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Tjeerd Hoekstra, Total Produce: "How the orange market will develop is the 'million-dollar question'."

The South African citrus season starts very unpredictably

In Europe, the overseas citrus market's start has been characterized by much uncertainty. "The prevailing global logistical chaos remains the largest unpredictable factor,"…

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Head Grower - Telangana, India

“Favorable weather conditions for cherries in Turkey”

The Turkish cherry season is about to kick off. One exporter has invested heavily for this new season, upgrading and adding machinery to increase their packing capacity. While…

Coop Sole

Campania focuses on organic golden kiwifruit

It is a known fact that many in the Campania region are looking for an alternative to peaches. Coop Sole has identified small fruits and kiwifruits as a valid replacement. The…

Marco Bergman, Harvest House:

Dutch sweet pepper season really takes off"

At Harvest House, the Dutch sweet pepper season has really taken off. "We had a reasonable supply right away. And a good price formation for our Dutch sweet pepper growers.…

The opinion of a biologist nutritionist

Strawberries grown through hydroponics and aeroponics are selling very well

"With a total area of 600 square meters (three times more than last year) and a production calendar that runs from January to June, we grow strawberries using the NFT…

Demand for exotic mushrooms a lot better than in 2020

“Steadier demand from our customers than this time last year.”

The exotic mushrooms are selling rather well. One exporter has tripled its volumes compared to the same period last year. However, the current year is still filled with…

Jordi Valle, of Melón de Autor

"Only specialists and brand-oriented firms are supplying melons and watermelons at the moment"

Spanish melons and watermelons are reaching the markets at an extremely slow pace, overlapping with the latest shipments from Senegal, among other origins. The supply of these…

Unseasonal weather delays harvest of Jersey Royals, yields are lower, and sizing is smaller

“If we get a spell of rain the later crops will catch up"

April has been a cold, dry month in the UK with prolonged periods of cold nights and ground frost. The Channels Islands have also had quite unseasonal weather this year. This week…

The registration code is CRAPO 135 and it has been selected for northern Italy

A new aromatic variety is arriving in Italy

Great aroma plus intense taste and flavor are what make strawberries a high selling product in the most demanding countries. This is why research is focusing on these…

“We are striving to start the British season earlier, without using gas fuelled greenhouses”

As one of the biggest soft fruit producers in the United Kingdom, the team at Hall Hunter is always looking for new ways of growing and innovations that grow their market and…

Special South Africa

Freedom Day in South Africa

South Africa marks Freedom Day, the anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1994, today, as citrus exports get underway (up to week 16, 4.6 million 15kg cartons of…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Transporting less air, more vegetables

New, sustainable, customized snack veggie packaging

In the Netherlands, several types of new packaging have been developed by Verstappen Advanced Packaging, Bakker Barendrecht, and their vegetable growers. The focus is on…

Table grape season to start early in Sicily

"The PGI table grape campaign in Mazzarrone will start rather early this year, around May 10th. Blossoming was helped by the favorable weather conditions, leading to perfect…

Free AgriPlace Chain webinar, Thursday, 13 May

How do Berryworld, Fairtrasa, Kölla digitize and automate their chain's quality data?

Since the end of 2019, the AgriPlace Chain digital platform has been broadly introduced. That's within the Dutch and Belgian fruit and vegetable trade. It's now making inroads…

Freshfel Europe Annual Event 2021 registrations open to entire fresh produce sector

Freshfel Europe has opened registrations to its 2021 Annual Event taking place online on 4 June 2021. To celebrate Freshfel Europe’s 20th anniversary as well…

Sweden's leading apple brand

Continued growth for Pink Lady

The steady growth of Pink Lady® in Sweden continues. In four years, sales volumes of the Pink Lady® apple in Sweden have increased by an average of 25 percent per year, and the…

DSV Panalpina acquires Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics business

Two years after the acquisition of Swiss-based Panalpina, the Danish transport and logistics company is once again announcing a large acquisition: Agility Global Integrated…

France: Compagnie Fruitière is relocating

Fruits help us grow, we all know that. And when we grow, it is normal to feel a little cramped sometimes. To support its growth, Compagnie Fruitière moved into brand-new…

Post-Suez box port troubles in Europe not as bad as expected

Although the follow-on effects of last month’s Suez Canal blockage have worsened and prolonged problems of equipment availability, tight capacity, and schedule…

A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S – Trading update for Q1 2021 and 2021 full year guidance adjustment

Trading update for Q1 2021 and 2021 full year guidance adjustment

Based on preliminary figures A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S reports an unaudited revenue of USD 12.4bn and an underlying EBITDA of USD 4bn and an underlying EBIT of…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Current average week prices of bananas at £0.70 for Colombian bananas

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…

CO2 emissions are minimized when the herbs are only transported up from the cellar

Herbs in the basement below the restaurants

Danish Refarmed, led by Camilla Enge, will take a stand against long and CO2-emitting supply chains. Their vertical farm will send fresh herbs directly up from…

France exported 11% fewer potatoes in February

French potato exports in the 2020-2021 campaign are being affected by COVID pandemic and its restrictions. According to the latest bulletin of the French…

Photos by Paul van Groningen, Greenfood Iberica

Video Bolivia's Cochabamba wholesale market in pictures

Paul van Groningen works at Greenfood Iberica in Span. This month he traveled to Bolivia. "It's a wonderful, beautiful country with fantastic people. I spent most of my time…

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AH and Aldi will stop using plastic bags for fruit and vegetables

Supermarket chains Albert Heijn and Aldi will stop providing free plastic bags for fruit and vegetables; these will be replaced with more sustainable alternatives. Albert…

Spain achieved a new aubergine export record in 2020

In 2020, Spain exported a record volume of aubergines for a record value. According to data prepared by Hortoinfo from the Estacom statistical service, the…

Puts the farmer in a very difficult situation

Concerns about Coop's new giant packing plant

Coop intends to combine the packaging and storage of potatoes in one large warehouse near Gardermoen. The farmers' team is afraid that means the nail in the…

The harvest will start on May 15

Garlic producers from Cordoba are optimistic about the start of the harvest campaign

Cordoba's garlic campaign will start in the middle of May. According to Miguel del Pino, the president of the national garlic sector and the Asaja Cordoba…

Svegro started a pilot project for AI-controlled cultivation in the greenhouse on Färingsö outside Stockholm

"The pilot project was very successful"

For six months, a large study on basil was carried out together with the consulting company Codon Consulting. The experiments could, among other things,…

Greenhouse strawberry season Ukraine started two weeks later than last year

The Ukrainian greenhouse strawberry season started two weeks later than in 2020, in line with earlier forecasts. Today, producers of the southern regions of…

7 out of 10 are willing to pay more for Swedish products

More and more people are finding it easier to identify the origin of their food. According to a new survey conducted on behalf of Svenskmärkning, 40 percent…

Dutch cucumbers possibly involved in UK E. coli outbreak

An outbreak of E. coli O157 in the United Kingdom - that affected 36 people - has been linked to a fast food product containing imported cucumbers. After…

Stewarts of Tayside

Perthshire produce farm obtains six-figure HSBC UK funding

Stewarts of Tayside - based in Perth - is one of the UK’s largest growers and packers of swede. Its new advanced vegetable handling machinery will see a 25%…

Table grape grower remaining upbeat with strong demand during COVID-19 affected season

While the widespread impacts COVID-19 has provided many challenges for a Victorian table grape grower over the past 12 months, he is still expecting an average crop for this…

Australians get a taste for New Zealand's feijoa

The New Zealand feijoa season typically runs from early march through to the end of May / early June. This season did however start a bit earlier and an earlier finish is…

Oregon asparagus farm TikTok video goes viral

Being faced with labor shortage during the asparagus season, Oregon produce company Owyhee Produce decided to make a video on the popular video-sharing app TikTok. The idea…

Update on low temperatures in the Midwest

Weather fluctuations’ affect on apple growers still to be determined

While it’s still early in their seasons, two U.S. apple-growing regions have been contending with significant temperature shifts. Michigan recently saw two cold mornings with…

Apple brand partners with media outlet for virtual brunch event

Envy™ apples are joining the food and lifestyle media outlet Kitchn in celebrating the best of brunch as part of Kitchn’s first-ever Brunch Fest virtual event. Kitchn…

Chilean mandarins could see smaller sizing this season

Preparations are underway to ship Chilean clementines. “The early Chilean deal looks very good, with an increase in volume by five to 10 percent from the…

Michoacán avocado company responding to demand with direct-sourced, bagged options

As avocado demand continues to rise and retailers look forward to Cinco de Mayo and summer sales boosts, growing Mexican players in the marketplace offer…

Apple grower’s products available on Amazon Fresh

Okanagan Specialty Fruits® (OSF), developer and grower behind the Arctic® apple, is pleased to announce 5 oz. and 10 oz. packages of Arctic® Granny and Arctic®…

Azerbaijani company to export tomatoes to Belarus and Ukraine

Azerbaijan’s Agro Norm company has signed contracts with a Belarusian company and a Ukrainian supermarket chain for the export of tomato products worth…

Six pests threaten Moroccan eggplant exports to US

Ahead of a possible partnership between the US and Morocco, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS has released a report assessing the risk…

Peru: Non-traditional agri exports account for 17.6% of overseas shipments

Peru’s non-traditional agro-export sector has shown strong signs of recovery, accounting for 17.6% of Peru’s total shipments overseas in the first two-month…

Saudi Arabia presents global electronic platform for dates

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is launching a global electronic platform for dates; it is a way to introduce international investors to the various types of the…

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Tanzanian watermelon grower shares success story

The Syova Food Production and Distribution Company has launched a special program to train Tanzanian farmers and agricultural stakeholders at large on various techniques that…

Emerging smart technology makes farming blueberries cheaper and more environmentally friendly

The wild blueberry market has developed into a multimillion-dollar industry in North America, with consumers pushing up demand as they seek out the prized berries for a range…

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