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First shipment of Chilean fruit of the season arrives on US West Coast

After a 12-day journey from Chile, the first West Coast break bulk vessel of the season, Ice River, arrived to the Port of Los Angeles on Thursday, January 9. The ship…

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"Having a Piñabar in stores doubles pineapple sales"

The Piñabar is a machine that will cut up a fresh pineapple; it is set up in supermarkets to be used by the consumer, and was developed by Dutch Food Technology. Michel van…

Drone technology detects 2 tomato diseases with 99% accuracy

New technology being developed by University of Florida scientists identifies two dangerous tomato diseases with 99 percent accuracy. This finding is critical because diseases…

California Giant Berry Farms welcomes new CFO

Last week California Giant Berry Farms kicked off the New Year by adding a new member to its Executive Team welcoming Sean Martin as Chief Financial Officer to…

Hazel Technologies announces new COO Parker Booth

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-supported technology company delivering new packaging solutions for fresh produce to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and…

The Chinese port of Nansha offers an express service for Chilean cherries

The port of Nansha carried out the first express operation for a shipment of Chilean cherries transported by the Evergreen company. The operation was carried out on December…

California citrus growers optimistic about progress in Chinese trade

As is well-known, the Chinese trade market is a significant export destination for California citrus growers and the ongoing trade dispute has created…

Limoneira Company achieves record revenue in FY 2019

The Limoneira Company, a diversified citrus growing, packing, selling and marketing company with related agribusiness activities and real estate development…

Canada import regulations for horticultural products updated

In Canada, current legal requirements come into effect from January 2020 with regulations for, among other things, permits, preventive controls and traceability requirements…

Organically Grown Company brings in Jan McCaffrey as VP of People

Northwest-based organic produce distributor Organically Grown Company (OGC) announced the addition of Jan McCaffrey to its leadership team. Jan joins OGC with…

Special Fruit Logistica

The Fruit Logistica 2020 Innovation Award nominees

Here are the nominations for this year's Fruit Logistica Innovations Award: Coconut automatic opening machine K30, from Shanghai FruitPro Information Technology Co. Ltd,…

Global Focus Bananas

Chiquita Bananas works to meet increased demand for organics

Thirty-one percent of respondents in a recent survey said that one-quarter to one-half of their annual produce purchases are organic. With demand for organic produce on the…

Retail

Safeway, Save Mart, Food Maxx: Bitcoin purchasing via Coinme

Albertsons is shutting five Randalls grocery stores in Texas

US: Albertsons prepares for an IPO, againAlbertsons Cos. is preparing to go public again, said people familiar with the matter, as the grocery giant's backers look to tap into…

USDA January forecast

Florida citrus forecast predicts 3 percent increase over last season

The 2019-2020 Florida all orange forecast released by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 74.0 million boxes, unchangedfrom the December forecast. If…

New US patent granted for Hybrid True Potato Seed development

Solynta announced the grant of U.S. Patent Serial No. 10,524,436 entitled ‘Hybrid Potato Breeding.’ The patent claims Solynta’s methods of producing potato…

US: Southern fruit and vegetable growers to meet US trade officials

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will begin working with southern fruit and vegetable farmers to ensure fair competition with their Mexican…

Opening up new avenues for studying pathogen & understanding mechanisms of HLB

Citrus Greening bacterium now available in culture

A dynamic research collaboration between several labs at Washington State University (Gang, Beyenal and Omsland labs), University of Arizona (Brown lab) and…

App has already saved 28.6 million meals in Europe

Danish company ‘Too Good To Go’ to fight against food waste in the US

The Copenhagen-based company Too Good To Go, which connects users of its app with restaurants and shops that sell unsold food for a third of the price, is understood to be…

Mango volumes still high as harvesting begins in late-season regions

Mango harvesting is starting to wind down in two of the growing regions across Western Australia and Queensland, but the national season is far from over. According to the…

Jan Doldersum - Rijk Zwaan

"We aim to inspire retailers and traders worldwide to drive further growth of the snack category"

More and more consumers are opting for a healthy lifestyle, and that includes incorporating healthy snacks – whether for eating while out and about, at work, after exercise or…

"The Chinese market for Aksu candy apples is in disorder"

Conditions in the Chinese apple market have been less than ideal this season. Apart from the market conditions for Huaniu apples, other apple varieties all experienced worse…

"Southeast Asian demand for fresh pears is growing"

"Export price of Chinese Imperial Crown pears increased"

"The Chinese export season of fresh pears is in full swing. The weather conditions were quite regular last year, which was beneficial for the production of pears. The overall…

"The conditions of product delivery to the mango market are less than ideal"

"Imported mangoes fill gap in Chinese market during the off-season of domestic mango production"

This is the off-season for Chinese mango production areas. Most of the domestic mangoes on the Chinese market come from Hainan. Imported mangoes have an…

Overall vegetable prices in China lower than last year

Southern China is experiencing an exceptionally mild winter. In mid-December 2019, the temperature rose to 20° C, breaking the historical record, and again in…

Prices of Chinese garlic in November 2019 rose and fell sharply

In November 2019, the garlic market in China was highly volatile. After reports of rotten roots, yellowing leaves, and dead seedlings flew around, the market…

Ruud Kester, Produce IT:

"Light at the end of the tunnel after tough weeks on the avo market"

At the end of November, the avocado market suddenly faced a sharp drop in prices. "No-one saw it coming. Over two weeks, prices for 4kg dropped from €18 to €7. We, therefore,…

The Late and Lane Navel orange harvest decreases by 25 to 30%

"We hope the markets can pay the high prices of mandarins"

The first part of the mandarin and clementine campaign has practically ended in the Valencian Community, with a 35 to 55% decrease in production compared to last year,…

Banderoles becoming increasingly popular alternative in retail

"This packaging makes the freshness of goods very discernable at the POS"

The reduction and avoidance of (plastic) packaging has become a major issue in the trade. Sustainable alternatives are being sought everywhere and more and more often,…

Vincent Guérin, ANPP:

“The overview of the French pear campaign looks positive”

“There is room for the French pear in France,” announced Vincent Guérin, head of economic affairs at ANPP, in an article published in 2019 at the end of the harvest. And this…

Juan Manuel Sánchez, of CAAE:

"We are the only Spanish entity to certify organic products for Japan"

“At a time when the world's organic production generates over 92,000 million Euro, the opening to the Japanese market for operators in Spain and Latin America (through the JAS…

Agro Merchants Westland and The Grape Hub are using FreshBabel Messenger

Two Dutch companies share messages digitially

Dutch companies, Agro Merchants Westland and The Grape Hub, recently started exchanging digital messages. They do so via FreshBabel Messenger. This link ensures neither…

Ten years of success for the Mooi Brand

“This year we plan to export up to 500 000 cold steri processed cartons"

The year 2020 marks the 10th year since the official launch of the MOOI dedicated Far East brand by Mooigezicht Estates. In the process of building relationships with buyers…

5th international online course on postharvest & fresh-cut technologies

The ‘5th International on-line Course on Postharvest & Fresh-cut Technologies’ will be offered starting in February by the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena…

Locust swarm is threatening Kenyan food security

Large swarms of desert locusts are spreading through Kenya, after wreaking havoc in Somalia and Ethiopia, posing a significant threat to food security, the…

Total EU avocado supply - updated 10-01-2020

Chile exports approximately 946,000 cartons of Hass avos to the EU

Peru, Israel and Chile are still exporting the lion's share of the European Hass supplies in week 2 of 2020. Chile's share has been approximately 946,000 cartons of Hass avos…

Argentine peso to weaken further

Forecast: World’s weakest currency to drop ever lower

Argentina’s peso, the world’s weakest currency for the past two years, has nowhere to go but down as the nation struggles to rein in runaway consumer price…

Guatemala and Nicaragua go over their banana import trigger quota

Luc Hellebuyck [@Bananas4All], former Eucofel Aisbl CEO tweeted this on Jan. 10 2020: EU #banana import 2019, Guatemala and Nicaragua go over their trigger quota, respectively…

Ross Beaton – The Apple Press

How a marketer turned 'ugly fruit' into a new category

Owner and CMO of The Apple Press, Ross Beaton, has staked everything on his apple juice varietals and plans to grow the chilled juice category. This innovator was a very successful…

New Zealand study - Auckland University of Technology:

“Bigger bodies need bigger servings of vegetables”

A new study from Auckland University of Technology (AUT) suggests the recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables should be in direct proportion to…

Zespri chief grower and alliances officer Dave Courtney:

"Another good kiwifruit season is likely"

Although it’s early days yet, there are promising signs of it being another good year for kiwifruit. Zespri’s chief grower and alliances officer, Dave Courtney…

Clip from Zambia goes viral

Elephant clambering over a wall to find mangoes

An unusually agile elephant was caught on camera while clambering over a five-foot wall in an attempt to steal mangoes from the Mfuwe guest house in Zambia. This happened in…

“Smart Farming” for sustainable intensification

Farms of the future: innovation in fresh produce supply chains

Agriculture has been slower than some other major industries to see disruption through new technology. But the opportunities in this area are fast being realised…

Maersk intends to boost land transportation via cold storage policy

Shipping company Maersk intends to focus on premium services such as cold storage and digital solutions to avoid competing with its own freight-forwarding clients as it…

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