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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW PAPAYA

Prices for papaya are high across the global market, but there are different reasons for this in different locations. For many, the increase in price is due to the rising cost…

Production started on new seedless watermelon

Production has begun on seedless melons out of the Sonoran desert. As JC Myers, vice-president sales and marketing for SunFed Produce says, more than 20 years ago the harvest…

Dominican Republic looking to increase fresh produce exports to US and Europe

The Dominican Republic’s export and investment Center, ProDominicana looks forward to take more producers and products to the IFPA’s Global Produce Show in Orlando, US, their…

USDA

Higher consumer prices

2022-2023 Florida orange forecast down 32 percent from last season

The 2022-2023 Florida all orange forecast released by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 28.0 million boxes, down 32 percent from last season’s final production. The…

Minister Bibeau and Minister Morrow meet with impacted farmers in Nova Scotia

Hurricane Fiona has caused significant damage to agricultural properties, barns and storage infrastructure, as well as to grain and horticultural crops…

Mexican avocados dominate Texas markets

California and Texas are the top two US markets when it comes to the consumption of avocados from Mexico. According to Ron Campbell, executive director of the…

Chile bans the use of 31 pesticides that exist in its market

The Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, together with the national director (s) of the Agricultural and Livestock Service -SAG-, Andrea Collao, announced that the…

Maersk launches new Chicago Air Freight Gateway to add more supply chain integration opportunities for customers

Maersk has inaugurated a new Chicago Air Freight Gateway near O'Hare Airport designed to offer direct planeside recovery with immediate transfers to the new facility. 70% of…

Thriving Leaders Circle pilot group launches

Wendy McManus, CEO and founder of Connect 2 Potential, is opening the doors to a brand-new leadership development program known as Thriving Leaders Circle.…

Following more than a decade of leadership and remarkable business growth

Blue Diamond Growers President and CEO Mark Jansen announces plans to step down

Blue Diamond Growers President and CEO, Mark Jansen, today announced that he intends to step down from the role he has held with the agricultural cooperative…

IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show

Church Brothers Farms will unveil new retail vegetable offerings

Church Brothers Farms is excited to welcome everyone to its booth in the Grower-Shipper Pavilion (#4053). This year at IFPA, it is eager to share its newest additions to its…

New closing machine on display

Kwik Lok is introducing its new 865B at the International Floral and Produce Association (IFPA) show in Orlando, Florida, October 27-29, 2022. Customers can see the new 865B…

Global Focus Top Fruit

“If we sold all of the apples now, we wouldn’t have any fruits later in the season”

The Gala apples from Poland are in solid demand in this stage of the season, says Jan Nowakowski, manager for Polish apple distributor Genesis Fresh: “The new apple season is…

Retail

Dreamstime

The Fresh Market is celebrating a huge milestone

Kroger is in talks about a tie-up with rival Albertsons - sources

US: United Natural Foods appoints Erin Horvath as new Chief Supply Chain Transformation OfficerUnited Natural Foods, Inc. (the “Company” or “UNFI”) announced that Erin Horvath…

Pacific Trellis Fruit hires new East Coast Head of Sales

Pacific Trellis Fruit, the owner of the Dulcinea® brand, has hired Jay Schneider as its East Coast - head of sales. Schneider is responsible for the sales team…

Canada: Maritime apple farmers race to get their fruits of the trees

New Brunswick apple farmers are facing many obstacles this year. With about only two weeks left in the season, trees at Irishview Apple Management need to be…

Fruit brand gains sustainability recognition

Sustainability may be seen as an option for some companies but not for Jac. Vandenberg and its Sunrays® brand. Since 2014, Vandenberg has understood the importance of…

Trucking jobs continue to decrease, worsening existing shortage

As September saw the nation’s job growth slow for a second consecutive month, with 263,000 U.S. jobs added by employers and an unemployment rate of 3.5…

Regarding citrus yellow vein clearing virus

Regulatory response to new citrus disease is being developed

US state and federal officials are collaborating in the development of a regulatory response to a new citrus disease in California. Citrus yellow vein clearing…

Rail union members reject contract deal with US railroads

On Monday, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWED), which represents more than 11,000 workers who build and maintain tracks, rejected the…

What factors does the accumulation of lipids in avocados depend on?

Oleic acid (monounsaturated fatty acid) accounts for 40% to 45% of the total fatty acids in the avocado's mesocarp or pulp, which concentrates the greatest…

Peruvian garlic exports up to September increased by 46% in volume

Peru exported 5,893 tons of garlic for 7 million dollars between January and September 2022, i.e. 46% more volume and 13% more value than in the same period of…

Jill Ambler - Tessara

"We are introducing our new products into various countries"

Tessara has exhibited at Asia Fruit Logistica numerous times and is excited about the upcoming trade show in Bangkok. "We are introducing our new products into various…

SE Coast of Australia

Four times the monthly average rainfall in 24 hours causes major flooding

Parts of South East Australia have seen four times the average rainfall for October falling in just 24 hours, and people in three states have been ordered to evacuate due to…

"We can bury our head in the sand and not do anything about it and that will probably be the end of the industry"

An Australian pineapple farming innovation protecting environmental water quality

An innovative de-nitrification bioreactor project at a pineapple farm on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is achieving some impressive environmental results for not only for the…

Michael Franks - Seeka

"We will have to get through flowering to get a true reflection of the damage"

On the night of Thursday 6 October New Zealand experienced a major spring frost in key kiwifruit growing regions. It was the first for about 15 years and many…

Port of Barcelona proceeds with wharf electrification plan

The Port of Barcelona has awarded the pilot project to provide electrical power to ships at the BEST terminal to the Danish engineering and manufacturing…

"U.S. rate hike and poor macroeconomic conditions are the main reasons"

"Fruit exports to Southeast Asian markets have dropped significantly this year"

"In recent years, the price of China's domestic fruit has increased year on year, and the competitive advantage of fruit export in price has gradually weakened. The reason is…

Fruit Wholesale Market Report in Week 40

The arrivals of South African orange are low, and the price of Yunnan avocado falls

In October, as the variety and arrival of imported fruits are decreasing the flow of people and goods in the imported fruit trading area of the wholesale market has reduced…

Sophie Ye, KX Food:

"Ginger prices can only go one way: up"

It is the peak of the ginger season at KX Food. According to Sophie Ye, the current ginger demand is good but complicated. The expected market shortages mean this Belgian…

Italy's Urbinati technologies exported to one hundred countries globally

The latest innovations for aquaponics and vertical farming

Urbinati's technologies can be found in more than a hundred countries. This Italian company designs and manufactures modular systems for the automation of cultivation…

Parts of the UK might become too dry to grow potatoes without irrigation

After two dry years out of the last four, many UK farmers are seriously considering the future viability of potato cultivation. An exceptionally dry summer for…

2-4 May 2024

International Agricultural Technology Exhibition and Conference to be held in Israel in 2023

After a 5 years hiatus, the 21st International Agricultural Technology Exhibition & Conference (Agritech) is returning to Tel Aviv, Israel from 2-4 May 2023…

Garlic Solutions adds 'ginger convenience' to its range

Garlic Solutions is one of the largest suppliers of unpeeled and peeled garlic cloves in Europe. They also supply freshly chopped spices and mixes. The company recently…

South African unions reject Transnet’s revised wage offer, continue strike

South African freight rail and port workers have rejected a revised pay offer from state-owned logistics firm Transnet and vowed to continue a week-long strike that has been…

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