Blackcurrant buying 2023: will this season start with failure?
The first prices of blackcurrants are appearing at buying stations. The offers so far concern prices for currants for freezing. Initial prices are low, especially for red currants. Some fear that

French lettuce producer achieves optimal washing result with a new line
The installation of the new line for washing lettuce grown by the French family company, in one of its two existing production facilities, required a particularly space-saving setup for the three

Onion prices down in Ukraine due to growing supply of new domestic crop
The supply of domestic early onions is currently much higher than the demand, reports EastFruit. Thus, a seasonal rise in the supply forces Ukrainian farmers to actively reduce their prices for

Verona peach returns PGI
Another fundamental step towards the re-establishment of the Verona Peach PGI was taken on 28 June last with Decree no. 0337590 through which the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and

"In July there could be a huge gap in the melon supply"
At the current stage of the summer, and with the melon campaign coming to an end in Almeria, it should be time for the Region of Murcia's season to be in full swing; however, as a result of the

China opens its doors to Italian pears after a lengthy procedure
Although this year's pear season will register the lowest yields of the past 10 years - also due to the flood in Emilia-Romagna, where 70% of the domestic production is located - the news has

A brilliant semester for L'Insalata dell'Orto
L'Insalata dell'Orto - a company from Veneto specialising in the production, packaging and marketing of 1st and 4th range leafy vegetables, as well as Europe's largest producer of edible flowers -

A truck loaded with peppers was stolen at gunpoint in Granada
The Civil Guard has arrested the 39-year-old man who, on June 17, stole at gunpoint a truck loaded with peppers. The theft occurred around 19:40 hours when the driver of a truck from Morocco

Difficult time for radish producers. What prices on the market? [04.07.2023]
The holiday period, during which we can observe lower market demand, remains quite difficult for all producers. Nevertheless... In the case of radishes, weather conditions are also significant.

Why should farmers grow more purple corn?
The demand for healthier food options is on the rise, driven by an increasing number of health-conscious consumers. According to a survey by Food Industry Asia, eight out of ten Filipino consumers

Rijk Zwaan in the forefront against new Bremia breeds
On 1 July the European committee of International Bremia Evaluation Board (IBEB-EU) named three new lettuce blight races: Bl:38EU, Bl:39EU and Bl:40EU. A substantial number of Rijk Zwaan lettuce

"I have harvested 40,000 kilos less than last season and I have invoiced 40,000 euro more"
This is how Paco Fernandez, a producer of early peppers from El Ejido, summarizes what happened in many Almerian farms in this campaign; as Asaja Almeria detailed a few days ago, the market value

Three new Fusarium resistant outdoor lettuce varieties made available
Faced with the arrival of new races of Bremia (downy mildew of lettuce) and the spread of the Fusarium threat, Gautier Semences already offers a wide range of Bl:29-40 EU and Fusarium resistant in

"The product is currently very scarce, which makes it correspondingly more expensive"
The heat in Italy is not only causing poorer quality watermelons and netted melons, but above all crop failures. "The product is currently very scarce, which also makes it correspondingly more

Blackcurrant buying 2023: will this season be a failure?
The first prices of blackcurrants are appearing at buying stations. The offers so far concern prices for currants for freezing. Initial prices are low, especially for red currants. Some fear that

Enza Zaden offers Bremia resistance
The International Bremia Evaluation Board for the EU (IBEB-EU) has announced three new Bremia races, Bl:38EU, Bl:39EU, and Bl:40EU, and said that tests by Enza Zaden have found a significant

"Brazil, Central America and the Caribbean could be key markets for our Spanish garlic this year"
"This year, the work and effort of our producers in Spain have again gone to waste at the beginning of the garlic campaign, in the months of May and June. A big squall remained in the Iberian

"Lower watermelon quantities, but sizable enough to be sold in slices in supermarkets"
Geofur started harvesting its almost 60 hectares of watermelons located between the Ostiglia (Mantua) and Melara (Rovigo) municipalities. The market is very receptive at the moment, also because

Spain's melon and watermelon area and production volume continue to fall
According to a recent campaign report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, the area devoted to melon and watermelon production in 2023 has been singularly affected by the lower

China opens up to Italian pears
Italy will start exporting its pears to China. The protocol to enable these exports was signed on 26 June this year. Italy started its efforts for this market in November 2017..More. Go to the article

Organic products in Georgia – high demand, low consumer awareness
Greenhouse farm “Bostani” (translated as “Vegetable Garden”) will not be able to export for several more years. Beka Barjadze, the founder of the organic farm, talks about the reasons why

Short South African citrus season predicted
Export estimates for various citrus categories have been amended downwards: navels by 500,000 15kg cartons to reach an estimate of 24.8 million 15kg cartons; grapefruit by 100,000 cartons to 14.3

"The melon and watermelon shortage will continue during the first three weeks of July"
The situation of the Spanish melon and watermelon season has changed drastically from May to June and July, going from a clear oversupply in the markets and the collapse of prices to a shortage

Italy: Alarm over astronomical food prices
In Italy, inflation is falling, but in June an anomaly was recorded in the form of an "astronomical" increase in food prices, by up to 46 per cent on an annual basis. This is reported on Monday by

Europatat welcomes the Polish Seed Trade Association as new member
Europatat has welcomed the Polish Seed Trade Association (PIN), the only chamber of commerce in the seed industry in Poland. The origins of the formation date back to the 90s of the twentieth