Better sizing coming on California oranges

California oranges will start slightly late this year. “It’s probably going to be about the first of November to the 10th for most people and we plan…

California Keitt mangos have competitive advantage

The short season of California-grown Keitt mangos will wrap up soon. It runs for about six weeks in the months September and October. Keitts are a…

Stronger pricing on New York cabbage cartons

In New York, cabbage growers there are shifting to starting to pack storage cabbage for year-round supply. “Typically New York slows down on the retail…

Photo report: Novelties on display during IFPA 2023

During the Global Produce & Floral Show, novelties and innovations are shown on on-site display shelves. This year, over 200 companies listed their…

New celery snack launched

Duda Farm Fresh Foods introduces their new Dandy® Snacking In A Snap! ™ product line with the unveiling of the inaugural product, celery dippers™ at the Global Produce and…

Windset Farms wins Best Island Booth in Produce at IFPA Global Produce and Floral Show

Windset Farms® is fresh off exhibiting at the IFPA Global Produce and Floral Show in Anaheim, California, where they were thrilled to be recognized…

South Korean Intellectual Property High Court rules that Sweet Sapphire™ is a trademark

BLOOM FRESH, a fruit-breeding company created by the merger of Special New Fruit Licensing and International Fruit Genetics, LLC, is pleased to…

Photo report

High attendance at Global Produce & Floral Show in Anaheim

Purple tomatoes, more convenience products, an expansion of sustainable packaging options, the appearance of vertical farm booths, and discussing the…

Gills Onions recalls selected lots of fresh diced onion products because of possible health risk

Gills Onions of Oxnard, CA is voluntarily recalling Gills Onions branded fresh diced onions products because they have the potential to be contaminated…

Assessing $62,000 in penalties for abuses of agricultural workers

Department of Labor debars labor contractor who threatened, intimidated farmworkers

The U.S. Department of Labor has debarred a North Carolina farm labor contractor from employing temporary non-immigrant agricultural workers for three years…

Study suggests that strawberries might mitigate risk of Alzheimer's

In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers investigated whether strawberry supplementation mitigates the risk for late-life dementia in…

Utopia Foods recalls 'Enoki Mushrooms' because of possible health risk

Utopia Foods Inc of Glendale, NY, is recalling all lots within expiry of Qilu Enterprise branded 200g packages of “Enoki Mushrooms” because they have the…

Medfly quarantine in portion of Los Angeles County

A portion of Los Angeles County has been placed under quarantine for the Mediterranean fruit fly, following the detection of two wild flies in the Leimert Park…

Pumpkin farmers in the Maritimes are looking at low yields this year

Orange pumpkins are a hallmark of autumn, but this year’s harvest has proven to be different. Danny Dill, owner of Howard Dill Enterprises in Windsor, N.S.:…

The impact of California’s new climate accountability laws on food and agriculture companies

Two new ground-breaking California laws will require companies doing business in California, including food and agriculture companies, to report their…

Some US fruit growers are planning for a warmer climate

Many US fruit growers are watching climate change shift the seasonal patterns they've counted on for years to produce fruit. As the atmosphere warms and…

Nonprofit and Zespri extend partnership for 2023-2024 school year

Brighter Bites, a national nonprofit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands, is thrilled to announce another year of…

US Department of Labor condemns murder of trade union leader at Guatemalan banana packing facility

The US Department of Labor’s Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs, Thea Lee, made the following statement regarding the Oct. 4, 2023, murder of…

Director of Foodcareplus joins the Board of the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA)

Steve Alaerts, director of Foodcareplus, has recently been nominated and elected to the Board of the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) and is…

Peruvian grapes arrive in Japan for first time

Last week, Peru's Ambassador to Japan, Roberto Seminario, welcomed the first shipment of Peruvian grapes imported by Fresh del Monte Japan. The company plans…

CARICOM countries are cutting back on food imports

CARICOM countries are making good progress to reduce the region’s overall food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025, a plan that started in 2022 with the object…

AGAP demands urgent measures to reactivate Peru’s agricultural sector

In a statement made this weekend, the Association of Agricultural Producers Guilds of Peru (AGAP) maintains that the ‘only way out of the recession is by…

Cot International and Eternal Fresh: pioneering new varieties of apricots in Southern Hemisphere

"Apricots will be the next big thing in the fruit industry"

Cot International, nestled in the heart of apricot production near Nimes in southern France, is on a mission to breed varieties renowned for their…

Phil Alison - Cherri Global

Trial volumes from new growing method show positive difference in firmness and quality

New Zealand cherry growers are looking forward to a good season, it is still early days, but the spring weather has been good for growing at Cherri…

More Australian mangoes off to Japan

Japanese restaurants and retailers are getting ready to say “IRASSHAIMASE!” to more Aussie mangoes, as the Albanese Government continues to deliver great trade…

Report shows effect of Cyclone Gabrielle on NZ horti exports

Fresh Facts has highlighted some of the impacts Cyclone Gabrielle had on the sector this year. The Fresh Facts 2023 report on fruit and vegetable production…

Zespri officially opens global hub in Singapore

Zespri has officially opened its new Centre of Sales and Marketing Excellence in Singapore, following a recent blessing ceremony. The Centre was first…

USDA

Fresh deciduous fruit annual - Australia

Table grape production expected to increase to record 220,000 tons in MY 2023/2024

Australia’s table grape production is expected to increase to a record 220,000 MT in marketing year (MY) 2023/24 from an estimated 210,000 metric tons…

Freshtech QMS combines quality inspections and training

"Quality inspections entirely online is a pipe dream"

After years of working as a quality manager at large Dutch fruit importers and International exporters, Asmerom Abreha started Freshtech QMS in 2019.…

Bruno Silveira, Bananas de Madeira

Madeira has 3000 banana growers, who export 85% of the harvest

About 500 km north of the Canary Islands, and almost on the same latitude as the Moroccan city of Casablanca, lies Madeira, a small, lush Portuguese…

Pat Dekker, New Green Overseas:

"Tight availability of bell peppers suitable for Japan was this year's biggest challenge"

New Green Overseas will end its export season of Dutch bell peppers to Japan next week. Last year, high air freight rates caused minimal exports; this…

Matthew McIntyre - McIntyre Fruit

"Fairly good cherry season but yields were disappointing"

The Scottish cherry season at McIntyre Fruit has come to an end and Matthew McIntyre said it was a fairly good season, but no bumper volumes this year.…

DG agri dashboard: apples

EU apple production forecast at 11,411,000 tons for 2023

The monthly weighted price for apples (in € per 100 kgs) ex-packaging station stood at €79.65 in September, in Germany. That is a rise of about €4…

Fox Robotics Ltd awarded £1 mln grant for FLEXBOT project

Fox Robotics Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Surrey and the Agri-Epi Centre, along with three prominent farms – MA & MP Stockwell…

Dutch agri companies take educational tour of Joburg Fresh Produce Market

On 18 October, 2023, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa facilitated a tour of the Joburg Fresh Produce Market (JFPM) for…

DP World signs concession with Tanzania Ports Authority to operate Dar es Salaam Port

DP World has signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) in order to operate and modernise the multi-purpose Dar es…

Cyclone threat closes Oman’s Salalah Port

Salalah Port, Oman's major cargo gateway and a notable transshipment hub for the West Asia region, halted operations on 22 October until further notice in the…

Survey shows that Japanese do not eat enough fruit or vegetables

Japan’s Health Ministry’s latest annual National Health and Nutrition Survey showed that 38 percent of those aged 20 and older did not consume a single bit of…

Where are onion prices currently highest and where are they lowest?

As we can see in the graph below, the highest prices for onions are now in EU countries. EastFruit monitors prices only in the Polish market and we can see…