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US and Europe show different consumption patterns for tropical fruits during holidays

The US is not witnessing the same interest in tropical and exotic fruits that Europe is seeing this time of year. “Our European company is extremely busy leading up to…

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Landscape Horticulture Assistant/ Associate Professor and Director of Chadwick Arboretum

Second busiest sales holiday for potatoes is coming up

The holidays come at a great time for the US potato industry. “We finished harvest mid-October and by now Idaho, the country’s largest growing state, has finished a process…

A look ahead at the Mexican mango season

The Mexican mango season looks to be starting the third week of January. “Right around January 20th is our expected starting pack date for Ataulfos which are always the first…

Luis Fernando Helguero, Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism:

Peru agriculture loses $100 million a day due to riots

Peru’s agriculture sector is losing an estimated $100 million a day due to the riots says the country’s Luis Fernando Helguero, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism. Amidst a…

Thanksgiving 2022 fresh produce volume stays close to year ago levels

Thanksgiving sales make or break November in food retailing. According to the November IRI survey of primary shoppers, many Americans were back to celebrating like normal.…

Grupo Lucas, together with the El Monarca company, has opened their new commercial route

The Region of Murcia exports endives and lettuce by plane to the United States for the first time

The Region of Murcia has opened a new trade route for the export of fruit and vegetables. On this occasion, the region has started shipments of lettuce and endive to the…

Quebec company poised to produce 1,000 tons of strawberries annually

A Quebec-based company hopes to become one of the global leaders in vertical farming. On Tuesday, Winter Farm announced it raised $46 million thanks to…

California Table Grape Commission names senior marketing director

In the latest move to strengthen the global marketing focus of the California Table Grape Commission (commission), Maria Montalvo has been promoted to senior…

Nature's Touch fights inflation with its frozen foods

As inflation surges, many families are struggling to find ways to continue eating healthy on a tight budget. Finding nutritious, tasty, and affordable foods at the supermarket…

Marketing agency unveils 2023 social media and marketing events calendars

DMA Solutions, a marketing agency serving the fresh food and floral industries, announces the availability of its 2023 Social Media and Marketing Events Calendars. These…

Special Latin America

Entrepreneurs in Colombia launch a project to produce up to 3,500 organic lettuces per week

A project led by Angelica Tovar Ramirez, a university student and member of the Guiando Territorio Foundation, will produce up to 3,500 units of organic…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Suriname president sets up support group

"High cultivation costs, few export opportunities making it hard for Surinamese growers"

On Saturday, December 10, Suriname president Chan Santokhi introduced a support group. It must address challenges within that country's agricultural sector, with a view to…

Retail

Dreamstime

Massy Holdings has bought a US-based supermarket chain

Chedraui completes the acquisition of Arteli store chain

US: Drive-thru start-up JackBe seeks Wefunder investmentsThe startup drive through grocer JackBe, which is planning to launch its first three concept stores in 2023 in the…

Farm bill considers US specialty crops

For almost 100 years the history of the farm bill largely tracks the history of food production in the United States, as the legislation has evolved to meet…

Oregon: Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs endanger $132 million hazelnut crop

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an invasive species of insect that is endangering Oregon state agriculture. According to Max Ragozzino, a…

Jamaica: JP Farms tests coconut exports

JP Farms has been exporting to a customer in Connecticut, in the US, but is talking about plans to expand the trade of the nuts into the rest of North America.…

Market and Crop Update for December 15, 2022

'Demand for onions is good this week'

MARKETWashington:Matt Murphy with L&M Cos. in Raleigh, NC, told us on Dec. 14 that demand is good this week. “We are very busy this week,” Matt said. “Buyers…

Nico Louw – Exsa

Uncharacteristic thunderstorms reduce Western Cape grape volumes

Every single grape producing region of South Africa - 1,500 km apart from north to south - has had rain over the past week and a half.In Trawal, the Olifants River Valley,…

"You just have to tell customers that the product comes from Rwanda to convince them"

Rwanda's fruits and vegetables continue to conquer new international markets. The Rwandan exporter Kengne Empire will ship its products for the first time to the United…

Bad weather impacts South Africa’s 2022/2023 early table grape season volumes

Recent weather conditions experienced across South Africa have prompted the industry body SATI to expedite the review of the current crop estimate for the…

Advance Rockhampton - Rookwood Weir Commodity Report

Significant potential for a new mandarin industry in a Central Queensland region

There is a major opportunity to grow Murcott Mandarin production locally in the Rockhampton region, according to a recent report, which found the citrus fruit has gained…

Extreme relative humidity turned Greek grape season sour

There were high hopes for the Greek grape season of 2022, but George Saliaris-Fasseas, founder of Greek Grape Company, states it all turned ugly in September, thanks to the…

Nijs van Zuilen (Berrybrothers):

"The demand for redcurrant is gradually increasing every week towards the holidays. The redcurrant is used both for consumption and decoration during Christmas dinner. Its…

Manuel Hernández, Head of Tomato at Rijk Zwaan Ibérica:

"There will be a 2-to-3-year transition period in which plantations will switch to ToBRFV-resistant varieties"

The tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) of the tobamovirus family has been causing significant economic losses in tomato cultivation worldwide since it was detected in…

John Fox - Pacific Produce

Rain, hail and cold weather causing a short grape market

The main Peruvian seedless grape season started in week 38, but it is pretty much a year-round grape producer in some varieties and there is always something loading "Mainly black…

Two new services to provide direct connection, competitive transit times, greater efficiency, added flexibility

MSC supports Intra-Asia Trade with dedicated Seagull and Pertiwi services

Global ocean carrier MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has launched two new dedicated Intra-Asia services: SEAGULL and PERTIWI. The former service offers a…

Exports for the new season will start in mid-to-late December

Demand for Chinese ginger begins to recover

Entering December, the approach of Christmas has not brought a significant boost to ginger exports in China. At this stage, the overall export volume is…

WayCool to expand its agri-input portfolio, inks MoU with Yara India

India’s leading food and agri-tech platform, WayCool, announced the extension of its Agri-input portfolio by adding the sale of nutrition and nitrogen fertilizers to its…

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