"If organic apple sales don't rise, we'll never get our Jonagolds sold"
As the new year gets underway, the Belgian organic top fruit market situation does not differ much from how things are going with conventional cultivation. "Apples are struggling. That's not news

Logistics improvements tested as Chile ships greater volumes of stone fruit
Chilean stone fruit has just begun shipping to the U.S. via vessel a couple of weeks ago. “The season was seven to 10 days early this year. We started receiving early shipments in the last week

"Despite high prices, the demand for Orri mandarin remains high so far"
The Spanish Orri mandarin campaign is already underway as the first sales began this week. Prices are significantly higher than in the previous campaign, given the lower availability of supply,

Validity of Nadorcott variety plant breeder's rights reconfirmed
The Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office confirmed last Wednesday, January 25, the decision of the aforementioned Office that declares the validity of the Community Plant Variety

Blue Whale: Focus on promising potentials
While the heat last summer led to lower harvests in other European countries, Blue Whale, France's market leader in the apple sector, is satisfied with the campaign so far. "The high temperatures

"The productive structure of the Spanish Levant is collapsing like Jenga".
Hundreds of people from the regions of Alicante, Murcia and Almeria, gathered last Tuesday in front of the gates of the Moncloa to protest against the planned cuts to the Tajo-Segura water

"В прошлом году мы расширили площадь наших голландских теплиц на 5 гектаров".
В Нидерландах компания Van Vugt Kruiden купила две близлежащие тепличные компании, увеличив площадь своих теплиц

Only 1,900 tons of imported onions arrived in Philippines last week
Just 1,900 tons of the authorized 5,000 tons of imported onions have arrived as the Department of Agriculture's (DA) deadline for the importations passed on Friday. "So far, approximately 1,900

“Grape export volumes will pick up starting from week 6”
According to Samir Singh, business promoter for Indian grape exporter Mersel Foods, the grape season in India was delayed for a few weeks due to the weather conditions in the vineyards: “The

Spanish zucchini exports decrease by almost 22% while purchases of Moroccan zucchini increased by more than 33%
Spanish zucchini exports in the first eleven months of 2022 registered a considerable decrease over the same period of the previous year. According to Hortofinfo, in that period, Spanish zucchini

Guatemala dislodges Philippines as world’s second-largest exporter of bananas in 2022
Guatemala dislodged the Philippines as the world’s second-largest exporter of bananas last year, ending the Asian country’s four-year reign as it struggled to keep its share in key markets

DBV: Rolnictwo węglowe musi być docenione i potrzebne są wiarygodne ramy dla systemów certyfikacji
Przewodniczący Niemieckiego Związku Rolników (DBV) Joachim Rukwied podkreślił, że neutralność w zakresie gazów cieplarnianych będzie możliwa tylko poprzez magazynowanie węgla

Teesside Airport in the UK approved for handling of perishables
Teesside International Airport in the UK has been approved as a Border Control Point (BCP). This means it can handle perishable produce. The airport said it is now in talks with several

Ecuadorian banana exporter aiming for double-digit growth in sales
The Ecuadorian banana exporter, Freskbana aims to maintain their double-digit growth in sales during 2023 following a challenging season for the industry last year. According to Gaetano Leone,

Germany: Consumer climate brightens slightly - but ups and downs remain
Consumer sentiment in Germany is starting 2023 with a little more optimism. Both economic and income expectations continue to recover and are rising noticeably. The propensity to buy continues its

"Major shortages, high prices in ginger market"
Considerable shortages and high prices currently characterize the European ginger market. That is according to Sophie Ye of KX Food in Belgium. "Lower yields mean imports from China are at only

Garlic insurance returns to normal after two years of high incident rates
After two years of negative results, with more than 45 million euro of compensation in the 2020 and 2021 campaigns, last year, garlic insurance -which gives ample coverage to the main risks of the

Germany resists
Germany's economy slowed in 2022, but managed to grow 1.9% faster than expected, and in energy it has done its homework with gas reserves exceeding 90%. The German economy has been resilient in

Fruit Logistica: for a sustainable and technified world
Last year's event was attended by more than 3,300 exhibitors from 91 countries who presented their products, services and technical solutions. The event was attended by more than 3,300 exhibitors

AlmerÍa: Smaller supply brings higher prices
The cold spell in Almería in the last week of January led to a significant drop in production. As expected, prices have increased for all products, but most for peppers and tomatoes. In addition,

Private households bought less fresh fruit in 2022
Looking back, the fruit and vegetable market was significantly influenced by several factors last year. On the one hand, the war in Ukraine initially caused energy and transport costs to rise,

Increased local demand for Ontario Red Prince apples
Ontario apples are continuing to see a strong year--a welcome change from the last two years where smaller crops followed challenging weather conditions. “This year overall we had a bumper crop.