A 29% increase in prices for long rice will hit markets starting this December, with price increases set to continue through 2023, according to UK’s Eurostar Commodities.
During October 2022 South Africa was the leading exporter of oranges to the European Union with 132 455 tons out of total imports from all countries of 157 821 tons for the month.
The harvest being undertaken by the Rhenish apple growers is in its final stages, says Georg Boekels, chairman of the Landesfachgruppe Obstbau and vice president of the Provinzialverband Rheinischer Obst- und Gemüsebauer e.V.
In the first half of 2022, people in the Netherlands ate four percent fewer fruit and vegetables at home than in the pre-pandemic year 2019, GroentenFruit Huis recently reported.
Demand for Turkish pomegranates is expected to increase by the end of the current year, says Mehmet Mutlu, export assistant for Turkish fresh produce exporter Islek Group: “We've just started this year’s pomegranate harvest.
The first commercial harvests of Purple Magic broccoli have started this October. It is the first broccoli variety developed by Sakata with fully purple florets and stem.
Kai Reinheimer, managing director of the vegetable farm of the same name in Ginsheim, tells us that, as with many others, his farm has also been severely affected by the drought.
Volumes of onion are down this winter in many countries, with a decrease of up to 40% in Spain, and less significant but still notable losses in Germany, France and the United States, among others.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that agricultural export turnover will reach a record high of $55 billion this year.
The new crop of cranberries is available at Nature’s Pride. "From now on, we'll get weekly supplies of fresh cranberries from our regular growers in America and Canada.