The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
It may not look particularly appealing, but this tomato could soon be appearing in our summer salads. While most of us wouldn’t dream of consuming a tomato that wasn’t red, this one can be eaten at any colour through the ripening process,…
As far as the 2008-2009 campaign is concerned, according to official estimates from the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 57,000 tonnes of peppers were produced in an area of 1,120 hectares up to January 30th, 2009.
Spot prices at the domestic mandis were quoted at steady to slightly higher rates and traced futures. Arrivals in the mandis have started reducing and they are now in the range of 5000 bags and 10000 bags in Nizamabad and Erode mandis respectively…
La superficie dedicada al tomate de conserva aumentará un 46% esta campaña y se concentrará sobre todo en las comunidades autónomas de Andalucía y Extremadura, según las primeras estimaciones publicadas por el Ministerio…
During the 2007-2008 campaign, Morocco’s pepper exports increased by 40% to a total of 49,300 tonnes, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. These exports, which were mainly shipped to Europe,…
Poland – big producer of carrot – With the average harvests of carrot at the level about 900 thousand tons, Poland is the largest producer of this vegetable in the EU, followed by Great Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Greenpeace China recently conducted a survey on vegetables sold in China’s large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The organization found many pesticide-ridden vegetables; some of them even carry cocktails of many highly poisonous pesticides.
More than 50,000 ha of processing tomatoes are grown and 600,000 ton ketchup are produced per year in Xinjiang province. It represents 80 per cent of the processed tomato output in China, and over 13 per cent globally…
Many processing plants are finishing the purchase of root vegetables and brassicas and they are preparing for the purchase of spinach.Last year the purchase of spinach in processing plants was started at the end of April.
El grupo de contacto hispano-francés de ajo, reunido ayer en Toledo y constituido por productores de Francia y España, así como representantes de las administraciones de ambos países, acordó solicitar al Comité Mixto Hispano-Francés,
Lo que no se lleva el viento se lo quedan los ladrones, se quejan los agricultores y los vecinos de la pedanía de El Mirador, en pleno corazón agrícola del campo de Cartagena y Mar Menor. El vendaval de hace una semana arrasó 40.000 metros cuadrados de invernaderos…
The purchase prices of the carrot for processing (for cubes) are much higher than in 2008. At the moment the average purchase price in processing plants is 0.48 PLN (0.11 euro)/kg. In podkarpackie and pomorskie provinces the price is 0.45 PLN (0.10 euro)/kg for carrot delivered to the plant and in the slaskie province the […]
Le groupe PinguinLutosa spécialisé dans la production de légumes surgelés et des spécialités à base de pommes de terre a dégagé en 2008 un chiffre d’affaires de 446,4 millions d’euros contre 171,5 millions pour l’exercice précédent qui ne comptait que 6 mois.
Garlic production is estimated to fall sharply in the country by almost 36 per cent to 5.93 lakh tonnes in 2008-09 due to the cropped area shrinking and inadequate irrigation in the major growing states like Madhya Pradesh, according to a research organisation.
A tomato concentrate and pulp factory will be opened in June this year, in the town of Matala, in Huila province, said the chairman of the Association for the Development of the Irrigated Area of Matala (Sodemat) Friday.
After an extraordinary jump in tomato exports in 2008, California canneries are paying record prices and asking farmers to deliver a record crop. But drought is squeezing planting in key parts of the Central Valley, and it’s not clear the state will be able to deliver on the 26.6 billion-pound request.