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Data integration reduces overhead costs and task duplication

Producers, retailers, shippers and third-party logistics (3PL) providers frequently need to work with multiple software platforms. For example, for every shipment they send, a…

Logistics issues slow Chile’s start on kiwi exports

Kiwi supplies in North America are still transitioning out of mostly European fruit. “There’s still Italian fruit available because there were a lot of logistics problems…

Examining trends in the grape industry

The focus on high-yield/flavor varieties. The effect of inflation. Protecting the quality of grapes. These are just a few of the topics that came up on last Friday’s Grape…

Fruit importer/exporter celebrates showing at Fruit Logistica

Salix Fruits, an importer and exporter of fresh fruits, successfully completed its participation in Fruit Logistica Berlin last month. The team from Salix Fruits at the recent…

USDA

Imports play dominant role as U.S. demand for avocados grows

The U.S. appetite for avocados has really taken off since the early 2000s. From 2000 to 2021, the quantity of avocados available per person, a proxy for consumption, tripled…

Richard Salazar, executive director at Acorbanec:

"While freight rates remain high, banana prices not increasing in the spot market is a cause for concern"

Ecuadorian bananas are going through a critical situation, and the war in Europe and its impact on the delicate balance of the global market has only made matters worse. The…

Camposol

Camposol Holding PLC reports fourth quarter and audited full year 2021 financial results

CSOL Holding's 2021 EBITDA from continuing operations amounted to USD 113.4 million and the corresponding EBITDA margin was 29.4%. Sales amounted to USD 385.8 million, up…

California: Central Valley growers having issues shipping products

In recent years, the Californian agricultural community has been dealing with challenges at a level no one saw coming. On top of three years of drought and new…

"That's a very important volume and it will attract the attention of the best supermarkets in the world"

Peru could export 120,000 tons of new-genetic blueberries by 2025

Peru is expected to export 222,714 tons of blueberries in this campaign. A large percentage of the fruit will correspond to the oldest sown varieties in Peru.…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Movement of Mexican asparagus crossing through Arizona, California and Texas expected to increase

Yet another week of significant increases at the fuel pump has grower-shippers scrambling to cover the costs of transporting their goods to consumers. The weekly U.S. Energy…

Special Asia

Japan: Seasonality gap of strawberries offers huge market potential for vertical farmers

“Although they say that many people will pay extra for high-quality strawberries, we don't see any price issues in the strawberry market in Japan. The prices of our products…

Global Focus Melons/Kiwifruit

Hans-Jörg Friedrich, member of the board of the Pfalzmarkt:

"With the rising temperatures, we will start growing kiwis in the 'vegetable garden of Germany' in the future"

Pfalzmarkt eG is staying the course in difficult times, showing that fruit and vegetable production in the Palatinate can be relied on. For several years now, there has been a…

Retail

Dreamstime

Costco: April sales results

Cencosud to acquire Brazilian supermarket chain GIGA

U.S. ports set new record for importsImports at the nation’s major retail container ports set a new record this spring and are expected to see near-record volume this month as…

USDA

Southern Region News Release Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts

Florida utilized avocado production for 2021 totaled 14,220 tons

Avocados: Florida's utilized production for 2021 totaled 14,220 tons, down 17 percent from 2020 while its associated value of production was down 3 percent to $13.4 million.…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

Strawberries and raspberries highly featured on Mother's Day

Shoppers preparing for Mother's Day celebrations were met with an array of delicious, fresh options. New crop cherries, nectarines, apricots, and peaches arrived from…

Monica Coito, Guarino: “lemons seem to have good demand in Europe”

Uruguayan citrus producer expects bigger crop, but shipping and costs are an issue

One of the leading citrus producers from Uruguay, Naranjales Guarino, expects a 10% increase in their production volumes of early mandarins (clementines) that are mainly…

Peru shipped 584% more table grapes in April than in the same month of the previous campaign

Peru exported 537,000 tons of table grape exports in the 2021/2022 campaign (from October to April), i.e. 14% more than in the previous campaign. This increase…

“The upcoming weeks will be the peak when it comes to demand for the Egyptian mango”

More volumes of Egyptian mangoes are expected, as production has been increasing on a yearly basis. Although a lot of the production is meant for local consumption, more than…

Gert Upton – Schoonbee Landgoed

“The way everything plays out this season will be very different from other seasons”

In the Loskop Valley of Limpopo, the citrus harvest was held back by rain and many recent public holidays. Last week, harvesting and packing of clementines and Novas resumed,…

Michael Hamby, AgroFresh

VitaFresh™ Botanicals and FreshCloud™, two innovations that reduce food waste

AgroFresh was present at Fruit Logistica 2022. According to Michael Hamby, Chief Commercial Officer, of the company, this fair is a key event for them: “Fruit Logistica is an…

Hydro Hunter Italia

Drones to find underground water

Not having an effective network of water suitable for irrigation is a problem that concerns many companies in some parts of Italy. Michele D'Alessandro, an entrepreneur from…

Barry Michiels, Gebroeders Michiels:

"Warm weather doing greenhouse vegetable demand good"

"The good weather forecast is contributing to the rising demand for greenhouse vegetables," says Barry Michiels of Gebroeders Michiels in Belgium. "Prices have been dismal for…

6th Freskon to take place at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre from 12 to 14 May

The 6th Freskon is being held from 12 to 14 May 2022 at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre by TIF-Helexpo. One of the most important fruit and vegetable fairs in…

FruitVeb impromptu forecast of 2022 Hungary apricots harvest:

Early Hungarian apricots suffered frost damage, promises of good to moderate yields

FruitVeB, the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization, has taken a look at the possible extent of damage to the coming apricot season due…

Despite increased food prices

Queensland farmers are dumping truckloads of avocados

It’s a conundrum: why are thousands of avocados being dumped amid the highest food price inflation in years? Australian farmers claim it’s a necessary evil to…

USDA

New Zealand apple production and exports forecast to rise in MY 2021/22

New Zealand’s apple production and exports are forecast to rise in marketing year 2021/22 (January 2022-December 2022), but remain far below levels previously expected as a…

"This season the mango production volume in Panzhihua is expected to decline"

The domestic mango season in China is about to begin. The mango production volume in Panzhihua is expected to decline this season because weather conditions have been less…

Hailstorm damages 70% of fruit crop in Srinagar

Director General Horticulture Kashmir and Director Agriculture Kashmir on Sunday toured affected areas to access the losses, just one day after parts of…

DP World bolsters Europe-Asia connection with new multimodal terminal

DP World has announced the construction of a new multimodal terminal connecting Romania’s industrial heartland to European and Asian trade hubs. According to a statement…

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British garden centers sell vegetable themed condoms

Condoms aimed at gardening-loving mature Brits are being put on sale in some garden centers with the idea of encouraging the older generations to continue practicing safe sex.…

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