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Belgium's Ardo rejects Austrian rescue of frozen-vegetable plant, citing €112mn bill

Group says Marchfeld site has lost €5mn a year on average since 2023; Austrian politicians call it profitable, and spinach growers have no other buyer

14 Oct

Potatoes
McCain buys Indian export fry plant two weeks after shelving €1bn German project
13 Oct
Sweet Corn
Bonduelle European profit falls 22% as Chinese sweetcorn glut lingers
6 Oct
Potatoes
McCain seeks A$15/t cut from Tasmanian potato growers as it shelves €1bn German fry plant
2 Oct

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23 SepWed 15:23
Potatoes
Northern Irish potato packer Glens of Antrim collapses with loss of 95 jobs
Administrators appointed nine months after accounts showed a £596,000 profit and a positive outlook; growers left with potatoes in the ground and no buyer, MP says
8 SepTue 21:20
Potatoes
Belgian potato price holds at €200 as heat trims crop and futures hedge disappears
Belgapom quotation steady for four weeks after three seasons in which opening prices fell 58 to 75 per cent; EEX delisted the European processing potato future on 5 June
7 SepMon 20:49
Tomatoes
Spanish tomato growers get best price in a decade but exports shrink as Morocco overtakes
Almería and Granada growers were paid €1.15/kg in 2025/26 as Spain’s fresh-tomato export volume fell 45% over eleven campaigns and Morocco became the EU’s larger supplier.
26 AugWed 22:27
Potatoes
French potato growers put drought losses at €400mn as heat cuts crop 23%
Growers' body UNPT projects the national crop down 23% and seeks state aid, days before the agriculture minister sizes a wider drought plan.
25 AugTue 19:37
Onions
India releases onion buffer stock as monsoon damage in Nashik drives retail prices up 59%
Nashik logged its second-wettest June-July in 86 years, rotting the stored crop that carries the market to October.
17 AugMon 19:38
Tomatoes
Italy's early tomato deliveries hit a record as growers date the yield drop to 20 August
Northern deliveries ran more than 50 per cent above the five-year average by 2 August, while soluble solids fell below their seasonal average and the grower payment index slipped to 96.8 per cent
10 Nov 2025Mon 22:11
Tomatoes
China targets California’s ‘backyard’ with push into Americas tomato paste market
The world's largest exporter of tomato paste is aggressively courting buyers in the Caribbean, Central America and South America after losing ground in Europe
13 Oct 2025Mon 20:01
Tomatoes
California tomato growers report 'unicorn season' after bumper yields
The state's 2025 processing tomato crop reached an estimated 11.75 million short tons, up from 11.1 million short tons last year

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