The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
Due to product’s scarcity in the market, Turkish hazelnuts’ prices have risen this year, and are expected to rise further since the unexpected snow in March may result in a possible frost, thus reducing the yield.
The scarcity of hazelnuts in the Turkish market reportedly raises prices. Weather conditions are expected to shape the price of hazelnuts for the upcoming period, say sector representatives. Also, the advent of high hazelnut prices brings…
The country, which is hoping to earn $1 billion a year from nut exports, has opened an electronic cashew trading exchange. Vietnam has moved a step closer to its dream of earning $1 billion a year from the export of cashews by opening…
Vietnam has become the world’s largest cashew nut exporter and processes both domestic and imported nuts from foreign countries. However, local cultivation areas are paradoxically decreasing sharply, said Dr. Hoang Quoc Tuan from…
Wednesday night the temperatures went down to 0° / -2° C in area between 250 and 500m. It has caused limited damages in the medium high gardens, that count for half of the Black Sea production.
La campagne de commercialisation de la noix de cajou au titre de cette année a été officiellement lancée, hier, à l’hôtel Hambol de Katiola. Et pour cette campagne, les prix ont été fixés à 170 f le bord champs, 180 f au magasin et 222 f au port.
Because of the increased demand, many farmers in the country rarely wait for the fruits to fall but harvest and dry them-which affects quality. Increased interest by foreigners in the Kenyan macadamia sub-sector has boosted the fortunes…
The export value of cashew nuts is expected to reach US$1 billion this year, $150 million higher than last year, according to the Viet Nam Cashew Association. The country will see a total output of 400,000 tonnes of the nut this year,…
The 2010 crop market is still firming up due to Turkish exporters covering while offer is less. Manavs have sold the biggest part of their hazelnuts and the remaining one are mainly in the hands of few big crackers and of growers,…
Dates are one of the main crops of the UAE and the academics feel that the fruit can become more important since the food supply of world comes under force from climate and increase in population.
“We are facing our greatest-ever difficulty in accessing capital,” stated Intimex General Director Do Ha Nam, whose opinion is shared by most export companies at the export forum held on March 11.
It’s been a pretty quick harvest for some pistachio growers in southern NSW. Heavy rains last weekend in the Riverina forced Dennis Lambert to pick as much as he could in four days before the water could damage the nuts.
Iran is ahead of the US as far as the amounts of their pistachio exports are concerned, a senior Iranian official says. Reza Fotouhi, director general of the Agriculture Ministry’s Office for Fruit Affairs, noted that Iran’s lead comes despite…
Market increased a bit this week due to more demand both from users and from some Turkish exporters who are covering their April needs (no or little forward coverage this season). This price increase doesn’t show a hazelnut shortage…
Cashewnuts accounted for 15.2 per cent of traditional exports last year. The rate was higher than 9.6 per cent the previous year. The Bank of Tanzania’s economic review for last month showed that the crop accounted for eight per cent of traditional…
Organic grain production in the upper Southeast got a big boost from the Organic Initiative in the 2008 farm bill. As organic production continues to increase in the Southeast, growers are urged to take advantage of incentive programs…