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Favorable weather results in earlier start of Mexican greenhouse production

The organic greenhouse vegetable market has been tight recently, but the situation should ease in the next few weeks. “Favorable weather will allow us to start production…

Exotic and tropical fruits see increased demand for shelf-life extension options

High quality produce that lasts a while and is safe to eat. These are two priorities for today’s consumers. For more than 25 years, AgriCoat NatureSeal has been working on…

December could see gap between Peruvian and Chilean blueberries

Supplies of Peruvian blueberries are good right now, though next month could see a tight market. “The supply chain from Peru has been pretty fluid from the beginning of…

Roadblocks challenge to food industry

Canada: Prins Greenhouses back in business after BC floodings

"There is and will be much work to be done to get the BC Farming industry back on its feet," the team with Prins Greenhouses shares. Last week, during the floods in British…

Hazel Tech expands to US West Coast

Hazel Technologies Inc. announced its first major corporate expansion beyond its Chicago headquarters – a new Fresno, CA research center and West Coast customer support office…

Optimistic outlook for Peruvian grape season

Optimism and excitement. If there was an overarching theme for the upcoming Peru grape season it would be this. “Our Ivory variety is the first fruit off the line and they…

With Greefa CombiSort

Twin Creeks greenhouse packing 7 T peppers per hour

“We take a lot of pride in our operations. For our packing line, we had other companies price out systems but the features of the Greefa system made the difference for us,”…

Mexico in talks with US to expand avocado exports

The Mexican government is in talks United States representatives so that the country agrees to open the export of avocado from Jalisco, a western Mexican…

Third annual Washington Apple Week starts November 27th

The Washington Apple Commission announces that Nov. 27-Dec. 5th will be the third annual celebration of Washington Apple Week. The global event will span…

USDA

Mexican avocado crossings through Texas expected to remain about the same

Backlogs at major US ports are clearing up slowly thanks to various mitigation efforts and better coordination among dock workers, shipping lines, railroads, truckers, and…

Special Greenhouse

High-pressure aeroponics to cultivate with air at 70 bar and water mist

FRM produces vertical aeroponic cultivation systems that can be installed in all kinds of buildings and structures. "The high-pressure aeroponic Vertical Farming system has a…

Retail

Dreamstime

Giant expands in the Philadelphia region

Natural Grocers: Another record with fiscal 2021 net sales

US: Raley’s chief operations officer Kevin Konkel to retireWest Sacramento, California-based Raley’s has announced the retirement of chief operations officer Kevin Konkel,…

Port congestion easing in Asia, US still battles torrent of imports

There are indications that congestion is easing ahead of the holiday season at Asia’s largest ports. This might be a positive step for key trade gateways in…

Adopting a plant based diet might ease chronic migraine severity

Over 1 billion people worldwide have migraines, characterised as one-sided, pulsating headaches lasting 4–72 hours, and often accompanied by sensitivity to…

Pea protein plant opens in Canadian Prairies

Roquette celebrated the opening of its pea protein plant, further extending its position to meet surging global demand for alternative proteins. “We see this as a…

NIFA invests $11 mln to prevent Citrus Greening Disease

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an investment of nearly $11 million for research to combat…

Apple orchards Vermont wind down after unusually long fall season

The annual apple-picking season, that ran particularly long this fall, is winding down at apple orchards across Vermont. This year’s season was blessed by…

IQonsulting

Chilean Blueberry Committee Crop & Exports Report. Week 45

Maximum volumes Chilean blueberries expected to start in week 49

The blueberries exports from Chile continues delay compared to last season, due to the cold climate that prevails in most of the production area. The latest CIIFEN report…

Abrafrutas

Fruit Exports Jan – Oct 2021

Brazilian fruit exports heading towards yet another record in terms of value and volume.

Exports in the fruit sector are heading towards yet another record to be achieved both in terms of value and volume. In the accumulated through October, international sales…

Piura will export five new mango varieties in this export campaign

The National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) officially gave start to the 2021-2022 mango export campaign. Peru expects to surpass the 200,000 tons exported…

Honduran agriculture sees 5.0% drop that is still attributed to Eta and Iota

According to the Central Bank of Honduras' Monthly Economic Activity Index, with figures up to September 2021, Agricultural, Livestock, Forestry, and Fishing…

Komatha Fresh shortens Chilean cherry supply chain

"Chilean cherries have become exclusive, but connoisseurs still love them"

There is tremendous demand from China for Chilean cherries. That has caused it to become a truly exclusive item in the European market. Nevertheless, Komatha Fresh has again…

Rocío Vázquez, of Castañas El Común:

"Promotional campaigns are necessary to promote the year-round consumption of chestnuts"

With autumn comes a product associated par excellence with this time of the year: chestnuts; a nut whose consumption in the Iberian Peninsula goes back centuries, and which…

Ed Mourits, Bert Bosch, and Hans Tabak, Dutch Green:

"Late start to Cordero Spanish Navelina pays off"

A late start is not always considered a good thing. Not so at Dutch Green, in the Netherlands. This company revels in the late start to the Spanish Navelinas under the Cordero…

Helien Verhagen, East4Fresh:

"We're going to scale up Portuguese organic sweet potato cultivation"

East4Fresh has not only planted more conventional sweet potatoes in Portugal. This Dutch company has also significantly ramped up its organic sweet potato cultivation in that…

Alfonso Bleda, Transportes Hermanos Corredor:

“Land transport will always be essential”

“The biggest challenge for our company is adapting to the increasing costs,” says Alfonso Bleda, Traffic Manager of Transportes Hermanos Corredor from Murcia, Spain that owns…

Durable and recyclable net bags for fruit and vegetables

Reducing the use of plastic for fruits and vegetables is possible, and Sicily's M.T. Reti, which has been producing net bags for packaging citrus and vegetables for more than…

Photo report of expoSE/expoDirekt

Good, professional conversations and a great general atmosphere

The second and last day of expoSE has come and gone. Although the number of visitors was a bit more restrained, almost all companies spoke about good, professional…

Philippe Marès, Champicarde:

“Vacuum cooling allows us to extend the shelf life of our organic mushrooms”

For its mushroom production, the company Champicarde has been using a vacuum cooling system for a year, which is proposed by Weber Cooling, a Dutch company. “It is a cooling…

Pack TTI / VegHands dealer for DARI harvesters in the Netherlands and Germany

Harvester for leafy crops and herbs works more than ten hours on one battery charge

Pack TTI / VegHands has recently become official dealer for DARI harvesters in the Netherlands and Germany. The DARI Ell-E is a fully electric zero-impact harvester designed…

Market delays make for uncertain transit times

“Our technology extends grapes’ shelf-life to serve longer distance transport”

“Our products support grape growers and exporters who send quality fresh grapes to long distance markets,” says Debbie Wang, spokesperson for SPM Biosciences (Beijing) Inc.…

Peruvian citrus and blueberries can now be exported to India

The official newspaper of the government of India has published the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of citrus fruits and blueberries of Peruvian…

Philippines

All imported unprocessed fruits and vegetables now VAT free

On November 10, 2021, the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 112-2021 (RMC 112-2021), clarifying the list of…

USDA

Updates on potato production and consumption in Japan

Japan’s fresh potato production at 2,204,000 tons in MY2020/21

In marketing year (April - March) 2020/21, Japan’s fresh potato acreage was 71,900 hectares (ha) and production was 2,204,000 metric tons (MT). These values represent a…

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