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Taking a peek at the 2022-2023 Peruvian grape season

An early look at the Peruvian grape season indicates high-quality fruit will be coming again this season. “Things are looking great at our ranches in Ica, Peru. Our executive…

Grapa ARRA 1st field day for 2022:

Big interest as new ARRA table grape varieties launched in California

The new very early generation of ARRA varieties launched at the recent field days in California has seen big interest from growers around the world with even more varieties…

Canadian grower adds space to indoor strawberry farm

Ever Tru Farms, a vertically integrated year-round supplier of premium strawberries and a division of Soave Hydroponics, is launching phase two of its expansion. The farm will…

Pacific Trellis Fruit expands organization

Pacific Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms welcomes Matt Tanner, Evangelina Kaudze and Shawn Young to its team. Tanner joins the company as senior sales executive. He brings nearly…

Studies show “remarkable” potential for health benefits of grape consumption

Recent studies released by Dr. John Pezzuto and his team from Western New England University show “astonishing” effects of grape consumption and “remarkable”…

Monterey Mushrooms welcomes sales manager

Jill Moran, a long-time Monterey Mushrooms teammate, rejoined the sales team as a sales manager based out of Watsonville, California. Moran will manage fresh…

Inflation hits organic fresh produce in Q2

Higher retail prices of organic fresh produce during the second quarter of 2022 generated a 3.7 percent increase in total organic dollars but also contributed to a decline in…

Stord unlocks cold storage with Fresh Del Monte partnership

Cloud supply chain company Stord is adding cold storage capacity to its growing network of flexible warehousing. The company has announced a partnership with…

Blue Diamond Almond Growers spearhead ‘Almond Express’ rail service to Ports of LA and LB

As a result of cutbacks in sailings to the Port of Oakland, Blue Diamond Almond Growers are supporting two new rail services transporting almond exports from…

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. reports strong Q2 2022 net sales amidst unprecedented cost pressures

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 1, 2022. "We delivered strong net sales during the second quarter, marking the fifth…

Special Automation

Muddy Machines

UK ag robot startup raises £1.5 mln to fix farming

Muddy Machines is a tech and robotics company that helps automate crop harvesting. The company has received £1.5 mln in seed funding, with Regenerate Ventures leading the…

Gobal Focus Softfruit / Stonefruit

Lleida's stone fruit production has been supplied by fewer companies this year

"This year, there will be hardly be any Paraguayo peaches in Europe from late August”

In general, the consumption of certain species of stone and pome fruit has shown a surprisingly downward trend this year, despite the supply levels. In Lleida, one of Spain's…

European economy could make current season even more difficult

Egyptian sweet potato season has become more challenging every year

The Egyptian sweet potato season is currently in full swing, after having started in mid-July. According to Indji El-Shahawy, senior export sales manager for Egyptian produce…

Provides fiscal year 2023 outlook

Lamb Weston reports fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2022 results

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. has announced its fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2022 results and provided its outlook for fiscal 2023. “We finished the year…

Miller calls on Biden to waive fertilizer tariffs

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has issued the following statement: “I am joining the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, and…

Save Foods builds momentum with Mexican lime exporters

Save Foods, Inc., an agri-food tech company specializing in eco crop protection that helps to reduce food waste and ensure food safety while reducing the use of pesticides,…

Julie Petersen, Nature Preserve:

“Carbon footprint calculations don’t have to be a headache or budget killer”

“Carbon footprint calculations don’t have to be a headache or budget killer. We make it simple, affordable and accessible for all growers in the food industry. We help primary…

"How should I react to the new European regulations on South African citrus?"

Unsettling news for South African exporters and European importers: the European Commission has decided to approve new regulations on the cold treatment…

Mpact pleased with improved results for the six-months ended 30 June 2022

Strong local demand and new product sales contribute to improved interim results

Mpact, the largest paper and plastics packaging business and recycler in Africa, reported their interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. Bruce…

Hot, dry conditions affected summer fruit harvest in Poland

It’s been a dry season in Poland this summer, with little rain and temperatures staying above 25°C. Looking at quality and volumes, the strawberry crop’s…

Hapag-Lloyd LIVE: installations for real-time tracking of standard containers starts in August

Back in April, Hapag-Lloyd announced that it would be the first shipping company in the world to outfit all of its standard containers with technology for…

Jon Clark - FGA Farming

“This season we will export around 35% of our UK cherry production to the middle East, Asia and European markets"

As the English cherry season draws to a close the weather has been a vast improvement on last year which saw cold, dull weather “We are very happy about how this season has gone,”…

Intech Worldwide GmbH

Intech Worldwide presents Green-Line container series for the agricultural sector

"We see applications for our collapsible containers everywhere along the supply chain"

Collapsible containers in all appropriate formats - from small to large - are being used more and more frequently in the fruit sector. From the harvest to the point of sale,…

Grand Bernabeu, Sakata's latest piel de sapo melon for late transplants in La Mancha

Nearly 50 exhibitors have participated in this year's Ferimel fair, La Mancha's melon traditional fair, which is held every two years in Membrilla, Ciudad Real. Sakata Seed…

IFPA Southern Africa Conference to continue where PMA's Fresh Connections left off

PMA's Fresh Connections conference and expo are back this year, and although it has a new name, it will still be the same vibrant event as it has been for the…

Production and logistics costs are high, and sales in international markets are slow

Spanish garlic production decreases by 20% due to a lack of calibers

According to ANPCA records, despite having been grown in a similar area, Spain's garlic production was smaller than last year due to the adverse weather…

European Commission

DG agri dashboard - Peaches and Nectarines

Average weighted price for peaches at €165 in week 30 of 2022

The average weighted price for peaches (in € per 100 kgs) stood at €165 in week 30 of 2022, an increase of €32 YoY. It was no less than €65 above the weekly 5-year average. In…

Ballarat region

Potato growers ask McCain Foods for 78% price increase

Potato farmers in the Ballarat region are demanding a higher price for their produce, claiming McCain Foods does not pay a fair price for the tuber. Last…

Edible fruit and vegetable straws replace plastic

Minister of Environment, Say Samal, praised a Cambodian enterprise that makes straws from rice and vegetable matter rather than plastic. The straws are…

Egypt remains the world’s largest orange exporter

Egypt is on track to become an agricultural powerhouse in Africa. In 2021, Egypt exported 5,6 million tons of agricultural goods, compared with 5,1 million…

Sunripe ships first cargo of fresh avocados to China

Sunripe Vertical Agro has shipped off its first batch of fresh avocados to China. It becomes the second company to export fresh avocados to Shanghai where…

EU increases checks on Kenyan fresh produce imports

Europe has lowered the detection threshold for chemical residues and pests on Kenya’s produce. It is a move that will raise the level of checks on exports of…

Lebanese prickly pear production might reach 12,000 tons

Youssef Fayyad, mayor of the southern Lebanese town of Al-Mari, spoke about this year’s successful prickly pear season: “This year’s successful season will…

Peru increases exports of grapes, but reduces avocado and mango shipments

Non-traditional agro-industrial exports from Peru reached US$3,579 million between January and June 2022, a variation of 11.2% and representing 88.6% of the…

International study claims:

‘Starch found in bananas can reduce some cancers by more than half’

A 20-year trial seems to indicate that a starch found in bananas can reduce some cancers by more than half. The international study, which included researchers…

Maersk Costa Rica Express to make first call at DP World Southampton

Maersk’s Costa Rica Express service will make its first call at DP World Southampton this week. The primary import product for the new service is bananas,…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £0.85 per kg

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

Shipping jam negatively affects exports

Global shipping disruption is continuing, with two out of every three ships caught in what some call a 'traffic jam'. Kotahi chief executive David Ross says…

'The Great Avocado Shortage'

War, climate change and troublesome supply chain is driving avocado prices to new heights

Multiple problems, including a hailstorm in Mexico in June and rapidly rising fertilizer prices due to the impact of the war in Ukraine, have decimated avocado…

Cybersecurity threat is escalating up and down the global supply chain

Five years ago, the largest maritime container shipping company in the world was hit with a cyberattack that crippled its booking system, stalled tracking of…

Carbon footprint of importing food could be 7.5x higher than thought

A new study in Nature Food has found that food’s transport emissions, once thought to be a negligibly small proportion of food systems emissions, are much higher than…

Retail

Dreamstime

Blue Apron: Second quarter 2022 results

Lidl US to open its first-ever location in Brooklyn

US: Farmstead stops operating in 4 of its 5 marketsOnline grocer Farmstead has stopped operating in four markets it expanded to over the past two years, according to an email…

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