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Extreme winter weather in Texas

“It’s the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre for Texas produce”

Throughout the past few days, the cold weather hitting Texas has been unprecedented. The temperatures have been record-breaking along with hazardous amounts of ice and snow.…

Grower looking to create consortium of Dominican Republic plantain growers

In 2018 when Owein Ramirez and six of his brothers inherited land from their father in the Dominican Republic, they knew what they wanted to do with it: plant plantains. These…

Freshuelva

Canada green lights Spanish strawberry imports

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) confirmed that, after several years of negotiations, the Canadian market has opened its doors to…

Organic salad company partners with agricultural company in Mexico

Misionero, a distributor of organic salads, prepared lettuces, value-added vegetables, and a pioneer in plant-based salad products, announced a new strategic…

California Department of Food and Agriculture

North Florida and South Georgia growers also on alert

California: Citrus tree disease found in Moreno Valley - quarantine expanded

Huanglongbing, also known as HLB or citrus greening disease, has reached Moreno Valley for the first time. Victoria Hornbaker, director of the California Department of Food…

Canada: Okanagan apple acreage dropped by 66% compared to 30 years ago

Over the past three decades, the acreage in the Okanagan and Creston valleys dedicated to growing apples has dropped to about one-third of what it once was.…

United Fresh event

Join the sixth annual BrandStorm™ event March 9-11, 2021

United Fresh’s sixth annual BrandStorm™ event will take place online March 9-11, 2021. The event will feature the general session Global Marketing: Trends from…

Coachella Valley artichoke production season kicks off

Ocean Mist Farms, grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in the U.S., launches the Coachella artichoke production season with the 3rd annual Peace, Love & Artichokes winter…

US fresh fruit and vegetables imports continue to rise in 2020

COVID-19 or not, the United States' fresh fruit and vegetable imports continue to grow. In 2020, the country's total imports of these products rose to nearly 20,5 million…

Global Focus Organics

First organic pears from Argentina to arrive in the US this week

This week, the first organic pears from Argentina are arriving into the port of Philadelphia. “There is a lot of excitement around the new crop as not a lot of organic pears…

Special Asia

Qingdao Port opens new international routes

On January 19, Qingdao Port of Shandong Port Group has opened three new international sea routes, bringing the number of the company’s container routes to 305.…

Retail

Dreamstime

Start date for new CFO confirmed by Ocado

Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores will be rebranded as US Foods CHEF’STORE

US: Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores to become US Foods CHEF’STOREUS Foods Holding Corp. announced that effective March 1, Smart Foodservice® Warehouse Stores will be…

Responsible Recruitment Scorecard helps produce industry combat labor trafficking

In support of the fresh produce industry’s commitment to the Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices, retail buyers are increasingly asking…

Ontario growers worried over COVID travel restrictions and migrant worker mobility

Canada is reliant on foreign workers for its food supply. In a normal year, some 24,000 seasonal agriculture workers will arrive at the nation’s farms and…

Two companies that are heavily investing in Hawaii’s agricultural future

On Lanai, a sliver of long-abandoned farmland is being revamped. In six high-tech greenhouses, a futuristic vision of food-growing is underway; one in which…

Research attempts to combat Bitter Rot and Replant Disease

At last week’s Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, tree fruit scientists spoke about recent research on bitter rot and apple replant disease. Bitter…

Ilil Hertz on starting a greenhouse

"I spent many hours in front of my computer, now I'm connected to nature again"

Years and years ago there were cows walking around at the kibbutz Nir Elyahu that was erected by the grandparents of Ilil Hertz – but there’s no room for them anymore. Earlier…

Workshop for European importers of Mexican produce scheduled for February 25

In the fruit import and export business, one of the most commercially relevant factors is always the quality with which it reaches its destination. Journeys of up to 20 days…

Mendoza, Argentina

Aylin, an early white garlic developed for the international market

INTA La Consulta (Mendoza) have presented a new variety of white garlic that stands out because of its early harvest, which would allow producers to enter the…

First report of preharvest fruit rot on ‘Pink Lady’ in Italy

In late summer 2019, a severe outbreak of fruit rot was observed in commercial ‘Pink Lady’ apple orchards (>20 ha in total) in the region Emilia-Romagna…

Christine Cortes, BioTropic:

“Good start of campaign for the Nadorcott mandarins”

The Nadorcott mandarin campaign has just started at BioTropic. According to Christine Cortes, France Export sales representative, the campaign is going quite well so far. “The…

“Serbian fruit and veg producers and exporters have generally done well in 2020”

Although the pandemic has caused challenges all over the world, the fruit and vegetable sector in Serbia managed to benefit from the higher demand. One company that offers…

Guillermo González de Aledo, of Sweet Papaya:

"Little by little, Canary papayas are becoming more and more popular in Europe"

The Canary papaya campaign is now in full swing, with this being one of the periods with the highest production in the islands. Although Latin American papayas dominate the…

Pieter de Ruiter, 4Fruit Company: Spanish vegetable harder to sell; quality not great

NL: "Last week, we sold watermelons for EUR 1.30-1.35/kg, despite the snow"

It's been unusually cold in the Netherlands in recent weeks. That's caused slight changes in trading sales patterns. "It's generally not wild. For example, Spanish vegetables…

Open days at seed houses from February 15 to 19

Horticultural varietal innovation shining these days in the Region of Murcia

If you want to know what you'll find next year in the lettuce and salads shelf of your supermarket, you only need to visit the research and experimentation centers of the main…

Ecoplastica

Customizable crate made of 100% regenerated polypropylene

Driven by the desire to diversify its solutions, Ecoplastica has developed a new crate made of fully-recycled material which will be available as of this week. "The objective was…

Switching to sprout inhibitor ethylene: safe and cost efficient

The corona crisis is causing a decrease in the demand for potatoes for the processing industry. As a result, sprout inhibitors for good safe storage are in the spotlight…

Geert Schoofs, Vergro:

"All our Evelina apples are heading for the Belgian market this year"

No more Red Modoc pears have been available since December. “We are completely empty,” says Geert Schoofs of Vergro. “This season we have once again achieved very good results…

New promotional campaign focused on the apple's explosive energy supply

Kanzi® achieves much higher sales than last season in Spain

Kanzi® apples are becoming increasingly popular among Spanish consumers, with a consolidated position in all sales channels. Five months after the start of the sales campaign…

Bananas gain more and more popularity in the beauty world

Bananas have become one of the star ingredients in cosmetics thanks to their enzymatic properties and ability to hydrate and revitalize. The Spanish cosmetic…

Zespri accused of attempting to intimidate Kiwifruit NZ over China deal

Kiwifruit NZ chairwoman Kristy McDonald, QC, has claimed that Zespri chairman Bruce Cameron attempted to "browbeat and intimidate” industry regulator…

Taha Ibrahima, Olga Fruits:

“In the current context, maritime transport takes a lot of time”

Olga Fruits is a Moroccan company specialized in the export of fresh products, which it ships all over the world. Its main products are citrus fruit, such as clementines,…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £0.68 per kg

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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