"The demand for ginger continues to grow"

Rik Decadt, REO Veiling:

"Growers have worked very hard to guarantee the supply of vegetables"

François Bellivier, Capexo:

“The demand for ginger continues to grow”

Hubert & Niklas Hengesbach (Josef Hesse LLC) on the wholesale business in these times of Corona

"Classic market trade gets more attention in times of pandemic"

Interview with expert Linda Carobbi

"Perfect storm" for the logistics sector

Gartenfrisch Jung on Portuguese cultivation and the convenience market

"Demand shifts from To Go items to bags of salad"

The opinion of a commercial operator on this unusual year

It's better to sow one hectare less than one hectare more of potatoes

A world port of the future in the making

The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge to join forces

Benoît Maillard-Guillon, Ets Meseguer:

“Spanish Hass avocados harvested when needed”

Reinhard Oerther and Hans-Jörg Friedrich, Pfalzmarkt:

"In the medium term, the number of producers will decline, but we want to keep the land in the region"

Strawberries available ten months a year thanks to three different crops

Special Asia

Global Focus Organics

Unifrutti expands into vegetable business

Pre Basic Growers Association writes Defra requesting to re-engage with the EU on seed potato exports

Export of Polish mushrooms doubled over the last 10 years

"The Apple Paradise"

New VIP-Val Venosta marketing campaign for the Spanish market

Casablanca wholesale market's fruit and vegetable prices

Frans Cool, Cool Paul:

"Lower Belgian onion supply will raise prices"

Through creation of its AIR CARGO division and the purchase of four freighter aircraft

CMA CGM steps up its strategic development in logistics

German govt approves legislation to ban glyphosate starting 2024

Moldova: Potato prices stagnating due to low demand

Belgian top fruit stocks: fewer apples, far more pears

Frosts in Poland harm trade

Spanish oranges with high pesticide residues withdrawn from the market in Germany

Situation of greenhouse crops in Almería in the first week of February

NFU conference reveals current mood

Scottish growers optimistic despite Brexit difficulties

IICA and the Spanish Cooperation Agency start a new stage of collaboration with a focus on Central America

Turkey increases pepper exports by 35% in 2020, despite accumulating 111 pesticide alerts

AHDB

Potato Weekly - 12 February 2021

UK free-buy trade slow as snow keeps consumers at home

British ports demand deadline extension for Brexit builds

Potato prices up in Ukraine

WA Stonefruit

"The local stone fruit season has been rewarding for growers"

Nicolas Damm of Río Blanco on Chilean rain damage:

“There is no market for fruit with condition issues”

Michigan apples see good movement, marketers focus on new EverCrisp variety

First organic garlic shipments in from Argentina

Bio-Able Solutions

New 100% recyclable sustainable packaging breaks down within 24 months

University of Queensland and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

An apple a day may keep Alzheimer’s disease away

Australian onion growers bracing for looming domestic oversupply

Locally grown exotic fruits offset Georgian imports

UK firm pays £4.6 million to settle human rights abuse claims at Kenyan avocado farm

Zambia National Farmers Union spokesperson:

‘Zambia can produce all its domestic food requirements’

Limited price gains ahead for orange juice producers

WUR

Important international research

Opening the doors of potato pathogen perception

Retail

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