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Dirk Heerman, Guidofruit, Belgium

"Demand for Llusar citrus increases annually"

"This year's citrus season is progressing very well. The Llusar citrus brand, especially, is selling better and better, year after year. That brand's really growing," says…

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Eco Farm

Disappointing orange campaign

"The Sicilian orange campaign is rather slow, which is unexpected, considering the high quality of the fruit. It is not the low grades that are slowing down consumption but,…

Spain

Good progress of the flowering of stone fruit trees in the Region of Murcia

Stone fruit plantations in the Region of Murcia are in full bloom, with the first fruits already setting in some earlier areas. The flowering season is usually a tourist…

WAPA releases overview of the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks

Italy and Poland holding the most apple stocks in Europe

WAPA has released an overview of the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks, showing the stocks based on country and variety. In Europe, Italy and Poland are holding the most…

Juan Antonio Pons, of Pons Redondo Group: "Hard years are coming, but I have a dream to fulfill"

"We stepped out of our comfort zone, which was citrus, and we already work with 25 products"

A Valencian company that produces and markets fruit and vegetables quadrupled its turnover in 2019 and has consolidated its growth since the start of the Covid-19 health…

Dropping tomato prices

"Our crops are doing well thanks to the favorable weather conditions, but commercialization is not so good," reports Salvatore Astuto, production manager at OP Platinum, a…

T&G reports its 2020 Annual Results

"Our strong underlying results demonstrate our strategy and performance is delivering"

T&G Global today announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2020, which show the Group delivered strong growth in a year of uncertainty. Chief Executive Gareth…

For Agriplast hi-tech innovation at the heart of eco-friendly agriculture

Appropriate investments can reduce environmental impact

The challenge for the coming years is to combine development and environmental sustainability, as set out in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. Technology…

Stable situation at the onion market:

"People are trying to make the sales window for New Zealand onions shorter and shorter"

The onion market is very quiet at this time of year. So far, 2021 is seamlessly following on from last year: "Last year was pleasantly trouble-free for the…

Scant supply, many quality issues for import strawberries around Valentine's Day

Strawberry trading usually increases as Valentine's Day approaches. Not this year. The market was difficult in week 6 when Valentine's Day was celebrated. The…

Special Australia / New Zealand

FreshPlaza March special - Australia and New Zealand

FreshPlaza will be will be highlighting Australia and New Zealand in our March special. Are you an importer of fruit, vegetables or services from Australia or New Zealand or…

Global Focus Bananas

FreshPlaza March Global Focus on bananas

FreshPlaza's March Global Focus is on bananas. Are you involved in the banana trade? How has the market been affected by the pandemic? Is there increased demand for bananas or…

Fellini

Customized packaging for asparagus tips

Fellini Patrizio started selling asparagus a few days ago with the produce coming from protected crops in Campania and will continue with that from poly-tunnels in Apulia.…

Net Lab project against ToBRFV

There is important news concerning the fight against ToBRFV from the University of Palermo, which is taking part in the "Net Lab" project financed by the Regional Department…

Casablanca market's wholesale fruit and vegetables prices

Here's an overview of weekly wholesale prices. These are of the most sold fruit and vegetables at the Casablanca wholesale market in Morocco. These are minimum and maximum…

Venus Sphera was born as a collaboration of Coop Bilanciai and Agricola Don Camillo. Video below.

Weighing and labelling round products is now easier

Working together is the starting point for great ideas, and this is exactly what happened between the Italian Cooperativa Bilanciai and Agricola Don Camillo. The weighing and…

Portfolio features fully renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable punnet designs

Smurfit Kappa launches innovative punnet portfolio for fresh produce market

Smurfit Kappa is launching its innovative punnet portfolio in Europe. The “Safe&Green” portfolio is Smurfit Kappa’s paper-based, sustainable solution to plastic packaging for…

Greenfield project

Receiving, handling and storage in Russia

Together with a leading processor a greenfield project was developed, where receiving, handling and storage will be supplied in several phases in Russia. The storage facility…

Bonduelle - First Half Year 2020-2021 Financial Results

Bonduelle has put out the First Half Year 2020-2021 financial results.The 2020-2021 half-year financial statements were approved by the General Partner, then…

Garlic Solutions expands its range with ‘Black Garlic’

Garlic Solutions, a supplier of unpeeled and peeled garlic cloves in Europe, has recently added 'Black Garlic' from Spain to its range. Black Garlic is…

Walnut sector concerned about sale of imported products as if they were Spanish

The walnut sector integrated into FEPEX has verified that, since December of 2020, the imported walnuts have been marketed as if they were of national origin and at prices…

Laumont

"Online sales of black truffles to individuals multiplied tenfold this year"

Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) is the height of the season. This mushroom, which is highly appreciated in gastronomy for its aroma, is an increasingly…

AILIMPO: Evolution of the 2020/2021 lemon campaign

Spanish lemon export volume remains stable

The 2020/2021 campaign began in September with a volume of nearly 1,300,000 tons, similar to the volumes achieved in the 2018/2019 campaign. The ban on…

Economy Ministry plans to allocate UAH 1.37 bln to support potato growing in Ukraine

Financing for the program of state support for potato growing, planned for 2021, will amount to UAH 6.04 billion, including UAH 1.37 billion for four main areas of…

UK grower held potato stocks at 2.11Mt, in late January

UK growers held potato stocks as at the end of January sit at 2.11Mt, 39% of total production. The 2.11Mt of potatoes in grower ownership at the end of January is 47.4Kt lower…

Russian blueberry imports continue to increase at record rates

Russian consumers continue to be actively interested in new niche products despite declining income levels. The latest berry trend in Russia in recent years…

Spain imported a record volume of tomatoes from Morocco in 2020

According to data prepared by Hortoinfo from the Estacom statistical service, Spain imported 165.32 million kilos of tomatoes in 2021 for 152.03 million euro,…

National Crime Agency

Smugglers of £32 million of cocaine inside vegetables jailed for 36 years combined

Two traffickers who tried to smuggle £32 million worth of cocaine into the UK in 2016, have been jailed for a combined 36 years. They attempted to bring in the drugs inside…

Ukrainian - UApple Project Manager Olexander Pakhno:

‘Exports will always be attractive and promising for apple producers’

“Sady Dnipra” is one of the leading companies on the market for growing and exporting Ukrainian apples. Launched in 2016, it confirmed its adherence to…

UK: Somerset strawberry grower buys land to boost business

A strawberry grower form Somerset has purchased two plots of land totalling 13.8 ha after securing £5.5 million in funding. Global Berry produces strawberries…

Foodbank teams with Australian grocery retailers to speed food relief using quality control technology

A global food supply chain quality solutions company has helped Australian supermarkets streamline fresh produce donations to a major charity during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Recyclable and biodegradable plastic produce pouches that don’t compromise clarity or strength

The industry demand and the global need for more sustainable packaging solutions has put packaging companies to work on finding ways to offer more environmentally friendly…

Triangle Farms brings cultivation techniques to India

"We're not looking for high-tech, we're looking for the right tech"

Building greenhouses in India presents a unique challenge, more so than in the US or Europe, states Shrihari, co-founder of Triangle Farms, who is currently realising their…

Spelling bad news for farmers

Brown marmorated stink bug spotted in UK for first time

The brown marmorated stink bug, a pest from Asia, has been spotted in the UK for the first time, which is quite discomforting for growers across the country. The…

NSW Farmers President James Jackson:

'Vital links for ag should be a priority'

NSW Farmers is disappointed by Infrastructure Australia’s update to the national Infrastructure Priority List, which downplays the major role regional areas…

Taiwan: Consumers crazy about imported stone fruit, demand for ‘super fruits’ steadily increases

Imported fruits are one of the main characteristics of Carrefour (C4TW) that distinguish the store chain from other retailers in Taiwan. Mrs. Penny Chang is the manager of…

Low markets on ample pineapple supplies

Supplies of pineapple are plentiful right now. Juan Hernandez of McAllen, TX. -based Sunrise Produce LLC. (Chula Brand) notes that pineapple shipments are currently coming…

Onions and cabbage crops may recover from the Texas freeze

As assessments of Texas crops continue more than a week after the state was plunged into an unusual deep freeze causing significant state-wide damage, it’s becoming clear that…

Overall review of the Chinese asparagus market in 2020 and its prospects in 2021

With the unprecedented market fluctuations that took place in 2020, Walker Brothers, Inc. in collaboration with China Shandong Yuncheng Jiuyuan Agricultural Technology Co.…

China’s leading agricultural platform Pinduoduo spearheads farm-to-table push with online matching

American farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters started a food revolution in 1971 with the opening of her restaurant, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. She championed the…

Adjusted 2020-2021 forecast for California avocados

The California Avocado Commission has updated the forecast for its fiscal year 2020-21 to 292 million pounds, which is an eight percent reduction from its pre-season crop…

Winners named for new grapes display contest

Tarrytown, NY-based fresh fruit importer, Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. has named winners in its first ever Sunrays® grapes display contest. The contest ran across retailers under the…

Geopolitical strategist keynote speaker for citrus showcase

California Citrus Mutual will host the 2021 Virtual Citrus Showcase on Thursday, March 4. The event will feature famed author and geopolitical strategist Pete…

Australian apple grower defends Pink Lady trademark

In 2019, UK grower AC Goatham developed the ‘Flanders Pink’ at its Kent orchards, in part to help boost self-sufficiency in the UK. But, just over a year after…

IQonsulting

Crop and Export Report 2021, Week 8

Chilean blueberry exports maintain high volumes with 4,297 tons exported in week 07

The exports from Chile maintain high volumes for the date, with 4,297 tons exported in week 07, where 3,857 tons dispatched to North America, 268 tons to Europe and 106 tons…

Despite the pandemic, Costa Rica's banana exports increased by 7% in 2020

Costa Rica's National Banana Corporation (Corbana) stated on Thursday that, despite global restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of banana…

Republic of Georgia: Export of vegetables down year-on-year

According to the Georgian National Statistics Service (Geostat), the export of vegetables from Georgia amounted to $10.32 million in 2020. The share of…

India: World's costliest mushroom cultivated artificially for the first time

The Directorate of Mushroom Research, led by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research-run has achieved a rare feat of successfully cultivating world’s…

Zero plastic in supermarkets might not be realistic

According to Countdown spokeswoman Kiri Hannifan, striking a balance between reducing plastic in the produce aisles and limiting methane emissions from food…

Vietnam sees positive effects from trade with UK

The total trade revenues between Vietnam and the UK in January 2021 surged by 78.57% year-on-year, reaching US$657.35 million. Vietnam exported more than…

Sea vegetables could be the future of produce

In recent times, green sea vegetables, such as sea lettuce, red sea vegetables, such as nori and dulse, and brown sea vegetables, such as arame, hijiki, kombu…

‘Ugly produce’ can be marketed more efficiently

Researchers have discovered that when grocery stores take a direct approach to sales of misshapen produce, advertising it as ‘ugly produce’, consumers are more…

Retail

Dreamstime

KKR and Rakuten DX Solution have completed Seiyu share purchase from Walmart

Lidl has entered North Macedonia

UK: Sainsbury's gives staff third pandemic bonusBritain’s second largest supermarket group Sainsbury’s will award its staff a third bonus for their efforts during the COVID-19…

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