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Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Executive Officer - Brisbane, Australia

European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

Greenhouse Manager - Carlisle (PA) USA

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Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

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Sales Executive

Volume down on PEI potatoes

Supplies of Prince Edward Island, Canada potatoes are low. “It’s still early in the season —harvest, for some, just finished this month. I don’t think we have a full handle on…

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Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Ample supplies of California celery

Supplies of celery out of California are strong. “There’s been a lot of celery around and certainly plenty enough for the holiday pull,” says John Chobanian of Ocean Mist…

Mexican raspberry production up again

Raspberries from Mexico look to be following last year’s production trends. “The volume of raspberries is really close to last year and has been following 2019’s pace. Week 47…

North America: demand for garlic spikes significantly

“There’s essentially a giant black hole of demand worldwide for garlic that I don’t think can be fulfilled.” These are the words of Ken Christopher of Christopher Ranch in…

Because of potential salmonella health risk

Vegpro International issues a recall of Fresh Attitude Baby Spinach

Vegpro International of Sherrington, QC CAN is recalling Fresh Attitude baby spinach (5oz and 11oz) with Best before dates of Dec 4th (for 11oz) and Dec 4th & 5th (for the…

Canada, BC Fruit Growers Association

Okanagan fruit growers will face another tough year if labour issues are not sorted

The BC Fruit Growers Association has stated that this season’s lower cherry crops may have disguised the true impact of an ongoing agricultural issue in the…

Goldies Onions

New onion variety claims: ‘No tears, no bad breath’

Japanese breeders have spent two decades developing Goldies onions. Now, the variety is presented as a product that will guarantee ‘no tears, no bad breath’.…

Opal and Accu-Label announce exclusive agreement to distribute paper labels in Australia and New Zealand

Opal and Accu-Label are pleased to announce they have signed an agreement continuing Opal’s exclusive distribution rights for Accu-Label’s internationally patented automatic…

Crop and Export Report 2020, week 48

Chilean blueberry season continues at a slower pace than usual

The Chilean season continues to advance with a slower pace than normal and with volumes from the northern zone that is already in the final third of its season. The central…

Kansas State researchers to combat foodborne illness in Cambodia

Researchers from Kansas State university have received a $760,000 grant from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety to help combat foodborne…

Special Wholesale markets

Suppliers from Cologne are suffering due to Lockdown Light

"The potential reopening of the hospitality industry in January or March would not play a major role"

The Lockdown Light is still worrying traders at the Cologne wholesale market. "Up to the beginning of the current partial lockdown, we were still able to sell relatively well.…

Global focus citrus

Bigger volumes of California organic citrus

Organic citrus supplies are starting strong out of California. “We’re only in the first month of the organic crop. We’ve got another six months to go but we have a very solid…

Retail

Lidl and Kaufland strengthening their digital capabilities

Sobeys: Bonuses to workers in lockdown areas

Canada: Sobeys to issue bonuses to workers in lockdown areasSobeys says it is bringing back pay premiums for staff in locations where COVID-19 lockdowns are in effect. Parent…

John Deere

Self-driving tractors and robot apple pickers

Looking at the high-tech future of farming

Electric cars and renewable power plants are all the rage within the climate change debate. But in the agri sector, we are currently looking at autonomous tractors,…

Chile to China

Evergreen to run Cherry Express from mid-December

From the second week of December to the second week of January, the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen will provide its Cherry Express service connecting San…

Argentina

Fire devastates a hydroponic greenhouse in Neuquen

A fire has completely destroyed the facilities of a hydroponic greenhouse in Neuquen. As reported by its owner Ignacio Iranzi, the firefighters quickly put out…

AI vending machines provide secure shopping experience

Chinese retail industry rapidly develops innovative sales methods

The outbreak of Covid-19 posed significant challenges to the Chinese fruit industry this year. Retail became particularly difficult. At the same time, consumer behavior…

Keywords this season are safety and health

Chilean cherry season is about to hot up in Chinese market

The first Chilean cherries of this season already arrived in Shanghai and Guangzhou in October. The busy period of the Chilean cherry season is about to begin. December will…

Kumamoto, Japan

Peak shipping season for large banpeiyu citrus

The banpeiyu is one of the world’s largest citrus fruits. At this point in time, farms in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, are busy sending the fruits nationwide as it is its…

Giant grapes at € 250 per bunch

How big can a grape be? According to images posted and shared on Vietnamese social media this week, giant grapes are larger than a chicken's egg. This variety of surprising…

Sheila Fitzgerald

COVID-19 measures are making maritime routes more appealing to drug smugglers

Smart ports and their ability to curb drug trafficking

The seizures of large quantities of drugs at seaports have been on the rise worldwide. The increase in shipping operations, coupled with large container ships…

Chinese fruit chain Pagoda to launch IPO in China

Pagoda, a Chinese fresh-fruit chain, plans to launch their IPO in the Chinese stock exchange market. The company has received pre-listing tutoring under…

Container shortages on the market, how does this happen?

A shortage of reefer containers is a big problem at the moment in the global trade. But how does this happen? The video below explains exactly what has happens…

Ripe Robotics

Alleviating Australia's worker shortage

Fruit-picking robot might cover Goulburn Valley seasonal worker gap

Robot fruit picker ‘Clive’ will be working on two Goulburn Valley properties to see if it is a commercially viable alternative to human labour. The machine was built by…

Orange capsicums on the menu for long-term eye health

A five-year cross-industry project, Naturally Nutritious is researching the development of innovative food products and varieties that are nutritious, delicious and visually…

Workforce support is the cherry on top for farmers

Cherry picking is underway across Victoria on a bumper harvest of more than 4,500 tonnes of cherries thanks to help from the Andrews Labor Government –…

El Hierro has the biggest pineapple production area in the Canary Islands

The island of El Hierro has the biggest area dedicated to the production of pineapples in the entire Canary archipelago. El Hierro produces about 1.3 million…

Nick Maglio, ProEx Food, on the increased demand for processed food

“Blanching fruits and vegetables is better for aesthetic, hygiene and convenience”

Demand for processed fruits and vegetables has gone up in the last few months. Consumers have been stocking up on non-perishables in case of a lockdown or quarantine.…

New references and new salad mixes from L'Insalata dell'Orto

Fresh-cut Venetian radicchio PGI to Italian and European markets

The five new varieties of PGI Venetian radicchio are now available to consumers in fresh-cut packs. L'Insalata dell'Orto wants to increase the value of typical local products…

Piet van Liere, Flevotrade:

“Record -breaking Dutch onion exports in 2020, but it could go any way in 2021”

‘Huge’ is how Piet van Liere describes the recent Dutch export weeks. "Just a few years ago, we thought we'd reached maximum sorting capacity in the Netherlands. That was…

Marcel Biemans, Coöperatie Hoogstraten, Belgium

"Little competition from imported strawberries for now"

“Strawberry supplies are a little slower at the moment. Production was delayed in October because of the overcast weather. So, we had decent quantities in November. We started…

Béatrice Chauffaille, Luce Savian, Jessica Roussel – Alliance Perlim Meylim:

"We want to be ready to deal with global warming"

The recurring temperature and rainfall records each year confirm that global warming is becoming a very real problem to which the agricultural world will have to adapt. For…

Exclusive market launch for MagicStar at Edeka Südwest:

Contract farming as partnership model of the future

From this moment onwards, customers in the Edeka Südwest stores can look forward to a new apple variety on the shelves, scoring high with its taste, long shelf life and, apart…

Moroccan avocado imports increased by an outstanding 193.11%

Spain imports 32% more cucumber and 29% more tomato from Morocco

Spanish imports of Moroccan fruits and vegetables have registered a notable increase in the first nine months of the year. According to data from the statistical service…

Event was 100% virtual for the first time

The third edition of Seminis Winter Melon Event

For two weeks Seminis (Bayer Vegetable Seed Division) organized individual and personalized meetings with several players in the melon industry with the objective to create…

Blue Whale

Blue Reine® in the spotlight ahead of the holiday season

For the second year in a row, Blue Whale is putting the Blue Reine® apple in the spotlight ahead of the holiday season. This year, the Blue Reine® will be available in a…

Marian Masegosa, of Cebollas Masegosa:

"Onions are being sold for lower prices than they were bought for"

The decline in the onion production in Castile-La Mancha as a result of adverse weather conditions during the growing phase caused Spanish onion prices to soar at first. The…

Masseria Fruttirossi

New Christmas pomegranate packaging

Masseria Fruttirossi, a company specializing in the production of pomegranates with orchards covering over 300 hectares, has introduced the Melagrana Magnum packet for the…

Heino Umlandt (Umlandt Obstgroßhandel) on the current top fruit market

"Lively exchange between German apple-growing regions'

Despite the current exceptional global situation with its -partial- lockdowns, the domestic top fruit market seems to be able to get away without too much damage. "People are…

FreshPlaza Funny

The floor is lava!!!!