In addition to traditional markets such as China, EU, US and Australia, many Vietnamese agricultural products are strongly supported from many other potential markets such as Algeria and Turkey. This will be an opportunity for businesses to expand export markets, especially in the context of the still incomplete Covid-19 translation. Open opportunities Coffee is one of the most popular drinks...
Poland Rapeseed: The declines have finally slowed down, and rapeseed is up as much as PLN 80: Grain prices 28.03.23
With the start of the new week, there was finally some good news for farmers who still have grain for sale: the downward spiral has finally been broken. The end of last week and yesterday’s Monday stood in terms of solid increases on world markets and this contributed to stopping the declines on the domestic market. At the moment, we...
Spain and Portugal, hand in hand to compete in corn production in the face of the challenges of a global market
Spain and Portugal corn highlights from the second Iberian Corn Congress: After two intense days of presentations, round tables and meetings between professionals, the II Iberian Corn Congress, organized by the Association of Maize Producers of Spain (AGPME) and the National Association of Maize and Sorghum Producers of Portugal (ANPROMIS), came to an end last Friday, March 24 with a more than positive...
Turkey Tomato: BASF prepares to launch new tomato seeds resistant to ToBRFV
Nunhems, Netherlands: From the beginning of the tomato brown shrivel fruit virus (ToBFRV) outbreak, BASF (a seeds business based in Nunhems) has actively sought and delivered solutions for growers to combat this virus. In addition to the provision of seed varieties since 2020, the launch of new products resistant to ToBRFV to become commercialised in 2023, which will even better...
E-K18, the field crop robot bottled by a Béarnais farmer in France
When Jean-Luc Picourlat, a farmer from Béarnais passionate about computers, turned to robotics, he first sought to meet the needs he encounters in the field. This is how an autonomous tractor rich in promises for driving field crops or France cereals was born. On the exhibition and demonstration areas of the seventh edition of the Word Fira, held at the beginning of last...
Lampung ready to support one million hectare rice harvest movement
Indonesia: Central Lampung Regency, Lampung Province, is ready to support the one million hectare Indonesia rice harvest movement launched by the Ministry of Agriculture. “We are ready to support the one million hectare rice harvest movement with 81,094 hectares of MT1 rice planted in this area,” said Head of Central Lampung Food Security and Horticulture Agency Jumali in Bandarlampung, Lampung, Monday....
Spain Oranges: The Valencian Association of Farmers asks retailers and consumers to give priority to Spanish oranges
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The arrival of consignments of oranges from Egypt to some Spanish stores, especially Valencian, has raised concern in the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) by the lack of reciprocity with which these imports enter and the threat that, because of improper or confusing labeling, consumers may end up buying foreign oranges before local. Therefore, the agricultural organization asks both commercial...
Chile Cherries drive Chilean fruit exports over the course of 2023
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shipments of cherries from Chile totaled 300,230 tons in the first two months of the year, equivalent to US$ 1,543 million FOB. This represents 68% of the total value of fresh fruit exports in the period under analysis. Cherries continue to be one of the main fruits driving Chilean fruit exports so far this year. This is revealed by the...
Warehousing Receipt System Legislation to Reduce Post-harvest Losses in Kenya
The Warehouse Receipt System Bill no. 10 has been in the Kenya parliament since 2017 but if passed in 2018, it will create a more valuable system of cold room certifications for farmers to reduce post-harvest losses. The law was last mentioned in the National Assembly on February 21, 2018 under a standing order. Its gist is to help make...
Kenya Potato Value Chain Gets a Lift Off from the Irish Government
The sale of Irish potatoes from the country is set to improve in coming months following the launch of a program by Kenya and Ireland. The project focuses its initial roll out on Nyandarua in the north-western part of Central Province. Announcing the partnership, the Irish government’s representatives in partnership with Kenya’s agricultural docket officials confirmed a holistic program involving...