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Assistant Professor of Protected Agricultural Systems Design (Tenure-Track) - USA

Grower Tomato Crops - Huron (Ohio) USA

(Junior) Grower - King George (VA) USA

Commercial Manager | Fresh Produce | Germany

Technical Manager - Fresno or Bakersfield (CA) USA

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Executive Officer - Brisbane, Australia

Idaho potatoes saw an average 6% increase in sales nationwide during Thanksgiving week

Idaho saw great weather throughout their potato harvest this year, which started in August and went through October. “The harvest even wrapped up a bit earlier than usual this…

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Assistant Professor of Protected Agricultural Systems Design (Tenure-Track) - USA

PMA virtual town hall

John Anderson and Bruce Taylor look back on 2020 and discuss opportunities for 2021

This week’s PMA virtual town hall marked the 37th and last installation of 2020 and featured John Anderson, Chairman and CEO of the Oppenheimer Group and Bruce Taylor,…

First volumes of Chilean grapes to arrive in US by week 52

The Chilean grape harvest started at the beginning of December and while the season is off to a slow start, the overall outlook for the season projects a 10-15% increase in…

US retail sales report

November produce sales continue to track ahead

November sales are dominated by the all important Thanksgiving holiday — one of the largest retail opportunities in produce and many other retail departments. This makes it a…

Winter strawberry supplies peaking early in 2021

California Giant Berry Farms’ strawberry growers will start of the year with volumes ramping up in California, Mexico, and Florida. In Oxnard, California growers are…

U.S. blueberry growers form new alliance to seek import remedies

Blueberry growers across America established a new coalition, the American Blueberry Growers Alliance, to seek relief from rising imports that are harming…

Sun World appoints new executive vice-president of intellectual property

Sun World International LLC, a variety development and licensing company, has appointed Andrew Simpson as executive vice president/intellectual property.…

Preventing sprouting process from starting prematurely

Hazel Tech receives USDA funding for potato quality technology

Hazel Technologies Inc. has received new USDA-funding for a packaging technology which protects the quality of potatoes. The technology may also have applications for some…

Container refrigeration company donates food storage container to charity in need

To help meet increased demand for local food distribution in Singapore due to COVID-19, Carrier Transicold donated a 20-foot food storage container refrigerated by the…

EU expects no abrupt end to Trump tariffs after Biden inauguration

When EU leaders gather this week for their last summit of the Donald Trump era, they will not get their hopes up regarding a sudden end to Trump’s trade war.…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: September

In September, high citrus demand continued to be a dominant theme. In addition to this, the apple and pomegranate harvests were underway and made a big splash on the world…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Papaya market is seeing steady year in terms of pricing

Supplies of papaya from Guatemala are steady right now. “Supplies are good, but it’s been a challenging year with COVID-19,” says Sam Skogstad of WYCO Produce Inc. based in…

Retail

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Amazon plans to build a 510,000-square-foot distribution center

Robomart launched an invite-only beta test

US grocery ecommerce set to hit $82.0bln by 2022New data from IGD reveals that the online grocery channel is set to represent 5% of the US grocery market by 2022, with a value…

New study shows rebound for in-person and online grocery shopper satisfaction

The Retail Feedback Group released the Fall 2020 U.S. Online & In-Store Grocery Shopping Study. This report, the second instalment in 2020, provides key…

Texas grapefruit grower launches "Sweeter in Texas" sweepstakes

Winter Sweetz, a Texas based grapefruit brand owned by Lone Star Citrus, announced the launch of “Sweeter in Texas” sweepstakes to celebrate Texas red…

New digital cooking magazine to inspire consumer holiday cooking

To inspire families to get back in the kitchen this holiday season, Pure Flavor® recently launched their first edition of the Live Deliciously® Magazine, a 20-page digital…

Border Trade Alliance urges Congress to reject reversion to NAFTA-era treatment of Foreign Trade Zones

The Border Trade Alliance is supporting a bipartisan effort led by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in urging Congress not to include a provision in the year-end…

Florida growers concerned about fruit drops

Many Florida citrus growers are experiencing heavy fruit drop this fall. Grower Jim Snively, with Southern Gardens Citrus, said he is hearing talk of around 30…

Agriculture accounts for disproportionate share of investigations and violations

70 percent of US farm labor investigations record violations

According to data analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, between 2000 and 2019, the federal Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour…

The damage caused by tropical storms Eta and Iota has paralyzed Honduran banana exports

The damages caused by the recent tropical storms in Honduras have forced the country's banana sector to temporarily suspend exports, stated Julio Morales,…

Prices drop by almost 60% as South Africa enters peak mango season

South Africa has a good mango crop this year which is estimated at between 75,000 tonnes (same as last year) to a possible 20% increase on that number. Very favourable…

Rene Tiggelman, Javala:

"On 31 Dec., Senegal closes its borders to Dutch import onions; but who'll fill that gap then?"

Senegal has been a major Dutch onion destination for many years. It's announced it will close its borders to these products on 31 December. That's to make room for local…

David Franco, from Grupo Paloma: "Spanish tomatoes continue to lose acreage, but gain value"

"European consumers are not filling their baskets for Christmas as they did in other years"

Consumer uncertainty is increasing as a result of the growing restrictions and lockdown measures in northern European countries. At this time of the year, the orders for…

Achiel Ryckaert, Fresh Fruit Service

“High Morgana returns confirm consumer confidence in this apple”

In Italy, the first Morgana apples were harvested at the beginning of October. That was at Melinda, Morgana's licensee in that country. Achiel Ryckaert of the ABCz group…

Mike Glas, Glas Groenten, the Netherlands

"Brussels sprouts market improves, kale's selling steadily, and celeriac's doing unusually well"

Dutch open field vegetable trading is going quite well at the moment. These include Brussel sprouts and curly leaf kale. "Sprout sales were a bit down for a fortnight. But the…

Uwe Niklas LLC sees abundant supply of goods for overseas mushrooms

"Quality chanterelles and porcini mushrooms available in good volumes"

This year, great volumes of fresh chanterelles and porcini mushrooms are available for the holidays. "Even though, or especially in a year when consumers can not visit…

"Northern Australia has untapped potential for growth in existing and new industries"

The new facility that could open up Darwin's fresh produce export potential

A successful seafreight shipment of mangoes out of Darwin could be the start of an exciting new opportunity for Northern Australia, according to one of the country's leading…

Air New Zealand Cargo delivers 'a belly full' this summer

There was a hum in the air during the summer for Air New Zealand Cargo, busy getting assorted goods to the world for a taste of New Zealand’s best. Some of the…

"Robots and technology to change retail as we know it"

Dr Sanjit K. Roy, UWA Business School and Dr Gaganpreet Singh, Jindal Global University, look at a retail revolution that is under way, where robots are…

Chinese honey pomelo season is expected to finish early because of rising shipping costs

There is a shortage of shipping containers and this drives the price of shipping up. Many Chinese honey pomelo exporters are gradually slowing down honey pomelo export because…

Fruit & veg sales at Delhi’s wholesale market down 30% due to farmers’ protest

Protest by growers of Punjab and Haryana are blocking essential roads on the outskirts of the capital; this has resulted in sales of fruits and vegetable shrinking 30% as…

P&O Ferrymasters and DP World begin rolling out integrated maritime and logistics services

P&O Ferrymasters and its parent company DP World announced the completion of their first common carrier agreement, to integrate their global maritime and logistics services…

Namibian and early South African grapes arrive in UK

“The Namibian Flame have a good size and flavour, as do the Early Sweet and Prime"

The Namibian and early South African grapes are starting to arrive in the UK now. According to Karen Cleave from Richard Hochfeld the fruit is looking very…

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