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Good pricing on lower supplies of pineapple

Pineapple supplies are slimmer right now. “This is typical for this time of year,” says Wes Liefer of Pura Vida Farms in Brea, CA. He notes that towards the end of spring and…

Oppy uses plant-based solution to extend avocado shelf life

Offering premium organic and conventional avocados from California, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico, Oppy is now using Apeel’s plant-based solution to extend the shelf life…

California drought causing multi-layered effects

“The water situation is dire. This one is real.” So says Tom Conrado of Classic Fruit Company in Fresno, CA of California’s current drought. Conrado notes there are some…

Gusseted bags extend package options

Crunch Pak® is adding gusseted, stand-up bags to its list of packaging options and will launch the new SKUs with a limited item promoting Paw Patrol the Movie from Paramount…

Hatch Chile season has arrived

The Hatch Chile pepper season has started earlier than predicted this year thanks to Mother Nature. Frieda’s works with certified, authentic growers located in Hatch, New…

APHIS carries out a pest risk assessment to import fresh Peruvian pitahaya into the United States

The Government of Peru has requested the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to authorize…

RMA authorizes emergency procedures to help drought-impacted producers

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers impacted by extreme drought conditions.…

First quarter holidays break avocado sales records

Sales of Hass avocados kicked off the new year with four-year record highs through first quarter key holidays, including the Big Game, Valentine’s Day, and St. Patrick’s Day.…

Driscoll’s pivoted from fresh in-store to fresh online

In 2020, more and more people started buying vegetables and fruit online. That meant a COVID-19-accelerated pivot for traditional fresh produce companies that…

"Shipping lines appear to be ready to continue increasing their rates"

The profits of the shipping companies do not seem to be reaching a ceiling. OOCL announced that it had doubled its profits in the first half of the year, while…

Special Automation

NVIDIA & University of Southern California:

DiSECt – a differentiable simulation engine for autonomous robotic cutting

Robotics researchers from NVIDIA and the University of Southern California presented their work at the 2021 Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference. It…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Dreamstime

The Austrian apricot harvest has begun

Austria's largest apricot growers can breathe a sigh of relief: this weekend the harvest season, though comparatively late, has nevertheless begun in Kittsee.…

Retail

Dreamstime

FreshRealm has raised $32mln in funding

Walmart teams up with Symbotic

US: National Co+op Grocers partners with MercatoMercato, the e-commerce platform created for America's independent grocers and specialty food stores, announced that it has…

New guacamole/avocado pulp line for foodservice and retail

With the ever-growing demand for quality avocado products, Fresh Avenue is excited to announce its newest offering: the GoVerden line of guacamole and avocado…

US Pacific Northwest heat wave cooks fruit crops

An unprecedented heat wave and ongoing drought in the US Pacific Northwest is forcing fruit farm workers to harvest in the middle of the night to salvage crops…

Early season projections not met

Florida orange growers produce 53 million boxes

The 2020-21 citrus growing season fell short of earlier expectations, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said yesterday that Florida growers produced…

Select Harvests Ltd crop and market update

“Record almond shipments and the worsening Californian drought have led to a recent price appreciation"

Paul Thompson, Managing Director of Select Harvests Limited (“SHV”), has announced the following update on the 2021 crop and current market conditions: Crop…

Brisbane District Court

Woman accused of putting needles in strawberries in 2018 has charges dropped

The charges against a Queensland woman, who was accused of putting needles in strawberries in 2018, have been dropped. Miss My Ut Trinh, who was a farm…

Dutch-Canadian investor Ralph Birkhoff

Agri innovator invests in Barbados

Dutch-Canadian investor Ralph Birkhoff is the founder and chief operating officer of Connecticut-based Alquimi Renewables and co-founder of its farming…

Twitter: Team News24

Communities across South Africa declare no-looting zones as they debate: is this a coup attempt?

No reported damage to avo packhouses as exporters wait for roads to open

Shell-shocked South Africans are asking for a state of emergency to be declared as communities across the country band together to protect their communities and local economy,…

End of Egyptian grape season was challenging for European importers

This week the season for Egyptian grapes sent to the European market will come to an end. This will signal the end of the overseas grape campaign that was a rollercoaster of a…

Claus Solberg, Category Manager for Fruit and Vegetables at Dagrofa Denmark

”Alternative to single-use plastic bags for fresh produce”

The awareness of the importance of recycling has increased significantly, starting around two years ago but it has become particularly important in the last year, according to…

EU extends economic sanctions on Russia due to Ukrainian situation

The EU Council has decided to extend the sanctions for the destabilization of Ukraine against Russia for a further six months, until 31 January 2022. This…

Update: Apple Market - June 2021

EU apple production expected to rise by over 500,000 tons y-o-y

The average price of European apples dropped by 61% to EUR 218/MT in the last six months (Jan ‘21-Jun ‘21), compared to the previous six-month average (Jul…

Spanish lemon season ends with a record harvest

"The increase in lemon plantings will be reflected in the harvests of the next 5 years"

Last week, the Verna lemon campaign came to a close with rising prices (between 0.40 and 0.50 €/kg). According to Ailimpo, the low percentage of fruit with good commercial…

Jesús Abenza, commercial director at Alimer:

"It hasn't been a hot summer in Europe yet, but the heat has to come"

The weather is being decisive this year for the Spanish melon and watermelon campaign. In the greenhouses of Almeria, it has set the pace of both the fruit development and its…

Marco Bergman, Harvest House, the Netherlands:

"Fluctuating supply will continue well into the bell pepper season"

"Spring 2021 went well for Harvest House's bell pepper sales, as did the prices. That offers no guarantees for the rest of the year, as recent figures show. Because now,…

Will WhatsApp become a new sales channel?

According to Prodware, a leader in information technology consulting services, consumers are increasingly more curious, impatient, demanding, and require…

First peppers to be grown in space

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have launched the Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment, which aims to grow peppers in space for the first…

Industry calls on Government to implement Agriculture Visa Trial

The horticulture sector is calling for a trial of the newly announced Seasonal Agriculture Worker visa to commence before year end. The Australian Fresh…

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