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Washington will likely see smaller 2022 cherry crop

All eyes are on the weather as Washington makes its way towards the upcoming cherry season. “We’re in the bloom season right now and so far, it’s a trying time,” says Dan…

Sweet potato demand is steady but slow and inconsistent

“I don’t feel like we’re as long as everyone thinks we are on sweet potatoes in North Carolina and the prices are suffering.” So says Johnnie K. Herring of Faison, North Carolina-based…

Canada: Dutch investment company acquires Ontario Plants Propagation

COFRA announces the acquisition of Ontario Plants Propagation, a supplier of high-quality starter plants for hydroponic and organic greenhouse growers in North America.…

Berry grower celebrates National Strawberry Month

California Giant Berry Farms, which supplies fresh sustainable berries, shared a strawberry crop update where it forecasts giant volumes of organic and conventionally grown…

GrubMarket expands into South America through acquisition of Salix Fruits

GrubMarket has announced it has completed the acquisition of Buenos Aires, Argentina-based, Salix Fruits, a global fresh fruit importer and exporter with a…

Marketing agency launches “Self Smarter” podcast

DMA Solutions, a marketing agency serving the fresh produce, better-for-you foods, restaurant and floral industries, has officially launched the Self Smarter…

Fertile oranges from Wuming popular in Canada

In April 2022, fertile oranges from Wuming once again embarked on a journey to Canada after passing the inspection. They were transported from Wuming, Nanning to Qingdao Port,…

Plastic Bank’s David Katz to Keynote OPS 2022

Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s oceans. What if there was a platform to stop ocean plastic and help alleviate poverty…

Coconut Mini Medjool date wins Prevention’s “Healthy Food Award”

Natural Delights is proud to announce that its Coconut Mini Medjools are one of this year’s Prevention Magazine Healthy Food Award winners. The Prevention team’s process for choosing…

Guangdong's first lychees exported to Canada this year

According to the Guangzhou Daily, under the supervision of the Foshan Customs Office in Gaoming, which belongs to Guangzhou Customs, a batch of lychees weighing 192 kilograms…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

First watermelon from Beijing Daxing Panggezhuang listed on the market

At the start of April, Daxing Panggezhuang, the "hometown of watermelon in China", got a bumper harvest season, and the first watermelons of 2022 have been listed one after another.…

Global Focus South Africa

Charl-Francois du Toit – Provider Farming

Industry needs to cooperatively solve the controllables in a tumultuous season

In Villiersdorp, the apple harvest is nearly finished, with the last Granny Smith apples coming off and then in May the final apples of the season, Cripps Red. The quality…

Luz Santos Bollea: "Shipping lines now strategic partners"

Terri Citrus has high hopes for Argentina’s 2022 lemon harvest

The first containers of the Argentinian Terri Citrus lemons brand, called Carmencita, have just been loaded for Europe and the USA. Clients in Spain have already asked them to…

Sam Vasala - Sai World

"This season will be a good one for anyone who has medium to large sizes"

For exporter Sai World the grape harvest is reaching its end. With the last orchard in New South Wales starting the crimson harvest, Sai World exports the fruit exclusively…

Labor’s renewed Pacific commitment is welcome but not at the expense of an Agriculture Visa with ASEAN

The Labor Party’s policy on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme and Australian Agriculture Visa (Ag Visa) announced today confirms an ongoing…

Asoex Citrus Committee

Challenging season ahead for Chilean citrus

With the start of the Chilean citrus season just around the corner, the Citrus Committee published its estimates of what is expected for exports this year, and…

“We work hard to help plum traders keep their products fresh”

Tropical fruits such as mangoes and avocados are typical examples of fruits that change as a result of respiration. During the climacteric phase the respiration process is up…

Christophe Janson , Picvert, about vacuum cooling:

“The temperature goes from 25 to 4°C in 20 minutes”

A producer of young salad shoots and baby vegetables, Picvert has recently acquired a vacuum cooling system. A fast, homogeneous and uniform cooling solution that helps extend…

Magnus Nilsson: "Children in Ecuador and rest of the world get new life"

Swedish organic banana sales put smile on faces of 500 children with lip-jaw cleft palate

Just over a year ago, Ewerman through their Daily Greens organic bananas brand, initiated a collaboration with Operation Smile Sweden. Each organic banana sold in 2021…

"We need to get back to the training and education outside of the classroom."

The educational greenhouse programs developing the next generation of horticulture workers

An Australian not for profit organisation has established learning programs, not only aimed at increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables among children but also…

Hapag-Lloyd first mover in equipping all containers with real-time tracking devices

Hapag-Lloyd will equip its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices. After successfully introducing real-time monitoring for its reefer container fleet in 2019…

CMA CGM launches new sustainable solution for citrus fruit’s exports at the port of Maputo, Mozambique

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, launched in April a new service allowing the export of citrus fruits in reefer containers from Mozambique at the…

'One vision, one strategy, one new office'

"Crux Agribotics and KOAT combined are ready for the future"

Kind Technologies’ daughter companies Crux Agribotics and KOAT will further join forces to develop high-end Robotics for end-to-end harvesting, sorting and packing of fruits…

Port of Rotterdam first in the Netherlands to allocate airspace for drone use

The Port of Rotterdam Authority will start a pilot on regulations and traffic control in the so-called ‘very low-level airspace’ to ensure that increased drone traffic over…

Funding of $15 million project will enable NZ to be world leader in sustainable apple production

A government-backed, industry-led seven year research programme has been launched, which will help achieve the apple industry’s goal to be the global exemplar…

A new procurement joint venture:

Seaspan and Anglo-Eastern announce Sea Sourcing

Seaspan Corporation and Anglo-Eastern Univan Group are pleased to announce the formation of Sea Sourcing Pte Ltd, a new procurement joint venture between the…

Projar showcased its new products at its stand in Fruit Logistica

"A correct use of our soilless cultivation systems allows the harvest to increase by up to 40%"

As market leaders, Projar have already spent years providing soil-less cultivation solutions that have helped thousands of companies improve their productivity and…

"Volumes of Spanish stonefruit are down 80% in some products"

The northern part of Spain is an important growing area for stonefruits, cherries, apricots, nectarines, peaches, paraguayos, platerinas and plums. From the Ebro river valley…

Strong first quarter 2022 for Kuehne+Nagel

Kuehne+Nagel's start to the 2022 business year was marked by a continued strong demand for high-quality transport services. The Group was able to improve all key figures…

“Eat them to defeat them” campaign has resulted in UK veg sales worth £92 million

Veg Power and ITV announced that Eat Them to Defeat Them, the campaign to encourage children to eat vegetables, has resulted in vegetable sales nationwide of…

China's Zero-Covid policy affects Chilean fruit exports

Sanitary measures by Chinese health authorities to curb the spread of Covid-19, which include port closures, are taking a toll on Chile's fruit exports.…

Global blueberry industry shows great dynamism and speed of growth

Global blueberry production and trade has seen the most dramatic growth for any commodity in the past decade, rising from 439.000 tons in 2010 to well over 1…

Peruvian fresh pitahaya exports totaled $8.85 million in 2021

According to the Association of Agricultural Producers Guilds of Peru (AGAP), Peru exported 2.55 tons of fresh pitahaya for 8.85 million dollars in 2021. "We…

New report shows impacts of rising costs on growers

The NFU has commissioned a new independent report from Promar International, which looks at the impact of inflationary pressures on British horticultural production and the…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Costa Rica at £0.89: 2% drop from last week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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Canada: Longo’s changes executive structureLongo's has announced changes to its executive structure, which it says is part of an "ambitious 10-year plan that will require…

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