Challenging South Africa citrus season into the U.S. is expected to finish on a high note

South Africa's citrus season into the US started off well but was impacted by heavy rainfall, causing some disruptions in the supply chain. Certain…

Better cranberry crop for Quebec for 2024

The supply of cranberries for the fresh market is good this season. The Cranberry Network is sourcing its fresh cranberries from Quebec and Wisconsin…

Challenges and opportunities in Mexico’s hard squash season

The hard squash season in Mexico–which features varieties like butternut, spaghetti, acorn, delicata, and kabocha squash–has encountered some…

Pricing volatility more than 70 percent across fresh produce industry

ProducePay has released its inaugural Fresh Produce Industry Volatility Report. The report provides an analysis of the key factors driving volatility…

Argentina takes a step in the race to obtain the earliest cherry in the southern hemisphere

Dr. Viviana Curzel, a researcher and technician specializing in stone fruit with low chill hour requirements (CIF Jujuy-FCA UNJu), and Oscar Machuca, a…

Sprouts Farmers Market expands partnership with IFCO, driving sustainability through reusable packaging

Sprouts Farmers Market expands partnership with IFCO, driving sustainability through reusable packaging. Significant advancements have been made in the…

Reflecting on a big berry year

The year 2024 was a big year for Berry Fresh, with a highly successful Sweet Karoline® blackberry season kicking off the year, an increased brand presence in media, on social…

New organic banana program launches

Kapi Kapi Growers, a grower-shipper of sustainably grown pineapples, bananas, and plantains, introduces organic bananas to its product portfolio.…

Potato sustainable packaging design wins first place in Student Design Challenge

Fresh Solutions Network® announced that a sustainable packaging design for SPUDS less-than-perfect potatoes was awarded first place in the nationwide…

It registered 117,370 visitors from 145 countries

Fruit Attraction 2024 achieves record figures with a 13% increase in trade visitors

Fruit Attraction closed its 16th edition on 10 October with an all-time high in participation levels. A total of 117,370 professionals from 145…

Specialty crop farms have highest labor cost as portion of total cash expenses

A farm's reliance on labor varies by commodity specialization. On average, labor costs (including contract labor, hired labor, and worker benefits, such as…

USDA provides compensation to farmers affected by Hurricane Helene

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced additional assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help producers impacted by Hurricane…

New director of business development for Calavo Growers

Calavo Growers has appointed Anna Kirsch as director of business development. In this newly created role, Kirsch will spearhead the company's strategic…

Determining the authenticity of the Antigua Black pineapple

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has initiated a project to authenticate the Antigua Black pineapple, according to Craig…

Hurricanes impact US and Mexico agriculture, disrupting food supply chain

Hurricanes have the potential to disrupt agricultural sectors, impacting both the US and Mexico. In regions affected by hurricanes, the destruction of crops,…

Church Brothers brings on new vice president of retail sales

Church Brothers Farms announced that Tracy Carranza has joined the company as vice president of retail sales. With more than a decade of experience in…

STI and Frutas de Chile prepare for the next cherry export season

San Antonio International Terminal (STI) and Frutas de Chile have begun coordinating the cherry export season, an outstanding Chilean product mainly destined…

Chilean cherries arrive in Shanghai, marking the season's start

The initial consignment of Chilean cherries for the new season has been received in Shanghai, indicating the commencement of arrivals across various Chinese…

Expanding AI technology enhances fresh produce supply chain in Mexico

DiMuto announced the strategic expansion of its operations in Mexico, gaining traction in the fresh strawberries and dry vegetables sector. Partnering with…

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Texas park faces prickly pear cacti vandalism

Wildlife officials at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas, are urging visitors to stop carving shapes into the park's prickly pear cacti.…

Israel's Medjool dates harvest well underway

Israel's Medjool dates harvest is well underway with the peak picking that has been completed. The date season started 10 days earlier than last year,…

Laura López Salazar, General Manager, Procomer (Costa Rica)

"Costa Rica's exports are expected to increase by 9 to 11% by the end of this year"

The Costa Rican delegation, led by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Agency (Procomer), which is made up of 30 companies from the agricultural…

Dion van Vliet, Yex:

"Significantly less passion fruit from Colombia this year"

There is a substantially lower volume of passion fruit coming out of Colombia this year than in the past. "Prices have been high for months, well above…

Miguel Barber, from Pomelos MBC:

"I can't remember a start to the Spanish grapefruit season as good as this one"

The Spanish grapefruit season is already underway. It has started almost two weeks earlier than usual and with the prospect of an increase in the…

The 2024/25 orange season starts in the EU with a significant drop in imports from third countries

On the eve of the new Spanish orange season, which will begin in Andalusia in a few days, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food has…

Liliana García, director of ProColombia in Spain, Portugal and Italy

"We are helping Colombian exporters comply with the requirements of the European Green Deal"

During the first half of 2024, the value of Colombia's agro-food exports increased by 8.1%, from USD 5.131 billion in 2023 to USD 5.547 billion in…

Jovann Somers – Roslé Boerdery

After cold slashing early blueberries, market impatient for later South African crop

"We're talking of the coldest temperatures the Loskop Valley has seen over the past 27 years," says Jovann Somers, Roslé Boerdery's blueberry…

Later start to Northern Territory mango season but production is ramping up

It's a later than usual start to the Australian mango season, but the industry is still expecting good levels in production and good quality throughout…

Antreas Litras, owner of Litras Fresh:

"This is the first time in 40 years with such a low fig crop"

The fig harvest in Greece is progressing at a considerably slow pace during the second week of October. The extreme heat of the last summer caused…

Good export flow for Santa Maria and Kosia; zero exports for Krystalli

Τhe various Greek pear varieties are facing a totally different market situation at the moment, according to the president of the Greek fruit exporter…

"Almost 20 per cent of our kiwi plant production is yellow and red varieties"

Greek kiwi cultivation is slowly shifting from only green kiwi varieties, towards yellow and red kiwi varieties, which make up 20 per cent of the…

The Egyptian carrot season starts soon

The Egyptian carrot season begins in a few days. Volumes and demand are growing, and the season will be decisive for the recent industry in Egypt,…

Citrus Management Committee

"South Africa has an annual average of 37 CBS rejections since 2021"

With the 7 rejections due to black spot (Phyllosticta citricarpa or CBS) recorded in European ports last September, the year's total number of…

Roadshow and outdoor campaign kick-off Migo pear's new season in Germany

In order to inform consumers that the new harvest has arrived in Germany, Migo® carried out street samplings and an outdoor campaign in a number of…

Philippines seizes P3.5 million worth of smuggled onions from China amid import ban

The continued collaboration of the Bureau of Plant Industry and the Bureau of Customs led to the seizure of a 40-foot container van filled with fresh yellow…

EU calculated orange prices came in at €73 per 100 kg in September 2024

EU calculated orange prices came in at €73.18 per 100 kg in September 2024, down 9.24% from the month before. In Greece, the prices came out at €71.04 per 100 kg,…

Seeka lifts forecast for full year earnings guidance

Seeka Limited [NZX:SEK] advises that it has lifted its forecast full year earnings guidance at a profit before tax level from between $17.0m and $21.0m…

Nigeria tackles ginger blight with N1.6bn intervention

The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated N1.6bn towards an intervention fund aimed at combating ginger blight, a disease impacting one of the country's…

Nature’s Pride activates the fresh produce value chain for responsible water use

Creating an efficient, fair, and sustainable value chain is a challenge for many sectors, including the fruits and vegetables sector. For Nature's…

New Zealand's journey to developing RubyRed kiwifruit

In 2022, Zespri introduced RubyRed kiwifruit, marking the culmination of extensive research and development efforts in the outskirts of Te Puke, New Zealand.…

Aotearoa leads in marking World Fruit & Vegetable Day

Aotearoa New Zealand is set to be the inaugural nation to observe World Fruit & Vegetable Day on October 18, aligning with the global theme of fostering a…