Nichola McGregor

The mushroom market is the UK is consistent, if a bit slow at the moment, according to James Meers, Commercial Director at G's Fresh.

The Australian cherry season has been underway since mid-November. Victoria and New South Wales cherry seasons had a great start, with good volumes and high quality.

In the wholesale markets this is one of the busiest weeks of the year as everyone is buying in for the Christmas week.

With the Northern Hemisphere top fruit season well underway Tony Harding, Technical and Procurement Director at Worldwide Fruit reflected on the

The onion harvest at Premium Fresh in Tasmania is still 2-3 weeks away, but it is looking promising.

The apple harvest in the Aomori Prefecture, Japan was complete by the end of November and the apple orchards are already covered with snow.

The wholesale markets in Korea have a different system than other countries in that all fruit and vegetables must to reported and sold under three conditions.

Daniel Badger, Managing Director at UK importer Vitafresh Produce, moved out to South Africa in May 2024, since then he and his team have been working behind the scenes to set up Vitafresh Exports which is based in South Africa.

The back end of winter and most of spring saw ideal growing conditions so the cherry crop at Hansen Orchards has set nicely.

2024 was a great season for New Zealand apples, Kurt Livingston, Export Sales Executive at Fern Ridge Fresh, said that most varieties performed well in all markets.