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Anton Alibekov with ZOFTO Solutions

“With our app, produce quality reports can be generated in five minutes”

In the US alone, more than a million truckloads of fresh produce are moved on an annual basis. Each of these truckloads is shipped, received, and possibly re-shipped multiple…

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Strong Manitoba potato market

Manitoba potatoes are seeing good demand and strong pricing. Larry McIntosh of Peak of the Market in Winnipeg, Manitoba notes that while its yellow potato production has…

Daniel Mosquera of MamaMia Produce:

“Demand for our mini cucumbers is higher now than it was pre-pandemic”

Snacking products have become increasingly popular in recent years, but MamaMia Produce has been supplying the market with their mini cucumbers for the past 15 years. Daniel…

Final comments on United Fresh virtual trade show

DE The world’s first virtual trade show for fresh produce, United Fresh LIVE!, concluded this past Friday, June 19 after a packed event week. More than 12,500 people…

Georgia watermelon season peaks next week

Now just a few short weeks away from July 4th, the Georgia watermelon harvest season is nearing its peak production time. “Now is the time to go visit your grocery store or local…

Canadian potato crop report

"Estimations say Canadian potato acreage could be down 15,000 acres"

The Crop Transition Conference has been held for the past 12 years in Minneapolis. This year due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was held virtually. United Potato…

FDA warns to avoid certain “Garden Salad” products from 3 Midwest retailers due to cyclospora

The FDA issues a warning to consumers to avoid certain store brand packaged and labeled “Garden Salad” products from three retailers in the Midwest due to…

Source: Chowbotics

US grocers consider robots to revive prepared food amid pandemic

Grocery stores have shut down self-serve salad bars during the pandemic. They’ve taken away displays of fresh olives and dips. And they’ve replaced giant kettles of…

‘The Gamble - The Washington potato story’

Great documentary on how potato farming became established in Washington State

‘The Gamble - The Washington potato story’ is an excellent historical documentary that tells the compelling story of how potato farming became established in Washington State…

USDA cites Custom Fresh Cuts Inc. in California for PACA violations

As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S.…

Special Asia

Mandarin oranges fetch record price in Japan

Mandarin oranges in western Japan have fetched a record price of 100,000 yen (€830) in the fruit’s first auction of the season. An original variety of oranges grown in western…

Global Focus Logistics / cooling

Kamila Kozioł

‘Decentralised cold storages are a key to a self-reliant rural India’

Apart from being one of the biggest health crises to affect humanity in recent times, the COVID-19 pandemic has also led to a severe economic slowdown across…

Retail

Statistics Canada: Retail sales fell by more than a quarter in April

Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets has chosen Locai

US: Union demands food retailers reinstate hazard payThe United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.3mln workers in grocery stores and…

North Carolina Sweet potato Commission welcomes registered dietitian to the team

NCSPC announced and welcomed Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN - Bucket List Tummy as the Registered Dietitian of record for the Commission and its members. Schlichter…

The US could curb Mexican agricultural exports worth $ 6 billion annually

"We'll reject any action that is not sustained in the T-MEC or in national legislation"

The Mexican countryside's main concerns regarding the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States, and Canada (T-MEC), which will enter into force on…

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Salad robots, smoothie robots and vertical farms:

California: Bay Area food automation goes from niche to necessity during pandemic

Before the pandemic, Chowbotic’s salad-making robot named Sally was mostly seen in the food world as a quirky, non-essential gadget capable of stealing headlines for any…

Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa

Cumulative volume of citrus exported to all regions at 1,977,302 cartons

According to a report by the Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa, citrus exports to the rest of Africa (and surrounding islands) stood at 12,8686 cartons in week 24,…

Linda Alves – LF Alves

Passion fruit: side-line becomes serious

The passion fruit grown on a farm outside Brits (North West Province) for the past six years was originally only intended as an extra income but, as these growers have found,…

Chris Troch

Maersk SAECS service to give Cape Town a miss as port congestion builds

Severe port congestion at the Cape Town Container Terminal is forcing container lines serving South Africa to redesign sailing schedules and introduce port congestion…

Solarisys13

Cargo volumes up 15.9% at Panama ports in January – May

Cargo volumes in Panamanian ports grew by 15.9% during January-May 2020, in spite of the country fighting against the spread of the Coronavirus. According to…

Alvaro Gonzalez, from Agriflores: "Air freight is making us more competitive"

"We want to position the Colombian papaya in Europe"

Agriflores is the result of 4 generations dedicated to the agricultural sector, especially to banana production, in Santa Marta, Colombia. Currently, the company works with…

Wild genotypes of Actinidia could be used for resistance to Psa

The bacterial canker of kiwifruit caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) is a serious disease that threatens the global kiwifruit industry. In many areas copper…

Crimson grape early thanks to protective film

The season of Crimson grapes in the Taranto province has just started. "Harvesting will start in late July, just like in the past two years. This has been made possible thanks…

Jan Vermeiren, Exofi, Belgium

“Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia haven't been able to send anything for 10 weeks now”

"If you reflect on the last few months, everything went well," says Jan Vermeiren of Exofi in Belgium. "When COVID-19 broke out, we panicked a bit because the hospitality…

Ad Verbeek, Verbeek Boomkwekerijen:

"Next season we will market 150,000 Red Conference® trees"

After years of research and observation to absolutely ensure that everything is going as expected and all is stable, Verbeek Boomkwekerijen announces that for the first time…

The Romagna based Trasp-Orto reached its peak during the health emergency

Online orders increased from 80 to 1600 per month

Until February, online orders and home deliveries were around 80 per month. Then, in March, they reached almost 1600 and then decreased slightly in April and May. This was the…

Online training on Ethylene with potato storage

Restrain has made an online training about ethylene with potato storage. The aim of this training is to train potato growers to use Restrain ethylene and the Restrain…

Eurosemillas invests more than $5 M in the project

Eurosemillas selects a new generation of avocados to expand the Hass calendar

The University of California Riverside (UCR) and Eurosemillas have signed a new agreement to develop and exploit a new generation of avocados that are more profitable and that…

Yesterday 18 June 2020 launches in the province of Forlì-Cesena

Samurai wasp vs Asian bedbug: a year of testing, then the evaluation

"As per protocol, an evaluation will be carried out in a year on the effectiveness of samurai wasp launches to control the Asian bedbug. If the results are as hoped, they will…

Principe di Puglia

Organic courgettes and cucumbers see a boom in orders, requested mainly from Northern Europe

"After having completed the broccoli campaign, we are now moving on to more summery, fresher products, which are grown using strictly organic farming. We have…

June 25 and July 2

Enza Zaden will hold two webinars devoted to melons and watermelons

The start of the Melon House Fair 2020 is around the corner and we have taken the opportunity to hold two webinars to help us. These are in the hands of…

Packaging Automation supports business growth in stone fruit sector

Packaging Automation Ltd are UK manufacturers of tray sealing, pot filling and factory efficient weighing systems and work across many differing sectors including: soft fruit,…

Detecting pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables with smartphone pics

With the improvement of living standards, people's demand for food has grown from being full to eating well and safely. For fruits, vegetables, and tea leaves, some people…

"Market conditions bounce back from low point"

"Chinese garlic price shows slight increase in June"

"The export season of fresh Chinese garlic officially began in late May. The current export price is lower than around this time last year. The price is expected to show…

C.H Robinson to target UK market for extensive growth

One of the world’s largest logistics technology platform providers is targeting the UK for growth in the wake of COVID-19. This became an issue after seeing…

Yanik Chauvin

Ugandan government supports large scale avocado production

The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] intends to partner with growers across the country in order to reach large-scale avocado…

Ionel Vinatoru

New Zealand: Kiwifruit spray under regulatory review

When growers want to get an orchard of kiwifruit to fruit at the same time, they can spray a hydrogen cyanamide in August. The chemical, most commonly used in…

Andrey Popov

Australian growers call for countrymen to 'get off the couch' or risk fruit shortages

As it stands at this time, millions of dollars' worth of fruit and vegetables could be left to rot in the field, with the industry facing a severe shortage of…

Irish Revenue officers seize €5.5 mln of cannabis hidden inside fruit container

Revenue officers have seized cannabis worth €5.5 million at Rosslare Europort. Officers discovered the drugs this morning following a routine profiling operation at the port.…

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