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KAM DE/AT/IT/BE/NL - Valencia, Spain

Mushroom Substrate Manager - New Zealand

Chief Executive Officer

Buyer/Seller F&V Russia/Ukraine - Valencia, Spain

Operationeel Manager (MT-lid), Nieuw Zeeland

Junior & Senior grower - Moss, Norway

Sales & Logistics Supervisor - Australia

“Assistant” production manager perennials - Norway

Account Manager - Groningen, The Netherlands

Executive Leader, Vertical Farming Program, University of Queensland, Australia

Oregon organic kiwi berries coming on next month

With the crop coming on mid-September, this year’s crop of kiwi berries looks similar in volume to last year’s crop. “The crop this year is looking to provide excellent…

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KAM DE/AT/IT/BE/NL - Valencia, Spain

Avocado category offers room to grow for new varieties and properly ripened fruit

Managing the supply chain to optimize use. The development of the category. Minimizing waste. These are just topics touched on in this past Friday’s virtual Avocado Quality…

Gearing up for Ecuador season

Better 2021 market for US domestic dragon fruit

Supplies of dragon fruit out of Florida are on the end of a small gap in supplies. “We’ve already had the middle of the season and the Florida season will have two or three…

Fresh produce industry likely not unscathed

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana

Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, early Sunday afternoon. According to the National Hurricane Center, it is an extremely dangerous Category 4…

PMA and United Fresh announce industry officers of new association

Future Co-CEOs Cathy Burns of PMA and Tom Stenzel of United Fresh have named the Executive Committee that will serve as officers for the new association. Bruce…

Fedefruta: "We find it incredibly valuable that resources are allocated to help producers"

Chile declares agricultural emergency due to water deficit in four regions

The Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile (Fedefruta) has highly valued the Ministry of Agriculture's recent declaration of agricultural emergency due to the…

2021 Caplan Family Business Scholarship winners named

United Fresh Produce Association is pleased to announce the four recipients of the 2021 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarships: Joseph F. Basciani, co-owner, CFO,…

Dole Food & Beverage Group plans to digitize supply chain

Dole Food & Beverage Group is currently planning to digitize its supply chain by introducing end-to-end visualization that would enable the company to predict…

Flying robots with AI mechanisms can identify the right fruits for plucking

In the past decade, the introduction of cutting-edge technologies like AI, machine learning and deep learning has transformed the overall process of fruit…

California Fresh Fruit Association calls on governor to veto AB 616

On August 26, the California State Senate voted 24-11 to pass AB 616 (Stone), commonly referred to as “card check.” AB 616 would alter the traditional petition…

Organic Produce Summit

Chris Ford with Viva Tierra Organic on the Organic Produce Summit

“It’s a huge advantage to have like-minded people in one place”

In two weeks, Viva Tierra Organic will exhibit at a trade show for the first time in almost two years. “We are purposely choosing the Organic Produce Summit to return to the…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

For the La Grande Bellezza Italiana, the season has fewer volumes but good prices

Another twenty days of sales for peaches and nectarines

The production of summer fruit has dropped in quantity, as widely expected, but thanks to the La Grande Bellezza Italiana (LGBI) supplies have been continuous since mid-June.…

Retail

Dreamstime

Walmart plans to build a distribution center in the Charlotte region

Schnucks: Smaller format focused on fresh

US: Richmond/Hampton Roads associates ratify new agreement with the Kroger Mid-Atlantic DivisionKroger Mid-Atlantic Division associates in the Richmond/Hampton Roads…

Europeanized American storage method

“Storing potatoes, disease-free sans chemicals”

Storing potatoes, disease-free and for longer without using chemical agents or germination inhibitors. That is what the Humigator does. This American-made machine is available…

USDA

Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade

U.S. agricultural exports FY 2022 forecast up $4.0 billion to record $177.5 billion

U.S. agricultural exports in fiscal year (FY) 2022 are projected at $177.5 billion, $4.0 billion higher than the revised forecast for the preceding year. The FY 2021 export…

US food availability depends on agricultural imports and exports

Economic activity related to the importation and exportation of agricultural products benefits consumers and helps stimulate both the Texas and U.S. economy,…

Heat and drought are stressing Red River Valley potato crop

Hot and dry weather is taking their toll on the Red River Valley 2021 potatoes; it’s already clear they have affected yields and quality. According to National…

US potato industry focuses on Farm Bill to enable faster truck unloading

After an exception to time limits for truck drivers failed to make it into an Infrastructure Bill, industry experts claim the US potato industry must turn to a…

500 seasonal workers from Honduras and Ecuador will participate in Huelva's next strawberry campaign

500 seasonal workers from Honduras and Ecuador will participate, for the first time ever, in Huelva's next strawberry campaign, as part of a pilot experience…

Breadfruit might relieve Cuban flour shortages

After a year of flour shortage in Cuba, last week the government announced the launch of a project on the Isle of Youth to obtain breadfruit flour. The goal is…

ProHass: “Peruvian avocado export volume increased by 27% this season”.

“We are working hard to bring Chinese consumers the highest quality avocados”

The Peruvian Hass Avocado Producers and Exporters Association (Prohass) have announced their latest statistics, mentioning that the country expects to export around 467,000…

Pinduoduo says it will help farmers to bring out “full value” by building agriculture brands

Pinduoduo, one of China’s largest agriculture platforms, said it will help promote geographical indications and work with farmers to build agricultural food brands so that…

Garlic export volume declines for the fifth month in a row

Chinese garlic export volume dropped by 24.46% in July

The price of Chinese garlic was still alright when garlic had just entered the market. However, in late June the price began to fluctuate. Many traders were…

Extended rainfall causes vegetable price hikes in Japan

Prices of vegetables such as cucumbers, leeks and lettuce are up in Japan due to protracted rainfall and a lack of sunshine nationwide. Sources have said that…

Ron Jongejan, Fresh Flow, the Netherlands

Mostly large avocados from Peru, those from Kenya are smaller

“There's currently good demand for smaller (22mm) avocados," says Ron Jongejan of Fresh Flow in the Netherlands. Kenya can presently send these sizes. But Peru is supplying…

BLE

BLE quality control shows:

Fruit and vegetables from non-EU countries were of excellent quality in 2020

Some 201,000 tons of fruit and vegetables from non-EU countries reached German ports or airports in 2020 and were registered for quality control at the Federal Agency for…

The new Crimson Snow sales season starts under the motto of quality and sustainability

The 2020/21 season has just ended, 10 month of sales due to a super-storable apple with excellent shelf life. After 20,000 tons sold in Europe, in 2021 the European club…

MonstaFill box filler ensures a continuous box filling process

Since its launch in 2019, the MonstaFill box filler from Tong Engineering has proved very worthwhile in transforming post-harvest box filling for growers worldwide, from the…

Dutch potatoes, year-round?

Why import potatoes when they are available, locally? In the Netherlands, potatoes’ availability is continually being extended. That is thanks to variety development and…

'Solid start for Greenyard with continued high sales'

Greenyard’s first quarter sales have further increased to €1,170.8m, implying an additional growth of 2.3% on a Like-for-Like basis*, and 1.9% on a reported…

New on-farm technology speeds up supply

Barden Produce is a vegetable and herb producer with operations throughout Eastern-Australia. They have just commenced their first production cycle using a newly established…

Bart Nemegheer, De Aardappelhoeve, Belgium

“Above all, let us not lose sight of that potato”

COVID-19 has benefitted the demand for ware potatoes. So says Bart Nemegheer of De Aardappelhoeve in Belgium. The company cultivates and markets mainly these products. "Last…

'2021 is a peculiar year for container shipping'

This year is turning out to be a spectacular year in container shipping; freight rates are record high, more cargo than ever before is shipped on the…

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