It's calm in the trade as the greenhouse vegetable season comes to an end. " Peppers, cucumber, aubergines have ended for us. There are only some volumes of domestic tomatoes left
The Spanish mango season has almost ended at Natural Tropic from Malaga. The Osteen season started with prices around 11 Euro and ended around 10 Euro.
Chilean blueberry growers are starting a new season, and according to Andrés Armstrong, of the Chilean Blueberry Committee, “Prospects are good, even though we’ve had some rains in the beginning that have caused delays.
Domestic lemon production has recently started up while the previous year ended in July. California is the largest lemon growing state with 47,000 acres in production.
More than 70% of apples in Kazakhstan are imported produce, therefore Kazakhstan is unable to cover its internal market demand for apples by domestic production.
A group of representatives of the Chilean fresh fruit export sector visited various US retail chains within the framework of the PMA Fresh Summit 2015.
The regional horticultural sector attended Fruit Attraction, which is taking place this week in Madrid. The timing is perfect, not only because exports are going great, as they have increased by 50% since 2009
Jaguar, The Netherlands largest importer of South African fruit, is looking for alternative sources of fruit supply if restrictions are placed for the citrus black spot.
A Letter of Intent was signed by the Maersk Group with Maritime Affairs and Economic Affairs to enter into an agreement on the maritime and economic development of Bitung in Eastern Indonesia.
Minight Moon is now being packed for its first year of fresh market commercial production. This new-to-the-market, all-purpose variety is a result of fifteen years of development at Colorado State University.
Wholesale courgette prices keep on increasing. Quotations at the Centro Agro Alimentare di Bologna (CAAB) are quite high too, though they seem more stable.
“The demand for bell peppers is rather low at the moment,” states Daniel Schury the CEO of company “Franz Schmitt” in Munich. "There is currently a low demand for peppers, other products are certainly in higher demand."
There’s a good amount of open field lettuce growing for Australian producers, and still a very good market for iceberg lettuce with consumers, according to Josh Mellor of Perfection Fresh.
The cauliflower market is getting ready to shift from the northern summer production to the southern autumn one, which will then continue throughout winter.
