"At European level, an estimated 8,500 tons of product will be available in 2023"
SweeTango® is a registered trademark for the Minneiska early variety apple developed by breeder David Bedford of the University of Minnesota in the United States. This premium variety was first

Westfalia Fruit Group welcome new Board chairperson
Westfalia Fruit Group, the global avocado expert, is proud to announce that Dr Khotso Mokhele has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board of Westfalia Fruit International and its parent

Westfalia Fruit welcomes new chair of the board
Avocado multinational Westfalia Fruit Group has appointed Dr Khotso Mokhele as the new chair of the Board of Westfalia Fruit International and its parent company, HMH Group. Mokhele joined the HMH

Australian almonds receive export investment
As international demand for Australian almonds continues to grow A$7m has been allocated to a new project designed to fuel export growth. The Australian almond industry is gearing up for further

The Ukrainian blueberry crop has already reached maturity
The berry season in Ukraine is gaining momentum. Traditionally, the first berry to appear on the market is the garden strawberry. Even though the blueberry season has not started yet, some farmers

"The EU Agreement doesn't favor Moroccan growers"
Since the entry into force of the Association Agreement between the EU and Morocco in 2013, the country has gone from selling 365,695 tons of tomatoes to 557,225 tons in 2022, according to

In 2022, Morocco exported more tomatoes than Spain
Morocco has exported more tomatoes than Spain for the first time ever. According to data prepared by Hortoinfo, 10 years ago Spain exported 124.74% more tomatoes than Morocco, a figure that fell

In 2021, the price of Spanish aubergines surpassed that of Dutch aubergines for the first time in history
According to FAO data, in a Hortoinfo analysis, in 2021 Spain surpassed the Netherlands for the first time ever in the price paid to farmers for their aubergines, as Spanish producers were paid

German 2022 asparagus harvest was worst in nearly a decade
Germany's Federal Statistical Office (StBA) on Tuesday released data showing a sharp decline in the amount of asparagus harvested in the country for the year 2022. Statisticians calculated that

Spain's tomato export volume has decreased by 38.71% in 10 years
According to an analysis by Hortoinfo, last year, Spain exported 629.27 million kilos of tomatoes at an average price of € 1.75/kg, the highest price in the last ten years. However, between 2013

Morocco sold more tomatoes than Spain in the EU in 2022
According to a report from the Spanish news service Hortoinfo, in 2022, Morocco overtook Spain as a tomato supplier in the EU after surpassing the volume of Spanish tomatoes sold in the Community

Online supermarket Oda is new QS system partner
Since the beginning of the year, Oda, Norway's leading online supermarket, has also been active on the German market and is a new QS scheme partner. In order to be able to process food orders

No patents on seeds: Patent on peppers not revoked
The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected the opposition against a patent of the company Syngenta (Chemchina) on conventionally bred peppers (EP2140023). Syngenta had obtained a patent in 2013