Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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Sales & Product representative Pot & Garden USA

Supervisor International Horticultural Projects (USA)

Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Greenhouse Manager - Cleburne (TX) USA

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Sales Agents / Representatives - Germany

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Sales Manager / Director - West Coast primary, USA

Cecilia Flores Paez on the success of Envy™

“We are very fortunate to have such a great apple variety”

It’s mid-October which signifies the start of Envy’s™ North America apple harvest and growers are anticipating a bountiful crop. “We’re excited about both the quality and…

Florida anticipates solid citrus season

The citrus season is getting underway in Florida with solid supplies. “Volume is very good. We’re just receiving an abundant amount of grapefruit so grapefruit has been going…

New "Tomato Monitor" website launched to help enforce Tomato Suspension Agreement

The Florida Tomato Exchange recently launched TomatoMonitor.com, which allows individuals and companies in the tomato trade to report suspected violations of…

New branding and website

Generation Farms prepares for future growth

Generation Farms, grower-shipper of conventional as well as organic fruits and vegetables, launched a new logo over the summer and is now ready to share their…

Organic Produce Network presents

Virtual event to feature retailer insights on organics

The Organic Produce Network has announced a virtual online event featuring Stew Leonard, Jr., President and CEO of Stew Leonard’s and Scott Schuette, vice president of produce…

Maglio Companies will now be represented by Advantage Waypoint

Maglio Companies announced that effective October 19, 2020 Advantage Waypoint will represent them nationally. Maglio has been invested in the produce business…

USDA cites VA company and files action against FL company for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Benny F. Hall & Sons LLC, Oak Hall, Va., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.…

California table grape harvest moving steadily to December conclusion

Under sunny fall skies the harvest of table grapes continues in the San Joaquin Valley, moving steadily toward its December conclusion according to Kathleen Nave, president of…

Leafy Greens Party Election with philanthropic twist: Voting open today

WP Rawl, grower, processor and shipper of leafy greens, will host an online “election” for The Leafy Greens Party today Tuesday, October 20th. Maintaining…

Providing first ever closed-loop system to combat foodborne illnesses

PathogenDx announces partnership with Prevenio

PathogenDx, Inc., an Arizona based technology company which has developed a multiplexed microarray DNA-based pathogen testing platform, announced today that it…

Special Automation

SwarmFarm

Australia's SwarmFarm Robotics

SwarmFarm raises $3.2 million to develop open platform for ag robotics

Australian company SwarmFarm Robotics has raised A$4.5 million (US$3.22 million) in a funding round led by local VCs Tenacious Ventures and Artesian. The Queensland Business…

Global Focus Top Fruit

US apple grower tackles local food insecurity with 700 lb. weekly apple donation

Every day is apple day in Rice Fruit Company’s world, but on October 21st the fall favorite is spotlighted for all of America on National Apple Day. This day falls right in…

Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti from Italy

New apple variety proposal for 2020 and 2021

The Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti (also known as "Centro Innovazione Varietale") has been breeding new apple and strawberry varieties since the eighties. "CIV now - explains Marco…

Retail

Shipt has formed a 12-state partnership with H Mart

Albertsons is piloting pickup lockers

US: Whole Foods predicts 2021 food trendsEach year, a trends council of more than 50 Whole Food Market team members narrows down everything going on in the industry to the top…

Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention postponed until 2022

The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (OFVC), held annually in Niagara Falls, has announced the cancellation of next year’s event. The convention will be…

Ten biggest shipping companies in 2020

The slowdown in manufacturing and export orders worldwide has resulted in a moderate container trade growth in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic further impacted…

First Year Survey Results now available

USDA conducts new California Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Field Office conducted the Mandarin Objective Measurement Survey for the first time this year. A sample of…

“Huge quantity of Egyptian Eureka lemons this year”

The Egyptian Eureka lemons are almost ready for harvest. One exporter states they’re simply waiting for the right color. The season is expected to come with huge quantities,…

Young fruit on litchi, mango and avocado trees also at risk of fruit drop and sunburn

Extreme heat after cool week burns watermelons

The South African Weather Service has issued a heatwave warning over the interior of South Africa. It is South Africa's first heatwave of the summer; extreme temperatures are…

Samuel Acheampong - University of Cape Coast, Ghana

CRISPR used to make sweet potatoes larger and more nutritious

Samuel Acheampong hails from a farmer family from the Ashanti Region of southern Ghana. His family cultivated cassava, yams, plantains, tomatoes, peppers and…

Morocco: Citrus production will increase to more than 600,000 tonnes

The citrus fruit campaign in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra is expected to be a great one. The forecast production of citrus, for the 2020/2021 agricultural campaign, at…

Abdelkader Benchagra and Abdelmoumen El Achkar, Mister Avocado:

"Plenty of opportunities for Moroccan avocados on European market"

At Mister Avocado in Ridderkerk, the Moroccan avocado season is once again in the starting blocks. The company works together with Ecomac Maroc, which has been one of the…

Richard Neuhoff (EcoMark) on optimized natural branding processes

"Maximum productivity through machine adaptations"

This summer, the third generation of Natural Branding machines from EcoMark was launched on the market. The existing process has been significantly optimized, Managing…

A netted melon project in line with market demand

The dynamism of the fresh produce market requires increasing attention towards production, especially as the pandemic makes life hard for the sector. In line with the…

Jorrit de Vries, Planasa Holland:

"Duchesse strawberry also suitable for cultivation in Northern Europe"

The Duchesse strawberry is an aromatic flavour bomb and is increasingly grown in France instead of the Clery variety. But also further north, this short day variety seems to…

Melvin van der Zeyden, Yex:

"After skepticism when introduced, 30% of our clients now order online"

Two years ago, Melvin van der Zeyden introduced his e-commerce plans to clients. Most of them ridiculed him. "The first reaction was often 'that doesn't work for me'. It's…

Stephan van Marrewijk (Vicasol): "New Flou RAF tomato combines flavor and shelf life"

"Demand for Spanish courgette, aubergine, and cucumbers skyrockets within a few days"

The Spanish greenhouse vegetable season wasn't yet in full production recently. However, there was unrest in the retail segment. Within three days, that ensured an enormous…

Nacho Juárez: "We trust that there will be good citrus consumption"

"At Anecoop we will handle around the same kaki volumes as last year"

The second degree cooperative Anecoop, one of the largest European citrus producers and the main producer of Rojo Brillante kakis, has recently started the campaign of these…

Cool Logistics Conference 2020

How has the global pandemic affected the cold chain?

Last week the Cool Logistics 2020 conference was taking place online. Delegates from around the world were ‘tuning in’ to hear presentations and discussions from experts in…

Green Has Iberia

How to advance the blackberry and raspberry harvest and improve the uniformity of their production

Green Has Iberia's SIBERIO + SIBERIOn products, which were specifically meant for cherry, table grape, and kiwi crops can now also be used for blackberry and raspberry crops.…

Exports fell by 5% between January and September

Chilean fresh fruit exports account for 74% of the country's fruit shipments

According to the Fruit Bulletin for October 2020 published by the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies of Chile (Odepa), between January and September…

Vellsam Materias Bioactivas will offer a training talk at Fruit Attraction LIVEConnect

Fruit Attraction: Webinar on research in the plant's defence system and their rhizosphere

Vellsam Materias Bioactivas will participate in Fruit Attraction's first online edition with a webinar on research in the plant's defense system and their…

Jan Vermeiren, Exofi

“French kiwi quality is thanks to micro-climate and special sorting process”

Exofi is expecting its first French green kiwis in around mid-November. "The kiwis will only be sent once they have a 9% Brix level", says Jan Vermeiren of this Belgian…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Ecuador cost £0.66 last week

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…

Strauss Verpackungsmaschinen LLC celebrates 75th anniversary

"After the problems of recent years, it is not so easy to shock asparagus farmers anymore"

Strauss Verpackungsmaschinen LLC actually wanted to celebrate its 75th anniversary at this year's expoSE, on November 18 and 19 in Karlsruhe. However, the Corona virus proved…

Gerard Hoekman, Mulder Onions, the Netherlands

"40,000 tons of export in a week? Then no-one rested"

In week 39, almost 40,000 tons of Dutch onions were exported. That's according to published onion export figures. Exporter Gerard Hoekman van Mulder Onions is…

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