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Strong supplies of avocados expected until the end of the year

Currently, inventories of avocados are slightly elevated with multiple countries of origin supplying the popular fruit. Peru: Raina Nelson, president/CEO of Westfalia Fruit Marketing USA…

Climate issues particularly concerning to wild blueberry growers

It’s a tale of two levels of supply. That’s the story of how supplies of wild blueberries look going into the 2022-2023 season. “We’re going into this new crop on conventional…

Naturipe Farms expands with frozen line

Naturipe, a global producer of fresh berries, introduces a new line of frozen fruit products available on October 17th in select retailers across the mid and northeast. The…

Rapid decline in spot rates

Excessive ocean carrier profits expected to come down

SHIFEX, a forwarder-driven container spot freight rate index, recorded the lowest freight rate in 24 months between Shanghai and Los Angeles. The index shows a rate of…

Sales and marketing produce companies merge

WYCO Produce, established in 2010 as a sales and marketing company for international and domestic growers of fresh produce commodities has formed a merger with…

Volume pressure sharpens as produce inflation climbs in August

“Inflation has been accelerating since early fall 2021, drought conditions are severe, consumer confidence is low and grocery patterns are switching very…

Elnio Durán, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland:

"We hope the world will understand that it is impossible to keep banana prices at the same level in this situation of rising costs"

Inflation has become a major global concern. The supply chain has been under pressure due to the successive exceptional events of the last two and a half years, and this has…

Due to climate change, water scarcity and pests

US might be heading for a ketchup crisis

Americans consume upward of 30 pounds of tomatoes a year, three-quarters of that in processed form. While the commercially produced fresh fruit varieties are mostly grown in…

'The peach king of the US'

Didar Singh Bains has passed away at the age of 83

Didar Singh Bains, known as the peach king of California, has passed away at the age of 83. Bains was born in 1939 in the Nangal Khurd village in Punjab's…

Colorado onion grower Jerry Hines passes away at age 82

Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 12, in Delta, CO, for longtime onion grower Jerry Hines, who passed away Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Hope West Hospice in…

Special Avocados

Mexican avocados kicks off with fall marketing program

To celebrate National Guacamole Day (September 16) and National Taco Day (October 4), Avocados from Mexico (AFM) is kicking off fall by inviting shoppers to celebrate with its…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Two-year study by Boise State University and University of Idaho

Wildfire Smoke’s Influence on potato crops under study

A two-year study by Boise State University and University of Idaho probes how wildfire smoke affects potato crops and seeks to identify smoke-resilient potato varieties.…

Retail

Dreamstime

Total U.S. online grocery sales dipped less than 1% in August versus last year

Walmart Canada stores across the country are getting an automated AI-assist

US: Food Lion Feeds Apple Bag campaign to help provide at least 1mln meals to families in needIn partnership with customers, Food Lion will help provide at least 1mln meals to…

Fall Creek Nursery increases presence in Chile

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc., an international blueberry breeding and nursery company is increasing its commitment to the Chilean blueberry industry with the development of…

Initial 2021-22 California Navel orange forecast at 70.0 million cartons

The initial 2021-22 California Navel orange forecast is 70.0 million cartons, down 14% from the previous year. Of the total Navel orange forecast, 67.0 million cartons are…

Chopped salad line kit gets three new flavors

Dole Food Company, Inc. is expanding its DOLE® Chopped! Salad Kit line with three new flavors this fall that showcase the latest global and regional flavor trends. DOLE…

SAMBAZON expands its Ready-To-Eat Bowls Line with two new tropical flavors

SAMBAZON, the prominent supplier of certified fair trade and organic Açaí, has announced the addition of two new flavors - Dragon Fruit Smoothie Bowl and Mango…

Shipping lines & container owners have trouble returning boxes to China

Shipping lines and container owners in North America (majorly in the US) are finding it difficult to return containers to China. The US is also facing major…

US food supply chains struggle to get back into shape

Although the food system in the US is largely a domestic affair, it’s not completely separate from events happening in the rest of the world. International trade accounts for…

Market and Crop Update for September 15, 2022

Shipping out of California and Washington: “Demand is steady, medium yellow onions still a short item”

MARKETOrganic Onions:Brad Sumner with Pacific Coast Trading Co. in Portland, OR, said on Sept. 14 that his company is shipping out of California and Washington…

US government drafts contingency plans for rail shutdown

Yesterday, President Biden's administration made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the US rail…

Citrus yellow vein clearing virus looms over US citrus industry

Earlier this year, citrus yellow vein clearing virus was detected in a residential tree in Tulare, a town of nearly 70,000 tucked between Fresno and…

"At the heart of the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is a reliable supplier close to Europe"

Growers and exporters from the small island nation of the Dominican Republic, describing their home as ‘The heart of the Caribbean’, say they can provide some of the freshest…

Save Foods continues track record of converting pilot participants into paying customers

Save Foods announces new sales with Mexican lime packers

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…

Australia's first forum held to assist the fresh produce industry grow with phytosanitary irradiation

More than 150 people attended Australia's first phytosanitary irradiation forum in Melbourne today, with the aim of ensuring that the treatment continues to be developed…

“Far East always has more demand for pomegranates than Europe”

Volumes for Egyptian pomegranates are increasing every season, as production is rising. In the long term, it could lead to more demand for the product, as more volumes should…

Janó Bezuidenhout – Potatoes South Africa

South African potatoes: full market, but slower sales than before

The handover from central to northern production areas over late winter and early spring is a major period of transition within the South African potato season, and often…

Kenya seeks to increase exports via pact with United Arab Emirates

A new trade deal being negotiated with the United Arab Emirates is expected to open this market to Kenya's coconuts and potatoes, among other agricultural…

Zimbabwe: Macadamia growers claim middlemen are ‘ripping them off’

Zimbabwean macadamia nut producers claim to have suffered heavy losses in the last marketing season due to poor prices paid by the middlemen. Because of too…

Novelties include an exhibition for plant nurseries and innovations

Macfrut invests 1.5 million to bring 1,000 foreign buyers

"Thanks to ICE, the Italian Institute for International Trade, we will triple the investment to attract foreign buyers from all over the world to the fair. The planned budget…

Israel ready to face Europe’s challenging potato season

The upcoming European winter will be one of the most uncertain periods for the potato industry with great uncertainty over what local volumes will be available and how much…

Second part of Moldova special: apple and cherry company, SV Fruct

"For the first time ever, our company is turning its gaze on the EU market"

For the second part of our Moldova special, we visited the family business, SV Fruct. No fewer than four sons support the family patriarch in the daily running of the company.…

Report: Monthly imports of oranges to the EU

Total EU citrus imports saw a decline in H1 2022

According to the latest report of the Enhanced Monitoring of citrus imports by the EU, total imports of citrus in the EU have seen a year-on-year decline in the first half of…

Interko to explore ripening opportunities at ExpoAlimentaria Peru

Interko, the global leader for the design, manufacture and installation of state-of-the-art fresh fruit ripening rooms, will attend ExpoAlimentaria Peru for the first time on…

Sea Intelligence

Carrier EBIT in Q2 2022 at USD 41.6 billion

In terms of EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Tax), the major shipping lines recorded a combined EBIT of USD 41.6bn, and this is discounting CMA CGM who have only issued a…

Offering your children vegetables at breakfast can help them live healthier

Consuming vegetables is important for the health and development of children. Several economically-developed countries have implemented public health…

Yang Ming Marine Transport chairman Cheng Cheng-mount:

"Market will not return to its pre-pandemic troubles"

At an investment seminar organized by the Taiwan Stock Exchange on 12 September, Yang Ming Marine Transport chairman Cheng Cheng-mount claimed that the ongoing…

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