Joel Pitarch
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"Being able to supply Spanish butternut squash 12 months a year is driving us to keep growing" (opens the original)
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Spain's butternut squash season is currently reaching its peak in terms of volume, and one Spanish company has built a highly specialized operation around growing and marketing this product. It is also one of the very few companies able to guarantee a 12-month supply while maintaining premium quality. Its Campolor and Prove brands continue to gain market share across Europe thanks to this achievement. The company makes it possible to avoid imports by offering European consumers locally grown squ
"There is no need to rush the mango harvest, since crop volumes are down 40%" (opens the original)
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Spain's mango season has kicked off this year with a significantly smaller production, but also under considerable pressure from international supply, particularly from Brazil. At the same time, the cherimoya season is getting underway on the Costa Tropical of Granada, with the product continuing to gain ground in new European markets. Víctor Rodríguez, commercial director of Frutas Los Cursos, has given his insights on the start of both seasons and made the case for a strategy built on harvesti
"Good start to the Spanish pomegranate season with high demand and rising prices" (opens the original)
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Spain's pomegranate season is off to a commercially good start, with solid demand and prices at higher levels than in the same period last year, as there are no stocks left of Southern Hemisphere fruit and Mediterranean supply is still scarce. "We started our pomegranate campaign with the first Acco and Tastem on September 1, as until then there were still some batches left from Peru and other Southern Hemisphere suppliers, and the heat waves slightly delayed fruit coloring this summer, both int
"This week, we began working with the first Satsumas amid a relatively quiet market" (opens the original)
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The 2026–2027 Spanish citrus harvest is off to a slow and steady start, with the picking of the first extra-early Iwasaki mandarins from the Satsuma family. "This week, we've started working with small quantities of the first Iwasaki mandarins still on the branch, which we mainly export to northern and eastern European countries," stated Valencian grower and marketer José Manuel Pardo. The earliest variety harvest is producing slightly more volume than last season and is a bit delayed because of
Southern Spain's organic sweet potato season opens with strong supply after drought recovery (opens the original)
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The organic sweet potato harvest is getting underway in southern Spain with a significantly better supply outlook than last year. Previous seasons had been hampered by water restrictions, but the rainfall recorded last winter has allowed growers to substantially expand the planted area. "We have very high expectations this year. The volume of sweet potato planted is practically double that of last year, because in previous years we faced major restrictions due to drought," says Manuel Ayllón, ma
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