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Grower - Philippines

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Food Safety and Quality Director - South Bend (IN) USA

Commercial Manager - United Kingdom or The Netherlands

Tomato Grower, Chapais - Canada

Director of UbiGro Sales - California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada USA

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Greenhouse Crop Specialist - Southwestern Ontario, Canada

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OVERVIEW GLOBAL PEAR MARKET

The European pear market currently appears to be at a minor impasse. There is talk of a difficult Conference season in the Netherlands. Other classic pear-producing countries,…

Gonzalo Guerra of BlueDrop México

"Precision agriculture lets us have a better control of our crops"

The harvest season of berries in Jalisco begins in January, and runs through June. Gonzalo Guerra of BlueDrop shares: “We have just started the harvest but so far we have been…

Five to seven days ahead of historical bloom dates

California cherry trees have reached full bloom

The first sign of bloom for cherry trees in the Gustine area in California was on February 7 and full bloom was seen on February 15. Gustine, located in the Central Valley, is…

Heavy squash supplies cause pricing to dip

Squash supplies are abundant right now which in part is triggering a depressed market. “We had some bad weather in Florida. It got very cold for awhile and that slowed the…

Spring Brussels sprout crop from Mexico underway now

Food trends come and go, but Brussels sprouts are here to stay. Not only do these cruciferous vegetables play nice with other tasty foods, but they are low in calories and…

Innovative harvesting system developed for the blueberry industry

In Oregon – one of the best blueberry growing regions in the world – it’s expensive for pickers to hand-harvest the delicate fruit for fresh market. New harvesting technology…

Hazel Tech® brings on new VP marketing

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-supported technology company delivering solutions for fresh produce to extend shelf-life and combat food waste, announced that…

Draft ruling would allow U.S. spuds in all of Mexico

The Mexican Supreme Court released a draft ruling Feb. 17 that would overturn a 2017 lower court decision preventing the Mexican federal government from…

Bedford Industries

Bedford Industries introduces new plant-based bag closure

Bedford Industries is excited to introduce CloseIt® Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified biobased content that is commercially compostable.…

Spain hopes to negotiate with the United States to eliminate its tariffs before August

The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, recently said that he hopes to negotiate the elimination of US tariffs before next August…

Special Asia

Market price goes up by 20%

Malaysian durian production volume declined

This season the production volume of Malaysian durian showed a significant decline. On top of that the cost price of transport is extraordinarily high because of the pandemic.…

Global Focus Organics

Expanding organic produce options in Mexico

Retail

Dreamstime

Meijer is on track to complete implementation of Flashfood program

Walmart: Record Q4 and FY21 revenue

Amazon retains title of the world’s most valuable retail brandBrand Finance has released its latest retail ranking that has been expanded to include 100 brands to give a…

FD Berries says blueberry grow bags make the difference

"Our goal is to reach more than 400 hectares in the next 3 years"

Since 2019, FD Berries in Jalisco Mexico has utilized the FibreDust True Blue Blueberry growbag and couldn’t be happier with the results. After the company established themselves…

UF/IFAS

UF/IFAS research

New study shows why strawberries must keep (their) cool

Right about now, if you eat a Florida strawberry, odds are it’s going to taste oh-so-good. That’s no accident. Strawberries are in season, and those you see at the grocery…

Davis Instruments Corporation

EnviroMonitor is now compatible with Pessl Instruments Field Climate Software

Davis Instruments and Pessl Instruments, two leading global manufacturers of weather stations, data collection hardware, and software for agriculture have partnered to…

Texas deep freeze causes massive outages, impacts 2021 onions

Freezing temps and ice storms brought by a cold front that started its sweep through Texas on Friday, Feb. 12, and continued throughout the weekend have left…

Youtube.com

Researchers turn to vegetables and juices as alternatives to road salt

While road salt is highly effective at de-icing surfaces and very necessary during harsh winters, it places a heavy burden on freshwater ecosystems. Several…

New strains of the disease are becoming resistant to some fungicides

Agassiz researcher asks home growers for help to combat potato blight

Rishi Burlakoti is a plant pathologist at the Agassiz Research and Development Centre. He has been investigating Canada’s potato blight for three years. Late…

Argentine fresh fruit exports to the United States and Mexico with certification of origin

The presidents of the National Agricultural Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa), Carlos Paz, and of the Committee of Producers and Exporters of fresh…

The investments are mainly aimed at growing avocados

Five Peruvian agroindustrial companies are purchasing land in Colombia

According to the commercial attaché of the Colombian Embassy in Peru, Pilar Lozano, up to five Peruvian agroindustrial companies, of varying sizes, are working…

USDA

Selected Weekly Fruit Movement and Price

Shipping point prices apples up 11.7 per cent y-o-y in November

Selected Weekly Fruit Movement and Price describes the change in shipment volume, farm prices, and retail prices of select fruit for the week noted. USDA Volume and prices reflect weekly…

Unseasonal rains in India cause huge losses to grape farmers

India dealt with unseasonal rains last Thursday, causing some significant losses for the grape farmers in this region. According to one exporter these unseasonal rains are the…

South African topfruit season looking very positive

Ideafruit is a grower and exporter of topfruit with operations situated in the Western Cape, South Africa and international offices in the UK and Singapore. The UK office…

72% increase in production expected

ZZ2 Karas date farm passes virtual GlobalG.A.P audit ahead of exceptional harvest

The Medjool date harvest at ZZ2’s Haakiesdoorn farm in the Karas Region of southern Namibia has just started after an unusually rainy season and the company expects it to be…

Lyndsay Roux - FabFresh

Summer fruit eclipsed by the shine of citrus

“I definitely expect that demand for citrus is going to be as great as last year and the reason behind that, is Covid,” says Lyndsay Roux of South African fruit exporter…

“Weather has been perfect for Turkish cherries in recent months”

Turkey is getting ready for the cherry season. Although the season is still too far off to predict volumes, the weather has been good and the cherries are getting the cold air…

“Sales for Greek kiwis are rather fast this season”

It’s been busy time for Greek kiwi exporters. Sales have been faster than they usually are, meaning the exporters have to start slowing down to prevent an early end to the…

German court ruling:

Amazon must divulge origin of fruit & produce

Yesterday, a German court ruled that online retailer Amazon has to inform consumers about the specific country of origin of fresh fruit and vegetables that it…

TR Turoni produces and sells gauges for fruit and vegetables

The right gauge determines the accuracy of the measurement

"I think that the gauge is a simple but fundamental tool for achieving success in the marketing of fruit and vegetables. Our measuring instruments are made of aluminium,…

FreshChain Systems successfully pilots blockchain tech for traceable rockmelon exports from Sunraysia

Traceable rockmelons on a roll

FreshChain Systems has successfully piloted innovative blockchain technology exporting end to end traceable whole rockmelons from the Sunraysia region supported by the Australian…

Australians look into treatment of fire-affected fruit

According to a study currently being conducted by the NSW Department of Primary Industries with partnership from the Government of South Australia and Hort…

Designed to be used in walnut plantations, it can be adapted to other orchards. Video below.

Video The Speedy Cut pruner features fast and environmentally friendly technology

A pruning machine for small fruit trees like walnuts, but that also applies to all other situations where plants can be harvested and chopped mechanically. The machine is…

Forbes

Ten ways AI has the potential to improve agriculture In 2021

AI, machine learning (ML) and the IoT sensors that provide real-time data for algorithms increase agricultural efficiencies, improve crop yields and reduce food production…

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