"Trade is being pulled to all sides; bell peppers cost more than green asparagus"
In Europe, greenhouse vegetable prices are reaching great heights. "Unbelievably, bell peppers currently cost more than green asparagus. Wednesday, Feb. 15, bell pepper prices even broke through

Peruvian avocado exports will increase again in 2023
The Association of Hass Avocado Producers of Peru (ProHass) has forecast that the country will export 624,000 tons of avocado in 2023, i.e. 12.5% more than in 2022. Carlos Paredes Rosales said

Karma; a new apple variety
From March 2 – 4 Starr Ranch Growers will be showing their latest apple variety Karma at Southern Exposure’s Orlando show. “It is a new and exclusive Starr Ranch Growers proprietary variety

Vietnam exports to China surge
Vietnamese fruit exporters have welcomed improved access to the Chinese market, with orders and prices surging at the start of 2023. According to reports fromVnExpress, trade has reinvigorated

Autonomous drones designed to harvest fruit show their skills at World Ag Expo
One of the new products on display at the World Agricultural Expo in Tulare, California was the result of two companies teaming up and creating a new solution to labor shortages in the agriculture

Can a Georgian salary afford more fruits, nuts and vegetables than it could in previous years?
Due to the lasting increases in the price levels, food prices, including those for fruit, nut, and vegetable, are gaining more and more spotlight in Georgia. Recently the Georgian government

No patents on seeds: Patent on peppers not revoked
The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected the opposition against a patent of the company Syngenta (Chemchina) on conventionally bred peppers (EP2140023). Syngenta had obtained a patent in 2013

Portuguese fruit, veg and flower exports smash through €2bn barrier
Portuguese fruit, vegetable and flower exports reached €2.04bn in 2022, their highest value ever, according to new figures from the Portuguese Statistics Institute (INE). This was an increase of

Peru diverts its grape exports to closer markets due to the protests in the country
Alejandro Cabrera, head of the Peruvian association of table grape producers, Provid, told Bloomberg that exporters and producers in the industry were struggling to recover from two weeks of

WCO discusses market developments
The World Citrus Organisation (WCO) held a meeting at Fruit Logistica last week for members of its global citrus community to exchange on citrus consumption and market developments. The meeting

Year-round dragon fruit from Vietnam enables global exports
Nguyen Quoc Duan is General Direct at Vietnamese dragon fruit growing and export company Song Nam ITD Co., Ltd.. The company is based in Ho Chi Min City, with its farms in Vietnam's Binh Thuan