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South Africa’s grapefruit production is set to increase by 5% to 370,000 tons in 2017/18, due to increase in planted area. Normal weather conditions in the main growing regions of […]
Mon 09/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Brazil’s orange crop for 2018/19 is expected to be 27% lower than in 2017/18, at 393 million boxes. The dramatic decline in production is mainly due to tree stress. The […]
Tue 03/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Morocco’s citrus production in MY 2017/18 recovered from an early season drought. With improved weather conditions, the country’s mandarin forecast rose from 1 million tons to 1.2 million tons, while […]
Mon 02/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The EU’s citrus production is projected to reach around 11.1 million tons in 2017/18, 2.4% higher than previous estimates had suggested, but still representing an overall fall of 6.3% from […]
Mon 02/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Mexico’s fresh tomato production for 2018/19 is expected to be 3.4 million metric tons, assuming favourable weather conditions. The production area has been declining in recent times, but yields have […]
Mon 25/06/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The frost-blighted 2017 apple season across Europe meant that on April 1st 2018, total apple stocks stood at 1.2 million tons, according to WAPA data. The majority of these stocks […]
Mon 04/06/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
Spain has widened the gap with other leading European peach producers in all respects. Spanish production has increased acreage while maintaining productivity. It also has relatively lower labour costs than […]
Tue 29/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Europe’s peach and nectarine output is estimated at 3,670,000 tons for 2018, constituting a fall of 8% from the previous year. The only country with a positive trend was Greece, […]
Mon 28/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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In 2017, following a record harvest in 2016, Poland’s overall fruit production plummeted by around 34.7% to 2.7 million tons. The dramatic drop in production was mainly due to frost […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Tropical Fruit Congress, held on 11th-12th May within the Macfrut fair in Rimini, was a sell-out. This first edition was dedicated to mango and avocado with speakers from across […]
Wed 16/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Between 1980 and 2017, the number of greenhouse vegetable growers operating in the Netherlands plummeted by 85%, according to data published by CBS Landbouwtelling 2017. Over the same period, the […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
