Putting the spotlight on female leaders in the produce industry

The produce industry is still dominated by men while women tend to be underrepresented at the management table. However, North Bay Produce recognizes…

Slight strengthening in lettuce pricing

Lettuce supply and demand have seen a slight shift recently. “Going back to the week after Thanksgiving, that’s always a tough week because it’s slow,”…

Garlic prices could soften next month

Garlic supply is a tale of two hemispheres right now. “Supply was variable from the Northern Hemisphere with Spain and China having less yield and…

Sales and volume growth for Kanzi apples

Kanzi® apples have achieved a milestone in the apple industry, with Nielsen total US apple data showing a +478 percent sales dollars increase and…

TRACT announces new CEO

TRACT™, a new food and agriculture sustainability measurement platform, has appointed Allison Kopf as CEO. Kopf will take over in January 2024 from co-founder Roel van Poppel,…

Fresh Express announces recall of limited spinach products

Fresh Express has issued a voluntary recall of a Fresh Express Spinach, 8 oz. size, with product code G332 and use-by date of December 15 and Publix…

More than 300 sick in cantaloupe outbreak; Mexico closes implicated cantaloupe operation

More patients have been identified in the Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe. The outbreak is now spread across 42 states. Mexican officials have…

United States certifies irradiation for horticulture trade pathways

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has certified Australia’s Steritech Merrifield irradiation facility for the export of horticulture…

Panama Canal to increase daily transits to 24 – starting January 16

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has pulled back from a threatened reduction in transits, as rainfall improves. It will increase the number of daily…

Emergent Cold LatAm raises us$ 500 million for next phase of investment in refrigerated logistics

Emergent Cold Latin America, a large provider of temperature-controlled storage and logistics solutions, has announced that it has secured US$ 500…

Ecuador puts itself in spotlight at New York Produce Show

The Trade Office of Ecuador in New York exhibited at the New York Produce Show December 5-7, 2023 in New York City, New York. ”It is our responsibility…

USDA

Northwest Region potato stocks totaled 183 million hundredweight on December 1, 2023

Potato stocks in Idaho on December 1, 2023 totaled 100 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 41.9 million cwt. December 1 potato…

Association thanks USDA for emergency funding to address exotic fruit fly outbreaks

The California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) is appreciative of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for using emergency…

Golden Mushroom brand Enoki Mushroom recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Golden Mushroom brand Enoki Mushroom has been recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes microbial contamination. This product has seen distribution…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

Tangerines and blackberries were the most advertised fruits this week

This week, shelves were filled with everything shoppers needed for their celebrations. Tangerines and blackberries were the most advertised fruits this…

Study reveals connection between diet and brain matter volume

According to a recent analysis of UK Biobank data, people who frequently consume raw vegetables tend to have a higher total volume of brain white matter.…

Mexico expects an increase in its citrus production in 2023

According to data from the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), Mexico produced 3,101,000 tons of lemon in 2022 and, according to estimates, in…

New pome season to relieve constrained South African supply

At the beginning of October, the total pome fruit volumes left in the industry reduced from 10.5 million cartons in 2022 to 7.3 million cartons in…

"Divino will be available until February"

Rojo Brillante persimmons: demand has more than doubled over the past week

"Orders from some of our clients have increased by as much as 60% - A positive trend that stared around one month ago and that will continue throughout…

Harvested quantities have increased by 15-20% in one month

"More and more supermarkets request our strawberries under their own brand"

"Although volumes are still limited, we are processing around 7 thousand punnets a day, most of which with the distributor brand. We supply around twenty supermarkets in general but wh…

Frischezentrum Melzig

Denis Piper from Frischezentrum Melzig:

"We expect the first lychees to arrive in a few days"

Although the traditional Christmas business has become less important over the years, December is still an exciting and high-turnover sales month in…

Fresh herb industry braces for Christmas as busiest week of the year while tackling challenges

As the holiday season approaches, the fresh herb industry braces for the busiest week of the year, navigating challenges that threaten the stability of…

Helmut Bienek, Managing Director of Bienek Fruchthandels Ltd at the Munich wholesale market:

Good demand for lychees from South Africa and cherries from Chile

Lychees have long ceased to be a niche product, according to Helmut Bienek, Managing Director of Bienek Fruchthandels. "Lychees and cherries are…

Don Limon on this year's citrus harvest in Egypt:

More growth expected for orange exports to Europe

The arrival of the first navel oranges in Europe on December 16 marks the start of this year's Egyptian citrus season. After several years of strong…

Jürgen Hubounig, Managing Director of Zimpelmann Select-Fruit & Co.

Less availability of mangoes from Peru and sugar snap peas from Kenya

The financial year of 2023 was a good one for the Cologne-based import company Zimpelmann Select-Fruit & Co., according to Managing Director Jürgen…

Arrigoni -

Italian nets for citrus orchard protection become digital

Global citrus production is constantly having to face new challenges. In the 2022/23 campaign output was just 47.5 million tonnes, a fall of 5% from…

Plum exports from Moldova at all-time high thanks to increased demand in the EU

According to the Moldova Fruct Association, by the beginning of December, about 78 thousand tons of fresh plums from the 2023 harvest were exported…

Major shipping companies pause all sailings through Red Sea amid attacks

MSC has joining Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk in pausing shipping through the Suez canal Red Sea after attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants from Yemen.…

Farmer who sells spinach from his Audi A4 a hit at social media

Sujith SP, a former cab driver from Kerala, India, has become a social media sensation for his unique approach to farming and marketing. He gained fame…

DG agri dashboard: citrus fruit

EU average weighted price for oranges at €111 in October

The average weighted price for oranges (in € per 100 kgs) stood at €111 in October of this year. In Spain, the prices came out at €95 per 100 kgs, which…