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OVERVIEW GLOBAL MELON AND WATERMELON MARKET

The melon supply is currently shifting from Brazil to Senegal. The Central American melon season has started much too late. Normally, the first volumes arrive in early to…

Sila Louw with Oppy in South Africa

“Our strength is to sell produce from Africa directly to North American retailers”

Oppy recently opened an office in South Africa and discusses the journey of setting foot on the African continent, combined with the immense opportunities the country offers.…

Tessara Berrisys: Big difference in arrival quality of blueberries

Tessara’s launch of their Berrisys product for blueberries came at exactly the right time, when many blueberry exporters from South Africa were looking at a sea freight…

Bringing automation to nut harvesting

The macadamia market is constantly growing: indeed, the nutritional virtues it provides makes the macadamia nut a fruit very much in demand. "The success is such that today…

Ivory Coast: the mango sector is waiting anxiously

After seeing mango exports drop by 30% last year due to the pandemic, Ivory Coast is looking forward to the launch of the new season of the Kent variety in…

UK retailers delighted by Mzansi's stone fruit

British shoppers are quite enamoured by Mzansi's delicious stone fruit. So for the 13th consecutive year, Hortgro has embarked on a campaign to introduce UK…

Exsa Exports lives up to their slogan “the Best of the Bunch”

The South African table grape harvest has passed the halfway mark and is proceeding extremely well for Exsa, one of the only South African fruit exporters that specialises in…

Eurostat, Comext

DG agri dashboard - Citrus fruit

Current EU weighted average orange price €5 above 2019/2020 average

2019/2020 EU imports of saw a new high regarding oranges, at about 950,000 tonnes. the same was true for small citrus fruits, with imports coming in at about 410,000 tonnes. The…

Michael Franks - Seeka

"SunGold 7-10 days advanced, Hayward same as last year"

The New Zealand kiwifruit harvest is about to begin and grower and post harvest company Seeka have been harvesting kiwiberry for a few weeks now and are on the home straight…

"Sales of delicate tomatoes remain unaffected by the pandemic"

Delicate tomatoes can be used in cooking as a vegetable, but also eaten as a snack. These small tomatoes contain 1.7 times the vitamins of regular tomatoes. The outside is…

Special Australia / New Zealand

"There are stories being told about you - but who is telling that story?"

Melbourne fruit retailer believes that embracing a digital strategy is the future of fruit and veg marketing

When a local Melbourne grocer was getting tired of the "same old advice" that was constantly being given to him on how to sell fruit and vegetables, he decided to think…

Global Focus Bananas

Thomas Hug (Bananen+Frucht AG) on the global banana market

"Importing bananas yourself is a risk that doesn't pay off"

Bananen + Frucht AG is a modern service provider with its own ripening facility at Zurich's Engrosmarkt. "We sell around 3,500 tons of bananas per year," says Thomas Hug, the…

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Lechelle Earl - Onions Australia

Good domestic demand for Australian onions

While the northern and eastern states of Australia have finished the onion harvest the south is in full production. South Australian and Tasmanian onion harvests are in full…

When commodities are sold as premium, confusion grips the market

"For more than 10 days now, the situation in the vegetable market has been very heavy, especially for basic products, which are struggling to be sold, although there were some…

The Italian Pieve di Rivoschio Association asked the authorities for help in dealing with the emergency

Chestnuts and marrons are now facing the threat of the chestnut tortrix

A small consortium, the Associazione Marrone dolce di Pieve di Rivoschio (Sarsina) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, has asked the local and regional authorities for help in…

Natar Group: 'We will reach the peak very soon'

Italian strawberry season in full swing

"We are less than halfway through the strawberry season, but consumption and sales are going quite fast now, partly due to the mild and sunny weather. The peak will soon be…

Half of Sicilian companies report Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus infections

A convention discussed the spreading of ToBRFV in Sicily. TBRFV symptoms on leaves "It is difficult to detect the disease, as symptoms are almost invisible, so it is important…

"Retail prices are expected to remain high for this financial year and into the next"

Forecasts show that there is no short term end for Australia's horticulture labour shortages

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) says while the horticulture industry will suffer significantly from labour shortages, there are…

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The weather affects fennel crops

Over the past few years, fennel crops have been going through many crises in the various cultivation areas - the planning schemes operators (producers, traders and…

Crop update South American mango growing regions

The National Mango Board (NMB) projects the total volume of mangoes shipped to the United States over the next two months to be 34 percent higher year-over-year. The 2021…

Mission Produce enters the mango category

Mission Produce, Inc., well-known for sourcing, producing, and distributing fresh Hass avocados, has announced its year-round mango program. The program will incorporate…

Private online trading platform for fresh produce launches

Fresh produce can ‘trade smarter’ through the release of the industry’s online marketplace. ProduceIQ is a business-to-business platform for qualified growers and buyers to…

ASAJA Alicante warns of millionaire losses in the Fino lemon campaign

"Daunting scenario in the lemon fields of the Vega Baja region"

ASAJA Alicante has warned of the serious crisis that is affecting Fino lemon farmers in the province of Alicante, who are facing millions in losses that have…

Ferrante Fragole is looking forward to the start of the strawberry campaign in about 15 days

PGI certification is still a long way off for the Favetta strawberry

The PGI label (Protected Geographical Identification) would be an extra boost for the Favetta strawberry and would mean greater recognition on the national…

Non-EU participation in Spanish fruit and vegetable imports consolidated

According to data from the Customs and Excise Department processed by FEPEX, Spain imported 3.4 million tons of fruits and vegetables worth 3,118 million euro…

Retail

Dreamstime

Deliveroo plans to list in London

Jerónimo Martins has posted a 25% drop in fourth-quarter net profit

Romania: Retailer Profi adds 31 new stores to its chain in Jan-FebRomanian supermarket and convenience store chain Profi, controlled by the investment fund Mid Europa…

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