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TIPA CEO Dante Galeazzi on how COVID-19 has impacted Texas fresh produce

“The central and northern regions are still seeing sluggish demand because of the pandemic”

Fresh produce out of Texas is currently shifting from the southern region to the central and northern regions. The southern region of the state, such as the Rio Grande Valley,…

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Avocados Sales/Marketing Professional - Europe

Slightly tighter supplies on California cauliflower

Supplies of cauliflower out of California are even right now. “There’s been decent supply in California which is where most of the supplies on cauliflower are at this time of…

PMA Virtual Town Hall

How technology can help the produce industry be more efficient and flexible

This week’s PMA Virtual Town Hall focused on technology. What technological advances are gaining importance, and have aided companies throughout the supply chain amidst the…

Avocado company breaks ground on mega-distribution center in Laredo, Texas

Mission Produce, Inc. announced it has broken ground on a mega-distribution center in Laredo, Texas, which will initially create approximately 75 jobs. The…

Fisher Ranch expands its business to deliver melons to distance markets

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. and family-owned grower and shipper Fisher Ranch recently partnered to deliver ready-to-eat, ripe melons from California to global…

100,000 lbs of Audra Rose cherries anticipated this season

15 years ago, Audra Leitz was walking through her family orchard when she stumbled upon a delicious cherry. The family had initially thought it was a Rainier variety, but upon…

Catalytic Generators

Best practices for ripening papayas

Papayas can be found year-round at local grocers, thanks to strategic ethylene application. Ethylene generators from Catalytic Generators help to turn dark green papayas to a…

Washington Apple Education Foundation's scholarship recipient gives back to community

A first generation college student and 2020 Washington State University graduate is saying thank you to a state scholarship foundation by donating his first paycheck from his…

Dominated by medium sizes

Organic cherries available in China soon

“Each year, organic cherries from Dalian, Liaoning become available around June 10 and are supplied from the beginning of July. In the Chinese market, consumers prefer organic…

Cornell University research

Robots armed with UV light fight grape mildew

Robots fitted with ultraviolet light lamps that roam vineyards at night are proving effective at killing powdery mildew, a devastating pathogen for many crops,…

Special Asia

Importer sees other produce moving slow on the fruit markets

“The Egyptian Valencia oranges are incredibly popular in India”

Now that India is opening up numerous areas of the country, imported fresh produce has a chance to reach the Indian consumer once again. Although some parts of India are still…

Global Focus Logistics / cooling

"Fresh-key looking for global distributors"

"Global demand for temperature and humidity recorders rising"

Fresh-key offers temperature and humidity sensors, location monitors, light sensors and other monitoring equipment and IoT tracking platforms to provide cold chain IoT…

Retail

Associated Wholesale Grocers plans to construct a new all-in-one distribution hub

Food Lion to purchase 62 BI-LO and Harveys Supermarkets from Southeastern Grocers

US: H-E-B tops customer satisfaction pandemic rankingH-E-B leads other food retailers in customer satisfaction during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new report. The…

Dana Rothstein

US officers discover $1.75 million of cocaine in boxes of oranges at Savannah port

In May, federal agents discovered more than fruit in a shipment of fresh oranges that had arrived at the Port of Savannah. The agents seized $1.75 million in…

Norfolk County, Southern Ontario

Canada: Lack of workers forces Norfolk asparagus farmer to abandon 450 acres

The Scotlynn Group in Norfolk County said despite an overwhelming response from locals who came forward to replace over 200 migrant workers (who were…

Pay issues central in Yakima County fruit plant worker strikes

Negotiations between two separate fruit packing companies in Yakima, Washington and their employees are at a standstill over compensation. Employees at fruit…

Cutting costs to gain customer loyalty in the citrus industry

Grocery stores have trained the customer to expect exactly one type of fruit: spotless, according to Citrus Industry. Anyone who grows citrus for a living…

USDA cites New York produce company for PACA Violations

As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S.…

Nominations accepted now through June 30th

PMA Impact Award to recognize champions of industry that help grow a healthier world

Produce Marketing Association has created the new PMA Impact Award to honor everyday heroes who advance the global produce and mass-market floral industries…

Weekly exports of pineapples from Panama will continue throughout the summer

La Dona Fruit announced its readiness to satisfy European demand for MD2 pineapples from Panama this summer, after adapting the business to mitigate the global coronavirus…

Chile's Kiwi Committee

"Repeal of controls against Psa doesn't change what we must do at field level"

On May 31, the Chilean Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) ended the Official Control against the Psa in Kiwis, an action that declares that this disease is present in…

Argentine apple export prices drop

The average values of the apples for export from the Rio Negro and Neuquen Valley that the regional companies have declared show that there is a significant drop in prices…

Argentina

Entre Rios' citrus production is expected to drop by up to 40%

The vice president of Entre Rios' Citrus Federation (Fecier), Dante Grigolatto, stated that the province's citrus production is expected to drop by 30 to 40%…

Peruvian ginger shipments increase by 94% in 2020

After ranking in 2019 as the third-largest supplier of ginger in the world, with a 5% share globally, in 2020 Peruvian ginger exports recorded a significant…

Rowan Vickery - FruitOne

Start of an excellent Tango season

The first Tangos for export are being picked in FruitOne’s orchards in Hoedspruit and Letsitele, one of the earliest Tango mandarins in the country, and it’s proving to be an…

Jaco Nel – mpact

Mpact’s new fruit bin design allows better fruit protection and easier handling

Leading South African fruit bin manufacturer mpact is offering the bins widely used in the South African fruit and vegetable industry to clients in Spain, France, the…

A beginners' course in asparagus: German machines famous on social media?

Like many others, Owyhee Produce from the USA is particularly active on social media and also shows consumers the background of asparagus production. Recently, the videos even…

Didier Groven, Enzafruit

“This year, we're going to sell record volumes of European Jazz apples”

At the end of May, the European Jazz apple season seamlessly merged with the overseas season. That means these apples are available to European consumers for 12 months of the…

Asparagus grower Walter Gubbels discovers special curly green asparagus

Asparagus grower Walter Gubbels from Helvoirt came across a special specimen on his asparagus field this morning. This curled version of the green asparagus could almost be…

Susi Bonet, of Cambayas: "July's fig harvest will be normal"

"Breva fig production reduced by 50% this year"

The abundant rains during the winter and part of the spring, the low temperatures and the occasional high peaks of heat affected the flowering and setting of the figs in…

Jack Hanson - Fountain Fresh

Transitioning back the the new 'normal'

As we all start to ease out of lock down companies who had to diversify overnight are looking at making the transition back to the new ‘normal’ Eight weeks ago, Jack Hanson…

Agromediterránea kicks off its corn season for domestic and international markets

Agromediterránea, the company specialized in growing and selling vegetables straight from the field and a member of Grupo Alimentario Citrus, has started its corn season for…

Australian agrifood company looking for fresh produce startups to drive future innovation

Australia's first dedicated agrifood tech venture capital firm is encouraging the next wave of fresh produce startup companies developing innovative agtech. Tenacious Ventures…

"Oversupply in China putting pressure on onion prices"

"There are many onion production areas in China, and onions here can be harvested almost continuously throughout the year. Products currently on the market are…

Adam Radosavljevic

India: Hail causes extensive damage to fruit crops in Shopian & Kulgam

Hailstorm again struck the districts of Shopian and Kulgam -in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir-, extensively damaging crops. Locals from many…

More New Zealand kiwis exported in March, April

During the first months of 2020, the New Zealand kiwi export season got started more quickly than last year. The difference with the previous two years is even more…

Klodien

Vietnamese fruits are exported all over the world

In late May, the first batches of lychee harvested in Thanh Ha district, the northern province of Hai Duong were exported to Singapore, the US and Australia.…

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