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OVERVIEW GLOBAL GRAPEFRUIT MARKET

The grapefruit market is currently in a transition between the northern and southern hemispheres. The Spanish season is coming to an end, as are the Turkish and Israeli…

Alan Hunt - Freshgro

We will not be short of carrots this season

The English carrot harvest is proceeding as planned at Freshgro. The company expects to keep it going until the end of May. Alan Hunt from Freshgro said the company's carrot…

Turkish cherry season to begin next month

“We expect the cherry season to start as early as April 20th”

The Turkish cherry season is about to start and the season should be better than last year. Volumes will be healthier, as last year there was simply too much supply. Exports…

Mehmet Bozkurt (MAB Quality LLC & Co) markets Greek asparagus for the first time

"Greek asparagus season somewhat delayed due to weather"

Despite a slight delay, the season of Greek white asparagus has started well. "The quality of the early quantities is excellent, and larger quantities are expected to hit the…

Interview with Jordi Mor

Zaragoza - a modern almond cultivation method

Jordi Mor is a Spanish agricultural technician boasting years of experience in the cultivation of stone fruit, and he is also a promoter of the Zaragoza model, a new…

Rupert Morrell, international sales director of Spain's Gen Group:

"The first container of Cuban pineapples is already on its way to Europe."

Cuba is committed to strengthening the pineapple production chain for the export market, investing both in the expansion of the crop's cultivation (with Ciego de Avila…

Late start but great satisfaction for artichokes

"The harvesting of artichokes started on February 15th in Acerra (Neaples), around one month late due to the excessive low temperatures, frost and abundant rain. As a…

Chris Chinn - Cobrey Farms

Reopening of hospitality will be too late for asparagus season

The asparagus harvest has started in the Wye Valley, although it is around a week behind last year, the timing is compatible with a normal year. “The volumes are limited at…

Diederick Knijnenburg (Oakfield Champignons, NL): "White mushroom sales running smoothly, not so for chestnut ones"

"An early Easter benefits mushroom sales"

The current mushroom market situation varies per product. That's according to Diederick Knijnenburg of Oakfield Champignons in the Netherlands. "There are too many chestnut…

Francisco Vicente Gea Belmonte, commercial director of Belsan:

"There is a significant lack of demand and a lot of lemons have yet to be sold"

The end of the second part of the Primofiori lemon season has been really difficult, with a lot of lemons yet to be sold and plenty of discards. In fact, most growers are…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Fairtrade takes big steps towards living wages for banana workers

Fairtrade has announced a new base wage for all Fairtrade certified banana plantations. The revised standard marks a unique move towards a living wage, benefitting thousands…

Global Focus Bananas

Taiwan Technical Mission develops new tool for St. Lucia banana sector

The Banana Productivity Improvement Project (BPIP) in St. Lucia is intended to assist banana growers to increase their productivity, output and overall…

PMA Southern Africa Beanstalk monthly webinar

"Challenging and rough" table grape season, but rain impact seems minimal

The monthly webinar hosted by the Produce Marketing Association’s Southern Africa chapter in conjunction with Beanstalk host Max McGillivray heard that of the intensive…

NZ apple volumes revised

14% down on 2020, $95-$100 million year on year reduction of export earnings

New Zealand Apples and Pears Inc (NZAPI), the industry association representing all apple, pear and nashi growers in New Zealand, has released an updated crop…

Pierre Roux: "100% raw nuts of single origin"

South African organic pecan nuts enter the rest of Europe via the Netherlands

On the banks of the Orange River in South Africa, Roux Pecans grows organic pecans. To respond to Brexit and its consequences for exports to Europe, Roux Pecans has set up a…

María Dolores Pelegrín, manager of Apemar:

"Grapefruit supply becoming scarce in Europe and Spanish grapefruit is increasingly alone"

The grapefruit season is already well underway in Spain, where the harvest is expected to be completed by mid to late April. As we are also seeing with other citrus fruits,…

New building for ORCA and Rotom Tomatoes in Belgium

On Monday, two Belgian companies started construction on their new warehouses/office space. ORCA and Rotom Tomatoes' new building will not only have 15 loading docks. It will…

New Zurich marketer foodextra gmbh sells organic fruits and vegetables

"The organic customer knows the complete seasonal calendar by heart"

Zurich's Engrosmarkt has had a new organic company for just under six months. Under the name foodextra gmbh, market trader Lukas Jehle offers exclusively organically produced…

"Potato sales going well, but purchasers reluctant due to ban on sprout inhibitors"

The sale of potatoes is not entirely disappointing at the moment, observes Felix Molenaar of potato and vegetable wholesaler Molenaar from Haarlem. "At the same time, the ban…

NFU Scotland responds to Scottish Government Seed Potato Consultation

Absolute parity required to resolve seed potato export issues

NFU Scotland has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on exporting Scottish seed potatoes to the Europe Union (EU) and Northern Ireland (NI),…

La Unió denounces orange promotions in Spain selling at below production costs

La Unió de Llauradors denounced several commercial distribution chains who have orange promotions with prices below production costs, a practice that distorts…

Asda removes more than 100m pieces of single use plastic from its stores

Supermarket Asda is removing 101m pieces of single use plastic from its stores each year by switching from plastic to reusable fruit and veg bags. The move follows a 9-store…

OM.nl

Hidden in a container with fruit from Ecuador

Rotterdam port: €300 million in cocaine confiscated

The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) has issued a statement saying that Customs officers confiscated over 300 million euros worth of cocaine at the port of Rotterdam on…

Dutch students developing broccoli harvesting robot

In February 2021, two students from the Dutch Inholland University of Applied Sciences started their graduate internships for the so-called Smart Farming…

COAG

Spain increased its watermelon imports by almost ninefold in just five years

According to a study on Spanish watermelon imports prepared by the Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (Coag) of Almeria, the country has…

Castellon has lost 10,000 hectares of mandarin and orange trees in the last two decades

According to data from the Conselleria on the agricultural area in Castellon, the province has lost an estimated 10,000 hectares of citrus fruits since 1999.…

Innovative technology preserves the properties of fresh products after defrosting

La Unión Nice ships its first frozen vegetables from Almeria

Last week, La Union Corp and Nice Tech shipped their new project's first truck of fresh-cut frozen fruit and vegetable products from the Cuatro Higueras…

Alcampo removes plastic from the packaging of its sweet onions quality brand

Alcampo has presented the new recyclable and plastic-free container for the sweet onions it sells under the Alcampo Controlled Production brand. This packaging…

Spanish lemon growers optimistic about tariff suspension

The Agricultural Association of Young Farmers (ASAJA) Murcia has expressed optimism for the suspension of tariffs agreed to by the United States and the…

Assessment of the Saint-Charles Quality Initiative 2019/2020

A meeting was held to assess the actions taken in 2019/2020 as part of the Quality Initiative of Saint-Charles (DQSC). It was an essential rendezvous for the National Union of…

"It safeguards our market access and reputation as a supplier of world-class produce"

Experts reinforce the importance of strengthening Australia's "strong" biosecurity system to reach key ag targets

Australia's Government agency responsible for scientific research says while the country has a "fantastic" biosecurity system that protects farmers, the current system is…

Packaging company expands sustainable packaging line and celebrates centennial anniversary

Packaging needs and trends are constantly evolving, especially in the produce industry, where packaging is integral to ensuring the protection and shelf-life of a product.…

Wholesale prices of fruit and vegetables on Casablanca market

This is an overview of the weekly wholesale prices for the most sold fruit and vegetables on the wholesale market in Casablanca (Morocco). These are minimum and maximum sales…

Ugandan team develops eco-friendly packaging

A new, eco-friendly packaging developed by a Ugandan team, in collaboration with a university from the UK, could boost the incomes of Ugandan farmers and create much-needed…

Due import ban adjustments

Renewed market opportunities for US almonds in Algeria

Following the instruction of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during his 2020 June’s Ministers Council Meeting regarding the total restriction of the importation of agricultural…

More Azerbaijani enterprises cleared for Russian tomato imports

Russian phytosanitary service Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted the ban on tomatoes imports for four more Azerbaijani enterprises. In order to remove the existing…

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Spar partners with Gander

Spar Belgium: New convenience store concept

UK: Asda leadership updateAsda has announced that CEO and President Roger Burnley has decided to leave the business next year, after the supermarket has transitioned fully to…

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