szparagów na eksport do krajów Zatoki Perskiej. Jak informuje przedstawicielka

Сезон спаржи на экспорт начинается в Грузии в апреле
Грузинский производитель спаржи и черники ООО GeoFresh рассчитывает собрать в этом году до 25 тонн спаржи для

"Uzyskanie ChOG stworzyło prawdziwą dynamikę wokół francuskich szparagów du Blayais"
Danielle Chambaraud uprawia szparagi od 35 lat w północnej części departamentu Gironde, na około 12 hektarach obecnie. Długa historia, która ostatnio przybrała inny obrót, ponieważ

The season’s first asparagus became available on the Georgian market
The season’s first asparagus has become available on the Georgian market. Although it takes a few more weeks for the open-field production to start, asparagus produced in the high tunnels are