Jacques Jordaan – Canning Fruit Producers’ Association
Sector | Fruit (stone)
An overview of the situation with a producer
Wholesale prices for Emilia-Romagna's early cherries range from €5 to €10 per kilo
Catalonia's stone fruit production to decrease by 2% over 2024, and recover by 5%
Peach and nectarine growers in France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain seek faster approval of phytosanitary products
Tunisia forecasts 2.8% rise in 2025 stone fruit harvest
Tajikistan begins early cherry harvest with strong yields
Frost slashes 2025 cherry harvests in Europe
"Packaging also directly affects brand reliability and shelf performance"
Deal signed to extend fruit shelf life in UK packaging market
Alexandre Cancel, Vergers Cancel
Cherry season is underway!
French cherry production on the rise according to Agreste
Guillaume Jarret, Star Fruits
New Jackson rootstock to save the kiwi sector?
Chinese greenhouse cherries enter Vietnam at $19/kg
Unusually strong demand expected for British Columbia cherries
Beluli Durim on the marketing potential of Balkan imports in Switzerland:
"Reducing the carbon footprint through sea freight from Durres to Ancona"
Hungary’s worst apricot harvest in history
Türkiye’s 2025 apricot harvest collapses after severe frost
Oldest lemon and ancient fruit fossil discovered
Carlos Llambrich, Llamfruit:
"We expect to make our first shipments of cherries to China this season"
Rachel Piper - Piper Cherries
“It is looking like we will get a slightly early start"
Manuel García, from Frutas Torrebaja: "This Saturday we'll start harvesting the first peaches"
"Although Extremadura will again have an irregular plum production, it will be better than last year's"
California cherry production expected to be down 50 percent from last year
Difficult Spanish stone fruit season at Van Dijk Foods
"Spanish stone fruit season struggles: 'Everything is quite expensive'"
Mónica Tierno, Director General of the Jerte Valley Cooperative Association:
"We are about 15 days late with the cherry harvest in the Jerte Valley"
Jon Clark - Fruit World International
“This will be an interesting cherry season for sure"
Amelinckx Fruit launches local season
"We expect to pick the first Belgian cherries within days"
"Fruit and vegetable purchases remained under pressure in Flanders in 2024"
China boosts cherry exports with 80,000 tons from Shaanxi
Switzerland: Stable 2024 financial year for Fenaco
Record sales in the convenience sector
Southern Italy's apricot season begins with good quality
Slightly later start for Central Texas peaches
New cherry packing line for Washington grower
Marco Masotti, Maf-Roda
Dual Fast Pack packaging robot with fruit orientation system
José María Pérez, from El Ciruelo, on the impact of hail:
"In mid-June there will be a noticeable gap in stone fruit supply"
Antonio Guglielmi (Apulia):
"The demand for cherries is greater than the supply"
Frost damage to Moldovan orchards nears €38 million
Santiago Martínez, President of the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Murcia (FECOAM):
"There is 100% crop damage from Calasparra to Yéchar"
Week 19 Fruit Wholesale Market Report
Durian sales surge ahead of Mother's Day, while South African grapefruit hits the market
Uzbekistan starts early cherry exports with high demand
Lithuania's 2025 strawberry season begins with high prices
China’s cherry prices drop as Latin American imports rise
Redland names Peter Marshall, Jason Kotz as export managers
Fruit and vegetable producers comment on hail damage in eastern Austria:
"Critical phase has become much longer"
Michael Oosthuizen – International Plant Selection
Autumnal Carmingo foliage lights up Koo Valley field day
Lower Austrian stone fruit producer Manfred Harbich:
"So far, we have been spared major frost and hailstorms"
An orchard of 30 hectares of apricot trees to be planted in Bukovina
Juan Pablo Muñoz, president of the irrigation community of El Torno, in Caceres, Spain:
"The rain and cold weather are causing the campaign to start much later than desired"
Santiago Vázquez, Director of La Vega de Cieza:
"The harvest is slow and there is good demand for stone fruit, with 50% less early apricot"
Moldova expects good early plum harvest despite frosts
BC cherry and apple crops rebound after disastrous 2024
Bulgaria faces a cherry shortage in 2025 due to frost
Chile's Copefrut forecasts 6% growth in cherry volume next season
Ricardo Cipriani, Locuston:
"Brazil has enormous potential, but the purchasing power of a large part of the population limits access to fresh fruits"
Agreste
French peach production expected to remain stable in 2025
Pascal Boutin, General Manager of Royal:
"We are starting the stone fruit season with new packaging that sets the fruit's colors apart"
Fruit exporter Sandor Makai on the severe frost damage in Hungary:
"Up to 80-90 percent of stone fruit farms have already suffered frost damage"
La Unió
Saturday's hailstorm damaged more than 8,700 hectares in the Vall d'Albaida region
Russia spent over $371M on peach and nectarine imports in 2024
Macedonia's apple harvest devastated by spring frost
Storms damage fruit crops in three Indian states
Turvolândia persimmon harvest down 20% due to climate
Oncoming heat to help size up California organic stone fruit and melons
Jean-Bernard Cherblanc, Sicoly
"With our C'est qui le Patron?! cherries, we want to increase the average price in the orchard"
Jan Rozema and Christian Bras join forces
Prime Fruit Partners officially launched
Frost deals heavy hit to Moldovan stone fruit
"30 to 100% of the Moldovan apricot and cherry harvests were compromised"
Moldovan fruit exports rise despite smaller harvest
Uzbekistan also ships over 12,000 tonnes of dried plums in Q1
Fergana launches cherry exports for 2025 season
Avocados up 53% as U.S. noncitrus crop trends diverge in 2024
Auckland air cargo lifts avocado exports, $1.9B revenue
Flathead cherry orchards rebound after 2024 freeze
Key orchard regions report widespread damage to early crops and potential quality loss
Ukraine’s fruit sector faces uncertainty after harsh spring frosts
The first Greek apricots of 2025 have been harvested
“We prefer varieties that stand out for their flavor, even if they fall short in appearance or durability”
Uzbekistan exported 3,762 tons of dried apricots worth $5 million
Uzbekistan exports 55,456 tons of cabbage, earns $19.6 million in Q1 2025
Russia reports spike in phytosanitary violations in Turkish produce imports
Open ground cherry harvest delayed by 10 days in Catalonia due to high demand
Fepex Stone Fruit Committee
Good quality, some delays, and little hail damage at the start of the stone fruit season
Modern orchards in Azerbaijan expand with efficient technologies and year-round exports
Investment fund acquires majority stake in Spanish fruit breeder
Start of the melon and stone fruit season at the Vienna Wholesale Market
"Receptive market for Moroccan watermelons, subdued demand for Spanish stone fruit"
"Apricot fortnight", melon at 0.99 cents, cost price…
A look back at the day organized by the French melon, peach, and apricot sectors
Georgia welcoming a repeat of 2024’s peach crop
Weather and trade impact Australia’s horticulture in April 2025
"In Murcia, the production of some semi-early apricot varieties has dropped by up to 80%"
UK Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices:
Strawberry prices down 31%, asparagus falls 38%
Tajik fruits and vegetables losing ground in Kazakhstan
Argentina's fresh stone fruit exports drop 44%
Storms damage Romanian crops, threaten harvest
Two days of hail damaged fruits that were saved from the March frost
New adverse weather conditions hit Greek stone fruits
Fe.VI. Frutta gets organised for the new stone fruit season
Delayed deliveries for the first apricots and nectarines
Production for next season will take a hit according to Turkish citrus exporter
Turkish citrus production impacted by frost
Spring frost cuts Serbian fruit yields by 200k tons
Ukraine’s fruit harvest faces risks from late frosts
Tariffs strain Michigan cherry industry
Australia strengthens horticulture trade ties with Japan
Pakistan expands fruit exports to China as demand grows
Strong season for organic California stone fruit anticipated
Georgia’s perennial crop production up 27.4% in 2024
medFEL 2025
French plums back to full production potential
Australia secures China market access for apples
Natinal
Retail produce ads fall after spring holidays
Stuttgart Wholesale Market:
"Despite inflation, there are still some exotic items that are very popular"
"Frost in competing countries an advantage for Serbian soft fruit"
Fepex Cherry Committee
Cherry season starting with a slight delay
Josep Antoni Camats Carpi, from Cireres de Corbins:
"We hope that the market won't reject the bruised fruit that those of us affected by hail have managed to save"
Chile exported 51% more cherries in the season that just ended
Anecoop partner Toñifruit's agreement with Bio Lobrot increases its organic stone fruit offer
BC Tree fruit growers get $5m for climate projects
Xinyi begins peak Sanhua plum harvest with strong demand
Stone fruit, the most affected, with losses of up to 100%
Tuesday's hail affected 8,500 hectares of the Valencian countryside
Turkish national cherry production expected to drop 50 to 60 per cent this season
"We’ve quietly escaped the devastation of frost in our cherry orchards"
José Velasco, CEO of El Ciruelo:
"Fruit quality at the beginning of the season is getting better and better, boosting consumption right from the start"
Extending the window of availability
California and Washington cherry growers/packers start partnership
Rodrigo Masip, of Conjuntfruit: "The impact on prices will depend on the volume of fruit eventually available on the market"
"We expect some overlap between the stone fruit season in Lleida and Murcia"
Varieties International Project
The next frontier in plant breeding: Biotechnology and artificial intelligence to create the varieties of the future
Rescina Service (Italy)
Karmen scale: Not only grapes but also lemons and stone fruits
Lucien Ruiter, Van Ooijen Citrus:
"First significant volumes of Spanish cherries this week"
Spain will maintain 2024 production, pending assessment of hailstorm damage
Europe's apricot harvest will decrease by 10% due to weather issues in Italy and Greece
Apricot production, medFEL 2025
Production deficits in Italy and Greece, stability in Spain, and return to almost normal in France
Türkiye exports $330 million in apricots over five years
NNII pledges $600K for WSU tree fruit research facility
Penny Measham appointed CEO of Cherry Growers Australia
Tristan Margalet and Matthieu Oribes, Greype
"We will unveil our new L’Amorosa brand of premium peaches and nectarines at medFEL"
Washington growers warn of export risks from proposed tariffs
Greek companies on the threshold between kiwifruit and stone fruit
“The upcoming stone fruit season shows similarities to that of the kiwifruit, but they are completely different cases”
Moldovan fruit sector shows resilience after termination of USAID program
April frosts damage Hungarian orchards as climate risks rise
More than 40,000 hectares devastated by hail storm in Lleida, Spain
"Unfortunately, hail has fallen at the worst possible time"
Easter sales take off at Sebrechts and Postuma AGF