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Greenhouse Technical Consultant - Quebec, Canada

Glasshouse experienced technicians - Brough, East Yorkshire, UK

Senior Berry Specialist Sales

Commercial Manager Fresh Produce - Rotterdam

Storage, Ripening and Packaging centre Manager, Fruits & Vegetables - The Netherlands

Senior Accountmanager

Key Account Manager | German Speaking | Aldi Süd

International Operations and Research Manager Blueberries

Teelt Planner - Beheerder containersysteem

Operationeel Manager (MT-lid), USA

Tight supplies on Florida carambola due to seasonal transition

Supplies of carambola are transitioning between the summer/fall crop and the winter crop currently. “Supplies are limited. We have slightly better supplies during the…

October 20 and 27, 2021

Haskap berry industry gets together for the first time

Later this month, on October 20 and 27, the Canadian Haskap Association will be organizing its first ever Haskap Symposium. “This event is organized in collaboration with…

Harvest starts on new, super sweet late season California plums

Late-season/super sweet plum production has begun out of California. “We are excited about these plums. They are a real game changer in the stonefruit category,” says Chad…

Manufacturing woes create new headaches for shippers

China-US spot freight rates plunge

Shippers might finally be catching a break, as China-US spot freight rates plunge in the first week of October. With Chinese manufacturers throttling production due to the…

Scott Marboe retires from Starr Ranch Growers

This October marks not only the start of Starr Ranch Growers harvest season but also brings the announcement of the retirement of long-time director of marketing, Scott…

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Greenhouse Technical Consultant - Quebec, Canada

USDA announces more than $146 mln investment in sustainable agricultural research

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research projects aimed at improving a robust,…

Oriental fruit fly detections

California: Parts of South San Jose under state quarantine

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has announced that a portion of South San Jose is under quarantine for the oriental fruit fly. Residents in…

Even busier second day at Fruit Attraction

In Madrid, the Fruit Attraction trade show's second day was even busier than the first. There was a steady flow of visitors, leaving exhibitors very satisfied. The Spanish and…

2021 JerseyFresh photo contest winner announced

Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher announced the winners of the 2021 #JerseyFreshisCOOLER social media photo contest are Matt and Caitlyn Macrie, proud members of the…

Rising fertilizer prices cause global concern

Rising fertilizer prices could affect the next plantings in the United States. At the same time, China's problems with energy costs could also affect the costs…

Special Fruit Attraction 2021

45 Ecuadorian fruit exporting companies present at Fruit Attraction Madrid

Two years after the last appointment, 45 Ecuadorian fruit exporting companies could personally contact their clients in the European market again. Fruit…

All the new varieties of CIV apple exhibited

The President, Pier Filippo Tagliani: “We are looking forward to meeting our partners and customers at Hall 10 Stand C04”. The Business Development Manager,…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Rockitapple.com

China: Rockit sales up 94% during Mid-Autumn Festival

For the Mid-Autumn Festival sales period, sales of Rockit™ apple sales were up 94% in Mainland China. According to Rockit General Manager Global Sales, Mark Pay, it was…

Retail

Dreamstime

Kroger aims to hire 20,000 associates

GrubMarket has completed the monumental acquisition of SGS

Amazon reportedly working on a smart fridge that tracks its contentsIt seems Amazon is adding smart fridges to its extensive product line. According to a new report, Project…

Video Well-known American YouTuber vlogs about the advantages of solar panel covered fruit farming

Matt Ferrell is a popular American YouTuber, with a channel called 'Undecided with Matt Ferrell'. In this vlog, he explains Agri-PV solutions. He frequently mentions the…

Mexico: New wastewater discharge regulations cause concern in agricultural sector

Last month, the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources announced stricter wastewater discharge regulations; releasing the first update of the…

Alleviating effects of 2021 spring frosts, floods and heat waves

EU to extend support for fruit and vegetable sectors

The European Commission will increase support and extend existing measures for the wine, fruit and vegetable sectors after they suffered from spring frosts,…

Price of logistics a challenge, lemon prices could increase slightly

More volumes for Egyptian lemons this season

The Egyptian lemon season is starting and thanks to the weather the Egyptians will have larger volumes available this year. There is a lot of variety when it comes to sizes,…

Egyptian pomegranate season did well in the local market

“We increased our pomegranate production by 15% this year”

The Egyptian pomegranate season is in full swing and demand has been strong in both the international and domestic markets. One exporter takes pride in the fact that the…

Frits Popma, Popma Fruit Expertise, about India’s tentative entry into the banana export market:

“It will take time”

Where are the most bananas grown? Most people would answer Ecuador, the Philippines, Guatemala, or Colombia. These countries are well-known for the large volumes of bananas…

Blue Whale

Cœur de Reine: Partner of the Week of Taste

This year at Fruit Attraction, a new apple variety was presented to visitors: the Cœur de Reine. This new apple will also be a partner of the Week of Taste which will take place from October…

Stephan van Marrewijk (Vicasol) optimistic about the Spanish greenhouse vegetable season:

"We're expecting good things from this new pink beefsteak tomato in Eastern European markets"

The Spanish greenhouse season started off somewhat roughly at Vicasol. "Prices weren't good, especially for the early cucumbers. Many supermarkets will switch to Spanish…

Marcel de Koning, Agribur, Spain:

"This year's Clemenules season will be very short"

The new Spanish citrus season has begun at Agribur. This year, this Spanish citrus producer has invested €5 million in packaging machinery. That is for both citrus without and…

Mateusz Maćkowski, Global Onions, the Netherlands:

“We can supply onion sets to the industry until as late as January or February”

In the Netherlands, Global Onions' Mateusz Maćkowski has no shortage of industry onions. "I think we'll still have onion sets until January or February," he says. "Most…

Lineage Logistics completes acquisition of Kloosterboer Group

Lineage Logistics LLC, a global temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, has completed its acquisition of Kloosterboer Group, a…

KÖLLA GmbH & Co. KG

KÖLLA Ltd & Co.:

More and more in focus: tomato specialties

Specialty and small tomatoes are gaining ground in Europe, Morocco, and Turkey against round and other classic tomato varieties. This trend is also unmistakable in the KÖLLA…

"If you are not changing, you are not improving - and you are remaining stagnant and likely to go backwards"

How staying on top of modern technology adoption hold the keys to future-proofing the fresh produce industry

If a horticulture company is not embracing change on their farms then there is no way that they can improve, and therefore they are just becoming stagnant or risking going…

European Commission

DG agri dashboard - peaches and nectarines

Weekly peach price came in at €123 per 100 kgs in Greece

Peach prices in the EU are at €115 per 100 kgs, which is an €18 increase year-on-year. It is also €34 above the weekly five-year average. In Greece, the weekly price came in at…

Sea-Intelligence

Possible decongestion in late 2022

Global deployed liner capacity: 12.5% now unavailable

Online platform for sharing information & analysis Sea-Intelligence has published a report to estimate the impact that congestion and vessel delays have had on the global…

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