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Head Grower - Jordan (ON) Canada

KAM DE/AT/IT/BE/NL - Valencia, Spain

Mushroom Substrate Manager - New Zealand

Chief Executive Officer

Buyer/Seller F&V Russia/Ukraine - Valencia, Spain

Operationeel Manager (MT-lid), Nieuw Zeeland

Junior & Senior grower - Moss, Norway

Sales & Logistics Supervisor - Australia

“Assistant” production manager perennials - Norway

Account Manager - Groningen, The Netherlands

GLOBAL OVERVIEW MANGOES

Many mango growers have seen reduced volumes as poor weather conditions continue to wreak havoc in some production countries, such as Italy, Spain and Egypt, driving up…

Smaller size profile reduces exports

Canadian cherries see higher distribution into North American retail stores this year

The Okanagan Valley in British Columbia Canada saw its last day of cherry harvest on August 31. “Since we are one of the latest cherry growing regions in the northern…

US domestic production for melons continues through September

Demand is steady right now for melons. “Our programs are national and we typically see steady demand on melons through the summer,” says Jeff Nichol of Los Angeles, CA-based…

USDA

2021 California Walnut Objective Measurement Report

California walnut production forecast at 670,000 tons

The 2021 California walnut production is forecast at 670,000 tons, down 15% from 2020's record production of 785,000 tons. The forecast is based on 385,000 bearing acres, up…

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Head Grower - Jordan (ON) Canada

London Fruit celebrates 40th anniversary

This month, London Fruit of Pharr, TX, celebrates its 40th year anniversary in business. Four decades ago, the London family began importing mangos to the U.S. and Canada in…

Chair is touring to address food insecurity

SF Market hosts Chairman of House Rules Committee James McGovern

The SF Market – the Bay Area's source for fresh produce, welcomed Congressman James McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, to its Bayview Hunter's Point…

Grower expands Growing America’s Farmers program with new partners

During May and June, G&R Farms partnered with 13 regional and national retail operators to raise nearly $90,000 in scholarship and grant funds for FFA students in 22 states…

Food prices to climb as labour shortage crushes food industry

'Entire world is short-staffed'

Whether it's fruit pickers, slaughterhouse workers, truckers, warehouse operators, chefs or waiters, the global food ecosystem is buckling due to a shortage of staff Across the world,…

California almond harvest has started

Experts forecast smaller almond crop & higher prices

California’s almond harvest is underway. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts a smaller almond crop. Rocque Merlo, president of Merlo Farming Group in…

More than 1,500 cases of peaches donated to North Carolina food banks

Titan Farms and Harris Teeter come together in their seventh year to donate peaches to Second Harvest Food Banks in Raleigh and Charlotte (NC). Over the past seven years,…

Organic Produce Summit

Chris Ford with Viva Tierra Organic on the Organic Produce Summit

“It’s a huge advantage to have like-minded people in one place”

In two weeks, Viva Tierra Organic will exhibit at a trade show for the first time in almost two years. “We are purposely choosing the Organic Produce Summit to return to the…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

Mike de Koster, WDK Onions, the Netherlands:

"Good demand on the onion market, but prices remain very fixed"

There are still some onion sets on the market. Nevertheless, from this week, the Dutch company, WDK Onions, will be moving full steam ahead with seed onions. "This is still in…

Retail

Dreamstime

Walmart is raising hourly wages for more than 565,000 store workers by at least $1

Goodfood collaborates with Microsoft

US: Costco Wholesale Corporation reports August sales resultsCostco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) reported net sales of $15.75bln for the retail month of…

Fieldin raises US$30 mln in Series B round

American-Israeli AgTech startup Fieldin has completed a US$30 million Series B funding round, led by Fortissimo Capital. There was participation of Zeev…

Renewing transport partnership with the EPA and industry

Allen Lund Company announced that it has submitted and received approval for its current data submission to the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration…

Birds Eye builds huge vegetable processing plant in Waseca, Minnesota

The new vegetable processing plant, currently under construction on the outskirts of the southern Minnesota city of Waseca, is the largest investment that food…

Florida Citrus Mutual seeks FDA enforcement discretion regarding orange juice Brix

Florida Citrus Mutual is attempting to protect growers in the event Florida oranges don’t meet the minimum Brix requirement for not-from-concentrate (NFC)…

North Asia to Latin America container rates set records

Global shipping lines pushed through new rates increases for September amid a severe shortage of equipment and carrying capacity at Asian export terminals…

Chris Fagg - FreshPro

"It has been a tough year but our fruit has been well received"

After a couple of years of trials, UK company FreshPro started a new line in premium UK berries earlier this year. The range includes raspberries, gooseberries, blueberries,…

Danielle Bruin about first Dutch purple sprouting broccoli crop

"Redi broccoli could revolutionize supermarket shelves"

In Europe, purple sprouting broccoli was first introduced in Spain, under Bejo's Redi concept, and the United Kingdom. This year, in the Netherlands, grower Nico Hoogendoorn…

“Gala and Golden look beautiful on the trees right now”

One Polish apple exporter believes the company can repeat its success of last year, by being able to provide their apples year-round. With volumes being higher than they were…

More volumes for Bursa Black figs expected next week

The season for black figs in Turkey started one week ago, and after a somewhat slow start it’s expected volumes will start to pick up from this point on. During the start of…

Belgapom quotation from 2021-2022 season only for Fontane

As of the new storage potato season, the Belgapom price committee will only note the most frequently used price for the trade in potatoes of the Fontane…

SATI appoints new Chief Executive Officer

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) hereby announces that AJ Griesel has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organisation.…

First virtual information day

TopFruit varieties unlock economic potential in South Africa

More than 300 participants attended TopFruit's first virtual information day Discovering and Unlocking Potential with TopFruit on 19 August 2021, showcasing some of the South…

Import duties and freight push up the cost of trading fruit in Africa

“A box of apples you put down in Nigeria is one of the most expensive boxes of apples in the world”

Africa remains one of the largest buyers of South African apples and pears and for that reason the continent will always remain a major focus for Freshgold SA Exports, a South…

Marquis Group grows nuts for World Macadamia Nut Day

In celebration of World Macadamia Nut Day on Saturday 4th September, the Australian and South African Marquis Group has donated macadamia trees for planting at local schools…

Michael Crisera – Food Growers Victoria

“A great strength of Tie Up Farming is the ability to work off line"

Tie Up Farming’s end to end technology management system has been available for a few years now and it has become an important tool for large businesses. “We offer a…

Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa launch digital currency scheme

The Central Banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa will conduct a cross border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies…

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