Grower Tabanelli: 'I saved the peaches on the hardest night due to frost'
Emilia-Romagna's stone fruit producers have had to reckon with record-breaking frosts again this year, which have wiped out a large part of their production. Temperatures plummeted as low as -6°

'Spanish peaches: we sell them for 7 euro per kilogram'
Spanish peaches have already arrived on the market stalls in Brescia. The fruit has been on sale for a few days with respectable prices, although the low temperatures still do not encourage

'Испанские персики: мы продаем их по 7 евро за килограмм'
Испанские персики уже появились на рыночных прилавках в Брешии. Фрукты продаются уже несколько дней по

Northern Greece: Growers in desperate need of foreign hands
Farmers in northern Greece are desperately seeking help abroad to get their fruit and other crops picked. It seems that local youth are not inclined to do the farm work and the once-reliable

Frosts in Italy: damage in orchards reaches 70 per cent
Author: Sylwia Sałyga 13 April 2023 08:39 Frosts have caused losses to orchards in Italy. A sudden overnight drop in temperature with early morning frosts before Easter hit Italian orchards hard,

Frost also in France, damage to peach orchards
Last week, temperatures dropped to 3 degrees below zero in the French department of Haute-Vienne. For grower Loic Kammer, the nights were spent monitoring the probes that measure the temperature

Moderate stone fruit season expected in Spain in terms of volume
Currently, the early growing areas of Spain are slowly but surely starting this year's stone fruit harvest. In a few weeks, the first apricots, peaches and nectarines will hit the German market.

Peach tree fungus infects a man, world's first case
After the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all more sensitive and careful not to contract infections or diseases and just hearing about it, we are on our guard. Usually we protect ourselves from

Bad weather, from Lazio to Romagna the damage is extensive
The bad weather with violent thunderstorms accompanied by hail has hit the peninsula in a leopard-like pattern, from the capital to the Veneto and Romagna, with serious damage to arable crops and

The Junta de Andalucía and Asociafruit request aid from operational programs for the production of stone fruit trees
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development and Asociafruit have agreed in a meeting, held in Seville, to urge the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food to include

Florida peaches waiting on rain
The Florida peach season is three weeks away from getting underway. “The crop is a little light compared to last year. Most of our trees are 10-11 years old and they’re kind of slowing down a

Strong demand for Tunisian peaches and apricots
Tunisian peach and apricot growers are expecting a good season, thanks to strong demand, good weather conditions, and better productivity this year, according to Mohamed Akermi, CEO of Tunileaf.

Флоридские персики ждут дождя
До начала сезона персиков во Флориде осталось три недели. "Урожай немного меньше, чем в прошлом году.

Brzoskwinie z Florydy czekają na deszcz
Sezon brzoskwiniowy na Florydzie jest o trzy tygodnie od rozpoczęcia. "Zbiory są trochę lekkie w porównaniu z ubiegłym rokiem. Większość naszych drzew ma 10-11 lat i jakby

Peaches and Sofas, Quality Romagna
Co mają wspólnego brzoskwinie i sofy? Wystarczy cofnąć się o kilkadziesiąt lat i pomyśleć o rolnikach, którzy inwestowali w owoce pestkowe, podczas gdy ich

Peaches and Sofas, Quality Romagna
What do peaches and sofas have in common? We need only go back a few decades and think of the farmers who invested in stone fruits while their neighbours built small sheds to handcraft sofas and

A popular dessert peach variety. Bears abundant fruit.
Beasts have a very attractive fruit. They are distinguished by their unique flavour, and nutritional value. Which variety to choose for cultivation? The Harnaś peach grows strongly, forming an

Chilean plum shipments to North America 50 percent higher than same time last year
Plum supplies continue to be steady from Chile though other stone fruit varieties such as peaches have finished for the season. Nectarines: Through week 10, 22,014 tons/2,446,003 cases of

Polish peach variety. Bears fruit annually and very richly.
A variety called Inka, a peach with a slightly later ripening date, is of great interest to growers. Most peach varieties ripen from the end of July to the first days of September. 'Reliance' and

Plantatorzy brzoskwiń z Karoliny Północnej uważnie obserwują wiosenne temperatury
Hodowcy brzoskwiń z Karoliny Północnej są na straży mrozu do końca kwietnia. "Jesteśmy około 20 dni do przodu w tym roku w porównaniu do ubiegłego roku, który był dość

Производители персиков Северной Каролины внимательно следят за весенними температурами
Северокаролинские персиководы находятся под наблюдением заморозков до конца апреля. "В этом году мы

North Carolina peach growers keep close eye on spring temperatures
North Carolina peach growers are on freeze-watch until the end of April. “We’re about 20 days ahead this year compared to last year which was quite a normal year. So we’re pretty much on the

Alabama peach growers facing uncertainty
Peach farmers in central Alabama will likely see a longer bloom period and a smaller-than-usual crop at each harvest for peach varieties with moderate or high chill requirements. Alabama peach

The volume of Peruvian red grapes decreased, and Chilean black grapes are on the market
In the current imported fruit market, peaches, plums and grapes are the main categories. In terms of domestic fruits, blueberries, citrus and pineapples make up the bulk of the available produce.

Lack of chill hours might impact Georgia peach harvest
California annually produces the majority of the peaches in the US. In 2017, the Golden State produced 56 percent of the county’s fresh peach crop and more than 96 percent of processed peaches.