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Sector | Fruit (stone)

Jacques Jordaan – Canning Fruit Producers’ Association

Lifeline for South African canning fruit industry

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

"Favorable weather brings Easter dip in strawberry and asparagus prices"