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CPMA Fresh Week

Montreal-based wholesaler launches re-brand and announces acquisition

This week, from April 12 – 16, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association holds its annual convention. The event will be fully online and is free to anyone who would like to…

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Category Manager - Sydney Markets, Australia

Peruvian season set to begin in June

Ginger market currently oversupplied with product from China

The Peruvian ginger season is set to start in about two months, though some small volumes are already becoming available now. Louis Hymel of Happy Veg shares: “There is a…

Facility expansion for manufacturer of retractable roof greenhouses and cooling houses

In response to increases in global demand for its retractable roof greenhouses, cooling houses and field covering systems, Cravo is expanding its production, warehouse,…

High pricing on field cucumbers

Pricing is strong as field cucumbers move into transitioning supply regions. “When we hit this time of year, transition is upon us and the markets jump which they are,” says…

'Family Segments' series connects citrus, cooking and family

Sunkist Growers recently debuted Family Segments, a new three-part series on YouTube. Hosted by chef influencers in Canada, the at-home cooking tutorials give viewers an…

New role in Canadian business development generates expansion opportunities

Oppy freshens up product line in time for CPMA Fresh Week

As the industry anticipates the return and revitalization of Canada’s primary produce event in its new form, Oppy adds Canadian category development to the role of one of its…

24 acre greenhouse to rise in Georgia

Pete's plans project in Peach County

Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Pete’s, a long-time, California-based greenhouse grower, will invest $18 million in opening their first eastern U.S. indoor,…

China will hopefully become the largest berry market in the world

Driscoll's vice-president expects the berry sales volume to triple within five years

Award-winning American brand Driscoll's (only the finest berries) first obtained permission to enter the Chinese market in 2016. Their sales volume reached 500 tons that year.…

AM King begins construction on cold storage facility for Mexican-based produce distributor

A M King has begun construction of a south Texas distribution center for Mexico-based GAB Operations, LLC (GAB). The new 45,590-sf facility, when complete, will provide…

China Airlines transports bees to Vancouver

On April 8th, a China Airlines’ A350-900s arrived in Vancouver from Taipei, bringing in thousands of bees. The shipment of bees originated from Australia. The…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Indian company steps up to supply grape exporters

The grape markets in 2020/21 have been disrupted by many factors including the lockdowns in various markets and climatic issues in producing countries. This makes it very…

Special South Africa

FG Adriaanse – Adagin Technologies

Credible data on worker productivity releases farmers from onerous policing

FG Adriaanse and JD Naudé, the managing directors of Adagintech at the Stellenbosch LaunchLab, spend hours discussing what it is that farmers really want of a digital…

Retail

Dreamstime

Amazon defeats activists hoping to establish the company's first unionised warehouse in the US

Meijer reveals some of the most surprising shopping trends

US: BJ’s Wholesale Club CEO Lee Delaney dies at age 49Lee Delaney, president and CEO of BJ’s Wholesale Club died unexpectedly at age 49. Westborough, Massachusetts-based BJ’s…

Thermo King launches new Container Fresh & Frozen (CFF) refrigeration units

Thermo King®, providing transport temperature control solutions and a brand of Trane Technologies, has introduced new Container Fresh & Frozen (CFF) refrigeration solutions…

Prepackaged fresh produce sales soar amid Covid-19 pandemic

A new Freedonia Group analysis projects US sales of fresh produce packaging to grow 3.7% per year to nearly $7 billion in 2024, as demand continues to rise…

Canada

Province of Alberta officially rid of Potato Cyst Nematode

The Canadian province of Alberta has been deemed free of potato cyst nematode (PCN). PCN is a destructive pest that lives in the soil. It is regulated under…

US: Computer modeling will aid growers to time thinning

Research from the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is focused on answering the question ‘How can computer modeling help growers decide when…

USDA

April

Florida all orange forecast maturity test results and fruit size

The 2020-2021 Florida all orange forecast released today by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is down 3.80 million boxes to 51.7 million boxes. If realized, this will be…

Youtube.com

Guatemalan volcano damages avocado plantations

On April 7, Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano is still showing high levels of activity, with strong eruptions spewing rivers of lava and ash clouds. The national…

Peruvian Tahiti and Sutil lime exports increased by 33.5% in the first quarter of the year

Peruvian lime exports have registered a notable increase in the first quarter of 2021. According to Fernando Cilloniz Benavides, the president of the…

Shipments to the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany accounted for more than 60% of total exports

Peruvian aguaymanto makes its way into international markets

Physalis peruviana, better known as aguaymanto, has made its way from Peru to international markets. According to data from Sierra y Selva Exportadora, an…

Senasa reports a possible case of "Fusarium" race 4 fungus in Peru

The Peruvian National Agricultural Health Service (Senasa) issued a statement on April 8 regarding various reports of a possible case of Fusarium oxyporum f.…

Price is stable

First Hainan fragrant pineapples of the season enter the Chinese market

In Hainan, the new harvest season of fragrant pineapples has officially begun. The fragrant pineapples are a variety of the Tainong no. 11 pineapple. The supply season is…

Belgian company goes from 300kg hand-peeled to 30 tons of peeled, processed onions per day

This onion farmer began with a daily production of 300kg of hand-peeled onions. The business is now big in peeling and processing onions. Uien Roussel was founded in Belgium…

Agri-Ethique: new fruit sector with the French fair trade label

After wheat, barley, milk, meat, eggs, honey, dried vegetables and condiments, fruit are now also part of the Agri-Ethique approach, the first French fair trade label. This…

Henkjan van Essen (JBB Packaging): "Everything we make is customer-specific”

Ornamental cultivation packager takes first steps in the fresh produce sector with a line of paper bags

As a packaging company from the Dutch Westlands region, JBB Packaging from Maasdijk supplies a lot of packaging to cut flower and potted plant growers. A request from a…

Anecoop presents its watermelon campaign, increasing its acreage and aiming to exceed 155,000 MT

The Spanish growers' association Anecoop has officially launched the new season of one of its top products: the Bouquet watermelon, which was the first seedless watermelon to…

Giant pepper of 555 gram grown in the Arava desert

When sorting the peppers in the packing house in the Arava, Israel, a huge pepper of 0,555 kg was found. Shoham Ben-Ezuz, manager of the packing house, says: “This humongous…

Medfel connects with sector online on May 4th, 11th and 25th

On Tuesdays 4, 11 and 25 May, from 4pm to 6pm, medFEL will connect up with the sector with a two-part programme: European forecasts for summer fruit and vegetable…

Real-time digital overview accelerates handling of delayed Suez vessels in port of Rotterdam

Many sea-going vessels have been delayed as a consequence of the Suez Canal obstruction. As delayed vessels are arriving in quick succession in Rotterdam,…

New season Zespri kiwifruit due to arrive in Europe

The new season New Zealand kiwifruit is aboard MV Cool Eagle, a new specialised reefer vessel built by Cool Carriers, with the ship expected to arrive on Sunday 18 April. MV…

Ian Yule - PlantTech Research Institute Limited

"We're not trying to create new sensors or robotics, but rather use AI systems to better utilise the technologies"

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology into fruit and vegetable growing operations, and making sense of all the data that exists, takes an 'all of industry'…

Apple prices continue to fall in China due to large volume in storage

After the Qingming Festival, traders with good sales began to source from production areas to replenish stocks. Affected by the unsatisfactory sales in most…

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