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Account Manager – South-East Asia

Vegetable Seed - EU Sales and Regional Manager

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Bravo Sales and Administration Officer

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Oppy makes first-ever tech investment

Initiating their partnership at the beginning of 2021, Bloomfield Robotics and Oppy commenced tech trials in its California grape vineyards which revealed quick success. Just…

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Account Manager – South-East Asia

Demand gaining again on organic heirloom tomatoes

Demand is starting to come back again for organic heirloom tomatoes just as the Mexican season is winding down. Alejandro Madrigal of Covilli Brand Organics Inc. based in…

California Citrus Mutual

Review of the 2020–21 California citrus season

California Citrus Mutual has released its 2020–21 Final California Citrus Season Perspective report, which included the following summary conclusion: “For the majority of the…

Canadian potato shipper charts a new future

Peak of the Market Ltd. is proud to announce its new direction for the future. With the recent changes in legislation, Peak of the Market has been reestablished as a…

Video ‘Banana fingers’ are in reality soft assistive robotic wearables

Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have devised a scalable pipeline to computationally design and digitally fabricate soft…

Viva Fresh makes 15,403 lb. fresh produce donation to North Texas food bank

The Texas International Produce Association (TIPA) teamed up with North Texas Food Bank of Plano, Texas to make a 15,403 lb. fresh produce donation at the conclusion of the…

WAPA April stock report

European apple stocks increased by 13.1% compared to April 2021

WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, released the apple and pear stock figures from 1 April 2022. The figures show that in Europe apple stocks increased by 13.1%…

Tozer Seeds' expansion to North America

"Innovation has continued to drive us since our inception in 1944"

Breeding company Tozer Seeds is the largest independent and family-owned vegetable breeding company in the U.K. They can reflect on a total of 78 years in the industry. In a…

Introducing Daily Harvest Crumbles

Plant-based protein grown in the ground, not in a lab

Daily Harvest announced today the launch of Crumbles, a versatile plant-based crumble made entirely from real ingredients like lentils, nuts, seeds, and vegetables. Consumers…

Rain and heavy winds could wreak havoc in southern Brazil

According to the weather forecast, the volume of rain expected represents three and a half times the climatological average for the month of May. Yesterday’s…

Special Asia

Rawalpindi and Islamabad

Pakistan: Price of tomatoes increases in twin cities

As the festival of Eidul Fitr neared, traders continued enjoying the benefits of a free-market economy in their favor, with prices of tomatoes increasing by…

Global Focus Melons/Kiwifruit

In spite of the delay of a few days, the sweetness of the melon has increased this year

The new campaign of the Mundial melon has just started

"With a delay of about fifteen days, the melon campaign of the Mundial Group Consortium has started last week. As is known to the operators of the sector, it includes the…

Retail

Dreamstime

Weis Markets: First quarter 2022 results

Publix: Strong Q1 sales

US: Aurora Grocery Group names Julio Ibáñez as new CEOHispanic grocery chain Aurora Grocery Group announced the appointment of Julio Ibáñez as the new CEO of the company,…

South African pears: quality & demand was there, but let down by logistics

The South African pear harvest has run its course and in the orchards, teams are pruning for increased light penetration and applying postharvest fertilisers, an operation…

Dr Hennie Ehlers - Sundays River Valley Citrus Producers Forum

Violence and destruction of property harms economic development and opportunities for all

Following the outbreak of violent protests on citrus producing farms in the Sundays River Valley region last week, which saw growers suffering over R70 million…

Tanzanian growers advised to embrace organic production

Tanzanian agri experts are urging farmers to embrace organic food production. East Africa Impact center (ECHO) Technical advisor, Charles Bonaventure observed…

Jashwanth Gupta - Silafrica

"The crates allow better refrigeration to keep the products fresh and give longer shelf-life"

Silafrica manufactures and supplies high-quality plastic packaging from ISO 9000 and FSSC 22000 Certified factories across three countries: Tanzania since 1963, Kenya since…

Ton de Leeuw, AGF Fresh:

"I remain sure that, for sweet potatoes, Morocco is the country of the future"

Ton de Leeuw has done some research into growing sweet potatoes. "My project stalled, partly because of the pandemic, and I lost the little bit I'd done in Morocco. That…

Ira Gonen, Bless S.R. Ltd:

“Freight costs change weekly, so fresh herb prices from Israel to customers have to change”

The weekly changes in airfreight costs are making it challenging for Israel based exporter Bless S.R. Ltd to offer stable prices of fresh herbs to clients in Eastern Europe as…

Cherries from Apulia already being harvested thanks to films

The frequent temperature drops of the past few weeks in southern Italy have significantly delayed the 2022 cherry campaign. However, there are some who have started harvesting…

Monti & C will be at Macfrut in hall D2 stand 03

Storage cells controlled remotely are the latest trend

Cold rooms for the short-and long-term storage of fruit and vegetables; controlled atmosphere cold rooms; cold cells for bananas; processing rooms (fresh-cut); pre-cooling…

Serge Zeppieri, Grosbusch:

“Mass retailers are looking for novelty”

For the week of Easter, Grosbusch set up displays at its retail clients, including the Leclerc supermarket of Hauconcourt (northeastern France). Serge Zeppieri, operations…

Sicily's Il Girasole Soc. Coop.

The citrus campaign is later than expected due to the drop in consumption

"It has been an amazing campaign, which has defied all the initial forecasts, starting from the lower volumes that predicted a short campaign, which would have ended by April.…

New generations of potato varieties promising for more food security

The new generation of potato varieties is performing better and better under extreme climate conditions such as drought, according to the recent sustainability…

"Communication is crucial in freight forwarding"

The cost precedes the benefit. This well-known Dutch adage is something with which the folks over at Share Logistics agree. As a forwarding agent, you are always a cost item…

Gal Yarden, Netafim:

“Mitigating and limiting frost impact to save millions of Euros a key priority for growers worldwide”

Extreme frosts are a key part of the impact of global warming. Europe is experiencing more frequent, more intense and more unpredictable spells of frost, which wipe out entire…

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Southwell's Bramley Apple tree dedicated to Queen Elizabeth

Southwell's famous Bramley apple tree has been dedicated to the Queen as part of her national platinum jubilee celebrations. It was among 70 ancient trees and 70 ancient…

Moldova saw sharp rise of apple exports in April

Almost 25,000 tons of apples were exported from the Republic of Moldova in April this year, which is more than twice as much as their external supplies last…

Innoplant is participating in the Green Moon project to grow vegetables on the Moon

From Granada to the Moon

The seeds that will sprout the first extra-terrestrial orchard on the Moon are being studied in Granada. Innoplant, a firm specializing in the search for scientific and technological…

Mareeba Orchards

North Queensland company growing the natural snack food market with healthy fruit

Leading Australian dried fruit products producer has sensed the need to grow the healthy snack food market, particularly given the tropical dried fruit market is still small…

Bonduelle - Q3 FY2021-2022 Revenue:

Activity growth in line with annual guidance

The Bonduelle Group's revenue stands for the 3rd quarter of FY 2021-2022 at € 725.9 million, a change from the previous financial year of +7.6% based on reported figures and…

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