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How climate change impacts the process of breeding new cherry varieties

IFG started a cherry breeding program 21 years ago. With California being their home base, the company is focused on breeding cherries that are suitable for southern…

Good Honeycrisp year for Ontario apples in 2022-2023

Ontario’s upcoming apple season looks to be an on-year for Honeycrisp apples. Cathy McKay says even though it's still early, the apple crop in Ontario is predicted to be an…

Interview with the CEO of Bonduelle Fresh Americas

Andrea Montagna talks about the fresh-cut sector in the United States

What does the fresh-cut industry look like in the United States? We asked Andrea Montagna, managing director of Bonduelle Fresh Americas. The US has always been an important…

To offer consumers Italian melons from Valli Salse

Fresh Del Monte® announces partnership with OP Sermide Ortofruit

Fresh Del Monte® announces its collaboration with OP Sermide Ortofruit, an Italian company founded in 2009, recognized for producing quality fruit and…

Berries, more profitable than avocado

Mexican berry acreage has tripled in the last decade as the area devoted to staple food falls

Berries have experienced a remarkable boom in Mexico in the last decade. According to the National Association of Berry Exporters (Aneberries), its cultivation…

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Focus on the pre-Moon Festival market for Valencias

A lot of citrus still left to pack at halfway mark of South Africa's campaign

South Africa is halfway through its citrus season and packing is lagging behind previous years: 62 million 15kg cartons have been packed, compared with 67 million this time…

Turkish cherries did well versus their competition in California

“We exported at least double the amount of cherries with air freight compared to last year”

There are just a few more weeks until the Turkish cherry season comes to a close. Although there was lower demand in Europe, one exporter states that they’ve managed to get…

Green plantain production fell by 50% in Ecuador in the first half of the year

According to data provided by the National Federation of Plantain Producers of Ecuador (Fenaprope), between January and June 2021, Ecuador produced 56,948,758…

San Pedro Bay Ports continue to monitor cargo flow

Container dwell fee on hold through July 8

The San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will once again delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week, this time until July…

'How packhouses can meet current and future challenges'

Next week’s Global Avocado Congress, to be broadcast live online from Melbourne and London on 7th July, comes at a time when growers cannot plant avocado trees quickly enough.…

Special Automation

Peruvian designers create an intelligent robotic arm to control the quality and growth of seedlings for the agro-industry

The Antenor Orrego University and the CITEagroindustrial Chavimochic of the Technological Institute of Production (ITP), a body attached to the Ministry of Production…

Gobal Focus Softfruit / Stonefruit

Ontario peaches and nectarines could start picking in the next 14 days

Though it’s still a couple of weeks away, the Ontario stone fruit crop looks good. “We have some pockets that had some frost damage. But in our main producing area, everything…

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Dreamstime

Amazon Fresh is poised to enter Michigan

Mexico's Femsa to buy Swiss store operator Valora

US: Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown says vegan steak is coming this yearCalifornia-based company Beyond Meat will soon release its newest product: whole-cut vegan steak. “It’s…

Due to possible health risk

A&M Farms initiates recall of specific Little Bear Brand whole Vidalia onions

A&M Farms of Lyons, Georgia, is voluntarily recalling select whole Vidalia onions packed on one pack line between June 20 - June 23, 2022, because they have the potential to…

TWA Fungi brand King Oyster Mushroom recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Kam Ding Investment Ltd. is recalling King Oyster Mushrooms sold under the TWA Fungi brand because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall comes…

Due to presumptive positive microbial test result

Hy-Vee voluntarily withdraws all potato salad varieties

Out of an abundance of caution, Hy-Vee, Inc. is voluntarily withdrawing all varieties and all sizes of its Hy-Vee Potato Salad and Mealtime Potato Salad due to a presumptive…

"When tariffs are lowered, the consumption of Chilean nuts in India can really explode"

The rapid expansion of walnut cultivation in Chile in the last two decades has placed walnuts as the second fruit plantation with the largest presence in the…

State University of Ceará research:

‘Lemon contains specific natural compounds that can fight Covid-19’

Researchers from Ceará universities discovered that lemon has specific natural compounds, capable of fighting Sars-Cov-2, the causative agent of Covid-19. The…

Jamaica

JP Farms expanding to meet export demand

JP Farms is a subsidiary of Jamaica Producers Group and is a leading producer of high-quality tropical foods in Jamaica grown on its 500+ acre farm in St Mary,…

Benyenda Citrus

Demand for Queensland citrus picking up late in season after slow start due to weather

A leading Queensland citrus grower admits the weather has made things challenging this season, but demand has picked up throughout the season after a slow start. After…

If all goes well, the Corina® pear should have a fantastic season

“It's nice to see four competitors pulling together for a single product"

The Corina® pear is exclusive and usually appears on the market between the Conference's old and new crops. Four traders exclusively distribute this fruit in Belgium. "For the…

Overseas citrus market off to slow start in Europe because of high logistics costs

"There's generally ample supply on the [European] market," says Gijsbert van Leeuwen - responsible for sourcing at Olympic Fruit - in mid-June about the overseas citrus…

“Year after year, Metis® becomes more widely accepted and its demand increases”

The Metis interspecific season is in full swing, with the prospect of reaching close to 9,000 tons until the end of October. The staggered cultivation in three European…

China is the leading producer and Spain ranks 11th

World melon production achieved a new record in 2020

According to data shared by Faostat, the world produced 28,467.92 million kilos of melon in 2020, setting a new record in the production of this fruit. Two…

The lack of manpower is one of Spain's fruit growing sector's most serious problems

In some areas, producers have changed their stone fruits production for other productions that can be easily mechanizedThe lack of manpower is one of the many…

WAPA releases June´s apple and pear stock figures

European apple stocks are 18% above the figure of 2021

WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, released the apple and pear stock figures from 1 June 2022. The figures show that in Europe apple stocks increased by 18% compared…

Rients van der Wal (Organto Foods) about organic fruit and vegetables market position:

"We try to think differently because we're missing something - that link to consumers"

Expansion sometimes happens rapidly, including in the organic sector. Organto Foods is proof of that - its turnover doubled last year. The company also…

The World Potato Congress Inc announces two new directors

The World Potato Congress Inc. has announced that effective July 01, 2022, Mr. André Devaux and Mr. Jaap Delleman have joined its Board of Directors. Prior to…

China Merchant's Port:

Global Fruit and Vegetable Arrival Digital Trading Centre was officially launched

On July 1, China Merchants Port held the official launching ceremony of the "Global Fruit and Vegetable Arrival Digital Trading Center". At the launch…

Twitter

The world's most costly mangoes are purple

For those who wonder what’s the world's most expensive mango variety: an Indian industrialist shared pictures of the world's "costliest" mangos. The Mizyazaki…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £0.86: steady price compared to 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…

June saw drop in imported seaborne volumes at some US ports

Downward trend in spot rates could cause cancellations

A drop in imported seaborne volumes at some US ports in June was reported, as well as decreased orders for certain products from Chinese manufacturers and…

In current supply chain and cost crisis:

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce Industries calls for declaring fruit and veg strategic goods

The global fresh produce industries unite in a call to national and regional public authorities and multilateral bodies, such as WTO, FAO, UNCTAD, OECD and…

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