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Lucien de Wit, LuBa Fresh, the Netherlands:

"No Christmas markets mean fewer Egyptian strawberry sales"

Egyptian strawberries are usually a hot item in the run-up to Christmas. Not this year, says Lucien de Wit of LuBa Fresh in the Netherlands. "Many chocolate-dipped…

Each supermarket has its own apple variety. What about pears?

More and more supermarkets are marketing certain apples or, in some cases, pears exclusively in their stores. Moreover, they're also increasingly involved in their production.…

Christopher Hutchinson - New Spitalfields Market

“The hospitality sector has shut down again, but our traders are very versatile"

As London and most of the South East of the UK went back into lockdown on Sunday, London’s fruit and veg traders had to cope with the loss of the food service trade again. The…

Giovanni Zanzi

Apple cultivation veering towards early and organic varieties

"Those looking to plant a new apple orchard must consider their location first, then choose the most suitable varieties. If not a member of a club, then great satisfaction can…

Juan José Bas, manager of Naranjasyfrutas.com:

"The pandemic has given a boost to the purchase of citrus crops on our online platform"

The trading platform naranjasyfrutas.com, launched in 2012 by agricultural engineer Juan José Bas, has recorded a notable growth in its activity in recent months thanks to the…

Possible re-opening of border on Wednesday

Some fresh produce arriving but not enough

Hundreds of lorry drivers have spent a second night sleeping in their cabs after French border closed yesterday amid fears of a new strain of COVID 19 spreading through the…

Ad Verkerk, MBF (Meadowbrook Farms) Savannah, the Netherlands

"It's a choice - a cheap, poor taste experience or pay slightly more for delicious mangos"

"It's up and down," is how Ad Verkerk, MBF (Meadowbrook Farms) Savannah describes Dutch fruit and vegetable trading of late. "There's currently little control. Many people in the…

Azienda agricola Pezzino di Geronimo

Lab tests on the aromatic components of Limone del Barone lemons

The Italian lemon campaign has just started and demand on a domestic level is good thanks to the nutritional value of citrus fruit, which has become even more important in…

6 out of 10 vegetables consumed in Europe are grown in solar greenhouses in southern Spain

The 35,000 hectares of solar greenhouses located in Almeria and the Granada coast have become Europe's healthy pantry, mainly from autumn to spring, when continental…

Di Niola Fruit

Fuji apples performing well in Campania

"We started handling Fuji apples seven years ago. We like challenges, and this is why we introduced this product to Campania. Fuji apples are suitable for all markets, as they…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: November

Berries--specifically blueberries--continued to make headlines in November. Peru reported that its blueberry volumes were up and that demand for the fruit has been steady to…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Pineapple movement surprisingly slower than normal

Pineapples are seeing unusual movement for the holiday season. “Christmas is an interesting time because this is usually when pineapples are in a very good position…

Sicitrus, the new project of two young Italian entrepreneurs in the Netherlands

Sicilian blood oranges delivered to the Randstad

In the Netherlands the blood orange is very popular and is still a niche, while the common oranges are very sought after and widely known. "Our goal is to develop and increase…

Dutch buyer is optimistic about upcoming organic stone fruit season

"Stone fruits are true Christmas items," says Cornelis Ernst, Purchasing Manager at OTC Organics. This Dutch company distributes organic fruit and vegetables. "Sales doubled…

Reliable sensors ensure food safety on growing food logistics market

Reliable sensors ensure food safety on a growing food logistics market. Despite major changes to global business and travel movements, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the global…

"gaining experience for scaling and sales on hectare scale"

High quality algae from fully automated production facility in Dutch greenhouse

Algae grow fast, and in the case of spirulina, they're also rich in protein. This makes it an interesting product to grow with a view to the future. That's why, in the…

Kanzi® installs Germany’s largest daylight lamp

Under the motto “Power for All: Daylight to defy darkness in December”, the world’s second largest apple brand Kanzi® mobilises energy against winter melancholy during the…

The face of Marlene® for 2021 campaign

A beautiful and dreamy nymph in a fairytale setting, surrounded by lots of varieties of apples and the Alps in which they grow. This was the theme chosen by Francesca Cito for…

Eyes on 2021 after 'challenging strawberry year with big differences'

The dark days before Christmas have arrived. In the VG Berry greenhouses, harvest season has come to an end. Elsewhere, Royal Berry harvests in small amounts until New Year's…

The president of Proexport calls it a "dramatic" situation

"More than 1,500 carriers stranded by the closure of the border between France and the United Kingdom"

France has suspended the entry of people, including transport professionals, through land and sea border points with the United Kingdom, and imposed restrictions to air travel…

Scientists and disseminators value the contribution of solar greenhouses in Inversolar

Solar greenhouses have been very prominent in social media this week. The celebration of the first online version of the European Solar Greenhouses Congress has served to…

HZPC to present first prototype hybrid potato variety in 2021

Next year, HZPC expects to have the first prototype of a hybrid potato variety in its hands. These potatoes are sown instead of planted, which offers prospects…

Freshfel Europe calls for free movement of essential goods to and from the UK in crucial Christmas pre-Brexit period

In response to the recent EU-UK border closures Freshfel Europe calls upon the EU27 and UK authorities to ensure free movement of goods to and from the United…

Irish potato yields down after ‘unusual and variable season’

In the December issue of the Teagasc potato newsletter, Teagasc potato specialist Shay Phelan writes that most growers were able to plant crops earlier than…

Everyday Finance DAC

Loan fund makes demand for €61 million from Balmoral International

A fund is seeking judgment for more than €61 million against Balmoral International, a property company that was created when property assets were spun out of…

Moldovan table grape prices are falling

Over the past week, nearly all varieties of table grapes -except seedless- have seen a slight drop in price on the Moldovan wholesale market. Prices for the…

Norway's Competition Authority threatens to fine retailers

The Norwegian Competition Authority has warned it will fine retailers, NorgesGruppen, Coop, and Rema 1000, for illegal price collusion. These fines could total…

Agrofirma Bunyatino

Moscow Region enterprise to restore potato storage with 10,400 ton capacity

According to Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region, Sergei Voskresensky, the Agrofirma Bunyatino company is completing the reconstruction of a potato storage…

Spain

Cucumber and zucchini prices at origin fall again in Almeria

Looking at the prices published daily by Hortoinfo, and calculating an average of the different prices for each vegetable in the auctions of the province of…

The first fruits of Huelva's new strawberry season have already reached the markets

Last week producers from the province of Huelva started harvesting the San Andrea and Fortuna strawberry early varieties; the first strawberries of the…

EU makes exceptions in regulations for organic cultivation in case of catastrophes

EU countries may apply exceptions to the rules on organic farming due to climatic disasters, animal diseases or "catastrophes" in the new regulations for this…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Current average week price for Gala apples at £0.94 /kg

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…

Louis Melbourne - Seedless Valencia Oranges

"It is a clear winner with price and quality when compared to imported oranges"

A Melbourne-based wholesale company is expecting the popularity of its Australian-grown seedless Valencia oranges to be high over the coming months. Louis Melbourne Business…

Peak volumes of Chilean blueberries to start arriving in January

While the Chilean blueberry season started with low volumes in August, in week 34, this past month the volumes have started to really increase. Strong promotable volumes of…

Mango sorter by Futura

Egypt chooses Italian technology

It is not difficult to sort mangoes perfectly in Egypt, especially if using the latest technology available. "We are very proud to share our experience with a mango processing…

SunFed starts harvesting in Sinaloa

Volumes of Mexican colored bell peppers to increase in January

The Mexican bell pepper season kicked off on time this year. Felix Peralta, Director of Integrated Logistics at SunFed shares: “Our bell peppers are grown in Sinaloa, in the…

Liesbeth Hamil, Lyna

"As a cultivation country, Morocco's become a formidable Spanish and Turkish opponent"

In recent years, Morocco has invested massively in developing its agricultural and horticultural sectors. These small-scale farmers used to sell their products on the local…

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South Africa: Low sweet potato volumes support prices

Sweet potato volumes are usually lower on the fresh produce markets of South Africa; this year it is lower than usual. Last week AMTrends reported that available volumes on…

Produce Marketing Association hails passage of COVID-19 stimulus package

Late Sunday night, the U.S. House and Senate leadership reached agreement on a $908 billion COVID-19 stimulus package that will bring a desperately needed…

Changes proposed for citrus from Australia

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently proposed to expand the production areas in Australia from…

32 ships with Chilean cherries will arrive at the main Chinese ports until February 16

According to the Chinese outlet Produce Report, a total of 32 Cherry Express service ships are expected to arrive in China from Chile until February 16, 2021.…

January-October 2020

China's fresh and chilled garlic exports increase by 32.31%

China exported a total of 1.72 million tons of fresh and chilled garlic from January to October of this year, i.e. 32.31% more than the 1.30 million tons it…

New Zealand berry pickers busy as rain is forecast before Christmas

As the New Zealand Met Service is expecting cloud and rain between now and Christmas Day, one South Canterbury berry grower is busy harvesting for the festive…

Peru

The first organic banana cluster is established in Piura

Solidaridad, an international NGO has been working with the support of the Ministry of Production's Innóvate Perú program on the basis and the constitution of…

Peruvian farm workers resume road blockades after reform bill stalls

On Monday, workers from agricultural export companies in Peru have renewed protests after their government failed to reach an agreement to reform the sector…

EU supports Zanzibar small farmers to boost horticulture

Project Monitoring and Research Manager Ally Mbarouk stated that more than 20,000 Zanzibar smallholder farmers engaged in horticulture are set to benefit from…

US potato imports up from July to September 2020

US potato imports for the first quarter of marketing year July 2020 – June 2021 were up 19% in total. This increase was led by a 28% growth in fresh potatoes…

Olam Americas, Inc. strikes deal with Mizkan America

Olam Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Olam International Ltd., has agreed to acquire the US-based chile pepper business (CPB) of Mizkan America, Inc. for $108.5…

Retail

Costcutter acquired by Bestway Wholesale

UK: Costcutter acquired by Bestway Wholesale Convenience symbol group Costcutter has been acquired by Bestway Wholesale. In a statement, Bestway Wholesale confirmed agreement…

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