Planasa buyout reaches final stage with €1 billion valuation
The purchase of Planasa has reached its final phase. As Cinco Días reports, Cinven has already selected the investors who will bid for Planasa, Spain's leading soft fruit producer. Its current

Made in Basilicata, the results of the three-year period presented
The results of the three-year supply chain project called Ortofrutta Made in Basilicata were presented last Tuesday (27 June) at the Policoro Castle (Matera). An initiative, which started in early

Georgian imports of blueberries in the off-season are keeping up the surge that started in 2018
Earlier EastFruit wrote about a Georgian farmer finding it profitable to produce off-season blueberries last year. Now our analysts point out low volumes, but very quick growth, of fresh blueberry

Kiwi, less will continue to arrive from Chile
The quantities of Chilean kiwi available will be lower this year and supplies will end a month earlier than expected. Reporting the news is the online publication Fruitnet.com, which specifies

"Last month, Peruvian lemon exports were not as favorable as expected"
According to Fresh Fruit, so far this year Peru has exported 21,537 tons of fresh lemon, i.e. 22% more than last season. However "last month's exports of this product were not as favorable as

"Times have never been tougher for soft fruit growers."
"Just when the industry was looking to recover from the pandemic, we’ve been plunged into an even greater state of crisis triggered by a number of factors. Increased production costs linked to

Imports of melons from China to the Amur Region of Russia have tripled
Imports of melon from China to the Amur Region of Russia have tripled compared to last year. Since the beginning of the year, 76 tons of these melon cultures have been brought in through the

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Rozpoczął się sezon na jagody leśne. O zasadach jakie warto znać czy zbiorze jagód przypominają Lasy Państwowe.Więcej. Przejdź do artykułu

Red- and blackcurrant season kicks off in Ukraine
This week Ukrainian farmers have shipped their first relatively large batches of red- and blackcurrants, as reported by EastFruit. Despite rather long and cold spring, the current season started

Higher garlic prices this year
Last week, the garlic division of the Spanish growers' association Asaja reported that about 30% of the garlic in its fields won't be harvested due to the impact of the persistent rains recorded

Low strawberry procurement prices. Will production be reduced?
The main strawberry season is slowly coming to an end, at least as far as the harvest of fruit for processing is concerned. At the collection points in most areas of the country, much less fruit

LUNA ucr, the new Hass avocado variety
Eurosemillas presented last week, in front of more than a hundred large Californian avocado growers and at the University of California Riverside (UCR) agricultural extension facilities, the BL516

Green Motion presents Luna UCR to California growers
More than 100 California avocado growers attended an event at University California Riverside (UCR) last week for the launch of a new avocado variety developed by Eurosemillas. BL516, which will

Watermelons, strategies for the ideal assortment
In the summer period, mourners are crucial for the performance of the fruit and vegetable department. Their unit value, whether sold by the kilo or by the piece, however, is relatively low and

India is a strategically important market for US walnuts
The news that India will remove retaliatory tariffs for US walnuts has been well received in California, the second largest producer of walnuts in the world. With two-thirds of California

Currant season kicks off. Prices lower than last year
This week, the sales season for red and black currants began in Ukraine. Despite the cold and long spring, the selling season for these fruits started at about the same time as last year.More. Go

The season of red- and blackcurrants kicks off in Ukraine
This week Ukrainian farmers have shipped their first relatively large batches of red- and blackcurrants, as reported by EastFruit. Despite rather long and cold spring, the current season started

Raspberries 2023. "Suspension of supply unrealistic with fragmented market"
The harvest of raspberries for processing has started and the first major deliveries of fruit took place at the end of last week. The purchase prices offered to producers proved to be low, as

Aldi opens sixth shop in Bologna
ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, the multinational reference reality of the large-scale retail trade, opens its sixth shop in Bologna tomorrow, at Piazza Giovanni da Verrazzano 6. After its

Arbuzy, strategie dla idealnego asortymentu
W okresie letnim żałobnicy mają kluczowe znaczenie dla wyników działu owoców i warzyw. Ich wartość jednostkowa, niezależnie od tego, czy są sprzedawane na kilogramy,

Ukraine: Sour cherry season starts with delay, but significantly higher prices
Ukrainian producers started their sour cherry season in week 25. However, the first large deliveries did not arrive on the market until week 26, EastFruit reports. The current sour cherry season

Horticulture, the Basf Days have started
A rich variety assortment, cultivation and defence strategies, technicians and agricultural entrepreneurs: these are the protagonists of the BASF Days, the cycle of appointments that started in

Арбузы, стратегии для идеального ассортимента
В летний период траурники имеют решающее значение для работы отдела фруктов и овощей. Однако их удельная

Peaches and nectarines, prices drop in Turkey
In addition to the direct consequences on civilian populations, the war in Ukraine and the tensions of the last few days in Russia are changing the shape of the world economy, and the fruit and

Bananas from Ecuador at £0.85: slight drop compared to last week
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and