British Columbia apple growers feel the weight of 2020

OVERVIEW GLOBAL TOMATO MARKET

What can be expected from the ITC Section 201 Investigation on blueberries?

green, hairy fruit brings ToBRFV resistance to tomato industry

“We can eradicate ToBRFV from the tomato industry with our newly found resistance”

Rain, hail, snow and labor issues

British Columbia apple growers feel the weight of 2020

Celery supplies likely to lighten post-Thanksgiving

The US authorizes the importation of cold-treated fresh citrus from South Africa in all its ports of entry

Trade Representative Lighthizer calls for investigation of US pepper & strawberry imports

Del Monte

Petite and pink designer pineapple launched exclusively in Dallas markets

"We want to denounce the double standards that this entails and the consequences it will have for producers"

Latin American banana growers warn of falling prices in German retailer Aldi

Effects from the pandemic on US perishables and exports

Special Wholesale markets

Global focus citrus

Retail

Sentinel

New blueberry variety honors UF alumnus Alto Straughn

Oregon

Weather and fires upset Rogue Valley pear harvest

Market and Crop Update for November 5, 2020

'Onion movement out of the Western Slope of Colorado has been very good'

AgroFresh Solutions reports results for Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2020

"Our apple revenues in Europe increased 26.4% in the third quarter versus the year prior"

Giddings Fruit: Athletes tasted the freshest newly arrived cherries from their hometown

Chilean Company Golf Cup held in Shanghai China

Mexico and the Netherlands strengthen technological cooperation

Peruvian raspberry aims at international markets

2019-2020 Season balance

China consolidates its position as the second destination for Chilean fruits

Fairtrade:

There are five key steps towards better wages for banana workers

Greece goes back into lockdown, kiwi sales hopefully unaffected

“The new lockdown will start this Saturday, for three weeks”

Frozen fruit demand increasing all over the world

Appealing, necessary or complicated?

European potato sector responds to NEPG call to reduce acreage by 15%

Dori Serrano, of Murciana de Vegetales: "The campaign is starting without any setbacks"

Despite the pandemic, the new lettuce variety Caribu is making its way into the markets

Hans van Dodewaard, Veiling Zaltbommel

“Excellent apple market but pear market’s stagnating”

Pascual Prats, president of the Spanish Kaki Association:

"The rain and hailstorms will cause a shortage of kakis in the coming days"

Natalia Bagmut on the Polish apple season

“The harvest is over, so prices should stabilize now”

Automato Robotics

Picking robots address agricultural labor shortages

The Sicural laboratory carries out all types of tests

Prevention is the best solution against Fusarium and Alternaria mycotoxins

Dutch customs seize second counterfeit blueberry shipment produced by Ross Berries

Greenyard’s Sustainability Report

'Enabling the transition to a healthier and more sustainable food supply chain'

Wageningen University and Research:

'New tool gives advice on optimal storage conditions for top fruit'

Sipcam Iberia presents the TIMOREX GOLD® bio-fungicide

New solution to the threat posed by powdery mildew and botrytis due to the rains

Some buyers have switched to fresh ginger sooner than usual

Export price of Chinese ginger is much higher than last year

Taiwan trains Honduran avocado producers to boost exports

Crate of oranges sells for $9,600 in Japan

More Peruvian products to be exported to Malaysia

Tamil Nadu, India

Artificially ripened bananas seized at Chinna Kadai Veedhi

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Neil Murray – IHS Markit

Orange juice is back on the menu but a global shortfall is expected

First edition of Global Citrus Congress highlights health benefits of citrus

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