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On August 7-9, 2024, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) presented the 2024 EU apple and pear crop forecast at the 49th edition of the Prognosfruit convention. WAPA forecasts the 2024 EU fresh apple crop at 10.2 million metric tons (MT), 11.2 percent below the 2023 harvest.

FAS Berlin successfully hosted an ice cream-making contest with flavors featuring U.S. ingredients.

Despite frosts, lack of June rain, and a spider mite infestation, German hops production is expected to be average due in part to increased growing area.

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants in Germany is widespread; there is no commercial GE crop production and practically no foods labeled as Genetically Modified Organisms....

A shifting political landscape in the EU has led to fears that voting “against” import authorization of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops is becoming perilously close to a new norm.

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.