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Chris Sarantis, Canadawide

“It’s not just the pandemic that caused price increases and shortage of product”

Prices of about anything have shown an increasing trend lately, fresh produce included. Store shelves are empty, and prices have gone up, but is it all due to Covid? “It’s…

Consumer demand grows for the Autumn Glory® apple

The Autumn Glory® apple is so delicious and unique in flavor that consumers are stockpiling supply. Consumer Adrienne B. wrote that she “stocked up almost to the point of…

High demand for Chilean stone fruit mired in import logistics challenges

The 2021-2022 stone fruit season has gotten off to a rocky start. Both logistical challenges and a delay in the official start of the full season have made this year a…

LA Port could ease ship backlog by summer peak

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka has stated that  US supply chains have a chance to normalize after retailers replenish inventories next quarter,…

$33-million innovation challenge launched to support Canada’s food system

The Weston Family Foundation today announced the launch of its $33-million Homegrown Innovation Challenge to spark creative solutions and encourage new ideas…

IFAM helps lychee exporters reach US markets

Sustained interest from US markets has helped Australia’s lychee industry weather the COVID-19 storm. Meanwhile, the Australian Government’s International Freight Assistance…

Projected orange crop reduced by 1 million boxes

USDA forecast shows decline in Florida's orange production

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is lowering its projection for Florida’s orange output, according to its February forecast released Wednesday. All…

US: Pineapple more and more popular as a pizza topping

According to the National State of Pizza report from Slice, the food-ordering app that works with 18,000 pizzerias across the US, pizza orders with pineapple…

Unitedpotatocanada.com

Canadian potato storage holdings Feb 8 2022

Total Canadian potato storage holdings 22% above 3-yr average on February 1st

Total Canadian Potato Storage Holdings on February 1, 2022, are 22% above the 3-yr. average and up 26% compared to February of last year. What began as a PEI issue on November…

Special Machinery and Packaging

PAC Global Leadership Awards:

BerryWorld Blueberry Snack Pack was awarded 'Best New Brand'

Mastronardi Produce has been recognized with a Global Packaging Award at this year’s PAC Global Leadership Awards. Their BerryWorld Blueberry Snack Pack was…

Global Focus Organics

Nalinn Larsson, of Iberica Fruit:

“In Sweden, there are usually organic alternatives in the fruit and vegetable sections of supermarkets”

The area devoted to organic farming continues to grow in the European Union. According to the latest agricultural statistics data, shared by Eurostat in 2021 in a detailed…

Retail

Dreamstime

Weee! is partnering with RELEX Solutions

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Nova Libra

US: Peapod Digital Labs taps Ian Prisuta to lead private labelsIan Prisuta has joined Ahold Delhaize USA’s Peapod Digital Lab as senior vice president of private brands.…

Sweet Orange Scab and Citrus Canker

APHIS revises conditions for interstate movement of citrus fruit from areas quarantined

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the conditions for interstate movement of citrus fruit from areas…

Machine learning used to make fruits and vegetables more delicious

According to some, produce sold in the grocery store often tastes like cardboard. For those that agree, there are several reasons for this. Most of them stem…

Market and Crop Update for February 10, 2022

“White and yellow onion movement moderate, with pricing remaining steady on all three colors”

MARKET Idaho-E. Oregon: Chris Woo with Owyhee Produce in Nyssa, OR, and Parma, ID, told us on Feb. 9, “Demand on storage reds is good with very few being…

Banana exports from Ecuador & Colombia to Albania doubled over last decade

In 2021, the consumption of bananas in Albania reached a record level. Data from Customs indicates that a total of bananas worth 3 billion ALL (approx. €25…

Tinus Venter – Janlouis Boerdery

“It was our best melon season ever”

“Last week melon prices were still above average, they have now fallen somewhat, but from September to December 2021, on average, it was our best melon season yet - and we had…

Ivory Coast

Agri Banana’s ecological bags patented in 17 OAPI countries

In order to mitigate the proliferation of plastic bags and deforestation in Ivory Coast, start-up Agri Banana is coming out with ecological bags called “Fandy Pack”. These are…

First UK arrivals of Red Phoenix plums from South Africa

“The first arrivals from Lucerne Fresh have arrived after what can only be described as a problematic start to the South African stonefruit season. Early rains, followed by…

Val Venosta celebrates its seventh Greengrocer's Day by bringing traditional greengrocers and the new generations closer

For the past seven years, Val Venosta has carried out different actions to celebrate Greengrocer's Day giving visibility, supporting, and thanking Spanish greengrocers for…

The Netherlands: Natural gas - why are the costs increasing so much?

Dutch growers were paying around €0.20/m3 for natural gas for a long time. That is, until April 2021. Then the gas price started to rise, at first tentatively…

The opinion of economist Gianluca Bagnara

Tension in Ukraine - fresh produce risks becoming a bargaining chip

"The exacerbation of the tension at the border with Ukraine has origins that go back a few years. While, on the one hand, it would be preferable for everything…

"EcoLychee helps lychees peculiar skin maintain its deep red color for up to 5 weeks"

What’s keeping growers and distributors of lychees, the delicious tropical fruits, from supplying them fresh to distant countries in large numbers? Many other delicate fruits,…

Fresh Produce Impact Hub launched to solve the plastics problem

Blue Skies have teamed up with Waitrose & Partners and the University of Northampton Centre for Sustainable Business Practices to launch an industry Research…

Obituary:

Fyffes former COO Coen Bos has passed away

"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved former COO, Coen Bos." Coen spent 35 years with Velleman & Tas and Fyffes and was greatly…

Profitability increased substantially driven by high freight rates due to pandemic impact

A.P. Moller-Maersk reports record earnings for 2021 and guides for a strong 2022

The company continued to strengthen its Logistics & Services business throughout 2021, outperforming the market growth with a revenue increase of 41pct. to USD $ 9.8bn,…

Craig Estens - Abbotsleigh Citrus -Nutrano Produce Group

“We’ve had a lot of traction with our lemons into the export market over the years"

Nutrano Produce Group started the seedless lemon harvest at the end of January at their Abbotsleigh Farm in Central Burnett, Queensland and will transition to Eureka and…

Some positive figures for Australian fruit and vegetable exports amid pandemic challenges

In a year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, there was some positive export value growth at state level for Australian fruits and vegetables, with figures…

Australian mango margins decrease due to high fuel prices

As the price of crude oil hit a seven-year high this week (to more than US$90 a barrel), Australian consumers and primary producers are significantly out of…

© Graham Corney

Lechelle Earl - Onions Australia

Strong domestic price, exports difficult due to lack of freight

The onion harvest in Queensland is already finished while Victoria is still going and South Australia, Tasmania and West Australia will remain in full swing for the next two…

Government invests in major horticulture project in northern Hawke’s Bay

An ambitious horticulture project is under way to lift the productivity of Māori-owned land in northern Hawke’s Bay, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said…

New Zealand avocado industry adjusts to changing circumstances

According to the New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority, avocados were the fifth most valuable horticultural export in 2020. But the season had been rocky,…

Atherton avocados head to Singapore

Costa’s premium Shepard avocados grown in Far North Queensland will be hitting the supermarket shelves from February, and in a first for the region a shipment of avocados will…

The Netherlands is the largest importer

Summary of China's ginger export data for 2021

In 2021, China exported 443,800 tons of ginger, which was a drop of 10.88% compared with 2020. The value of exported ginger was 536.13 million US dollars, down…

Norwegian research

'Changing your diet could add 13 years to your life'

Eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables is known to be beneficial to one’s overall health. However, a new study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine,…

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