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Boost for export program

Volume up on California easy peelers

California citrus growers continue to report great seasons compared to last year. “We’re in good supplies of Easy Peelers in California,” says Linda Cunningham of Classic…

369 million pounds estimated

California avocado season on approach

The California Avocado Commission (CAC) announced a significantly larger crop forecast for their fiscal year (November 2019 through October 2020) compared to the prior year:…

Carolyn van Vliet with Air Canada

“Leveraging off the passenger airline allows us to service all continents”

Air Canada is well known as a passenger airline, but also transports a very broad range of products all over the globe. One of the product categories serviced by Air Canada is…

FeBLUEary celebration

First organic blueberry production peak of the year

Naturipe Farms is excited to continue celebrating the Year of the Blueberry this February by announcing their third annual FeBLUEary campaign."When you think of peak blueberry…

Mike Browne joins Mission Produce as Chief Operating Officer

Mission Produce, Inc. announced today that industry executive leader Mike Browne has joined the company as the Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Mission…

Carissa Olsen promoted to President and CEO of Nokota Packers

Fresh Solutions Network announced that Carissa Olsen was appointed President & CEO of NoKota Packers, Inc., following the retirement of Steve Tweten in…

Chile

ASOEX requests improvement of the conditions for the entry of fruit into Asia and the US

The president of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX), Ronald Bown, and the general manager of the entity, Miguel Canala-Echeverría, met with Rodrigo Yáñez,…

Composting opportunity for athletes and spectators

Bananas available for Miami marathon runners

For the first time ever, Chiquita is teaming up Life Time as the official sponsor of the Life Time Miami Marathon & Half Marathon. Near Chiquita’s North America headquarters,…

Justin Chadwick:

Citrus Growers’ Association elects co-chairperson of newly launched World Citrus Organisation

Yesterday, the World Citrus Organisation (WCO) was officially launched at the international fresh produce trade show Fruit Logistica in Berlin. The WCO is the first global…

Purdue University

University creates portable device for on-site E. coli testing

Foodborne illness hits about one in six people in the United States every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 48 million people in the US get…

Special Fruit Logistica

Upmann Verpackungsmaschinen presents extended machine catalogue in Berlin

"Increasing demand for highly automated complete solutions in the packaging sector"

A high level of automation and high-quality processes for the sustainable packaging of fruit and vegetables: these are currently the most important needs in the fruit and…

Global Focus Organics

New retail partnership for Canadian Fairtrade banana company

Demand for Fairtrade organic bananas continues to grow. “It’s very strong right now and we’re ramping up to our annual peak in April,” says Jennie Coleman of Montreal,…

Retail

Earth Fare is shutting all of its stores in 10 states

Kroger is piloting a program in which physicians can write “food prescriptions”

US: GrubMarket's latest expansion focuses on organic produceGrocery delivery startup GrubMarket has acquired Berkeley, California-based produce provider Organic Harvest…

Walmart will use 3D technology in its online fruit and vegetable sales

According to a study presented by Nielsen last year, in ten years 60% of American households will buy food online. In view of this, leading retailers, such as…

United Fresh accepting applications for Class 26 of Produce Industry Leadership Program

The application period is now open for the twenty-sixth class of the United Fresh Produce Industry Leadership Program. Since its inception in 1995, more than…

US - the highest temperature measured by state

Highest temperature measured by state.

Santa Cruz County - Arizona

Nogales to witness stepped-up tomato inspections

In about two months, much heavier inspections of imported Mexican tomatoes will start. In Nogales, Arizona’s massive produce import business has 60 days to…

Lighthizer pledged to explore new protections for farmers

Seasonal trade tensions between US and Mexico looming

In spite of the goodwill generated after USMCA was signed, there could be more tensions between the two countries surrounding produce. Allegedly, Mexico…

Strella Biotech aims to eliminate food waste

Although most people assume that once an apple is off the tree it’s effectively dead, in fact -as Katherine Sizov understands- apples continue to be living entities, chock…

Sustainable packaging for fresh berries and cherries

Headquartered in the Netherlands, but operating globally, Growers Packers, is now offering its organic and conventionally grown berries in sustainable packaging. “We use a…

Golden Sun Marketing welcomes two new team members

Golden Sun Marketing announced the hire of two experienced professionals. Tim Rogers joined the team as Business Development Manager at the beginning of…

Excellent quality expected for Mexican asparagus

A new crop of asparagus is about to burst onto the produce scene, and whether it’s imported or domestic, grower-shippers say consumers are in for a treat.…

Fruits and nuts growing import markets in Ecuador

Fruit and nuts are the fourth most imported products in Ecuador. Apples, pears, grapefruit, citrus and melons are also imported. The USDA has published a guide…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 5

Chilean blueberry export estimates adjusted to 113,000 tons

Some 8,968 tons were shipped to the different destination markets during week 4, reaching a total of 86,348 tons, similar volume than last season on the same date. After an…

Early season gives good headstart before Cape apple crop

Lower apple volumes than expected from eastern South Africa

The second wave of fresh South African apples are coming to the market, after the Limpopo season-openers, locally developed low-chill cultivars whose presence on the market…

Ethiopia faces food shortages caused by locusts

As East Africa reels from the worst locust infestation in decades, farmers dealing with crop devastation said the country could face food shortages. Pictures and video of the…

Collaborative platform will tackle plastic waste and pollution

South African Plastics Pact - A first in Africa

Research shows that eight million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean every year and with a business as usual scenario, according to research done by the Ellen MacArthur…

Drought south Mozambique means below-average harvest for third year

Southern Mozambique will face a below-average harvest for the third year in a row due to a prolonged drought. Meanwhile, other parts of the country suffer from severe rain and…

New case of suspected Panama TR4 at a Queensland banana farm

A suspected new case of Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) has been detected on a Tully Valley banana farm in Far North Queensland. Biosecurity Queensland’s Panama…

Australian Fresh Produce Alliance:

Australian horti export tariffs cut, but 'deals are taking too long’

As the Australian government was very excited about the ‘new openings’ to some of its Free Trade Agreements, a major fresh produce group says the deals are…

Feedback being sought on potential changes to Food Standards Code

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is reassessing the need to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, to enact a primary production and processing…

Agri dashboard apples

EU apple prices moving significantly above five year average prices

Apple prices in the EU during the ongoing campaign are moving within ranges significantly above the average price for the historical reference 5 year period. However, when…

Willy Athanase, Magistange:

“Our fresh fruit platform for the industry is unique in Europe”

The French company Magistange specializes in fresh fruits for the industry, buying and reselling them everywhere in Europe. Recently, the young company developed the “Food for…

Jacco Smid, VDH Products

"New fruit regulator one to one replacement for old systems"

Developments in the digital world are moving rapidly. For VDH products, the manufacturer of measuring and control equipment from Roden, it was therefore time to replace the…

“Convenience for consumers and opportunities for growers with new lettuce varieties”

It’s not exactly babyleaf, but not a full head of lettuce either – it’s exactly in between: a lettuce variety that’s harvested between 80 and 120 grams. When the lettuce is…

"The unmistakable flavor of table grapes prevails in traditional varieties"

Counter season table grape:s fetch high prices in Europe

"Now that the 2019 DO Vinalopo table grape campaign has ended, we can say that the results didn't meet the expectations created at the beginning of the season," stated Juan…

Cardboard fruit and vegetable packaging from Dutch grown Elephant grass

The Dutch company, Argos Packaging, is currently at the Fruit Logistica trade show in Berlin, Germany. This year, everything revolves around sustainable packaging. They are…

From 1961 to 2017

World ranking shows top 10 agricultural product export countries

In this video, Data for Farmers shows the top ten countries with the highest export values. This is for the total of agricultural products from 1961 to 2017. These export…

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus - ToBRFV

French tomatoes, peppers and chillis under threat from dangerous virus

After affecting six countries in Europe as well as Turkey, the United States and China, a particularly devastating virus is threatening tomatoes, peppers and…

In 2018, Israeli melon producers charged 153% more per kilo than Spanish producers

Greece, Morocco and other competitors have higher prices than Spain. According to Hortoinfo, based on data from the statistical agency of the Food and…

Spanish scientists study the cultivation of avocados in dry weather conditions

The dry weather conditions recorded in Malaga since November 2019 have resulted in the province having the lowest amount of irrigation water ever. In the…

Square watermelons are a million dollar business in Asia

The origin of square watermelons dates back to 1978 when Japanese farmer Tomoyuki Ono began thinking of ideas to transport watermelon more easily and in less space. Currently,…

Daikin Container tech chosen for shipment of guavas

A landmark shipment of guava fruit from Taiwan to the USA was completed successfully this January with the help of controlled atmosphere (CA) technology from Daikin Reefer, a…

India

KP onion export from Andhra Pradesh permitted within couple of days

Export of the KP onion variety from Andhra Pradesh will be permitted in a day or two, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal last Tuesday. Rose…

Pakistan's red chillis to disappear due to climate change

Sindh province in southern Pakistan is the red chilli capital of Asia; the area is responsible for 85 percent of all red chilli production in Pakistan, contributing 1.5…

First batch of South Taiwan pineapples arrives in China

The first batch of pineapples from, Taiwan’s southern county of Pingtung has successfully arrived in the Chinese city of Xiamen. Previous reports indicated that a shipment was…

Due to temporary Chinese ban

Vietnamese agricultural products look for market

Vietnam’s export of several agricultural products to China has had to temporarily halt as the border gates are temporarily closed due to the outbreak of the…

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