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OVERVIEW GLOBAL PEAR MARKET

The European pear market currently appears to be at a minor impasse. There is talk of a difficult Conference season in the Netherlands. Other classic pear-producing countries,…

Albstadt wholesaler Lino Manduca (Italia Natur):

"I'm thinking of shutting down my business for a short while"

For many years now, Lino Manduca, a fresh produce supplier from Abstadt, has been firmly established in the (supra)regional fruit trade. The native Italian serves a wide range…

South African topfruit season looking very positive

Ideafruit is a grower and exporter of topfruit with operations situated in the Western Cape, South Africa and international offices in the UK and Singapore. The UK office…

“Weather has been perfect for Turkish cherries in recent months”

Turkey is getting ready for the cherry season. Although the season is still too far off to predict volumes, the weather has been good and the cherries are getting the cold air…

Unseasonal rains in India cause huge losses to grape farmers

India dealt with unseasonal rains last Thursday, causing some significant losses for the grape farmers in this region. According to one exporter these unseasonal rains are the…

Ogulcan Sariboga (RWG Leverkusen) on solidarity during the pandemic

"Our market is a reliable distribution channel and increases sales security for producers"

Solidarity and loyalty between producers, suppliers and bulk buyers has been very strong during the pandemic, so far. People are trying to support each other wherever…

“Sales for Greek kiwis are rather fast this season”

It’s been busy time for Greek kiwi exporters. Sales have been faster than they usually are, meaning the exporters have to start slowing down to prevent an early end to the…

Zardetto Trading

The banana logistics sector has improved

The banana market has emerged from a terrible year. Despite continuous trading, the market has become more prudent. Last year's prices were disappointing, partly because of…

Ismael Segura, CEO of Ecoinver:

"The greatest competitive advantage lies in varietal aspects"

The tomato segment offers a wide range of varieties and specialties that provide not only diversification, but also added value to this vegetable, one of the most consumed and…

Mark Vernooij, Urfruit, the Netherlands:

"Nice slot for Comice pears, but Conference market's not great"

The Beurré Alexander Lucas pear season is coming to an end at Urfruit in the Netherlands. "We'll market the last of these next week. We've had few quality problems.…

Special Asia

Market price goes up by 20%

Malaysian durian production volume declined

This season the production volume of Malaysian durian showed a significant decline. On top of that the cost price of transport is extraordinarily high because of the pandemic.…

Global Focus Organics

Expanding organic produce options in Mexico

René Bouman, FMI, the Netherlands

"Quiet lime market; increasing pressure on sales"

It had been a few weeks of limited supply and good prices. Now the lime market is quiet," says René Bouman of FMI in the Netherlands. "Enough is being loaded again, mainly by…

TR Turoni produces and sells gauges for fruit and vegetables

The right gauge determines the accuracy of the measurement

"I think that the gauge is a simple but fundamental tool for achieving success in the marketing of fruit and vegetables. Our measuring instruments are made of aluminium,…

Béatrice Chauffaille, Jessica Roussel

The Perlim Meylim Alliance fights against food waste

As part of its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) approach, the Perlim Meylim Alliance is trying to reduce its losses in the orchard, as well as at the station. The…

Massimo Scozzoli

Suggestions to the European Commission for new commercialization rules

Before modifying the commercialization standards for agricultural products, including fresh produce, the European Commission granted all Member States the opportunity to make…

BLE market report week 6:

'Italian and French cauliflower dominated the market'

Italian and French shipments accounted for almost equal shares of the business. Furthermore, Spanish products were only available in Frankfurt and Belgian products only in…

Freshfel Europe kick-starts collective pan-European environmental footprint initiative

Yesterday afternoon Freshfel Europe reviewed the latest state of play of environmental footprint initiatives in the fresh produce industry with its members and…

Falk Schlusnus new TFC Holland CEO

New generation takes over at tropical fruit specialist

BayWa affiliate Tropical Fruit Company B.V. in Maasdijk, the Netherlands, specialist for tropical fruit and vegetables, has a new CEO. Within the scope of a…

Mango farming is if great economic importance in Burkina Faso

The Netherlands is a vital export market for mangoes from Burkina Faso

Over the last decade, mangoes have become Burkina Faso's most important fruit tree crop. In this West African country, this sector brings in about €23 million/year. It's the…

Automated hygiene lists facilitate production during the pandemic

The constant new regulations due to the coronavirus pandemic constantly pose new challenges for food-producing companies. An important point here is the…

Pooling service provider Euro Pool System recommends HERMA self-adhesive material

The fresh food logistics service provider Euro Pool System places two HERMA self-adhesive label materials on its customers’ recommendation list. The labels…

9th International Highbush Blueberry Conference will focus on fertilization

Blueberry fertilization is quite specific, as are the requirements of this plant

Blueberry fertilization is quite specific, as are the requirements of this plant. It is worth to know that not only is it important to properly prepare the site for blueberry…

Almost one in every three lemons consumed in the world in 2020 came from European fields

Europe is the world's leading lemon producer

Lemons are trendy. The world's production of this citrus fruit reached 6,467,616 tons in 2020, according to data from the World Citrus Organization. The crop's productive…

AHDB: "We are making potatoes trendy again!"

Our new marketing campaign “The new packed lunch” has already proven to be successful by catching a spot in top ten UK Twitter trending topics on 9 February…

Price and trade impact of Brexit on EU and UK commodity markets

The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement permits trade to continue across the English Channel without duties or taxes, to maintain the competitive position of…

German court ruling:

Amazon must divulge origin of fruit & produce

Yesterday, a German court ruled that online retailer Amazon has to inform consumers about the specific country of origin of fresh fruit and vegetables that it…

Almost two thirds of growers opposed to statutory levy on horticulture

Growers are reacting to AHDB horticulture ballot results

The AHDB Horticulture levy ballot closed last week and found that 61 per cent of respondents said that they do not want the levy to continue while 39 per cent…

Designed to be used in walnut plantations, it can be adapted to other orchards. Video below.

Video The Speedy Cut pruner features fast and environmentally friendly technology

A pruning machine for small fruit trees like walnuts, but that also applies to all other situations where plants can be harvested and chopped mechanically. The machine is…

Spain hopes to negotiate with the United States to eliminate its tariffs before August

The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, recently said that he hopes to negotiate the elimination of US tariffs before next August…

Russian growers raise carrot prices due to good demand

According to APK-Inform, Russian farmers managed to increase the price of carrots this week. Major market participants commented that due to the cold weather…

UPA-UCE Extremadura denounced Conesa continued to refuse to raise prices to producers

"The attitude of the region's largest tomato industry is unacceptable"

UPA-UCE Extremadura denounced that Conesa, the largest industry dedicated to the tomato sector, continued to refuse to raise prices to producers, further…

The EU's production of fresh fruits and vegetables fell by 2.5% in 2019

According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for 2019, the production of fresh fruits and vegetables in the EU…

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Riverford Organic Farmers

'Fruit and veg packaging is now home compostable - saving 21 tonnes of plastic yearly'

Riverford founder Guy and packaging expert Robyn put out a clip on Youtube about his company's journey to home compostables. Photo source: Youtube.com

"The fact that they promote highly-processed products ahead of fresh produce is something that we cannot understand"

Peak fruit industry bodies encourage their growers not to use Health Star Ratings after "baffling" changes to juice calculator

Australia's peak apple and pear industry body is calling on growers and juice producers to strongly consider removing the Health Star Rating from their labels, following a…

Gonzalo Guerra of BlueDrop México

"Precision agriculture lets us have a better control of our crops"

The harvest season of berries in Jalisco begins in January, and runs through June. Gonzalo Guerra of BlueDrop shares: “We have just started the harvest but so far we have been…

FD Berries says blueberry grow bags make the difference

"Our goal is to reach more than 400 hectares in the next 3 years"

Since 2019, FD Berries in Jalisco Mexico has utilized the FibreDust True Blue Blueberry growbag and couldn’t be happier with the results. After the company established themselves…

72% increase in production expected

ZZ2 Karas date farm passes virtual GlobalG.A.P audit ahead of exceptional harvest

The Medjool date harvest at ZZ2’s Haakiesdoorn farm in the Karas Region of southern Namibia has just started after an unusually rainy season and the company expects it to be…

Lyndsay Roux - FabFresh

Summer fruit eclipsed by the shine of citrus

“I definitely expect that demand for citrus is going to be as great as last year and the reason behind that, is Covid,” says Lyndsay Roux of South African fruit exporter…

Five to seven days ahead of historical bloom dates

California cherry trees have reached full bloom

The first sign of bloom for cherry trees in the Gustine area in California was on February 7 and full bloom was seen on February 15. Gustine, located in the Central Valley, is…

Innovative harvesting system developed for the blueberry industry

In Oregon – one of the best blueberry growing regions in the world – it’s expensive for pickers to hand-harvest the delicate fruit for fresh market. New harvesting technology…

Davis Instruments Corporation

EnviroMonitor is now compatible with Pessl Instruments Field Climate Software

Davis Instruments and Pessl Instruments, two leading global manufacturers of weather stations, data collection hardware, and software for agriculture have partnered to…

Bedford Industries

Bedford Industries introduces new plant-based bag closure

Bedford Industries is excited to introduce CloseIt® Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified biobased content that is commercially compostable.…

NT Partners with University of Florida on Agriculture R&D projects

The Northern Territory Government has partnered with the University of Florida to collaborate on research and development in areas of mutual interest. A new…

Tomatoes sent via Azerbaijan banned for import into Russia

Inspectors from the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance on the returned three batches of fresh tomatoes from the Republic of…

Ecuadorian banana producers are being paid a spot price of nearly 11 dollars per box

Spot prices for bananas in Ecuador are registering values that, for the moment, far exceed the official 6.25 dollars average contract price decreed by the…

Netherlandsandyou.nl

Capacity building project for potato growers launched in four districts of Punjab

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands hosted the launch of a capacity building project for smallholders potato growers in Punjab. Supported by the Netherlands Enterprise…

The investments are mainly aimed at growing avocados

Five Peruvian agroindustrial companies are purchasing land in Colombia

According to the commercial attaché of the Colombian Embassy in Peru, Pilar Lozano, up to five Peruvian agroindustrial companies, of varying sizes, are working…

Vietnamese produce exports to Netherlands up

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the export of Vietnamese products like pepper and rice to the Netherlands has soared since the…

Forbes

Ten ways AI has the potential to improve agriculture In 2021

AI, machine learning (ML) and the IoT sensors that provide real-time data for algorithms increase agricultural efficiencies, improve crop yields and reduce food production…

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