Georgia imports the highest volumes of seed potatoes in eight years
EastFruit reviews Georgian trade data with seed potatoes. As reported earlier by EastFruit, many local farmers have switched to onions for the new season as in the last season the onions from the

Input costs hit grower confidence
Farmer confidence is at its lowest since the start of the pandemic, says the latest confidence survey from the NFU. This is in part due to the spiralling costs of production being faced by farmers

“It will no longer be possible to lie about the geographical origin or the organic certification”
Evelyne Adjei Mensah, PhD in geochemistry, came to the innovation space of medFEL 2023, the Lab'innov, in order to present Trust in Isotopes, the company she has just created. This new company

Radicchio di Chioggia Igp protagonist at the Rimini fair
The Consorzio di tutela del Radicchio di Chioggia Igp (Consortium for the Protection of Radicchio di Chioggia Igp) could not miss the Rimini event, and this year it is once again a guest at the

DEFRA publishes TOM risk categorizations for goods subject to sanitary or phytosanitary checks
DEFRA has posted the ‘risk categorization’ of EU goods subject to the new sanitary or phytosanitary (SPS) controls that are being introduced from the autumn, as per the draft Border Target

Commission proposes to extend suspension of tariffs and quotas on imports from Moldova
The Commission has proposed today to renew and expand the suspension of import duties and quotas on Moldovan exports to the European Union – known as Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) – for

"Bad weather hindering Spanish stone fruit sales"
Van Dijk Foods has had Spanish stone fruit for three weeks now. "That's when the first supply from the south of Spain arrived, and the fruit looks good. The warm Spanish weather means the stone

"South Africa has good citrus crop, but also many hurdles to overcome"
The arrival of the first grapefruit and mandarins heralds the start of the South African citrus season at Origin Fruit Direct in the Netherlands. The first lemons are also expected by the end of

Italy's apple and strawberry variety innovation to be presented at Macfrut
The CIV - Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti Scarl of San Giuseppe di Comacchio (FE) in Italy will be present from 03 to 05 May with its own stand within the common space of the participants in the

Viva Fresh to move to Houston after record 2023 attendance
The Texas International Produce Association has attracted a record attendance to its Viva Fresh Expo events. The event hosted more than 2,500 attendees, this year with more than 200 booths and

VIC's varietal innovation at Macfrut
The Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti Scarl of San Giuseppe di Comacchio (FE) will be present from May 3rd to 5th with its own stand within the common space of the participants in the Filiera