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Higher volume and larger fruit

California strawberries start transition to Oxnard

Supplies of California strawberries are good as the industry gears up to switching growing regions. “We’re still picking out of Watsonville though we’re probably looking at…

Robust sales combined with lighter supplies

California organic grape season ends early for some

California organic grape sales have been strong this season, so much so that it’s factoring into an early end of the season for one grower-shipper. Next year, Fruit World will…

“Best Agri Implement Award”

Retractable roof company receives award for progress made in India

Cravo Equipment Ltd has received "The Best Agri Implement Award 2021" from Agribusiness Summit and Agri Awards (ABSA 2021). ABSA is an annual feature organized by Ray…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement Seasonal Perishable Products Weekly Update

Number of container ships waiting for berthing at Southern California ports reached record before falling slightly

The number of container ships waiting for berthing space to unload cargo at Southern California ports reached a record 73 early this week before falling slightly. A pilot…

Re-imagining the food system to address nutrition insecurity

Tangelo, a platform as a service (PAAS) company and consumer facing mobile application, is focused on improving nutrition education, affordability and access to healthy,…

September photo contest helps celebrate food safety education

September is National Food Safety Education Month and to celebrate this month, QA Supplies is holding a customer photo contest in which two winners will be selected to receive…

Banana snack company acquires Ecuador-based supplier

Barnana Snacks has deepened its commitment to organic farmers by acquiring its Latin American supply and manufacturing partner, Agroapoyo, based in Quito, Ecuador. The formal…

US container ports make it into top 20 in H1 2021

Container ports in the US have climbed into the top 20 in the first half of 2021. Volumes from Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Dubai and Hamburg decreased –3,6%, -4,9%…

Constructing a 45,000 square-foot produce processing and packing facility

Governor Northam announces major new produce packing facility in Brunswick County

Governor Northam today announced Southern Virginia Vegetable Packing, LLC has partnered with Brunswick County Industrial Development Authority to construct a…

NASDA

NASDA elects Richard Ball of New York as president

At the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Annual Meeting today, NASDA members elected a new slate of officers for the coming year. New…

Special Fruit Attraction 2021

AgroFresh to showcase their innovative solutions at Fruit Attraction in Madrid 2021

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a global player in produce freshness solutions devoted to fighting food loss and waste, today announced their attendance at Fruit…

"We arrive at Fruit Attraction Madrid 2021 with new products"

"After this weird year and a half without onsite celebrations, Fruit Attraction goes back to “normality” by reuniting the fresh produce sector once again at…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

Higher input costs are the cause

UK onion prices continue to rise

For the first three weeks of September 2021, the average Mintec price of UK onions was GBP 0.49/ 25kg, 1.2% higher than the average price in August 2021, and 17% higher than the…

Retail

Dreamstime

Weis Markets: DoorDash delivery

Costco: Q4 and fiscal year 2021 operating results

US: Whole Foods expanding $10 delivery fee nationwideWhole Foods Market is implementing a $9.95 service fee on grocery delivery orders nationwide beginning October 25, a…

US: Black fig fly discovered on Central & South coasts

A destructive insect pest normally found halfway around the world has now shown up in California, threatening one of its crops. It’s an insect which literally…

The pandemic accentuated the fall in Costa Rican melon exports

Costa Rica's melon production and exports are facing a sharp decline. According to data from the Foreign Trade Promoter (Procomer), before the emergency due to…

Colombia's ICA warns of the presence of a disease in potato crops in the department of Nariño

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) confirmed the presence of phytoplasmas associated with the Punta Morada de la Papa (PMP) disease in potato crops in…

Honduras' agricultural sector is still dealing with the consequences of Eta and Iota

Up until the end of July, Honduran agricultural activity registered an 8.4% drop, especially in banana, African palm, melon, watermelon, and sugar cane as a…

The new season of Chilean cherries will soon enter the Chinese market

Chile’s Minister of Agriculture María Emilia Undurraga said on the 22nd that the new season of cherries will soon enter the Chinese market, and Chile’s…

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“Is Transnet the biggest threat to the [citrus] fruit export industry?” asks Citrus Growers’ Association

South Africa: CGA learns that state port authority is broke due to corruption

It is a bleak note sounding from the Citrus Growers’ Association logistics development manager Mitchell Brooke in a hard hitting weekly newsletter in which he reveals that…

Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica still largest exporters of bananas into EU27

In the period of January to May 2021, Spanish banana growers produced 14,500 tons of bananas, to be marketed within the region of production. Another 115,000 tons were…

Checkpoint Americold Westland is now open

"From 1 January 2021 all goods containing products of animal origin from The United Kingdom have to make a mandatory stop at a veterinary Checkpoint - also called Border…

It happened in Romagna over the past few days

Italian grower harvests 758-gram peach

Recently, a peach weighing 758 grams was harvested in the Italian province of Ravenna. "If that's not a record, I don't know what is," said the grower. "It is a variety that is…

"We're installing ripening rooms worldwide"

Interko, the global leader for the design, manufacture and installation of state-of-the-art fresh fruit ripening rooms, has completed further installations worldwide which are…

Time to make more value in processing them too

Mangoes are upcoming and doing well in Spain

The produce of tropical fruit in countries around the Mediterranean Sea are becoming more varied than ever before. The global warming moves the boundary for growing papayas,…

William Trapon, Trapon Champignons:

“The volumes of wild blueberries are five times higher than usual”

Trapon Champignons specializes in seasonal products harvested in the heart of nature. This week, the company will end the wild blueberry season. William Trapon reports that…

Maxime Gil, Cancel Fruits:

“Our entire Chasselas de Moissac grape production is now certified Bee Friendly”

This year, the company Cancel Fruits started the Chasselas harvest on the 31st of August. “It is the date noted by the PDO and respected by all marketers. Indeed, we used to…

The Kiwi Passion Consortium meets its farmers in Latina

Last Thursday September 23rd an informative technical meeting was held in Aprila promoted by the KiwiPassion Consortium at Antonio Notaro's Red Passion kiwifruit plantation, a…

Bonduelle

2020-2021 Annual Results Bonduelle Group

'Business activity and profitability sustained in an environment subject to sanitary constraints'

On September 24, 2021, the Supervisory Board, under the chairmanship of Martin Ducroquet, reviewed the statutory and consolidated financial statements for FY 2020-2021 as…

A new operation looms over Spanish venture capital

A fund in Bahrain is selling the largest Spanish nursery

Investcorp, a fund based in Bahrain that currently owns Agromillora, one of the largest nurseries in Spain, plans to sell the company in the second half of the…

China: Shanghai International Fruit Expo will be postponed again

On September 24, the Shanghai International Fruit Expo organized an announcement to report that it was, once again, postponing the exhibition. The Shanghai…

"Some Chinese exporters abandon pallets to reduce high shipping cost"

The harvest season of imperial crown pears is already over. And the harvest of Ya pears started three weeks ago. Pear orchards in Hebei enjoyed an abundant harvest. Although…

Shortage of workers during peak period of Chinese garlic season

The middle of September is a busy season for agricultural production areas across China. During this period the labor price goes up, and some exporters use the higher cost…

Clemengold International clamps down on trademark infringements

For ClemenGold®, a mandarin brand managed from South Africa, its widely recognised teardrop-shaped fruit sticker has become a symbol of consistent quality.…

Turkish researcher claims spinach can accelerate wound healing

Dr. Lecturer Serkan Dikici from the İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) Department of Bioengineering, has performed a study that seems to indicate that…

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