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GLOBAL OVERVIEW BANANAS

The global banana market, which was already facing additional stress on margins due to the high costs of transport and raw materials plaguing many industries, now faces…

Greater supplies of Chilean grapes coming on

For the first time since the start of the Chilean grape season, there is an ample supply of grapes are on the U.S. market. So says Mark Greenberg of Capespan North America in…

Clearer Brazilian weather brings about bigger, better limes

As weather conditions improve, quality continues to get better on Brazilian limes. “The situation was really unstable with supplies until last month. We recently had two to three…

Avocado shipper introduces “Experience the Difference” campaign

Mission Produce Inc. has launched its “Experience the Difference” campaign, a year-long initiative to showcase the key advantages customers can experience with Mission through…

California Fresh Fruit Association president speaks out about inflation

The California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) president Ian LeMay recently penned an op-ed highlighting the impacts of inflation on the state’s agriculture and…

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Hillsborough County, Florida

Plant City: The winter strawberry capital of the world

Plant City was once known for producing lumber, cotton, citrus and cattle. However, that was before the big freeze of the late 1800s. Jennifer Morgan, public…

Why people are drinking mushrooms

Perhaps you’ve heard an advertisement on one of your favorite podcasts, or seen an influencer on Instagram sipping their morning mushroom coffee. Whether it’s a fleeting trend…

“A Taste of Luck” apple campaign launches for St. Patrick’s Day

FirstFruits Farms has launched its “A Taste of Luck” campaign to coincide with the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday on March 17. With promotable volumes of high-quality…

Dole’s multi-country run raises $10K for Honduran charities

On February 21, Standard Fruit de Honduras, a subsidiary of Dole Food Company, and Dole teammates in Honduras, Guatemala, United States and Italy joined up for the 4th annual…

Exports are expected to reach more than 500 tonnes this quarter

Wuming Wo Citrus is exported to Canada again

On March 2, 2022, a Departure Ceremony was held at the Mingming Orchard Headquarters to celebrate the export of Wuming Wo Citrus to Canada. This is the second…

Special Fruit Logistica

Juliet, Jean-Noël Carles:

"A Juliet apple tree to be won every day on our stand"

After a premature end in 2020 and a cancellation in 2021, the International Agricultural Show is back this year to the delight of visitors. This new edition of the show, which…

Global Focus Australia / New Zealand

Chris Kay - New Zealand Frost Fans

"The severe spring frost events last year really spurred growers to look at our technology"

As global weather patterns become more unpredictable and growers experience extreme weather conditions, they are investing in solutions to protect high value crops. Frost can…

Retail

Dreamstime

BJ’s President and CEO: “2021 has been the best year in our history”

Kroger: 4th quarter and full-year 2021 results

US Foods further reduces the carbon footprint of its fleetUS Foods Holding Corp. announced additional sustainability initiatives that support the company’s ongoing commitment…

Kiremko BV

Kiremko receives steam peeling patent by the US Patent Office

Dutch company Kiremko BV is proud to announce the issuance by the US Patent Office of a patent that covers the company’s system for steam peeling of products having a skin.…

Logjam expected to last into 2023

Slow progress for California port's woes

California ports remain a critical logjam for products shipped in or out of the US. However, fresh fruit, including California citrus products, is managing to…

USDA

USDA funding to protect Texas citrus

A significant portion of the $3 million the USDA is allocating to Texas for pest detection, surveillance, identification and threat mitigation is aimed at the…

Peru establishes the phytosanitary requirements to import in vitro banana plants from Mexico

Peru's Directorial Resolution No. 0003-2022-MIDAGRI-SENASA-DSV establishes the phytosanitary requirements of mandatory compliance for the import of in vitro…

Concern in Ecuador's banana sector over the new setback in the global supply chain

The global supply chain, already congested by the pandemic crisis, has now been affected by the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine and the escalation of…

George Souza: "Impossible to receive money from Russia"

Brazilian fruit destined for Russia diverted to other markets

The Brazilian fresh fruit sector has halted shipping to Russia following global sanctions imposed on that country for invading Ukraine. Brazilian fruit destined for Russia is…

Colombian avocado producers plan to increase their exports to the US by up to 50% by 2024

Colombia exported 2,376 tons of avocado to the US market last year and in 2022 it aims to increase this volume by 30% by focusing on the product's quality and…

"This is the beginning of an investment attraction project that will allow us to have 2,000 productive hectares"

Mendoza's cherry sector seeks to triple the production area in this Argentine province

The Ministry of Economy of Mendoza, through the Undersecretariats of Industry and Commerce and Agriculture and Livestock, together with the Institute of Rural…

Embrapa Cassava and Fruticultura research:

New method detects pineapple virus faster

Scientists from Embrapa Cassava and Fruticultura (BA) have developed a method capable of detecting the virus complex that causes pineapple wilt more quickly…

Garlic is unloaded in European ports and buyers are urgently needed

Many shipping companies suddenly halt services between China and Russia

"We are planning to unload the Chinese garlic and ginger destined for Saint Petersburg at European ports instead. One of our containers with garlic is stuck in Piraeus in…

Karnataka grape yield down by 50% due to non-stop rains

Hit by the pandemic and last year’s incessant rains, grape output in Karnataka has dropped by 50%. According to the officials of Hopcoms, a prolonged wet…

Malcolm Deacon – Gold Tree Farms

Every year the Lowveld gold kiwi crop gains in mass

The gold kiwi harvest at Gold Tree Farms ended last week in White River, Mpumalanga, with two containers due to be shipped to France this week, says Malcolm Deacon, managing…

Wayne Mudge – Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum

Attempt to scan all Russian transshipment containers creates giant bottleneck in Rotterdam

“There are a lot of exporters who are in a big pickle right now,” says Wayne Mudge, chairperson of the Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum that represents the vast majority of…

South African fruit exporter Delecta Fruit launches with LogisticDocuments.com

"All information about shipping available in real time for all parties"

With all the logistical challenges facing the trade, South African fruit exporter Delecta Fruit needed a central point in its IT landscape, where all the relevant information…

Strong demand at start of Egyptian garlic season

The Egyptian garlic season is getting into full swing, says Mai Yassin, export manager at Stars of Export. “For the last two months it’s been cold here, as the garlic season…

Flow-on impacts of eastern flood crisis having an effect on fresh produce quality

Major Melbourne fruit and vegetable retailer Alexanders Fruit Market has noticed inconsistencies between fruit and vegetable produce quality and price, following the flooding…

A conversation with Alessandro Dal Bello of Sife

The global scenario is affecting the banana market

"There is a potential for a shake-up in the global banana market in the coming weeks," said Alessandro Dal Bello of the Sife company in Padua, Italy, referring to the current…

War in Ukraine makes apple export to Kazakhstan or Mongolia ‘almost impossible’

The war in Ukraine has had big consequences for Poland as a country. 100,000 war refugees are crossing the Polish border every day, while Ukrainian male employees in Poland…

MiFood Robot supplies its customizable harvesting robots to farms around the world

“An average farm in Western Europe has ROI in 18 months after investing in our robots”

Technology has always been present in agriculture, one of the sectors that is at the forefront of research and innovation. Its development to date has gone hand in hand with…

New nut concept 'We Nut Butter' makes its way into German food retailers

"Great margins for food retailers, interactive shopping experience for consumers"

Under the name 'We Nut Butter', the high-performance nut cream mill called WB02 is now making its way into German food retailers. Developed and produced entirely in the…

Ulrich Pollmann

Complete sequencing of genetic material facilitates the breeding of new varieties

Potato genome decoded

More than 20 years after the first release of the human genome, scientists at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding…

Winter Leafy Days 2022:

"Making the difference, also in leafy crops"

"Last week, the Winter Leafy Days 2022 concluded successfully. During these two weeks, Enza Zaden held more than 50 customized meetings in their demo field located in El…

Wageningen University & Research publishes whitepaper on developments in NIR applications

Wageningen University & Research has published a new whitepaper on the latest developments in NIR applications. This technology makes it possible to map the…

Ukraine crisis threatens new problems

Turkey: Inflation hits 54.4%

Consumer prices rose 4.8% in Turkey in February, bringing annual inflation to a two-decade high of 54.4%. Furthermore, the economic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens…