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Don Roper of Honeybear Marketing:

“Southern hemisphere Honeycrisp apples will arrive in US market by mid-April”

With the US domestic apple harvest having been wrapped up for almost six months now, the apples with good storage capabilities are still going strong. Some varieties, though,…

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Industry Development Manager - Rocklea, Australia

Florida peach harvest set to start today

The Florida peach harvest is set to start mid-March, and run through May this year. Andrew Bentley of Florida Classic Growers says: “Weather permitted, we will start…

Viva Fresh Expo will be postponed or cancelled

Concerns about COVID-19 are escalating and the Texas International Produce Association (TIPA) and the Viva Fresh Steering Committee have decided not to move…

Financial results for Q1 Fiscal Year 2020

Calavo Growers, Inc. gross profit impacted by poor quality fruit

Calavo Growers, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2020 first quarter. Revenues rose to reach a new first-period record, paced primarily by a sharp…

Good production continues on US grapefruit

U.S. grapefruit growers are in various states of supply, though overall volume still looks steady on grapefruit. Florida: “Right now, most shippers are winding down,” says…

Slim supplies continue on potatoes in North America

Potato supplies continue to be snug across North America, though how tight things are is still to be determined. “Supplies have been tight this season from the beginning,”…

Personal travel from Europe to US suspended for 30 days, trade should remain unaffected

On Wednesday, March 11th, President Trump addressed the United States from the Oval Office and revealed plans to ban travel from Europe to the United states. In the address,…

US: Listeria fatalities reportedly traced to imported Korean mushrooms

Four people are dead and at least 36 people across 17 US states have been sickened in a three-year Listeria outbreak linked to mushrooms imported from Korea. The virulent…

New advertising campaign highlights 'the California in Avocados'

The California Avocado Commission (CAC) unveiled a new advertising campaign and marketing program to support this season’s California avocado crop, which is now building into…

Jacobs Farm Del Cabo welcomes Brad Stark as Sales Manager

Jacobs Farm Del Cabo welcomes organic industry veteran Brad Stark as Sales Manager. Stark will be responsible for the strategic and day-to-day sales and marketing of the company's…

Special Australia / New Zealand

The game-changing technology helping with pest detections

An Australian company is taking the guess-work out of pest management, through real-time information of insect detection in orchards and farms. RapidAIM is the digital pest…

Global Focus Grapes

New marketers appointed in Mexico and California

Sun World expands supply capability of licensed grapes

Sun World International, LLC has granted new licenses to several California and Mexico produce companies, further expanding the supply and distribution of its…

Retail

Fairway Market has announced a "qualified overbid" by Bogopa Enterprises, Inc.

Harps Food Stores plans to acquire 20 stores from Town & Country Grocers

Canada: Metro investing $420mln to build & expand Quebec distribution centresMetro says it will spend $420mln over 5 years to build an automated distribution centre near…

Limoneira releases first quarter financial results

"Avocados, oranges and specialty citrus revenue increased"

Limoneira Company reported their financial results for the first quarter which ended January 31, 2020. Harold Edwards, President and Chief Executive Officer of…

Key Technology promotes Quentin Kemph to Area Sales Manager for South Central US

Key Technology announced the promotion of Quentin Kemph as Area Sales Manager for the South Central United States. Kemph is responsible for bringing Key’s high…

UC Davis study

Conserving natural habitat around strawberry fields is beneficial for crops

Conserving natural habitat around strawberry fields can help protect growers’ yields, their bottom line and the environment with no detectable threat to food safety, indicates…

Revolution Farms launches new package design in stores across Michigan

Revolution Farms, the largest indoor hydroponics farms in Michigan, is launching a new packaging and identity platform in stores across the state this week. The new packs…

New research examines consumer views on gene-edited products

The FMI Foundation in partnership with the American Seed Trade Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the Farm Foundation, released a consumer…

US cabbage growers report big supplies for St. Patrick’s Day

People planning to eat cabbage for dinner in honor of St. Patrick next week should have no problem finding that vegetable. Growers on the Central Coast and in…

Florida Citrus Statistics 2018-2019

Florida’s share of US citrus production: 77.3 million boxes in 2018-2019 season

United States citrus utilized production for the 2018-2019 season totaled 7.94 million tons, up 31 percent from the 2017-2018 season. California accounted for 51 percent of total…

Focusing on HLB, impacts of labor laws & trends in the citrus market

Citrus showcase details the state of the US industry

California’s biggest citrus showcase has come to Visalia, highlighting the state of industry and exploring the issues citrus growers currently face. Hundreds…

Weather impacts blueberry production Georgia, USA

The weather has certainly already played a factor in this year’s Southeast blueberry crop production. Growers need to be wary of potential disease pressure…

California

Gold Leaf Farming acquires almond orchards in San Joaquin Valley

For an as yet undisclosed amount, Gold Leaf Farming has acquired 1,850 acres of almond orchards located in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The Mendrin Group…

Retentions in China affect melon exports from Honduras

Mauricio Guevara, head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) of Honduras, stated that melon exports to China were being retained as a result of the problems…

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd to merge brands

ALDI Nord and ALDI SÜD are harmonising their product ranges, merging around 100 own brands by the end of the year. In line with the motto "Everything will stay better", ALDI…

Yntze Buitenwerf, Seatrade Reefer Chartering

Reefer update: Chinese market recovers slightly, but reefer congestion remains

In mid-February, we published an article about over the Covid-19/Coronavirus' effect on the reefer market in Europe. At that time, eight percent of all available reefers…

Global Berry Congress postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

The Global Berry Congress has been moved to 22-24 June 2020 in response to the coronavirus outbreak. "Our primary concern must be for the health and well-being…

Peru

Complejo Agroindustrial Beta plans to export 2,400 tons of pomegranates this year

Peruvian agricultural exporter Complejo Agroindustrial Beta plans to export 2,400 tons of pomegranates in this year's campaign; a volume similar to what it…

Guatemala approves a law to protect banana and plantain crops

On Tuesday, March 10, the Government of Guatemala approved the Law for the Protection of Banana and Plantain Crops in the country (Decree 7-2020). However, despite the…

Colombia seeks to improve the quality of its tomatoes for export

Colombia has 16,725 hectares dedicated to tomato production in 24 departments, according to Procolombia figures. Despite having a good production volume, the…

Cape gooseberry, an alternative for Argentine fruit growers

The growing popularity of the cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) in gastronomy has aroused the interest of producers in Argentina, where it is not yet…

Alessandro Dal Bello commented on the current situation

Closed schools and canteens are affecting banana sales

"We too have been reducing banana imports. Some sales channels stayed strong, others are falling sharply. We' ll see what happens now. Certainly, what matters first and…

Mohamed Shaaban, Garlico Company:

“We own five of Egypt’s biggest packing houses for garlic”

The Garlico Company for Import & Export’s export manager, Mohamed Shaaban, says he’s getting huge demands for Egyptian garlic from all over the world. The harvesting started…

Nico Schaft: "I brought the first pumpkin seeds to South Africa twenty years ago"

Start of South African pumpkin season at 888 Fruit Company

The South African pumpkin season has started again at 888 Fruit Company on the Rungis wholesale market. The Dutchman Nico Schaft brought the first pumpkin seeds to South…

Andrej Pieterson (Troostwijk): "For the rest of the year, you could cash in with these machines"

Online fruit and vegetable processing machines auctions taking off

Finding a new home for a melon peeler from North Holland in Tunisia. Or a pre-used carrot slicer getting a second lease on life in Eastern Europe. For Troostwijk Auctions in…

Efrain Saucedo Nuñez of Fruta del Huerto:

"Peruvian mango volumes falling sharply now"

The mango market has been quite difficult of late. "We are moving toward the end of the Peruvian season. That country, however, sent considerably more mangos than last year.…

Jaap Wiskerke, Wiskerke Onions

Onion prices at the farm gate higher than last year around the same period

At the Wiskerke Onions’ office in Kruiningen, the Netherlands, Jaap Wiskerke has the relevant figures at hand. He wants to use these to explain the latter half of the season.…

The Malaga-based company Alcoaxarquia will completely depend on solar energy

"We'll increase shipments of Peruvian organic avocados by 40% this year"

Spanish avocado is currently dominating European markets, although it will soon be replaced by the Peruvian and Colombian avocado, as their availability increases. "In February…

Trade improved in March

Taiwanese fruit export nearly stagnated in February

Taiwanese media have reported that Taiwanese fruit export nearly stagnated in February as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic. Trade started to show signs of…

Hainan fruit markets experience significant price fluctuation

Hainan is an important fruit and vegetable producer for the Chinese market during the winter season. Agricultural products have encountered numerous…

India: Federal government to grant ₹500 mln to create onion storage facilities

India’s central government has initiated many schemes to develop India’s agri sector. Now, the state government of Maharashtra has recently come up with the…

For its part, Mercadona guarantees the supply at its Spanish stores

Lidl orders extra supplies in Madrid, Barcelona and Vitoria due to fear of the coronavirus

The supermarket chain Lidl contacted its regular suppliers on Tuesday morning to inform them that it urgently needed to make some extra purchases. According to…

Degrading the ethylene released by fruits and vegetables

Wood-based catalyst should keep fruit fresh for longer

If freshly bought bananas are stored in a full fruit basket, they won't stay yellow very long. The reason for the rapid ripening is the chemical compound known as ethylene.…

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