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Product Development Specialist Tomato - ‘s Gravenzande, Westland, The Netherlands

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Increasingly adventurous consumers demand larger selection of tropical items

In the past 18 months, demand for tropical produce items like mangosteen, rambutan, and guava has shown considerable growth. “Retailers have become more adventurous,” says…

Fewer--but bigger--grapefruit expected from Texas this season

“Right now, the focus is on meeting our customers’ needs the best we can and helping our trees recover. This is a recovery season, and we’ll put out what we can.” So says…

Dr. Natalia Peres, University of Florida

North Carolina nursery source of Ontario strawberry leaf spot and root rot outbreak

Neopestalotiopsis species are causing emerging strawberry diseases worldwide. The spread of these diseases is associated with the trade of transplants. There is some confusion…

Fresh Produce Association of the Americas

Produce industry veteran Walter Ram named 2021 Pillar of the Industry

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) Pillar of the Industry recognition award highlights accomplishments for a member who has exhibited a…

CMA CGM will acquire one of the largest port terminals in the United States

The CMA CGM Group, world leaders in maritime transport and logistics, has signed an agreement to acquire 90% of the Fenix Marine Services (FMS) terminal in Los…

Sea-Intelligence report

‘Almost all trades impacted by bottlenecks’

Danish research and analysis company Sea-Intelligence has conducted an investigation to examine how bottlenecks in the maritime supply system have impacted vessel delays. The…

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Product Development Specialist Tomato - ‘s Gravenzande, Westland, The Netherlands

Produce groups issue joint statement on supply chain disruptions

Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the challenges facing the entire agricultural supply chain. As part of the hearing, a joint…

Supply is tight

US iceberg lettuce prices see record high in October 2021

The price of US iceberg lettuce rose by 56% week on week on 27 October, and 67% y-o-y to USD 1.19/lb. This resulted in a peak in the October average monthly…

FDA

FDA reports Walmart, other stores received onions linked to outbreak

The Food and Drug Administration has released a partial list of retail establishments that may have sold onions from Mexico that have been implicated in an ongoing outbreak of…

Gene Seroka, executive director Port of Los Angeles:

"Imposing fines for lingering cargo was 'a last resort' but it's starting to help"

According to Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, the port's decision to impose fines for lingering cargo containers was "a last…

JBT acquires Urtasun Tecnología Alimentaria S.L.

JBT Corporation, a global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food and beverage industry, announced today it has acquired Urtasun…

Special Avocados

Still, growers are wary of La Niña

California’s avocado harvest close to projection

Data from the California Avocado Commission explains how, as of last week, the 2020-2021 season had seen 263.5 million pounds of fruit come off the trees.…

Global focus citrus

Yannick Hoffmann, Fruchtimport Hoffmann:

"We will soon be able to market up to 2,000 cases per week of Blue Orange label clementines"

While in the past few weeks South African oranges dominated the German market, this week the first offers of Spanish goods have begun in many places, as Yannick Hoffmann from…

Retail

Dreamstime

Food Lion has completed a store remodel project of 87 stores in 6 Southern states

Uber Eats sold massive amount of bananas in September 2021

US: New FMI report reveals positive attitude among grocery shoppers ahead of holiday celebrationsFMI-The Food Industry Association released its U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends…

South and Central Texas cool-season crops are promising

While prospects for cool-season crops in South and Central Texas seem positive, increased production costs and pandemic-related challenges will likely have a…

Wisconsin in third place regarding US potato production

The state of Wisconsin is third in US potato production. According to Potato King Vice President Kevin Herlitzke: "One of the things that makes Wisconsin so…

Market and Crop Update for November 4, 2021

'Idaho onion market is incredibly strong, and it is not going to go down'

MARKET Western Colorado:David DeBerry with Southwest Onion Growers in McAllen, TX, reported in on Nov. 3 to tell us his Delta, CO, growers are shipping “all…

SA Horticulture industry launches ambitious 2030 Blueprint

One of South Australia’s most vital industries has today announced a bold plan to grow to $5 billion by 2030 and create thousands of jobs. This follows last…

Inaugural Horticultural Development Council investment forum

"Zimbabwe's unique selling proposition to the international community is quality"

The Zimbabwean Horticultural Development Council (HDC) is today and tomorrow hosting an investment forum, the first of its kind, which they would like to establish as an…

Joan Manuel Barrena, economic and commercial advisor of Promperu in Spain:

"Peru is a great food supplier, but so is Spain, and both countries complement one another"

This year, Peru has again participated in the International Fair of the Fruit and Vegetable Sector Fruit Attraction, organized by Ifema Madrid in Spain, which is the third…

Ecuadorian authorities find 1.5 tons of cocaine in banana shipment

Ecuadorian officials seized 1.5 tons of cocaine meant for New Zealand from a warehouse in Guayas province. The warehouse was located near a highway in Guayas…

Southern Sinaloa expects to have a good mango production in 2022

The rainfall generated by hurricanes Nora and Pamela strongly affected vegetable producers in the valley of the municipalities of Rosario and Escuinapa.…

horticulture's finest presented at Expo 2020, Dubai

"Given the local climate conditions in the Gulf region, local and safe food production is not an easy task"

It is a prime example of the horticultural technology that has adorned the Expo 2020 in Dubai since the beginning of last month: a meter-high conical biotope houses 10,000…

China's citrus industry will target the international market in the future

As one of the most important origins of citrus, China is rich in resources, has a wide variety, and a cultivation history of more than 4,000 years. According to statistics,…

After Commerce Ministry advised the public to stock up on necessities

Chinese agriculture officials state food supply is sufficient

China's vegetable production is basically normal and it has enough wheat to meet demand for one and a half years, agriculture officials said today. They spoke…

French apples are losing ground in Asia and the Middle East and holding their ground in the UK

With the spring frost that severely impacted French apple orchards, the production reached only 1.37 million tons this year (according to the still provisional…

At Wednesday's WTO committee meeting

Taiwan urges China to lift fruit import suspension

At a WTO committee meeting, representatives from Taiwan to the World Trade Organization have urged Beijing to revoke its decision to unilaterally suspend the…

European Commission

DG agri dashboard - Apples

'Ongoing 2021/22 crop for EU27 has been estimated at 11,619,000 tons'

The ongoing 2021/22 crop for EU27 has been estimated at 11,619,000 tons; this is 5% higher than the preceding five year average and 10 % above the 'small' crop of the past…

Verhoeckx Fruit: “Pear prices should remain good”

"Pears and Elstar apples should sell well this season," says Brent Verhoeckx, buyer and seller at a Dutch fruit company of the same name. In mid-September, Verhoeckx Fruit was…

Paul Yin: "Good demand, meager supply on the ginger market"

Ginger importer, B&C Lifestyle, gets new warehouse in the Netherlands

B&C Lifestyle established itself in the Netherlands a decade ago. The company is a strategic partner of Chinese Shenzhou Ginger Cellar Agriculture Group. It started with the…

Koppert

Canarian banana producers can now transition more easily to sustainable agriculture

Koppert has compiled, for the first time, the experience it has acquired in the biological control of the main pests of the Canarian banana, the most important crop in the…

Peiró Camaró warns the sector about the defaults of the Global Group Latvian company

Alejandro Peiró, the manager of Peiró Camaró, wants to warn producers and marketers in the sector about the defaults of the following Latvian company to its producers: Garlic…

Fruithandel Wouters:

"If storage goes well, prospects look good"

"Our Conference pear crop is slightly smaller than that of previous years. But it's better than average, so we certainly can't complain," Kris Wouters said in…

Minter Magic combating fruit fly impact in Mildura

In September, Citrus Australia released a short video highlighting the pest control measures of Darren Minter, Minter Magic, Mildura. In the video, Mr Minter shows the…

USDA

New Zealand - Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

'Labor shortages reduced apple export volumes'

The same problems that beset apple production in 2020/21, especially labor shortages, could persist into 2021/2022. This is expected to constrain production increases, with…

Short and medium-term opportunities for vegetable exports to Taiwan

Australian produce has a competitive advantage in Taiwan, thanks to Australia’s reputation for safe, high-quality food and ability to offer counter-seasonal supply. The value…

Also: Court rules higher backpacker tax is discriminatory

Australia: Fruit pickers guaranteed minimum wage

As the Fair Work Commission found the industry's piecework arrangements not fit for purpose, farms will be required to pay fruit pickers a minimum wage. The…

Climate change and the effect on the redness of apples

Scientific studies indicate that approximately 25% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions come from agriculture. At the crop level, global warming leads to changes…

Drewry report

'Reefer container freight rates to stay firm in 2022'

According to independent maritime consultancy Drewry, reefer container freight rates are likely to be higher through 2022, outpacing earlier estimates as well…

Is the classic kaki different from the Persimmon?

Come autumn, consumers can find classic kaki and persimmon in the market. Kakis are eaten with a spoon, have an intense red color, soft pulp, and gelatinous…

Brazil: Pindstrup Group acquires large supplier of growing media Brazil

Pindstrup announces the acquisition of Carolina Soil do Brasil, which is the largest supplier of growing media to the horticultural sector in Brazil.…

Logistics Initiative Hamburg and Port of Hamburg Marketing joined the Scandria®Alliance

The Logistics Initiative Hamburg (LIHH) and Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) used the general assembly of the Scandria®Alliance on 2 November 2021 in Berlin to…

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