Thursday, October 15, 2020
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Supervisor International Horticultural Projects (USA)

Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Greenhouse Manager - Cleburne (TX) USA

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Audee Rios with Coliman

“Increased demand for organic bananas is great for our business”

US demand for organic bananas has been strong. “Although we haven’t seen the spike in demand that we usually see when kids go back to school, we are witnessing an increase in…

Covid-19 helps continue strong mandarin movement

As Chile’s final arrivals of mandarins are starting to wind down, other parts of Southern Hemisphere citrus growing areas are preparing to ship to North America. Terry Cook of…

High increase in both demand and supply for Peruvian organic ginger this year

This season, the Peruvian organic ginger supplies are seeing a big volume increase to correspond with increasing demand. Inkawald works in the Satipo region of Peru and grow…

PMA Fresh Summit

How the produce industry has proven to be resilient

Resilience. It’s a word you often hear to describe the agriculture industry. The year 2020 has truly given the industry a chance to prove that resiliency. This was discussed…

North America: Tight October supplies on blueberries

Supplies of blueberries in North America are slim right now. “This week and next are possibly tightest of the year,” says Lee Kimball of Somerfield Farms LLC, based out of…

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University of Florida scientists make big stride toward greening-resistant citrus trees

University of Florida scientists achieved a major milestone in their quest to develop a citrus greening-resistant tree by sequencing the genome of a fruit plant that’s a close…

Wonderful® Pistachios

Tony Gonzalez and Kendrick Farris highlight power of plant protein in new campaign

Wonderful® Pistachios launched a new marketing campaign titled “The Next Big Thing” with commercials starring Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez and world-class…

The EU wants to reach a negotiated agreement with the US to suspend tariffs

The executive vice president of the European Commission and Trade Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, stated that the EU was interested in reaching a negotiated…

Opal apples will be back in stores starting week of October 19th

FirstFruits Marketing announced the launch of another Opal apple season. Opals are a naturally non-browning apple with unique flavor and have a distinct…

Apple marketer adds emojis to PLU stickers

School may look different in 2020, but Honeybear is helping make lunch and snack time a little more fun. The grower, packer and developer of premium apples has created custom…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

PMA Fresh Summit

Five trends in consumer habits and how these can increase marketplace success

One of PMA Fresh Summit’s educational sessions focused on consumer behaviors and how they can be used to increase success in the marketplace. This session featured Anne-Marie…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Production starts on SugarBee® club apples

Harvest has started in Washington state on SugarBee® apples. “We’re just picking them and we’ll probably finish about 10 days from now,” says Mac Riggan with Chelan Fresh in…

Retail

ShopRite is rolling out an innovative “Fresh to Table” concept at 3 stores

Acme Markets plans to acquire 27 Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Markets

US: Earth Fare has opened 13 stores in less than 4 monthsOrganic grocer Earth Fare opened its first Charlotte, North Carolina, store last week, the company’s director of…

Research seeks user-friendly field tool to refine sampling, sanitation intervals

Clemson University researchers are working to develop a user-friendly tool that can predict biofilm behavior in stone fruit packinghouses and produce more…

All personnel accounted for after fire at North Okanagan garlic farm

The Enderby Fire Department was called to a structure fire at a garlic farm north of the city toward Grindrod last Sunday. Upon arrival, a tarp-covered…

South Africa: cold winter reduces blueberry crop

An unusually cold winter for South Africa had a particularly acute impact on blueberry orchards in parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga that are not usually associated with low…

Egyptian onions still prospering as India limits onion exports

“Indian ban has led to great demand from Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka”

The Egyptian onion season is still profiting from the Indian export ban on onions. Despite the Indian government allowing two varieties to be exported since the ban was put in…

First semi-closed greenhouse completed in Shanghai in late October

With a permanent population of 24 million, the average daily consumption demand for vegetables in the international metropolis of Shanghai amounts to about 18,000 tons.…

Fresh strawberries grown in Tibet delivered to MT Everest Base Camp

Until quite recently fresh vegetables were virtually unobtainable at any price in Shigatse, a 182,000 km2 prefecture-level city located in the Tsang province of the Tibet…

USDA

China sets new MRLs for 187 pesticides

Op 17 September 2020, China announced 1,673 Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for 187 pesticides. That was to the World Trade Organization as G/SPS/N/CHN/1172. The…

World Citrus Organisation finalises preparations for first edition of its Global Citrus Congress

The World Citrus Organisation (WCO) Secretariat, together with its partner Fruitnet Media International, is finalising preparations for the first edition of…

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Investment in high-tech grading technology set to pay-off for a Queensland mango company

For the past few months, a Queensland mango grower has been installing state of the art grading technology, which will hopefully significantly improve productivity and fruit…

CMA CGM Jacques Saade had the honors

New world record set for the number of full containers loaded on a single vessel

CMA CGM Jacques Saade , the world’s first LNG-powered containership with a capacity of 23,000 containers (twenty-foot equivalent units), has set a world record…

Embrapa presents BRS Tainá, a new variety of Brazilian table grape

Embrapa Semiarido, Embrapa's research center in Petrolina, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, will present the new BRS Tainá table grape variety. This is…

Weekly Argentinian blueberry arrivals - 2020 / 2021

Argentina continues focus on preserving blueberry quality

ABC provides ongoing information on estimated volumes broken out by week, arrival date and market. During the season, from September to December, Weekly Crop Reports are…

Gerold Wilms, bekuplast LLC:

"Our pre-sprouting crates allow a uniform and stable sprouting pattern of the potatoes"

With regard to potatoes, pre-germination is crucial for good growth. Pre-sprouting enables growers to achieve higher yields and start harvesting up to 6-8 weeks before…

Gaus-Lüttje focuses on year-round supply of regional sweet potatoes

"We are now offering Beauregard and Covington from our own fields for the first time"

Last weekend the last lots of this year's sweet potato harvest were brought in from the fields of Gaus-Lütje. For the company from Lower Saxony, the third marketing year of…

Juan Bautista Juan, of Frutas Tono:

"The citrus campaign has not started with the expected prices and demand"

This year, the Spanish citrus production is recovering, following last year's low harvest. After a good summer campaign with growth in citrus consumption in the southern…

Thysia webinar about data management

Getting a grip on master data in the fruit and vegetable sector

“Retailers wishes are getting more specific. The amount of data in food and fruit and vegetable companies is rising fast too. You want to efficiently and flawlessly meet not…

Yamato Scale launches its most advanced X-ray inspection machine

Yamato Scale Dataweigh, a leading global manufacturer of product inspection equipment, has unveiled its most advanced X-ray inspection machine to help food producers detect…

Bart Nemegheer, De Aardappelhoeve

“About 70% of Belgian potatoes still in the ground”

In Belgium, about 70% of potatoes still have to be grubbed. That country experienced a long dry period followed by a very wet one. So, farmers couldn't start harvesting. "The…

McCain Foods breaks ground for expansion of Lelystad factory

McCain Foods broke the first ground on Monday for the expansion of their factory in Lelystad. This involves an investment of 65 million euros that will increase the production…

International magazine FreshPlaza / Primeur will be sent to 3,000 Spanish fruit and vegetable companies this month

Although there will be no physical Fruit Attraction in Madrid this year, FreshPlaza and Primeur have jointly published an international, 100-page magazine in English and…

Excellent debut for the Salentine sweet potato

Patazù, the sweet potato with an extraordinary organoleptic profile and health benefits

"We grow and market a potato different from any other, not only because it belongs to a different vegetable family - the Convolvulaceae and not the Solanaceae - but also for…

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Healthy or sick? The tomato knows what to do

Lycopene is one of the best-known ingredients of tomatoes and a lot of research has already been done into the health effects of this nutrient. Hidde van Steenwijk, researcher…

'The all-new Ribbon Printer speeds up to 1000mm/s'

The Ribbon Printer is a heavy duty industrial solution, developed in cooperation with Videojet and works seamlessly with the Baxmatic, Propak Rollstockbagger and various ERP…

Russian scientists discover that melons can ripen in the Arctic

Scientific Secretary Yulia Ukhatova from the Vavilov Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources reports that the Institute’s researches have managed to grow…

Growing vegetables in salt water could address world food situation

Experts say food production needs to increase by 70 per cent in the next 30 years to feed a world population expected to reach 9 billion people. Unfortunately,…

Cool Logistics

Rethinking cold chain nodes & modes to market

On Thursday, the final day of Cool Logistics 2020, the first speaker on the topic 'Rethinking cold chain nodes & modes to market' was a well known face at the conference:…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 09-10-2020)

Week 41 Hass avocado shipments from Peru to Europe at 348,000 cartons

In the first week of October 2020, the supply of Hass avocados to the EU from Mexico stood at 414,000 4-kg cartons. Week 41 avocado shipments from Peru to Europe: 348,000 cartons…

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