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Imported chestnuts from Italy back to shipping via boat

Imported chestnuts from Italy are once again arriving via ocean this year. “This year for chestnuts is a lot different than the last couple. The last couple of years we had to…

Demand picking back up on mangoes

Mango supplies are steadily arriving out of both Brazil and Ecuador currently. “They’re plentiful, especially on smaller fruit--10s and 12s. Large fruit is very tight--6, 7s…

Dynamic grow lights chosen as solution for strawberry trials

Mucci Farms are looking to hone their expertise in strawberry cultivation by conducting onsite experimental lighting strategies under Sollum's unique dynamic LED grow light…

California kiwis likely to see early harvest end

The California kiwi crop should finish harvesting a week earlier this year. Normally the crop begins in the first week of October and goes through all of November harvesting.…

Total Produce UK rebrands to Dole UK

July 30th, 2021 was an auspicious moment for Total Produce plc and Dole Food Company as both companies came together to create the new global leader in fresh…

Seasonal perishable products weekly update agricultural marketing service

Peruvian blueberry imports slowing with lower prices

As inflation continues to rise, consumers are making everyday decisions in the grocery store aisles between fresh fruits and vegetables to canned or substitute…

Ag tech sanitizes produce already packed and palletized

After years of extensive and thorough testing, Cardinal Fresh has developed a new commercial system that sanitizes fresh fruits and vegetables already packed and palletized.…

National Retail Report - Specialty Crops

Gala apples, pomegranates, Bartlett pears and avocados see significant price increases this week

Retailers have now jumped right into holiday promotions. Pre-made Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas gift ideas, and holiday decor appeared in some flyers, as supermarkets hope…

Strong partnerships, deep customer understanding, and challenging the status quo builds great solutions

In their story “Bananas from Ecuador to the World” Maersk showcase their partnership in the cold chain logistics operations with their Ecuadorian customer, Donatella Fruit.…

Cold storage holding of grapes in California

Autumn Royal grapes in cold storage have almost doubled from last month, but the total (406,051) is down from the same time last year (427,061). Autumn Crisp…

Special Greenhouse

FreshPlaza November Special on the greenhouse sector

In November FreshPlaza will be focussing on the greenhouse sector. Are you involved in the greenhouse sector? We would love to hear from you. You can send us some information…

Global Focus Citrus

Export volumes expected to pick up with later varieties

Later and slower start for Turkish citrus

There was a later start for the Turkish citrus this year, says Coskun Eren, marketing manager for Turkish fresh produce exporter Eren. He states that the higher prices at the…

Retail

Dreamstime

Wakefern: EBT SNAP is now an accepted payment method for orders placed via Instacart

Kroger officially enters 36th state

US: Sprouts Farmers Market announces new Rancho Cordova location opening November 11Sprouts Farmers Market is excited to announce it will open its newest store located at…

Using farmland for solar panels is not the solution to drought in California

Coping with severe droughts in California and the Southwest requires tough choices, all of them expensive and none of them perfect, but taking millions of…

OJ Sales Impacted by Inflation

Approximately 67% of total orange juice (OJ) is consumed through retail channels, and as much as 93% of not-from-concentrate (NFC) OJ is consumed through retail channels. The Florida…

California leads states in the purchase of federal crop insurance program policies for specialty crops

The USDA offers various risk management products to specialty crop farmers through the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP). FCIP policies can mitigate risks by providing…

Gjalt Hooghiemstra - IMASA

Legal victory should restore confidence in municipal market among producers

The Institute for Market Agents of South Africa (IMASA) will now decide on its engagement with other markets following their legal victory against Tshwane Municipality, the…

Egyptian strawberry producer achieves production leap

The Egyptian strawberry brand "Mozare3" started its venture a little over a year ago. The company's business model is based on contracting small producers and providing them…

Kenyan fresh sector the losers in nationwide pilot strikes

Kenya's fresh produce export industry are counting the losses after a pilot strike at the country's airline since Saturday, 5 November. The Fresh Produce…

South African Government to create national shipping company

The South African Government, via the Department of Transport that published a draft bill, aims to create The South African Shipping Company (SASCO). The…

Agroberries to invest ~€40 million to expand farming operations into Morocco and support European growth

It was announced today that Agroberries Limited, a global vertically integrated producer, marketer and distributor of berries with a best-in-class portfolio of…

Cameroon's banana exports increased by 2.25% in October 2022

Cameroon saw an improvement of 2.25% in banana exports for October 2022 compared to the same time last year. A total of 17 930 tons of bananas was exported…

In the first month of the campaign, Peru increased its table grape export volume by almost 30%

Peru exported 45,293,546 kilos of table grapes in October, the first month of the country's 2022/23 table grape campaign, i.e. 29.67% more than in the same…

Aerobotics

The new yield management platform saving apple and citrus growers time in the field

New yield management tools for the citrus and apple industries have been achieving great productivity gains for Australian growers since their introduction, according to the…

McDonalds blame supply chain issues for orange juice restrictions

McDonald’s New Zealand will restrict sales of orange juice, blaming a global supply issue for the squeeze. The company said covid had impacted the harvesting…

India to build facility to increase exports of mango and sweet limes

A Citrus Estate Park is being set up in the Indian area of Aurangabad to increase the production and export of saffron, mango and sweet lime from the region. The…

"Ginger production reduced by more than 30%, prices have rebounded"

The new season of ginger began to be harvested in early October and has now been put into storage. Due to the low price of ginger last year and the lack of good management by…

“Diversity in supplies is the key to our success”

As a subsidiary company of Glorytimes and XingYeYuan, Fola Supply China Pte Ltd trades fruit globally, mainly on Asian markets which are considered to be the regions with…

Poor export performance of multi-category citrus products

Affected by the pandemic situation globally, the rise in international oil prices and the situation in Russia and Ukraine, many citrus products this season…

Container traffic out of India shows 5.4% decrease compared to last year

Container traffic out of India's 12 largest government ports showed a 5.4% decline down to 893 000 TEU's from 944 000 last year. According to data from Container…

Iranian apple exports to India forecast to continue strong growth in 2022-23

While forecasting a slight decline in the import of apples to India during the market year (MY) 2022-23 (July-June), the United States Department of…

Tomato price drops drastically

Indian early table grapes harvest delayed after severe monsoon rain damage

The early table grape harvest that usually arrives in the Mumbai market was delayed due to incessant monsoon rains. Very low volumes of grapes are available with…

FREX:

A pure Finnish potato that returned to its roots

Even a tasty potato variety's flavor is largely determined by giving the plant the right amount of water and nutrients. Tapio Knuuttila, who co-owns Skabam in Finland, decided…

Etna, Sicily

Volcanic ash as a fertilizer

According to a CNR study just published in JSFA Reports (see link at the bottom), volcanic ash is a multi-nutrient inorganic fertilizer whose catalytic mechanism of action…

Roel Wellner Fruit:

"Fixed prices are the future"

"Only considering costs doesn’t get you anywhere" is how René Wellner of Roel Wellner Fruit – a Dutch company that grows products like Maribelle apples and markets those and…

Aided by raft washing machine

German family company switches from tomato cultivation to hydroponic lettuce

Leo Berghs-Trienekens is a household name in and around the German town of Straelen. The family company has a greenhouse where mostly tomatoes were grown until recently. Last…

Luonnosta sales team is expanding and on the move again.

Although we've had to deal with corona in recent years, we expanded our international sales team. In Finland Luonnosta Oy we now have Antti, Olga and Maria and in the…

Paul Slupecki appointed as head of Tomra Fresh Food

For the new leader of Tomra’s business area specializing in fresh fruit and vegetables, the priorities are customer-centricity and developing the business’s…

Labor arbitrage, fruit and vegetable imports, and supply chain resiliency

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the latest trade data on Friday, and fruit and vegetable imports rose strongly once again. Since I typically write…

Is it time for container spot rates to arrest their fall?

It has been a norm for the Global Container Spot Rate Indices to have weekly falls in rates, one after the other, ever since February 2022. Indices have lost…

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