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Maintenance Engineer (CA, USA)

Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Executive Officer - Brisbane, Australia

European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

Greenhouse Manager - Carlisle (PA) USA

Electricians / Irrigation Technicians International Horticultural Projects (USA)

Regional Sales Manager - LED Horticulture / Benelux and France

Sales Representatives Horticultural Greenhouses - Mexico

Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

Chief Commercial Officer - Las Vegas (Nevada) USA

WAPA released the Northern Hemisphere stocks of November 2020

US apple stocks 11.8% lower than in 2019

The WAPA statistics for the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks have been released, and for the US the total apple stocks have decreased by 11.8% when compared to the…

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Maintenance Engineer (CA, USA)

Sizeable drop in Quebec squash supplies

Supplies of squash out of Quebec, Canada are down significantly this year. “We’re wrapping up squash three to four weeks early this year. There was a 40 percent loss in the…

Ample imported blueberries cause prices to soften

Supplies of blueberries are strong right now. “We just came out of the Thanksgiving rush and there’s plenty of supply on blueberries,” says Ben Escoe of Twin River Berries in…

Steady supplies and lower pricing on Mexican avocados

Supplies of avocados from Mexico are currently strong and steady. “We have excellent supplies of Mexican avocados,” says Peter Shore with Santa Paula, CA-based Calavo Growers…

PEI Potato Board elects Wayne Townshend as new Chairman

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board has a new executive as a result of its November 18th Board of Directors meeting. The Board announced that the new chairman is…

Hydroponic greenhouse puts down roots in Indiana

Situated strategically at the crossroads of America, Pure Green Farms is set to begin growing, packaging and distributing fresh leafy greens in February of…

Main destinations for San Miguel are US and China

Increased production for 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season

San Miguel starts the 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season with projections to increase production by almost one thousand tons. Almost 7,700 tons of this export fruit, mostly of…

Eat, Bake, Love contest promotion launches for Juici™ apples

Starr Ranch Growers is making the holiday season a little sweeter this year with apple-centric baked goods recipes, blog posts and giveaways designed to encourage holiday…

BH Properties acquires 187,392-square-foot dry and cold storage warehouse facility from Mastronardi Produce

BH Properties has acquired a 187,392-square-foot dry and cold storage warehouse facility in Laredo, TX from Mastronardi Produce in a short-term sale leaseback transaction. The…

Sun World announces opening of new Center for Innovation

For more than three decades, Sun World researchers have worked diligently to develop new and more flavorful fruits and vegetables. Beginning this month, they now have a new…

United Apple celebrates 115 years in operation and introduces refreshed brand

Milestones in the agricultural business are often measured in season to season comparisons. With some companies, decades are significant achievements, and for a select few,…

Special Year Overview

FreshPlaza December Special - Year Overview

Well, 2020 is a year we will not forget in a hurry! It has been unusual to say the least. In February when many of us were in Berlin at Fruit Logistica we had no idea that…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

FreshPlaza December Global Focus - Exotic / Tropical fruit

December is the month where we treat ourselves to something special, even when it comes to fruit and vegetables. How is the trade for exotics and tropical fruit this year?…

Retail

DoorDash is looking to raise up to $2.8bln in its IPO

Wakefern has welcomed Madison Food to the retailer cooperative

Stop & Shop local unions ratify previously announced withdrawal agreement on UFCW International Union - Industry Pension FundAhold Delhaize announced that the UFCW Locals of…

Lightboxx

China-US trade deal to create expansion of farm produce exports

Yesterday, a Chinese customs official stated that 37 animal and plant quarantine procedures -related to trading in farm produce under the first-phase China-US…

Waingro

Avocados and tomatoes are dominating Texas imports

From January through to last Wednesday, the South Texas border crossings of Laredo and Pharr led the US in imports of avocados and tomatoes. According to data…

Texas research should help with HLB

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have made a discovery that should help combat fastidious or “unculturable” pathogens, such as Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the HLB…

Sergey Kolesnikov

University of Louisville research

US research into fruit for less toxic drug delivery

Researchers from the University of Louisville have found a less toxic way to deliver medicines by using the natural lipids in various plants, particularly…

The solution offers users 205 and 225 indicators, along with floor scales.

Western Scale’s unique solution for produce-processing

While servicing industrial scale weighing operations for central and western Washington, Western Scale also assists customers with produce-processing systems,…

January-October 2020

Argentine fresh fruit exports increase by 6%

Exports of fresh fruits certified by the National Agricultural Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) during the first ten months of the year increased by 6%…

HLB destroys Venezuela's citrus groves

Rafael Cabrera, the president of the Yaracuy Fruit Growers Association, stated in an interview with Fedecámaras Radio that only 5% of the 35,000 hectares…

New report identifies several agricultural growth opportunities for Northern Australia

Thousands of jobs can be created across Northern Australia if conditions which support investment, innovation and sustainable growth are made available, according to a new…

Dogs join frontline to detect citrus canker

Man’s best friend will work on the biosecurity frontline to protect the Australian citrus industry, in a national first trial. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to love…

Eddy Kreukniet (Exsa Europe): "Considerable delay of South African and Namibian grapes"

"Extended European grape season with better, late varieties hampers start of overseas grape sales"

This year's overseas grape season is off to a tough start in Europe. "We had a good summer for grape sales. Prices were higher prices during the European season. But this…

Aldi Supermarkets in Great Britain

Raspberries, variety indicated on the label

In the past few days, in an Aldi supermarket in Great Britain, the Enrosadira raspberries of Molari Berries were sold directly under a registered varietal name and now some…

Speculation of European intermediary agencies causing Spanish vegetable prices to sink

The vegetable sector in Spain has been going through very tough times in recent weeks, especially the producers, who are receiving really low prices, well below the…

Syngenta to introduce

Commercial tomato variety with ToBRFV resistance to be offered in early 2021

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds announced this week the launch of its first commercial Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistant variety, available in early 2021. The new…

Del Monte Spain launches Del Monte Gold® Pineapple in fresh cut format

Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced today the launch of its renowned Del Monte Gold® Pineapple in a new practical freshly cut format in a cylindric cup for the Spanish…

'Reaching for the raspberry skye'

Global Raspberry production continues to evolve at a rapid pace. The marketplace has undergone significant change in the past 20 years and is almost unrecognisable from the…

Duijndam Machines continues the remarkable growth story with second generation

What started in the seventies with the emergency sale of some agricultural machines by Dutch vegetable grower Bert Duijndam, has now grown into a large international trading…

Food & Hotel China (Shanghai) trade show report:

"VLAM keeps expanding to new markets to promote Belgian fries"

The 24th edition of Food & Hotel China (FHC) began on the 10th of November. For the first time, the Flemish Centre for Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing (VLAM) organized a…

Moldovan fruit producers invite international buyers to virtually visit their farms

After borders closed and flights were grounded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fruit Producers and Exporters Association of Moldova created an alternate way for prospective…

First international Digital Agrifood Summit Portugal to be held from January 20 to 23

The agri-food sector in Portugal is committed to maintaining the strong growth rate experienced in the last decade, which currently represents more than 10% of…

Royal Reesink focuses on automated warehouse solutions

Due to the strong growth in intralogistics, the acceleration of e-commerce and the “industry 4.0” trends, the need for automated storage and material handling…

Lytofresh Technology:

"A user-friendly system to extend shelf life of fresh produce"

Lytone Enterprise, Inc., New Taipei City, Taiwan, has developed a series of products to extend shelf life of fresh produce that are easy to use, effortless, and highly…

AMBIDEX

Collaboration between NAVER LABS and Korea University of Technology & Education

AMBIDEX cable-driven robot learns to mimic human physical intelligence

Engineers from NAVER LABS have developed the AMBIDEX cable-driven robot, a machine capable of precise movements, instructed to learn and mimic the physical intelligence a…

New markets reached thanks to precise management of conditions inside reefer containers

Daikin's Active CA container technology powers CMA CGM's Climactive controlled atmosphere

Using its Active CA container technology, Daikin successfully deployed CMA CGM’s Climactive controlled atmosphere solution. Designed by Daikin Reefer, this…

Evgenia Sudakova

Greece: Some growers lost 85% of exports because of EU sanctions against Russia

It has been six years since the EU imposed sanctions on Russia, to which Moscow responded with a ban on imports of agricultural products from the EU. However,…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Costa Rica at £0.70 / kg

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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