Le Due Querce Agricultural Blog
Insights on hazelnuts and almonds: quality, storage, market signals and evidence-based consumption.
Highlights
Market & prices
Prices, trends and market analysis.
Puglia Almonds 2026, Record Heat and Parakeets Reshape Early Harvest
Puglia almonds 2026 harvest is earlier due to heat, with output up and prices rising. Learn key quality tests, parakeet risks, and contract points.
Tuscia Hazelnuts 2026, the Hidden-Rot Threshold That Sets the Price
Tuscia hazelnuts rebound in 2026, but price depends on defect thresholds, hidden rot, harvest timing, and drying targets that protect whole-kernel value.
Piedmont Hazelnuts Rebound, but Asian Stink Bug Pressure Forces a New IPM Playbook for Low-Residue Supply
Piedmont hazelnuts may rise 5 to 10% in 2026, but Asian stink bug risk remains. What EU buyers should require on QC, residues, and contracts.
California Almond Acreage Declines First Time in 30 Years
California’s almond bearing acreage is turning down after decades. What it means for EU supply security, yields, and 2027–2030 contracting.
Quality & storage
How to recognise, store and evaluate quality.
Georgian Almonds and the Quality Clock for EU Buyers
Georgian almond kernels need tight harvest-to-huller timing, moisture control, and storage audits to reduce defects and aflatoxin risk for EU importers.
Late Hazelnut Picking in 2026 Brings Quality and Contract Risks
What a late 2026 hazelnut harvest means for moisture, kernel quality, mould and aflatoxin risk, plus contract and logistics planning for buyers.
When Hazelnuts Run Small in Piedmont 2026: Industrial Yield, Roasting Performance, and Contract Levers
Piedmont hazelnuts 2026 look early and smaller. Learn how caliber drift affects yield, roasting, specs, and contracts, plus drying and logistics.
Georgia’s Hazelnut Supply Chain Upgrade in 2026 and What European Buyers Should Verify Before Switching Origin
Georgia’s hazelnut chain is upgrading fast. Here is what EU buyers must verify on drying, aflatoxin control, traceability, and mechanization before switching.
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