Published: Dec 25, 2015

According to Ignasio Chang of the She Sun Dea Trading Company, the first half of the 2015 sweet potato season in Taiwan was marked by oversupply, which caused market prices to fall.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

Russia hopes to increase imports of fruit and vegetables from Iran. In order to make this happen, the country is considering reducing or eliminating import duties on Iranian agricultural products.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

Ukraine topped the ranking of promising markets, according to the Dutch bank ABN AMRO. According to the financial institution, Ukraine's foreign trade is increasingly oriented to Western markets, and its agricultural sector can be attractive to investors

Published: Dec 24, 2015

A balanced diet is the key to development and maintaining a healthy brain. This shows from research by Carola Janssen, who graduated from the Radboud University Nijmegen on November 17.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

If we want to have a good quality production to export bananas, we need to continue having good conditions. We do this by carrying out diagnoses and good practices.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

Reporters went to the vegetable production and marketing cooperation of Zhoujia Village in Lünshunkou, Dalian. The villagers were busy yielding hazard free Chinese cabbage, packing it into a special carton and preparing it for transport to Japan.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

The global pineapple market recently experienced a supply shortage created in part by a decline in exports from Costa Rica; this pushed prices up in the major markets until only recently, when those markets could recover and stabilise.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

The winter officially started on 22 December, although temperatures in the fields of Almeria still remain above 20 degrees during the day; something more usual for spring.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

China's carrot production has increased in 2015. As a result prices have been lower than last year. The domestic market has witnessed stronger demand than in previous seasons compared to export markets.

Published: Dec 24, 2015

It’s almost Christmas and fruit and vegetable traders have more to do this week than usual. But it is no longer the Christmas rush it once was. “Around 15 years ago you would really see people buying volumes and request specialties, which are now availabl

Published: Dec 23, 2015

Two months into the season, Chinese kiwi prices are resisting overall market downswing. The Chinese kiwi season runs from October until February.

Published: Dec 23, 2015

This year's grapefruit harvest was abundant. The output increase, led to market oversupply. The white grapefruit purchase price already dropped below the production costs.

Published: Dec 23, 2015

Huelva's agriculture has 6,583 hectares devoted to strawberries and other red berries covered by combined agricultural insurances this 2015-2016 season. For the territorial delegate of Agriculture

Published: Dec 23, 2015

Apple growers in Kashmir complain that climate change is ruining their crop: studies show that extreme weather conditions are destroying apple orchards in the region and subsequently putting the livelihoods of millions of farmers at risk.

Published: Dec 23, 2015

Capespan is one of the biggest suppliers of grapes from the Southern Hemisphere. “The overseas season starts as follows: first come Brazil, Peru and South Africa...

Published: Dec 23, 2015

Bolivia has increased the acreage devoted to fruit production from 70,000 hectares in 2006 to more than 114,890 hectares this year, namely as a result of the policies of the government of President Evo Morales

Published: Dec 22, 2015

Hot growing conditions due to El Nino weather patterns have severely affected California Brussels sprouts this year, according to reports from buyers who source from the region.

Published: Dec 22, 2015

HillFresh International is offering South African and Namibian grapes for the third week. "A very large harvest was initially expected. This was later brought down a little, but we still have good volumes of grapes," says buyer Michiel van Dijk. "The pric

Published: Dec 17, 2015

According to data from Poland's Central Statistical Office corresponding to September, the total vegetable production (early and late) is estimated at 3.9 million tonnes, i.e. 16 percent below that of 2014.

Published: Dec 14, 2015

From mid-September lemons were sold by the growers for between 25 Euro cents to 31 cents; with the announcement of Russia’s embargo against Turkey this December, prices have increased to 53 cents.