According to representatives of the sector, after last year's results, this year producing and marketing companies are betting on new markets and making more investments to achieve a high profitability.
According to Muhammad Nawaz Maiken, director of Citrus Research Institute Sargodha (CRIS), kinnow growers are facing problems due to the recent rains and uncertain weather conditions.
According to Beijing News, cherries were trending in the fruit market during Chinese Spring Festival [February 5th, 2019], but the price of mangosteens, unexpectedly dropped by more than 50% from 360 yuan [53.20 USD] per 5 kg to 150 yuan [22.17].
A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening to topple the multibillion-dollar citrus industry in the U.S. by infecting millions of acres of orchards with an incurable bacterium called citrus greening disease.
Vernalization is the process by which plants require prolonged exposure to cold temperature before they transition from the vegetative state to flower.
Indian grapes seem to have hit the sweet spot in the world markets, with the country's exports in 2018-19 (Apr-Mar) likely to top the 200,000-ton mark for the first time and touch a record high of around 215,000 tons.
Although uncertainty is a fixture, even a necessity, in commodity markets, it has perhaps never been greater for agriculture traders than so far in 2019 as the future of trade between the United States and China remains unclear.
World cocoa prices are forecast to rise slightly this year despite a small global surplus, a Reuters survey of seven analysts and traders showed on Friday.
The price of hot peppers was depressed in the period before the Chinese Spring Festival [February 5th, 2019], but began to warm up after the festival ended.
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has released a report on satellite crop monitoring of the subtropical area in its Northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran.
Now the Srinagar-Jammu highway has re-opened for traffic on Tuesday after almost eight days of continuous closure, markets in Kashmir are anxiously waiting for supplies to come in again.
At present, in Weifang, Shandong, the price of vegetables is slightly lower than that before the holiday, but it is still at a higher price than usual, and the decline is smaller than the same period last year.
