Italy: Fruitimprese calls for consumption promotion
Italian fruit and vegetable exports have recovered strongly in the first quarter of 2023: compared to 2022, volumes have increased by 6.5 % and values by 10.7 %. Vegetables and pulses (+20.8%) and

Peach and nectarine supplies still on the lighter side in Canada
Supplies of peaches and nectarines in Canada are slimmer. “There’s a lot less fruit out there,” says Guy Milette with Courchesne Larose. At this point in the season, supplies of peaches and

Spain will produce more than 120,000 tons of almonds this year
According to the latest estimate of the national nuts table, Spain will produce 120,633 tons of grain almonds in the 2023 campaign. This is 49% above the average of the last three years and is

Planned expenditure also for fruit and vegetables
The Fruit and Vegetable Monitor has in recent weeks investigated which purchasing strategies Italians have deployed over the past year as a result of the mostly negative change in their purchasing

Fall Creek: The globalisation of blueberries - threat or gift for local producers?
Consumers want to eat locally grown blueberries. Sekoya's varieties can revitalise local production and bridge the gap to out-of-season supply, says Hans Liekens, value chain and retail manager at

Biological protection of raspberries - summer and autumn varieties - spider mites and aphids
Producers of raspberries in tunnels are increasingly making use of solutions to produce raspberries without residues. In this production, natural predators are of great help in combating pests

"South African citrus started on empty market"
Spring was a long time coming in the Netherlands, but the somewhat grayer weather was good for citrus sales, says Gijsbert van Leeuwen, responsible for procurement at Olympic Fruit. "It wasn't

Exports on the upswing in Q1 2023
Italian fruit and vegetable exports are on the upswing in the first quarter of 2023. With volumes up 6.5% and values up more than 10 percentage points compared to the same period in 2022 (+10.7%),

Vegetable prices decreasing during June in Libya
Looking at the prices of vegetables in the Libyan market, there has been a noticeable decrease in the general level of prices in the past months during which they rose slightly, while the prices

"We can already no longer rely on regional goods for some products"
In Saxony the regional outdoor harvest is now gradually gaining momentum. "Despite the delayed start to the harvest, we can now draw on the full range of lettuces, herbs and also cucumbers and

Fioroni fig campaign: lack of produce and 10 day delay
It's a complicated year for fioroni figs in Puglia due to the weather. "While the campaign of fioroni fruits is often already short with limited availability, the situation is looking even more

Turkey could face a record potato crop in 2023, record exports and a price collapse
According to EastFruit analysts, in 2023, a sharp increase in potato production is expected in Turkey, which is among the top 15 world’s largest exporters of these tubers. Statistics for seed

New study reveals skin benefits of blueberries
In a recent review article published in the journal Antioxidants, scientists in the United States and South Korea discuss the benefits of topical and dietary blueberry supplementation in

Photo report: Start of the season of the Palatinate early potatoes
On June 12, the producer association Pfälzer Grumbeere invited connoisseurs, media representatives as well as politicians to see the harvest for themselves at the season start of the Palatinate

Avocado cultivation on the rise in Brazil
In Brazil, avocado production grew by more than 50% between 2016 and 2021. Avocado is one of the fruits that has stood out the most in the Brazilian agricultural sector in recent years. According

Will GlobalG.A.P. certification enable Fyffes to export melons to Europe?
Back in 2021, Fyffes began the transformation of its Honduran and Guatemalan melon businesses with the goal to become GlobalG.A.P. certified. New management was appointed, including the General

Prices for strawberries and raspberries on wholesale markets on 15.06.2023
The uninspiring situation on the wholesale strawberry market continues. Hopes for better prices are brought by the announced cooling and rainfall. Despite the fact that buyers from Lithuania have

Scientists create an avocado that doesn't turn black after being cut
A group of scientists has used the revolutionary gene-editing technique based on the CRISPR tool to turn off the gene that drives oxidation after the avocado is cut and its inside comes into

60 tons of carrots were sent from the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation to Kazakhstan
On June 13, the regional office of the Rosselkhoznadzor in the Volgograd region announced a new export shipment. This time, over 60 tons of fresh carrots from the Volgograd region were sent to

The agricultural industry in the south of Ukraine has practically been destroyed
The loss of the Kahovka reservoir has become not only the largest man-made disaster for Ukrainians but also a tragedy on a national scale. The agricultural industry in the south of the country has

UK competes with Europe for South African citrus
In the Western Cape, dam levels are at a decade high as a cold front brings cold and more rain to the Cape. In between rain citrus farms are harvesting at a rapid clip to minimize time lost to

Major step forward for Fyffes melon business
Ireland-based fruit importer Fyffes has attained GlobalGAP certification for its Honduran melon farm Suragroh, something which it says builds on a two-year transformation of the operation by local

Dohle HIT supermarkets and Greenyard Fresh Germany step into integrated partnership
Greenyard, a global fruit and vegetable supplier, and the German retailer Dohle Trading Group have taken the first steps towards a tailor-made and integrated customer relationship (ICR). Greenyard