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Dan Davis with Starr Ranch comments on increased growing costs

“Retailers need to get used to selling cherries for at least $2.99/lb”

Washington’s cherry season is here. “We have some minor oddball varieties that are being picked now already, but harvest of larger volumes will start this Friday, June 4,”…

Coachella grapes see later start in California deal

As with many California commodities, grapes out of Coachella, CA also got a later start this season. “Coachella has been relatively cool which might be contributing to…

Omar Diaz - Westfalia Fruit Peru

“The season has been good and developed as we had forecast”

Up to week 19, the second week of May, Peru had exported approximately 28% of the total volume of Hass avocado projected for the 2021 season. On the north coast there has been…

New banana crates offer additional benefits for transportation of bananas

The new Banana Lift Lock improves sustainability across the entire supply chain, increases efficiency through its compatibility with other IFCO RPCs and offers an innovative…

Gulftech International acquires biotech company

Gulftech International™ and Verdant Technologies™ announce a definitive agreement in which Gulftech will acquire Verdant. The transaction, expected to close…

Registration opens for PMA’s Global Retail Week

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has opened registration and announced the schedule for Global Retail Week, a week of sessions focusing on the latest in…

Growth of CEA and its impact on organic fresh produce

OPS 2021 first education session announcement

An examination and discussion of the burgeoning growth of indoor grown fresh produce, and its impact on organically grown fruits and vegetables will be the topic of the first…

Six months after region was rocked by back-to-back hurricanes

Dole and employees give to restore and rebuild devastated Central America

On November 3, 2020 Hurricane Eta made landfall in Central America as a powerful Category 4 storm. Just two weeks later Hurricane Iota, a Category 5 storm followed nearly the…

Pure Flavor® Cloud 9® tomatoes receive coveted ChefsBest® Excellence Award

Pure Flavor®’s Cloud 9® Bite-Sized Fruity Tomatoes have been awarded the coveted ChefsBest® Excellence Award. A panel of certified Master Tasters® comprised of independent,…

Robin Welsh, Halls, the Netherlands:

"It's very noticeable that fruit and vegetable trade-savvy people designed LogisticDocuments.com"

Robin Welsh is an operations manager at Halls Operations. He saw the introduction of the LogisticDocuments.com portal. And it quickly caught his attention. Halls is a South…

Special Mediterranean

Cold and rainy weather in Europe leads to lower demand

Bottom prices for Turkish watermelons

The Turkish watermelons have been in season for a while now, but according to Coskun Eren, marketing manager for Turkish fruit exporter Eren, the demand is not what it was…

Global Focus Cooling and Logistics

Closure of one of world's busiest ports may further drive up export prices

A Bloomberg report says the Yantian Port in Shenzhen, one of the busiest ports in the world, may experience delays. This is following a local Covid outbreak which led the port…

Retail

Walmart increasing store hours after pandemic cuts

Instacart wants to replace its army of gig shoppers with robots

PCC Community Markets Introduces Self-Check KiosksThe cash-free kiosks that PCC Community Markets is installing at all of its stores will accept all forms of contactless…

Minnesota-based greenhouse lettuce producer plants roots in Temple, Texas

Revol Greens, a Minnesota-based producer of greenhouse lettuce, has plans to locate a new a manufacturing operation in Temple, Texas. Pending final negotiations with Bell…

Kimberly A. Howard joins Kwik Lok as chief financial officer

Kimberly A. Howard, CPA, has joined Kwik Lok Corporation as chief financial officer (CFO). Howard succeeds Jeff Buege as Kwik Lok’s CFO. Buege will stay on…

British Columbia ‘moving very cautiously’ on farm workers’ minimum wages'

As British Columbia’s minimum wages rise to the highest of any Canadian province -$15.20 an hour effective June 1- the Labor Ministry is continuing to study…

California: Growers hit by drought are changing planting plans

Farmers across California say they expect to receive little water from state and federal agencies that regulate the state's reservoirs and canals, leading many…

Research on the future of California’s citrus industry

Citrus growers’ confidence in being able to control HLB is increasing

According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, California accounted for 52 percent of citrus production throughout the US and 63 percent of…

Seven apple varieties previously thought lost have been rediscovered

In the eastern part of Washington state, seven apple varieties previously believed to be lost or extinct have been rediscovered. Several were found on land…

US growers advised to keep current with MRLs for exports

The United States and other countries set maximum residue limits on fresh produce for various chemicals, including pesticides that might be used before or…

Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission evaluates strongest WSU apple breeding program contenders

Blush apples from Phase 3 of the Washington State University apple breeding program proceed through a commercial packing line among Granny Smith apples prior…

Sport Spuds

Organic ‘Sport Spuds’ might be game-changer for athletes

Atlanta is now home to Sport Spuds™; a new business founded by endurance athlete, entrepreneur and professional violinist Alison James. Emphasizing the “power of the potato,”…

”Electronic phytosanitary certification is still at the beginning”

SHAFFE, the Southern Hemisphere Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters together with Freshfel Europe and the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, has held two webinars on the…

Blueberries and gold: power couple shows way forward for African mining

By next month the establishment of a first phase of 98,000 blueberry plants on land provided by a mining company will be completed, and by next year the first crop of…

Perfection Fresh

"We think that we can grow the banana category by bringing new varieties"

A major Australian fresh produce company says it has big plans for its most recent products, including the intention of taking their new banana brands internationally.…

Plastic prohibition forces packaging reform

Production volume of Chinese honey pomelo is expected to decline by 15%-20%

The new production season of Chinese honey pomelo proceeds as usual. Poor weather conditions earlier in the season will have an impact on the production volume this year. The…

Robert Helder, Hoekman Houtindustrie, the Netherlands

“No end in sight for rising timber prices"

Timber prices have more than doubled in recent months. It's also not clear when those prices will stabilize. It's not only wood prices that are skyrocketing. So are those for…

“Blueberries weren’t affected much by the frost”

Other soft fruits from Poland could see lower volumes this year.Most of the soft fruit in Poland will start over the course of the next two months. The frosts in the spring…

Early peach and nectarine harvest kicks off in Lleida

Bad weather slows stone fruit demand, but keeps apple and pear demand high

The earliest peach and nectarine harvests are starting in Lleida, where the production is expected to be one of the lowest in the last 30 years due to the impact of frost.…

Prices slightly higher now, but expected to drop

“Turkish Cherries are on the way to Europe”

The Turkish cherry season has begun and one Polish company is moving the Turkish stone fruit throughout European markets. Demand is been stable so far, but prices have been on…

Colombia exported 24.3 million boxes of bananas during the first quarter of the year

In the first quarter of the year, Colombia exported 486,816 tons of bananas, equivalent to 24.3 million boxes. In January, the country exported 157,519 tons of…

Costa Rica

A report uncovers the MAG's apparent neglect in investigating complaints about organic pineapples

A report recently issued by the Ombudsman's Office accuses the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica (MAG) and its dependency, the State…

China was the main export market for the second consecutive year

Positive balance for Argentina's cherry season

Argentina's cherry season was positive, despite all the challenges it faced in this unusual year, as the country's cherry export volume grew by 8.5% over the…

70% drop in Venezuela's banana production

In an interview with Unión Radio, the director of Citizenship in Action, Edison Arciniega, stated that Venezuela's agricultural activity had declined because…

‘Mango in a Lambo’ service is back in Dubai

The long wait for Pakistani mangoes is over as the fruit is now again available in Dubai and Sharjah. Moreover, if you order three mango boxes at a store in Dubai, you get to…

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