Plantations in the Lorca field will have to be reduced by 40 to 50%, starting in January, if the weather does not change and the water is expected to be needed for the first half of 2018. That is the…
As in every year, the results of the campaigns in terms of prices have an influence on the decisions of producers when planning their crops for the following year. “Normally, the acreage devoted to each crop records changes of between…
From 1977, the year in which the Association was created, until 1981 he held the presidency of COEXPHAL, a beginning where they all needed to stick together, and join efforts when meeting with the different administrations. In the opinion of…
Almeria’s producers had not seen such high prices for their vegetables at auction for fifteen years. The issue is that the cold wave has caught most producing countries in the Mediterranean basin by surprise, including Italy (where the disaster has…
There is currently a very scarce supply of vegetables, and prices are sky-high. Due to the cold in southern countries, and minimal supply in Belgium and the Netherlands, various vegetable shelves in supermarkets are bare. Today, we received an update…
This year’s broccoli production will match that of previous campaigns, in spite of the “initial uncertainty” among growers, who delayed the first plantings in June, following the outcome of the Brexit referendum and “the uncertainty about whether there would be…
Some producers in the province of Almeria have already started discarding plantations that could have remained productive until December, as reported by Francisco Vargas, president of Asaja Almeria. “The decline in prices of products such as courgettes and cucumbers is…
Heat records are being broken day after day. But what does a hot late summer mean for the fruit and vegetable trade? John van Duivenbode, Riny van der Staak and Wilko van der Zwaard respond. John van Duivenbode: “As a…
The 2015/2016 season has been one of the worst in the last ten years for Spain’s cucumber growers, with even lower prices than those obtained in the season of the E. coli bacteria crisis in Germany, which caused a severe…
In 2015 Spain was the country that exported the most lettuce worldwide, according to data from the Statistics Division of the United Nations (UN), COMTRADE, under code 0705 (fresh and refrigerated lettuce) of the Integrated Tariff of the European Communities…