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Territory Manager International agriculture manufacturing, distribution network through South America

Sales Representative | Seed | Germany

Sales Agronomist - Perth, Western Australia

Kierownik Działu Produkcji

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Business Development Manager Fresh Food Products Germany

Experienced Tomato Grower, North America

Senior Commercial Manager Spain

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Exports Sales Manager - West Greece

Photo report of trade show included

Video CPMA’s Montreal event breaks attendance record

From April 5 – 7, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) organized its 96th convention and trade show. This year, the event took place in Montreal, Quebec. For the…

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Territory Manager International agriculture manufacturing, distribution network through South America

GLOBAL OVERVIEW FRUIT LOGISTICA

This week, from Tuesday April 5 to Thursday 7 April, Fruit Logistica was held once again in Berlin. Back again after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fresh produce…

Easter demand for sweet potatoes growing annually

California sweet potatoes are in high demand as retailers prepare their shelves for the Easter rush. “This Easter we are seeing sweet potato sales increase with the seasonal…

Dutch company supplies top seal line feeder to Canadian Nature Fresh

"Our lines may be slightly slower, but are much more accurate”

In early March, Koppert Machines shipped a snack tomato top seal line feeder from the Netherlands, where the company is based, to Nature Fresh. Nature Fresh is a major tomato,…

Video PHOTO REPORT Fruit Logistica 2022

After two years and two months the fresh produce industry headed for Berlin for Fruit Logistica.The event got off to a subdued start on Tuesday but numbers started to build…

Government of Canada invests in market expansion opportunities for Canada's mushroom sector

Canada is a large producer of mushrooms and the sector plays an important role in the economy. The Government of Canada is helping the industry continue to…

Dole goes bananas for its "Healthier by Dole" series in April

Dole Food Company is devoting its “Healthier by Dole” alternative recipe series in April to bananas in honor of the iconic yellow fruit’s position at the…

Successful table grape protection trials in California

Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces a collaboration with Bakersfield, CA-based Anthony Vineyards, Inc., a family owned table grape grower/packer/shipper with 50 years of…

Updates FY 2022 outlook

Lamb Weston reports fiscal third quarter 2022 results

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. today announced its fiscal third quarter 2022 results and updated its fiscal 2022 outlook. “We continued to make financial and operating progress in…

Unveils new Reveam name and brand

Scantech Sciences receives USDA certification for commercial operations

Scantech Sciences announced today its transition to a new name, Reveam, together with a reimagined brand promise, corporate identity and website. This milestone is the…

Special Fruit Logistica

Pink Lady highlights future projects at Fruit Logistica

The Pink Lady® Europe association is present at the Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin from 5th to 7th April 2022 to highlight its sustainable commitments as well as the…

Cold Chain Association board member Eric Mauroux:

'Digital risk management can improve efficiency'

Cold Chain Association board member Eric Mauroux is convinced that increased collaboration between parties will reduce inefficiencies and create value across…

Global Focus South Africa

Hein Punt – Maluti Fruit

Harvest of Southern Hemisphere’s first Pink Lady apples kicks off

The colour on the new crop of Pink Lady apples in the eastern Fee State, whose harvest started today, is looking very good with a comfortable 50%+ of colour coverage and very…

Also expanding quarantine areas in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties

APHIS establishes new Mexican Fruit Fly quarantine in Zapata, Zapata County, Texas

On March 22, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) established a new Mexican fruit fly…

Listeria outbreak traced to Dole packaged salads, ends

Federal officials have declared that a deadly outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections traced to Dole packaged salads has ended. The most recent patient…

USDA Economic Research Service:

US orange juice output to reach 50-year low

According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, total US orange juice production in the current 2021–22 season is forecast at 286…

World Avocado Congress NZ 2023 - Event Partners Announced

Less than a year from now, the world’s leading avocado growers and specialists will descend upon New Zealand for the 10th World Avocado Congress. Jen Scoular,…

Amela tomato wins the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award

This year's Fruit Logistica Innovation Award (FLIA) went to the Amela tomato from Granada La Palma, Spain. Over the course of two days, the trade visitors at Fruit Logistica were able…

Paraguay grows kakis for export to Europe

Producers in Paraguay are growing kakis to export it to the European market and for domestic consumption. The Frutas del Paraguay company has 100 hectares…

Peru exported 16.6% more sweet onions

According to the general manager of Key Peru, Miguel Ognio, Peru exported 182,000 tons (7,000 containers of 26 tons each) of sweet onions (yellow onions) in…

Modular herb cultivation concept: local-for-local and super fresh

How do you sustainably increase fresh herb availability? That is the question Upfarm got to work answering and thus introduced a unique cultivation concept for in-store and…

OMIP's new product introduced at Fruit Logistica 2022

A peach stoning machine that can be used also for other fruits

"With the use of a special tool kit, we are able to utilize our K8-16 peach stoning machine also for other stone fruits, such as apricots and plums, as well as pears and…

How are herbs faring on the Dutch market?

In the Dutch retail sector, the same five herbs have been best sellers for years (see table). The global pandemic increased the use of jarred and packaged herbs, and total…

In response to customers´ global air cargo needs

A.P. Moller – Maersk launches Maersk Air Cargo

Today, A.P. Moller - Maersk announces Maersk Air Cargo as the company´s main air freight offering serving the logistics needs of its clients with integrated logistics. At the…

Together with Vihannes-Laitila

HKScan expanding into the growing market of value-added vegetable products

The new joint venture between HKScan and Vihannes-Laitila will increase the added value of vegetables and renew the supply of fresh vegetable products. The joint venture will…

HCM City

Fruits sell like hot cakes in hot weather, prices up

With large volumes of sugarcane, orange and lemon juices being consumed in hotter weather, fruit prices have been rising for a month or so in HCM City. Lê Đình Quyết, deputy…

AIIM and Mokobela-Shataki Consortium complete acquisition of The Logistics Group

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, and the Mokobela-Shataki…

Lemon prices finally start to drop in Yucatán

The price of lemons has dropped in Yucatan. After a sustained rise of almost 100 percent in the cost of the fruit in markets and supermarkets, it is now…

APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas announces new Managing Director

Current Head of Commercial for APM Terminals Latin America, Marliz Bermúdez based in Panama, will effective June 2022 assume the role of Managing Director of…

Peruvian mandarin, avocado, and pomegranate producers are worried about the carriers' strike

The carriers' strike in Peru is having a strong negative impact on the country's different economic sectors, especially on the agricultural sector, according…

St Lucia sets out to expand banana trade

The government of St Lucia says it is encouraged by the talks held with an established buyer on the possibility of using Antigua as a distribution hub for the…

Saudi Arabia

National Center for Palms and Dates launches digital initiative to promote dates globally

The National Center for Palms and Dates has officially launched the “Saudidates” platform, an innovative, convenient and efficient business-to-business…

Retail

Dreamstime

Amazon Fresh has plans for 3 more stores in northern Virginia

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Regatta Tropicals

Walmart boosts industry-leading U.S. trucker pay to $110,000, starts retraining programWalmart said it is boosting starting pay for its 12,000 long-haul truck drivers who…

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