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Washington apple crop assessment still being determined

This year’s Washington apple crop is a difficult one to predict. “The initial estimate is for 108 million cartons. That seems to be within the range of what the field staff is…

How does retail technology help drive produce purchasing?

Undoubtedly, the pandemic escalated consumers’ comfort levels with online shopping. However, yesterday’s International Fresh Produce Association’s Virtual Town Hall took a…

CMI Orchards announces leadership transitions

CMI Orchards has advanced several positions within the company in preparing for a period of tremendous growth. “I am thrilled to announce the creation of two new positions and…

Puente Blanco: "faces same challenges as rest of world - rising prices, fuel, logistics and fertilizers"

Good upcoming garlic export season expected from Argentina

“This year, weather conditions in Argentina have been very beneficial for the quality of our organic garlic and other produce so we are expecting excellent quality and…

The opening ceremony of Canadian cherries Global Fruit prepared for Mid-Autumn Festival was held in Shanghai

On August 31, the opening ceremony of the first launch of Global Fruit - Joy Wing Mau Shipping, was held at Shanghai Huizhan Fruit and Vegetable Market. More than 95% of…

Limited-edition organic wine grapes now available at The Fresh Market

Beginning today, The Fresh Market, Inc. is offering three varieties of wine grapes for an extremely limited time: Organic Carignane, French Columbard, and Granache. While…

E. coli case linked to Wendy’s romaine expands to Indiana

As the number of infections has grown, the E. coli outbreak linked to Wendy’s sandwich romaine has expanded to another state: Indiana. The Atlanta-based…

Citrus growers look at US truck driver shortage

Alix Miller, president and CEO of the Florida Trucking Association, told attendees of the recent Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo that there is a shortage of about…

Equitable Food Initiative announces new hires to expand offerings

Equitable Food Initiative is proud to welcome two employees filling new positions on the team. Joining EFI are Madelyn Edlin as marketing and sales manager and Toni Rosati as…

Solinftec

Solinftec's Solix Sprayer joins its Solix Scout robot

Solinftec to release Solix sprayer robot for precise pesticide application

Solinftec has announced that it is expanding its Solix agricultural robotics offerings. In addition to its Solix Scouting robot, the company has unveiled its Solix Sprayer…

Special Avocados

FreshPlaza's September Special is on Avocados

In September FreshPlaza will be focussing on avocados, are you a grower, importer or exporter of these products? We would love to hear from you. You can send us some…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

FreshPlaza's September Global Focus on Onions and Potatoes

In September FreshPlaza will be focussing on onions and potatoes, are you a grower, importer or exporter of these products? We would love to hear from you. You can send us…

Retail

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Roche Bros. Supermarkets is marking its 70th anniversary

Amazon introduces new service: Amazon Warehousing & Distribution

US: New Whole Foods Market in Culver City is now openWhole Foods Market opened its new 51,413-square-foot store, located at 3377 La Cienega Blvd in Culver City, California, on…

Tai Phat Wholesalers LLC recalls “Three Coins Dried Mushrooms” due to possible health risk

Tai Phat Wholesalers LLC of Capitol Heights, MD is recalling 4 types of packages of its “Three Coins Dried Mushrooms” because they have the potential to be contaminated with…

Price of strawberries is going down in the US

Certain products that were once affected by inflation are quietly becoming affordable again. Strawberries, for instance, might see their prices go down thanks…

A good year for Manitoba's potato crop

Vikram Bisht, an industry development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, recently stated: "In many fields, the crop looks very good. There were some late…

Yuma leafy greens growers worried about additional water cuts

Yuma is the biggest provider of produce like romaine lettuce, spinach, broccoli, and onion seeds across the United States in the winter months, but that could…

Workers vow to keep fighting for bill

Farmworkers respond to Gavin Newsom’s concerns about union voting bill

United Farm Workers undertook a 24-day, 335 mile march that ended Friday in Sacramento. The march was aimed at gaining support for the Agricultural Labor…

Highland Ag MarketWatch hits the fresh produce market as a pro-competitive data and insights tool

Highland Ag MarketWatch is a first-of-its-kind data analysis software delivering visibility into current market trends for marketers to make impactful,…

Germany is the world's second-largest buyer of tomatoes, after the US

In 2021, the world imported 8,327.56 million kilos of tomatoes. Imports were led by the United States with 1,939.7 million kilos, i.e., 23.29% of the total,…

IFPA names 2022 Caplan Family Business Scholarship winners

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) is pleased to announce the three recipients of the 2022 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarships: Mayra…

Lineage Logistics completes the acquisition of Spanish transport and cold-store operator Grupo Fuentes

Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the world’s leading temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers, today completed the acquisition of…

USDA

Sales volume of 2021-2022 US mushroom crop totaled 702 million pounds

Volume of sales of the 2021-2022 United States mushroom crop totaled 702 million pounds, down 7 percent from last season. Value of sales for the 2021-2022 United States…

Massachusetts cranberry forecasts are fine

According to the 2022 U.S. cranberry crop forecast, this year’s Massachusetts cranberry crop is projected to be up 19% from the 2021 harvest. The Cranberry…

Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program looks at French fry, chipping and fresh markets

New potato varieties created by the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program might be entering the French fry market soon. Isabel Vales, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife…

Counterseasonality of South African oranges proven by European data

Freshfel Europe, the European Fresh Produce Association, has released graphs showing the origin of oranges available in the European Union throughout the year, the CEO of the…

Process underway of getting Australia's new strawberry varieties to market

Hort Innovation is looking for a commercial partner for its two new home-grown strawberry varieties, Pink and White, with an aim to get them to market as quickly as possible.…

Registration and exhibition space open for World Avocado Congress 2023

New Zealand avocado export season well underway

The New Zealand avocado season is well underway, the first small export volumes left for Asia in July and avocados are now being shipped to Australia and 9 Asian markets.…

Robot strawberry picker kills fungus with UV technology

Two Perth-based engineers have developed a strawberry-picking robot that could assuage on-farm labor shortages. The robot was designed to be of a similar size…

Growers choose not to expand SunGold Kiwifruit production outside of New Zealand

Zespri growers have voted not to progress a proposed expansion of Zespri kiwifruit plantings in the Northern Hemisphere. The proposal to expand the planted…

Joep Jongmans, Special Fruit:

"Mango market's not been too wild recently"

Mango sales are not too wild at the moment, says Special Fruit's Joep Jongmans. "The market's been quiet for the past few weeks. That's not unusual before the summer…

Clarifruit AI-powered QC software reduces supplier waste by 20%

Automated quality control set to dramatically reduce fresh produce wastage

Quality mismatches during sorting result in the rejection of hundreds of tons of fresh produce annually. It’s at this critical link in the supply chain that Clarifruit’s…

Níjar will have a plant for the production of fuel from greenhouses' plastic waste

The Governing Council took note of the allocation to the Project Accelerator Unit (PACU) of the initiative promoted by the company Setraoil to build in Níjar…

Deprez and Zwaaneveld will stay with Greenyard until 2026

Today, Greenyard confirms that its co-CEOs, Hein Deprez and Marc Zwaaneveld have both committed to stay at Greenyard, and this until 30 April 2026. Founder and…

Catering to the health trend of gifts

Dole launches the National Style Mid-Autumn Festival Gift Box

Approaching Mid-Autumn Festival, the international fruit and vegetable brand Dole, aware of consumers' needs for gifts in important festivals, recently launched a variety of…

Chinese scientists cultivate a new fruit line

Here is the offspring of the longan and the lychee

"This is the world's first new hybrid of longan and lychee, which is groundbreaking." According to Liu Chengming, the head of the breeding team and a professor…

China ups currency defense as yuan nears 7 per dollar

The People’s Bank of China has set its daily reference rate for the yuan at 6.8906 per dollar. That’s after the bank set the yuan fixing at 249 pips higher…

Weekly freigth rate update

Reefer rates defy global spot trends on North Europe to Far East trades

While spot rates for ‘dry standard’ FEUs are declining on the world’s key global trading corridors, the rates for equivalent reefers are bucking the trend on…

First Spanish food fight fiesta after pandemic

"Tomatina" festival returns to Bunol

Thousands of attendees hurled some 130 tons of over-ripe tomatoes at each other yesterday in the eastern Spanish town of Bunol. It is known as the "Tomatina" festival and it…

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