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As European importers’ demand for Ukrainian tomatoes has been rapidly growing, exports of tomatoes to the EU countries have already grown almost 10 times since the beginning of this year. In particular, the export volumes totaled 2,300 tons in January-August 2016 against just 243 tons in the same period of the previous year. Poland and

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Most processing zones are indeed facing significant production drops from 2015: – Europe: -8% – Mediterranean area: -14% – North America: -10% – China: -12% Globally the drop exceeds 4 Million MT of fresh fruit, equal to – 9.85% Please check the World Processing Estimates for more details. More over, accordingly to our information, the

Latest news from China, show that COFCO Tunhe Co Ltd aims to raise up to 1.7 billion yuan ($254.88 million) in private placement of shares to fund projects and replenish capital. The share trade is to resume on Sept 21st. Further company coverage: ($1 = 6.6699 Chinese yuan renminbi) Reuters, Sept 20, 2016 You should

MARACAY, Venezuela, Sept. 12 (UPI) — The Kraft Heinz Company has sold 17 million seeds to Venezuelan farmers in the hopes of increasing tomato production by 400 percent amid an economic crisis in the country. Venezuela’s ketchup is currently produced with 25 percent of Venezuelan tomatoes. The company wants to increase the amount of Venezuelan

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When it comes to tomatoes, nothing beats a fresh, ripe fruit plucked directly from the vine. “If you can pick them right in your backyard, that’s what you’d want to do,” said Steve Hirzel, the president of Northwood-based Hirzel Canning Co. “That’s essentially what we’re doing.” Hirzel is in the middle of its two-month busy

Luigi Sandei, owner and president of the company Protec, celebrated a special moment in his life: his 50 years of activity. Visionary and innovative mind of the Parmas’s agri-food sector, he designed in 1965 (in an old recycled building) the first tomato harvesting machine in Europe, which was built afterwards in 1968, in the new