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OVERVIEW GLOBAL PAPAYA MARKET

The situation in the global papaya market is quite stable at the moment. In many European countries, the demand for the fruit is lagging somewhat, but its popularity is…

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Will import volumes in summer increase?

US fresh apple holdings down compared to 2020

U.S. fresh-market apple holdings are down 11.1 percent compared to this time last year. According to the U.S. Apple Association (USApple), which just released the February…

Industry reactions

ITC determines blueberry imports don't cause injury to domestic industry

The ITC decision on the 201 investigation regarding blueberry imports was made yesterday, February 11th. The ITC determined that fresh, chilled, or frozen blueberries are not…

Logistics have driven up demand for Lunar New Year fruits

Today is the celebration of Chinese New Year. Both volume and demand look to be up this year for two popular fruits associated with Lunar New Year - pomelos and red dragon…

British Columbia growers worry—again—about labor for upcoming season

With British Columbia’s cherry season not too far around the corner, B.C. growers and shippers are concerned about this season’s supply of both foreign and…

EMEX develops an effective plan against the fruit fly in the Mexican state of Oaxaca

The Association of Mango Exporters of Mexico (EMEX, AC) had to issue the following observations because of the appearance of erroneous and distorted…

Large, sweet and will ripen in winter

UC Davis releases two new strawberry varieties

Red, ripe strawberries are the hallmark of spring in California. Two new varieties from the Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, will…

Video series addressing unique challenges for women in produce

Center for Growing Talent (CGT) will launch the first of an ongoing short video series supporting the Women’s Fresh Perspectives Portfolio. The videos will bring light to the…

Washington grower-shipper optimistic about solid start of 2021 for apples and pears

January apple and pear data provide a glimpse of the year ahead. Trends to heed: organic apple and pear sales continue to grow, Cosmic Crisp® apple rises in rank in its…

Mango supplier extends season by expanding production beyond its national border

Special Asia

Taiwanese markets busy for Lunar New Year

As the Lunar New Year approaches the wet markets in Taiwan are bustling with activity as people shop for supplies for the celebrations. Taiwan didn’t really have strict…

Global Focus Organics

Mexican organic asparagus volume will apply price pressure

With Mexican production of organic asparagus coming on significantly, there’s likely to be pricing pressure in the marketplace. Currently, supplies are coming from San Luis…

Retail

Dreamstime

Ahold Delhaize USA is joining forces with HowGood

National Grocers Association pushes back against $15 federal minimum wage

Ahold Delhaize USA reveals latest sustainability goalsAhold Delhaize USA has revealed new health and sustainability goals as part of the retailer’s strategy to develop a more…

says Plenty's Co-founder Nate Storey.

“COVID is helping us re-examine our values”

With all the health concerns and supply chain disruptions resulting from the pandemic, many consumers are looking for locally and responsibly produced fruits…

Calavo Growers announces changes to organizational structure

Calavo Growers, Inc. has announced changes to enhance the organizational structure within the company’s operations department. Under Jim Gibson, chief…

Stavros Vougioukas receives $1.6 million to develop innovative fruit-picking machines

Biological and agricultural engineering associate professor Stavros Vougioukas is leading two new research projects to mechanize the orchard and pick fruit more effectively.…

Bill to require State Departments to purchase locally more often advances

US representative Scot Matayoshi has introduced HB 817 in an attempt to help diversify the US economy, create jobs and support local agriculture. The bill…

Coachella, California

First US city to require 'hero pay' to farmworkers & other essential employees

Wednesday, the Coachella City Council unanimously approved so-called "hero pay" for certain essential workers, also extending the controversial hazard benefits…

Texas

Galveston Wharves witness cargo business increase

Galveston Wharves in Galveston, Texas, reports that its cargo business totaled 4.3 million tons in 2020. This number exceeds the 2019 totals by 300,000 tons.…

WSU Ag Robotics team

WSU, OSU, UC team with tree fruit groups and other universities in a major global push.

Farm groups, researchers strive for automated harvests

A trio of West Coast land-grant universities are teaming with farm groups and other researchers in a major global push to automate the harvests of apples, pears and other tree…

Expectations that the return of the school year won't boost banana sales like before

After months of shut schools, in a number of South African provinces like Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal school are finally re-opening for the new school year coming Monday.…

New Dortmund company focuses on wholesale and food retailing

"Many mistakenly believe 80-90 per cent of Egypt is desert"

Since the summer of 2020, Dortmund has a new fruit agency called Grünes Tal für Obst und Gemüse LLC. Company founder and managing director Sherif Elshafei has set himself the…

Rolf Weber, Global Producers the Netherlands: "Cultivation, exports going well; shipping delays causing most issues"

Complete Costa Rican melon range available

In the Netherlands, Global Producers has been receiving melons from Costa Rica several times a week since week 5. "This week, we have all the melon varieties (yellow melons,…

Interview with virologist Walter Davino on the ToBRFV situation

The first announcement of the presence of ToBRFV in Italy dates back to January 2019, thanks to an interview we carried out in Vittoria (RG), Sicily, where Walter Davino,…

"What's changed is our ability to respond to the needs of our customers faster and better"

The digital trade platform Marketbuy has undergone a transformation under the hood. Although the platform will feel the same to its users, a new addition to the team has…

Demand for apples high all over Europe

“All apple varieties are popular this year”

The Polish apple season is still ongoing and exporters are having a good time at it, too. Demand is high all over Europe, as well as on the domestic market. Prices of apples…

University of Tartu research

Boosting people’s health with the Jerusalem artichoke

Viia Kõiv, Tanel Tenson and Elin Org are researchers at the University of Tartu. The trio has found a new way to improve the health of the immune and nervous…

but also see advantages of greenhouse strawberry

Majority of Dutch panel don't want strawberries during winter

Dutch supermarkets should stop offering strawberries in the winter. So no imports and no strawberries from the greenhouse. That's what 86 percent of a Radar…

P&C Automation

Horticulture labour shortage leads to a surge in demand for automation solutions

The worker shortage in the Australian horticulture industry following the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in interest for automated systems in the past few months for one…

Heath Wilkins -Golden Bay Fruit : Steve Wright -MSC New Zealand

"Ensuring the quality of our products on arrival, particularly for the longer transits into the UK & Europe, is our primary focus"

Container shipping availability is a hot topic in the fruit and vegetable trade at the moment, as New Zealand enters the apple export season, exporter Golden Bay Fruit and…

Argentina

Authorities authorize advancing the harvest of the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples in Rio Negro

Argentinian authorities authorized advancing the harvest of the Red Delicious apple and its clones in the Upper Valley of Rio Negro and of the Golden Delicious…

Peruvian fruit exports to Brazil decreased in 2020

Peruvian fruit exports to the Brazilian market have experienced a worrying decline in 2020. According to data published by Fresh Fruit, during the first three…

Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee

Wholesale prices of onion up due to lower arrivals

The onion wholesale prices at the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC ) have gone up between 15% and 20% in the last 10 days on account of…

Sainsbury Lab and Wageningen University & Research

New research finds best gene for durable resistance to late blight in potato

An international team of researchers has made an important discovery in the ongoing fight against the notorious potato disease late blight (Phytophthora…

He assaulted a moving truck transporting mandarins

Man risks his life to make a video

Is it worth risking your life to steal some mandarins from a moving truck? The young man who stars in the video of this reckless assault probably never thought…

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