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Click here to login Quick wits saved a man’s life last month when a crane boom came down onto him in Nanjing UK rental company Clearview has ordered three Ruthmann truck mounted platforms US crane rental company Crane Service Inc has ordered another Liebherr LG 1800-1.0 wheeled lattice crane Haulotte has appointed Guillaume Van Hoeck as managing director Europe Czech crane rental company AG Transport has ordered an 800t LR 1800-1.0 lattice crawler German sales and rental company Kunze has added Elma cranes to its portfolio Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks The German onion harvest is as good as done - the southwest of Germany is already finished in the north and east some 25% remains on the fields All in all and despite everything that happened "Sometimes it was almost somewhat boring," says Daniel Voll from Vau-Ge Voll LLC in Bobenheim-Roxheim who is glad that things are not so hectic for once Voll had a record year with his Italian cultivation: "2020 was also a good season He also has his eye on his neighbors in the Netherlands: "There were quality problems in the south of the country but due to the constantly growing area under cultivation this was not really reflected in the volumes grown the winter and summer seasons went off without a hitch everything was within bounds: "At the beginning as we didn't know how long the situation would last I had expected that the harvest in Italy would be a problem but thanks to mainly mechanical harvesting I also attribute this to the solid logistics and good personnel management." Vau-Ge has also shifted the volumes traded to the food retail trade: "The catering trade has suffered and is still suffering The measures certainly raise the inhibition threshold for many consumers" Voll continues: "There are winners and losers in any situation but the Coronavirus is a big loss for most but there are industries that have lacked a stable income for months 2020 will certainly be remembered by everyone..." How the 20/21 season will develop is still in the stars but also the prices in the trade: "The Indian export ban ensures that the Netherlands can send large quantities of red onions to Asia to cover the market there The German quantities are too small to have a major influence on this development but they are benefiting from the high prices this has created in Europe," Voll concludes FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com Europe has put a complicated onion year behind it: The first new onions from New Zealand are on the market and Italy will soon start harvesting During this time - traditionally in April - it is quiet at Vau-Ge Voll GmbH in Bobenheim-Roxheim The German onions of last year have already been used up and the company is currently still mainly dealing with leftover stocks from the Netherlands the harvest will begin this week: "From May 15 onwards The prices of the past season were exceptionally high and even at the beginning of the new season prices are high as they have been for many years: "The remaining quantities of European onions are really very small From the Netherlands we only expect very small volumes to come in until late May The new volumes from Italy will not satisfy the market and the strong demand for onions cannot be dealt with by New Zealand and Tasmania alone These countries did have an average harvest but were not prepared for the enormous demand from Europe." He goes on to say: "As onions are essential in the kitchen retailers never want to be without them and suppliers like South Africa and Argentina which have not been delivering to the German market for years The  fear of not being able to supply this product drives up prices even further so this year we have seen the highest prices of the last 20 years And this could come to pass even while the goods were partly of a lower quality so much so that they would not have been imported in a normal situation." Since sowing for the new season is still ongoing in Germany and Europe until late April the pure acreage does not tell it all: Depending on the weather and possibilities of irrigation when we would have even had too much goods had it not been for the extraordinary drought," says Voll The mild climate gives the Palatinate a clear advantage in terms of the cultivation of onions and other vegetables Since it tends to be warmer there than in other regions of Germany irrigation is also particularly well organised: "The southwest was simply better prepared for a drought." Together with the Breisgau the Palatinate is the earliest growing area for onions for which it would be too cold elsewhere." An dieser Stelle finden Sie ein Video via Glomex. Um Inhalte von Drittdiensten darzustellen und Ihnen die Interaktion mit diesen zu ermöglichen, benötigen wir Ihre Zustimmung. An dieser Stelle finden Sie ausgewählte Prospekte via Weekli. 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