The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
The supply of industrial strawberries is much lower. Prices of such strawberries are so low 0.13-0.18 euro/kg for strawberries with stalks and 0.24-0.33 euro/kg for strawberries without stalks) that producers are not picking them.
Despite the unfavourable weather and lower supply of strawberries processing plants are buying strawberries at much lower prices than last year and additionally they are limiting the amount of bought fruits.
Mexico is famous for the many varieties of fruit that are produced locally. Over 20 varieties of fruit are produced in Mexico. Mexico consumes approximately 95% of domestically produced fruit and is blessed with good environmental conditions.
Low returns for growers in the Spanish region have led to a call for greater aid, amid fears that some production could be abandoned. One of Murcia’s leading fresh produce associations has blamed “derisory returns” for what it describes…
The University of Georgia Agriculture Extension Service agents say colder-than-normal weather decimated high-bush blueberries early in the season and heavy rains over the past several weeks have ruined much of the rabbit-eye berries now in the field.
The 2009 California apricot crop forecast is 66.0 thousand tons, down 14% from the 2008 crop. Bearing acreage is estimated at 10.7 thousand acres, resulting in a yield of 6.17 tons per acre. Despite frosts and water shortages,…
Frozen concentrated orange juice futures slid Friday in reaction to weather conditions that are favorable for Florida citrus areas, as well as chart-based considerations. July juice settled 210 points lower at 82.50 cents a pound….
Esto debido a la intensa sequía se ha venido presentando en el estado, así lo dio a conocer el ex dirigente de la Unión Regional de Citricultores de la Zona Centro del Estado, Luís Lauro Carrillo Soto.
With these words the citrus grower Daniel Lucci referred to the current export season for citrus. The oversupply of fruit in Europe and the fall in demand have had a big affect. The export was reduced to between 30% and 40% of the volume shipped last year.
In 2000-2007 area of sour cherries orchards in Poland were increasing much and in 2007 reached the highest level about 40 thousand ha. In 2007-2008 one could notice the fall in area of sour cherries by about 4000 ha.
La pedregada que asoló los cultivos de la zona oriental de Huesca y Zaragoza el pasado viernes fue una dura advertencia de que las cosechas pueden perderse de un día para otro. Por eso los fruticultores de las zonas castigadas…
The Moroccan citrus export season of 2008/09 has been disappointing. Total citrus exports are estimated at 469,150 tons, a decline of 15 percent compared to exports in 2007/08 and about 28 percent below the government’s target for this year.
Mango eaters are paying higher prices for the most popular fruit owing to short production in Sindh this year. However, exporters and the government are confident of achieving the 100,000 tons target despite economic crunch in the buyer countries.
The cold weather at the beginning of June resulted in decreasing demand for dessert strawberries. In hot days the demand for strawberries would be much higher. Moreover the rainy weather adversely affects the quality of strawberries…
Poland: heavy rain and hail damaged cultivations of strawberries Cultivations of strawberries were adversely affected by heavy rain and hail last weekend. It resulted in damaged fruits and serious flooding of some plantations what can cause in consequence further stopping of harvest and spoiling of fruits. Rainfalls which started on Wednesday last week already caused […]
The “blue wave” may be starting to crest, but plenty of California blueberry growers are still putting their boards in the water. New blueberry cultivars that require fewer chill hours made it possible to grow this specialty crop in the hot, dry San Joaquin Valley.