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Sector | Climate

Cold summer delays Estonian strawberry season

Global delegates explore agri-tech ties with Shaanxi

Heavy rains disrupt Nagpur vegetable prices

UK heatwave drives 10% surge in Tesco fruit sales

Florida remains key player in U.S. watermelon supply

Cool spring delays Michigan blueberry harvest

Amond World launches off-grid cold storage for nuts

USDA forecasts California almond crop of 3 billion pounds

Markus Schneider from Frutania GmbH on this year's berry and stone fruit harvest:

"Close support for producers is and will remain the basis of our work"

German BLE week 27:

'Sweet pepper prices mostly trended downward'

“Diverse sourcing and premium markets doubled our banana volumes”

EU cranberry imports up 11.5%

Persistent rain threatens horticulture in South Bengal

Bruno Vuerinckx, BelOrta:

"Cucumber prices quadruple in one week"

Álvaro Figueroa, Tropicales del Valle:

International demand for pineapple juice grows

AVF Summit 2025 will address scale and sustainability in global food systems

“A pineapple grown in Brazil, packed in Indonesia, and shipped to Europe or the U.S. can travel over 10,000 km”

Flooding threatens vegetable crops across Bangladesh

Serbian raspberry production hit by weather

Milder Brazilian climate aids citrus, cold hits lemons

UF develops AI tool for crop damage detection

Michigan grape scouting update: Growth and risks

Oregon cherry growers face labor, price pressures

Jürgen Winkler on the harvest of organic stone fruit and berries:

"We are enjoying very good yields and quality across all crops"

Miguel Fossa, of Limones Piuranos

Peruvian Tahiti lime exports grow by 30% despite logistical and weather-related issues

Sergio Grau, AG Group product manager:

"Anti-frost towers are the preferred choice of stone fruit growers"

Giuseppe Ingrillì of Eurofood:

"Blood orange derivatives are taking the lead in the global beverages and aromatics market"

Ukraine’s processing tomato harvest to remain stable despite spring frosts

Potato Market Report 9th July:

European potato demand weak, quality declines

Typhoon Danas Update:

$38 million in crop losses in Taiwan

Wholesale Market Hamburg:

"Unfortunately, we will have few cherries available for shipping outside the region"

Agreste

Confirmed increase in French apricot production for 2025

Strong demand keeps prices on the rise for Catalonia's stone fruit

Mozambique vegetable exports up 11% in 2024

Ecuador dragon fruit hit by floods and price crash

Heat drives up watermelon prices in South Korea

Brazil onion imports down 46% in 2025

Typhoon Danas causes $34m farm losses

Vincent Chaban, Fruits Rouges du Confluent

"The hot weather is complicating the strawberry campaign and increasing pressure from buyers"

Association of French Blueberry Producers

Towards a record 2025 harvest for French blueberries

Spain leads global strawberry exports with 300,000 tons

Georgia almond yield up 25% despite frost damage

Henk Vlaeminck, Van Dijk Foods:

"As the holidays approach, families are prioritizing their spending"

Prayagraj farmers turn to dragon fruit under climate stress

Monsoon hits Himachal apple harvest logistics

Himachal to set up solar cold storage units

Onion arrivals drop 30% at Lasalgaon market

Hungarian growers push for more local produce

Jean-Bernard Cherblanc, SICOLY-SICODIS Group

The cherry market remains balanced at the height of the season

Sil Moonen, Berryfarm:

"After two steady weeks, blueberry supply has surged, and prices are under pressure"

Pasquino De Vuyst, Square Melon:

"We're still selling asparagus to restaurants keeping their menus unchanged until the holidays"

Week 27 Fruit Wholesale Market Report:

South African apple arrivals increase, while main South African mandarin varieties arrive earlier

Vegetable prices rise in Bangladesh on supply shortfalls

Rain disrupts produce supply, drives up prices

Rain cuts Estonian strawberry supply and prices rise

Poland sees higher potato yields under price pressure

Lychee thrives in Mexico as global demand grows

Labor and trade woes hit U.S. cherry growers

New Zealand avocado exports rebound with strong crop

Carmelo Micale, President of PO Consorzio APAM from Torrenova (ME)

Organic high quality drives citrus fruit results

José Ramón Naranjo melon sales specialist at BASF Vegetable Seeds:

"New Piel de Sapo varieties Izalco and 162 exceed expectations in terms of resistance, production and taste"

Jamaican banana growers prepare for hurricane season

David Franco, Grupo Paloma:

Murcia's seedless grape harvest started almost two weeks later

Extreme weather hits 87% of UK farmers

Exotic Roots aims to serve major retailers from new location

"Tropical fruit demand surges in sunny weather"

Morocco breaks avocado export record to Canada

Bangladesh’s vegetable exports up 313% in FY25

Alfredo Volio, of Upala Agrícola:

"If we had 250 containers of pineapple today, we would sell them without a problem"

“Dragon fruit relies on quick sales”

So far, away from fruit and vegetable facilities

Uncontrollable, massive wildfire in Crete

Apo Conerpo Group:

Production levels are back to normal, with deliveries up by 34% and turnover up by 13%

German producers and retailers on the latest heatwave:

"Daytime temperatures well above 30 degrees are not good for any crop"

Extreme heat disrupts farming across southern Europe

Brazil apple output up to 850,000 tons

Satsuma shortage expected in 2025 for U.S. growers

Bravo apple harvest up 25% as demand grows

"20% more pepper than usual in Murcia is not enough to destabilise the markets"

Oversupply in Murcia and the Netherlands pushes pepper prices down

Stuttgart wholesale market:

"The first German onion sets were already available in calendar week 26"

Ukraine blueberry prices 2.6 times higher than 2024

EU Potato Market Report 2nd July:

Warm weather slows sales as growers clear old stocks

JERSA Fruchtimport GmbH on the Spanish garlic harvest:

"The rain came at exactly the wrong time"

“We’ve proven maluma avocados thrive in Maharashtra”

Eeki raises $7 million to expand aeroponic production in India

Apple gains global traction for heat resilience

José M.ª Román, sales technician at Seminis-Bayer:

"Our Polinesia watermelon is a pollinator that delivers firm flesh and a longer cycle"

Gerard van den Anker (Veiling Zaltbommel) and Jarno Kwakkel (Postuma AGF)

Heat hits fresh produce trade: Lower sales and staying cool

How does a Spanish and Peruvian mango's CO2 footprint compare?

Joël Boyer - Boyer:

"To maintain a balanced market, prices cannot fall any lower"

Tanzania considers shifting to fruit farming

Dagestan cherry harvest debated as prices rise

Blueberry prices fall in Ukraine and Georgia

Cold wave hits Brazil citrus as juice exports drop 22%

Hungarian melon season delayed, 175,000 tons forecast

Giovanni Scavo, sales manager of Girasole Soc. Coop.

"Not a lot of summer fruit available at the moment"

Start of the blueberry harvest in northern Germany

"Good fruit set, moderate demand"

Indian mangoes rejected by U.S. now flood local markets

Australian broccoli prices surge to $10.90 p/kg

Weather, trade talks boost South Africa’s fresh produce outlook

Craig Thomas - CSJ Agri:

“In most cases, the solution is already out there”

Tom Leenheer (Van Ooijen Citrus): "Customers switch to new mandarin varieties later each year"

"Strong lemon sales driven by good weather"

California pear crop rebounds to 2.4 million boxes

Farmers urge stronger flood relief as damages hit $107m

Australia cuts 2025 macadamia forecast to 42,000t

Sweet cherry harvest highest since 2017

Juan Antonio Martínez, manager of Toñifruit:

"The first batches of organic table grapes confirm the season's promising prospects"

Andreas Kopf on the marketing of early potatoes from Southern Baden

"Early potato industry faces disillusionment"

"A noticeable shift from traditional varieties to ones more suited for export"

Can Tunisian date growers avoid a repeat of last season's debacle?

Mexico produces avocados all year round

Agreste

Lower production expected for zucchinis in 2025

International Berries Days (IBD) and International Asparagus Days (IAD)

Soft fruit in the spotlight for the first time, alongside asparagus

Dragon fruit gains ground as profitable crop in Pakistan

Hungarian melon production up, export potential rises

Lake Balaton defies low apricot yield trend

Rocheto Group leads Brazil’s potato industry

First reports of damage:

Thunderstorms, hail, and violent winds in France

Maarten van Damme, Dacomex:

"At the start of the year, we expected onion prices to fall and potato prices to rise"

Pathankot exports rose-scented litchis to Middle East

Kashmir watermelon sales hit US$8.6 million

Rain and cold nights hurt Estonia’s cucumber crop

Early cherry season boosts UK farm sales

Strawberries lead in Ventura as avocados surge 170% in value

Nova Scotia strawberry yields surge following fungal relief

Vitale Conserve:

Growth of private label products in the canning sector

China tightens safety rules amid dip in Thai durian exports

"This scenario brings Polish blueberry season back to back to normality"

Arkansas blackberry growers tackle hail damage with new tech

Jurgen Ratelband, Tolpoort Vegetables:

"Cauliflower market under pressure due to abundant European supply"

Uruguay tests new potato seed methods for sustainability