"We are still harvesting German green asparagus for just under a week"
This year's asparagus season will be remembered as satisfactory. "Except for the last three weeks from the beginning of June, we had consistently good qualities, which is mainly due to the cool

Food imports to Kyrgyzstan increased by 3% over the week
Last week, from June 16 to June 22, 2023, the import of quarantine products to Kyrgyzstan amounted to 17,719 tons, which is 3% higher than the week earlier. This information was published by the

AMI: Tomatoes at the advertising forefront
Tomatoes are the undisputed advertising kings. They are by far the most frequently advertised by German food retailers. The great variety in the tomato assortment, from small-fruited tomatoes to

“The onion industry deserves more recognition"
This week, Minister Jo-Anne Marie Luxton, Minister of Customs and Associate Minister for Agriculture and Education, gave a speech, focused on the Sustainable Food and Fibres Future Project. She

Precooling used to increase efficiency and reduce postharvest losses in bell peppers
In grocery stores brimming with brightly colored fruits and vegetables, it may not occur to many shoppers the complexity farmers navigate to consistently deliver high-quality produce each week.

AMI: High promotional activity for sweet peppers
The amount of available sweet peppers in the trade is steadily increasing, and this increase is also reflected in a high number of promotions. Especially the promotion of pointed peppers is

"The price of new garlic is not expected to drop in the short term."
The new season of garlic has started, but due to the reduced production, the price in the production area is currently rising, and the overseas customers are not active, while some exporters are

Souped-up broccoli bowls over researchers
Smarter Food is increasing production of its broccoli variety GRextra for its soup products after research shows one bowl a week can help lower elevated glucose levels, the Guardian reports. The

Albert Heijn makes it easier to eat more fruit and vegetables every day
For more than half of the Dutch, meeting their daily O+G needs is a challenge. Every week, Albert Heijn offers O+G (out of season), fresh packs with many seasonal varieties and, of course, price

Flood in Romagna, Maap sends tonnes of fruit and vegetables
The flooding that hit Emilia-Romagna hard last week did not leave Maap, the Padua Food Market, indifferent, as it donated two tonnes of fruit and vegetables to Russi, a small municipality of

Studenac: Acquisition of retail chain Strahinjčica d.o.o.
UK: Pimms and cucumbers top Tesco's list of most sold Coronation weekend items Pimms and cucumbers were among the food products that saw the largest spike in sales at Tesco during the Coronation

Navel orange prices at origin are 180% higher than a year ago
In week 17, there were new and consecutive increases in Navel orange prices both in the field (+1.2%) and at the exit from the plant (+4.9%). Prices at origin were 180% higher than in the same

AMI: German tomato season gets underway
Recently, tomato production has picked up speed due to the sunnier weather and longer day length in Central Europe. Promotional campaigns are increasingly drawing attention to the German supply.

Almaty is running out of groceries
Monitoring of the prices of socially significant food products conducted in stores of Almaty showed that the trend of decreasing the cost of the social basket, observed in the second half of

Veg Power launches ‘Growing to Love’
Veg Power, the not-for-profit alliance to increase vegetable consumption across the UK, has launched ‘Growing to Love’ – a tomato growing project to support children’s learning about where

"Our winter red radishes have established themselves well in both food retail and wholesale"
At the Ruff-Häring family of gardeners in the heart of Nuremberg's garlic country, this year's radish and red radish harvest has been in full swing for several weeks. "The greenhouse radish is

AMI: Promotions with kohlrabi increase significantly
With the rising temperatures, the supply of kohlrabi from southern Europe is now increasing again. While there was little promotion of kohlrabi around Easter, 16 promotions are taking place in

Uzkaztrade binds Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan forces
Kazakhstan is opening its doors for foreign trade companies to stabilize food prices. These foreign companies are being created to minimize the risk of seasonal vegetable and fruit shortages and

"The big changeover in food retail will not happen until around Easter"
This year, the Egyptian early potato harvest started one week later than last year's campaign, but the quality so far has been excellent, reports Christoph Dankers (bottom right) of Dankers Daltex

Strongly fluctuating interest in greenhouse radish
As of this week, Gemüsebau Seischab from the German area known as 'Knoblauchsland' or 'garlic country' can harvest the first radish from its greenhouse. "We raise the product ourselves in Paper

‘Spain’s post-Brexit food trade is going well’
This week, Spain's agriculture minister Luis Planas stated that his country's fruit and vegetable exports to the UK have suffered “no fundamental disruption” from Brexit. Recent shortages of

"Expect cucumber prices to drop over the next three to four weeks"
The high cucumber prices in the food retail sector are causing turmoil among German consumers. Due to the high energy prices, Dutch growers have not all been producing this winter, while the cold

"Interest in our products from food retailers increased noticeably over the years"
The special added value of wholesale markets is demonstrated, among other things, by the wide variety of products on offer. GSM Import-Export Ltd, for example, offers Agretto, an Italian herb also

UK: Weekly average wholesale market prices for fruit and vegetables
The average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce in England and Wales up to Monday, 20 February 2023. In this week's average wholesale market prices of home grown produce

Dutch minister visits Waterman Onions
Last week, Piet Adema, the Dutch minister of Agriculture, Nature, and Fisheries, visited the province of Flevoland. There, he went to companies like Andela Techniek & Innovation, Van der Wekken