Le Due Querce Agricultural Blog
Insights on hazelnuts and almonds: quality, storage, market signals and evidence-based consumption.
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Market & prices
Prices, trends and market analysis.
Two Harvest Clocks, One Market Signal: Early California Almonds and Ukraine’s New Black Sea Supply
Early California harvest shifts EU buying windows and pricing signals while Ukraine’s almond plantings emerge as a Black Sea diversification option.
What Ferrero’s 2026 Hazelnut Agronomy Training Signals for New Italian Origins and Future Quality Standards
Ferrero’s 2026 Hazelnut Agronomy Program signals tighter standards for quality, traceability, and supply security, with implications for Calabria and buyers.
Hazelnuts to 2036 Planning a Demand-Led Decade of Slow Supply
Hazelnuts to 2036: what 8.9% market growth means for paste and kernels, orchard lead times, origin diversification, and EU contracting strategy.
Piedmont Hazelnuts 2026 The Low-Price Puzzle and Contract Risks
Piedmont hazelnuts 2026 face a “low price despite short crop” anomaly. What it means for EU buyers, specs, break-even, and contracts.
Quality & storage
How to recognise, store and evaluate quality.
Nut Spread Scorecards Are Rewriting the Rules for Hazelnut and Almond Paste Suppliers
Nut spread scorecards are reshaping hazelnut and almond paste sourcing, tightening specs on sugar, nut %, additives, origin proof, and stability.
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.
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