U.S.-based grower-shipper Stemilt says that a late spring has left many unknowns for retailers when it comes to the 2019 California cherry season, which it explains will be very different to last year. The company says that its methodical process for evaluating cherries gives it the confidence to provide the advice: “throw out last […]
Read MoreArgentina’s exports of pears and apples to overseas markets in the first three months of the year amounted to just over 90,000 tons, i.e. nearly 25% less than in the same period of 2018. The scenario is really worrying considering that there were positive expectations among companies, prior to the imposition by the national […]
Read MoreOnce upon a time, fresh fruit was a luxury. But, with the passage of time, fruits are getting less expensive by the day. The next five fruits are. however, a class of their own. They are the most expensive in the world. Except for a few, even the richest of the richest cannot afford […]
Read MoreAll eyes in the kiwifruit sector are now on the southern hemisphere, which is now slowly taking over the world market. The first New Zealand kiwis are already at sea. European and North American traders look back on a predominantly positive season, with Italy as a major exception. The kiwifruit sector has had a difficult […]
Read MoreMoldova is a major fruit exporter, however, they do not make use of their favorable geographical position and climate conditions for greenhouse production development. The economist of the investment department at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mr. Andriy Yarmak, said this during the conference Greenhouse Business in Moldova: Opportunities and […]
Read MoreThe Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations says creating a platform for exporting berries out of Serbia is providing several challenges, based on the structure of the industry. Serbia produces between 60,000-85,000 tonnes of raspberries annually and more than 95 per cent of production is exported. Speaking at the Global Berry […]
Read MoreThe U.S. citrus crop is forecast to be up 31% to 8.02 million metric tons (MT) in 2018-19, reflecting an expectation for expanded national production in all major citrus commodities, except lemons, and overall larger crops in the four major producing States. The rebound is expected to be the greatest in Florida, recovering from […]
Read MoreWith almost 40 thousand hectares, Italy is the leading global producer of organic citrus fruit – it is quite an impressive figure if you think that Mexico, a much larger country, occupies the second place with only 12,570 hectares destined to this segment. In general, Italy is one of the leading growers of organic food […]
Read MoreThe International finance institution, Rabobank says the seasonal nature of strawberry production and the volatility in prices can make it risky for growers wanting to invest in the industry, if they do not mitigate. Cindy van Rijswick, told the Global Berry Congress Expo in the Rotterdam, recent research from the company found that financing […]
Read MoreOnion production in Europe has producers on the verge of tears, and producers from Argentina smiling. According to agronomist Daniel Iurman, of the Experimental Agricultural Station (EEA) Hilario Ascasubi del Inta, onion production in the center and north of Europe decreased by 16 percent due to high temperatures and a water deficit, which could […]
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