Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 19 June
The campaign for Apulia's florid green figs has started. The production of Italian apricots is in full swing. There is a high trend for melons, especially honeydew melons, while the demand for

Produce preparation services take off in Korea
Fresh fruit and vegetable preparation services are gaining popularity in Korea helping customers cut produce into preferred shapes and sizes. According to a report from Korea Bizwire, retailers

Historical high pricing on South Carolina peaches
Supplies of peaches out of South Carolina are extremely limited thanks to a freeze the region saw in March. “Not all growers are picking and packing and those who are, are not doing it every

Warm weather arrives, sales of watermelons and melons explode
Summer temperatures have finally arrived and the demand for thirst-quenching products has also gone into fourth gear. At the Rimini Food Centre, for example, sales - and demand - for watermelons

DFHV: Drug smuggling in the international trade business
Fruit trading companies in Germany are also abused as "unwanted servants" in drug smuggling from South America to Europe. This was the conclusion drawn by investigators from the Federal Criminal

Asoex travels to Asia to lay groundwork for new fruit campaign
Asoex has travelled to Asia to define strategies ahead of the new export season for cherries and other Chilean fruit. During the visit, the delegation met with its Asian counterparts to discuss

Winter storms affect Cape growers
With the latest of a series of winter storms sweeping over the South African Western Cape region, citrus and other fruit growers are facing a difficult period of recovery. For the last ten days

Sgarbi's night raid on the supermarket
It is half past one in the morning and the shop assistants at a supermarket in Caravaggio, in the province of Bergamo, are expecting anything but to seeVittorio Sgarbi come in to buy a mango. In a

South Africa: Winter storms affect growers in the Cape
After the latest in a series of winter storms that swept through South Africa's Western Cape region, growers of citrus and other fruits are facing a difficult period of recovery. Over the past ten

Spain, apricot production falls by 65% by 2022
The Castilla-La Mancha cooperative has tried to estimate the 2023 apricot harvest in the region and, in consultation with other structures in the area, it has emerged that production will fall by

Kent gets hort innovation boost
A new partnership has been announced between Growing Kent & Medway and Canterbury Christ Church University to connect horticultural and food and drink businesses with agri-technology specialists.

Bangladesh's mango exports up as quality improves
Bangladesh's export earnings from mango have jumped this year as local growers are supplying an improved quality of the popular fruit through both private and public initiatives. About 1,757 tons

Floods in Serbia could change the global raspberry market prospects
EastFruit analysts are closely monitoring the situation in Serbia, where heavy rains have led to floods. The natural disaster is observed in a large number of regions of the country, including the