Afrucat: Spain must reduce peach and nectarine acreage by 15%

Afrucat: Spain must reduce peach and nectarine acreage by 15%
Catalonia’s business association has drawn up a plan together with Stone fruit prodcuers to reduce Spain’s growing area for these fruits by 15%. This is the conclusion drawn from a […]
Tue 21/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson

Bumper year in store for Chilean cherries 

Bumper year in store for Chilean cherries 
Chile’s cherry production is expected to be up this year thanks to ideal weather conditions during the growing season.  Forecasts are for a rise of 30% on last year’s levels. […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson

US imports of fresh cherries relatively unchanged

US imports of fresh cherries relatively unchanged
Although most fresh cherries sold in the US are produced domestically market, average imports between 2010 and 2016 reached 14.8 million kg, up from the 2000-09 average of 10.4 million […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson

Stone Fruit Attraction will be held on 19th October

Stone Fruit Attraction will be held on 19th October
Following the event’s highly successful previous editions, we are pleased to announce that Stone Fruit Attraction is back in 2017 with the III International Stone Fruit Congress and will be […]
Thu 20/07/2017 by Richard Wilkinson

Crai: Italian stone fruit preferences

Crai: Italian stone fruit preferences
In apricots, reports Roberto Bonalumi, produce manager for the Italian retail chain Crai, the trend has been towards brightly coloured varieties with the classic red tone, that are also full […]
Tue 20/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

China’s nectarine market opening to Chile

China’s nectarine market opening to Chile
Chile will be able to export its nectarines to China as of next month, Chile’s agriculture minister Carlos Furche has announced. After three years of negotiations and various meetings of […]
Wed 26/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

Fruits de Ponent markets OKI brand

Fruits de Ponent markets OKI brand
Fruits de Ponent rolled out its flat nectarine and flat peach campaign in June, with exclusive marketing rights to the OKI brand. The main second-tier cooperative from Valle del Ebre plans to re-launch […]
Fri 29/07/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

Frutaito opens new warehouse

Frutaito opens new warehouse
Frutaito brings together the efforts of 25 stone fruit farming families from the town of Aitona (Lleida). Saturn peaches, nectarines and peaches are some of their main reference items. This […]
Fri 22/07/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

Fruilar boosts peach and nectarine supply

Fruilar boosts peach and nectarine supply
Over the years, Catalan company Fruilar has earned a strong reputation as one of the leading suppliers and distributors of the high quality Pink Lady apple variety in Europe. The […]
Wed 20/07/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

La Coma with new generations of varieties

La Coma with new generations of varieties
Under the La Coma brand, the Sant Miquel Fruit company trades around 40,000 tons of stone fruit, covering the entire range of flat and round varieties, with produce available from […]
Wed 20/07/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

Marquesa broadens markets and facilities

Marquesa broadens markets and facilities
The family business Marquesa, which produces and sells stone and pome fruit, has its 500 hectares in the Albatàrrec area, in Lleida. Their main export markets are supermarket chains in […]
Wed 22/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson

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