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Chinese grape market exceptionally fastidious this season

South African grapes: “It’s not a vintage year”

There’s just not been strong demand from any market in the Far East for table grapes, traders say, and in China they’re hoping the many containers of Chilean cherries that…

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

First edition of Morocco Berry Conference to take place on 7 and 8 April

The first Edition of the Morocco Berry Conference gathered more than 550 delegates from around 25 countries. It was a great occasion to learn, meet, interact,…

Kenyan governors agree to export from Eldoret airport

Governors in Kenya's north Rift have agreed to start exporting fresh produce from the Eldoret International Airport next month. Since its establishment 25…

France24.com

South African growers on alert as avocados are targeted by organised crime

At this point in time, all over the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, avocados and macadamia nuts have become prime targets for…

Tunis has its local edible flower grower

Sonia Ibidhi, a 42-year-old former Tunisian journalist, changed her life and decided to settle in Tabarka (north-western Tunisia) to produce edible flowers, a…

523 million kilos for 799 million euro

Spain imported a record number of Moroccan fruits and vegetables in 2020

Spanish purchases of Moroccan fruit and vegetables have increased by 248.27% in the last ten years. According to data from Hortoinfo based on information from…

Rectification grape update Vanguard International

This past Wednesday, Vanguard International published an update on the grape market in the southern hemisphere. One of the key growing countries, Peru, was…

In particular from North America and Europe

High demand for Argentinian pears this season

Argentina’s pear harvest started with normal timing between weeks two and three this season. The season always kicks off with the Williams Bartlett pear, which is the main…

Free stock of onions 10% lower than multiple year average

In the past week, VTA has had the second stock inventory for onions carried out among its members for the 2020 - 2021 season. The main conclusions at the moment are: The…

SmartPac

Protective packaging for small fruits and more

Intensive productions require particular attention to safeguard them, especially if we are talking about small fruits such as blueberries. Packaging is essential as, if…

Special Asia

New appreciation for Kyoto’s heirloom vegetables

Vegetables unique to the Kyoto area are often called Kyo-yasai. One factor that makes Kyo-yasai unique is their size. They are usually quite large. Many are…

Horticulture Statistics Handbook

Value growth in key fruit sectors helps push Australian horticulture value over $15billion

Continued growth in the apple and berry sectors has helped the Australian horticulture industry pass the $15billion value milestone, according to the latest data in the…

Bogdány Petrol Ltd.

Protecting the orchards with anti-frost candles

Bogdány Petrol is producing special, paraffin based wax and oil products for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, wood, metal, cable, printing and fertilizer industries world-wide.…

Corné van Liere, of ISM Machinery:

"We have everything in-house to design and engineer custom fresh produce processing and packaging lines"

In the three years that the firm ISM Machinery has been established in its new business premises on the De Poel industrial estate in Goes, the company has undergone…

Guy Claessens, Fruit Vandepoel, Belgium

“The arrival of the first French asparagus and strawberries heralds the start of spring”

Spring has sprung at Fruit Vandepoel in Brussels, Belgium. "We're ushering in the season with great new products, such as French green asparagus. These are a good alternative…

Good moment for mushrooms

The market is responding well and there is demand from wholesalers, so the season seems positive for most producer companies. Giampaolo Evangelisti from Fungo Cesena stresses…

Interview with Marcello Candelori, Purchasing Director at Lidl Italy

Lidl Italy focuses more and more on regional products

How did a big chain like Lidl deal with the consequences of Covid-19 and what was the impact on the fruit and vegetable department? Marcello Candelori, Purchasing Director at…

Michiel Minnaar: "Successful test with Otflow on mangos from Peru to Europe"

Cold weather puts Otflow to the test

Last week, Otflow, in collaboration with a leading exotics exporter, conducted a test with Otflow, a special eleven-meter-long floor-cover made from recycled and…

Ernst Slabbekoorn, frostfans.eu, the Netherlands

"Mobile night frost machine is quiet and protects crops well against night frost”

In recent years, between March and May, many European growers have had to increasingly deal with night frost. Since last year, Swift International has been distributing mobile…

Cuadraspania launches fresh ready-to-eat violet artichoke hearts

"In two weeks, we lost 50% of the artichoke production"

The artichoke campaign goes on in southeastern Spain following the impact on the productions of the exceptional low temperatures that were recorded in January due to storm…

William Nannes, J.P. Beemsterboer Food Traders, the Netherlands:

Farmers' and bale prices don't match at all"

The Dutch onion market is currently split. "Demand isn't great, but prices are firmly set. Farmers' and bale prices don't match at all. Much is based on the…

Peruvian agricultural products exported to 140 markets

The latest data released by Adex show that Peru’s total export value of agricultural products in 2020 will be 7.487 billion U.S. dollars, showing an increase…

Texas logistics stabilize, crop damage still being assessed

While the weather in Texas is currently back up to comfortable levels, the cold snap of last week has caused many challenges for the produce industry. Not only are growers…

Tech firm appoints major berry producer as Queensland agent

South Australia's Agricultural Picking Technology (APT)has appointed leading Sunshine Coast berry grower and propagator Paradise Fruits Enterprise Pty Ltd as Queensland agent…

GOCITRUS

Markers revolutionize the procurement, registration, nurseries, and varietal identification of the citrus sector

The term PCR, which is widely used nowadays to refer to the most reliable diagnostic method to detect COVID-19, is based on the same technology that is drastically changing…

Research reveals opportunity for UK blueberries

Retail analysis carried out by Delytics Ltd in collaboration with James Hutton Ltd has identified a premium branding opportunity for blueberries in the UK. The analysis…

Thailand plans to export fruit to China with a total value exceeding 2.3 billion USD

China and Thailand sign strategic cooperation agreement to promote fruit trade

According to the People's Daily, the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (ThaiCC) recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Chinese International…

Maharashtra, India

Seven years of research results in new banana variety

After seven years of research, the Jalgaon Banana Research Centre (BRC) -under the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV)- has come up with a new kind of…

Retail

Dreamstime

Navis Capital Partners is exploring a sale of The Food Purveyor

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are to merge their e-commerce activities in Germany

Majid Al Futtaim taps IBM blockchain for food traceability at Carrefour storesCarrefour will use blockchain to enable food traceability across the supply chain. Majid Al…

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