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First shipments of Peruvian and Brazilian grapes currently on the water

While the first shipments of Peruvian and Brazilian grapes are currently on the water, the California grape season should extend through the end of the year. The Central San…

PMA virtual town hall

How the US election outcome may influence and impact policy for the produce industry

This week’s virtual town hall examined the impact of the 2020 elections on the fresh produce and floral industries, with a specific focus on policy implications. Richard Owen,…

Idaho potato harvest saw average yields and good quality

Supplies of potatoes out of Idaho are solid. “The yields were good. It wasn’t necessarily a bumper crop but it was average yields,” says Ryan Wahlen of Pleasant Valley Potato…

Washington Apple Education Foundation

CMI Orchards recognized as 2020 Volunteer Organization of the Year

CMI Orchards has been announced as the 2020 Washington Apple Education Foundation Volunteer Organization of the Year. Annually, the non-profit WAEF recognizes an organization…

November 25th

Hazel Tech® to host first annual Mango Quality Summit

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

Jorge O'Ryan from ProChile:

"We see great opportunities for our fruit in the midst of this pandemic"

The FruitCare 2020 meeting closed with its traditional International Business Roundtable supported by ProChile, this time in an online version. In the virtual…

Applewood Fresh® and The Produce Moms® launch co-branded apple package

Applewood Fresh®, a produce brand and fourth-generation grower, packer/shipper and marketer of Michigan apples and The Produce Moms®, one of America’s fruit and vegetable…

Latin American banana growers not pleased with Aldi's banana price cut

"Aldi and the Ecuadorian exporters don’t seem to get it!"

The following blog was written by Banana Link’s International Coordinator, Alistair Smith. "Many in the global banana sector were hoping for an outbreak of common sense from Europe’s…

Slightly less citrus production overall

World Citrus Organisation (WCO) presents annual Northern Hemisphere production forecast

The WCO Secretariat has released its first crop production forecast for the forthcoming Northern Hemisphere citrus season 2020-21. The preliminary forecast is collected from…

Blueberry season forecast 2020

Argentina to focus on organic blueberries and increasing shipping by sea

ABC provides ongoing information on estimated volumes broken out by week, arrival date, market and via. During the season, from September to December, Weekly Crop Reports are…

Global focus citrus

North American lemon supplies moving into mostly domestic production

Supplies of lemons remain strong as the import period of the fruit winds down. “There are some limited supplies from Chile, Argentina and Mexico on the market but those will…

Special Wholesale markets

Vernon Mascarenhas - Nature’s Choice.

2nd lock down will be very different from the first - then Brexit

England will go into a second lock down on Thursday and things for the fresh produce sector will be very different than first time round, the duration of the lock down is…

Retail

Couche-Tard: Entry into Asia with acquisition of Hong Kong c-store network

Costco: October sales results

US: Nielsen IDs new spending groups for holidaysAs travel constraints and health rules force smaller gatherings this holiday season, spending patterns will no doubt be…

Seneca Foods reports net sales increased 5.5% to $390.3 million

Seneca Foods Corporation announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended September 26, 2020. Highlights (vs. year-ago, second quarter results):…

San Miguel reduces water footprint in Peru

San Miguel has taken steps to get the "Blue Certificate", a distinction that recognizes companies for their responsible use of water. According to a release…

Ensuring guaranteed low-cost food security for the Dominican Republic by 2021

Minister of Agriculture Limber Cruz wants to lower food prices

The DR Minister of Agriculture has a very clear focus for its management: to work hard and guarantee food security in the Dominican Republic. Limber Cruz is…

The banana sector seeks to recover the ground lost in the Swiss market since 2014

The trade agreement between Ecuador and EFTA has already entered into force

The trade agreement between Ecuador and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), will allow 99% of the products that Ecuador exports to enter Liechtenstein, Norway,…

Looking into Chinese market

Cuban growers allowed to start exporting products

Grower Lazaro Rafael Fundora, who runs a farm in the Cuban province of Mayabeque, became the first Cuban farmer to sell products abroad over the past six…

Peruvian orange exports grew by 57% in value and 37% in volume

According to a report by Fresh Fruit, Peru exported 25,713 tons of oranges for 11 million dollars between January 1 and October 26, which represents a 37%…

The case of Honduran banana supply chains

The EU Common Market Organisation (CMO) and its import/export licences are intertwined with trade power concentration in multinational exporters, EU supermarket price pressure…

Moroccan snack tomatoes as good as Dutch ones

The new Dutch snack tomato import season began recently. The first batches were already on the market in September. These were brought in by, among others, DOOR/Prominent. The…

Christiaan van der Goes, GreenGoose, the Netherlands

Should sweet potatoes be sorted before or after they’re exported?

A sweet potato sorting machine on the European continent. At the time of writing, it was a first. In March this year, the Dutch company, GreenGoose, acquired this grading…

Poland heading for stricter measures against the coronavirus

“The new lockdown will definitely have an effect on our apple season”

Poland is heading into a strict lockdown by the end of the month, if the amount of covid-cases does not go down before then. Naturally this will have an effect on the apple…

Martijn Vogelaar (Fruvo) tempers pear market expectations

"High expectations often lead to disappointment"

It's the end of September and Martijn Vogelaar of Fruvo notes that the pear market is under pressure. Fruvo is a Dutch company that's active in the cultivation and marketing…

Season kicks off for the Kissabel® Rouge

The harvesting of the red flesh varieties ended a few days ago in the Northern Hemisphere: around one month from the harvest of the orange and yellow varieties, now Kissabel®…

UK lockdown a blow to South African baby veg and flower exports

In terms of the South African fresh produce industry, the UK's new lockdown will have the largest effect on the exports of baby veg and flowers, both edible flowers and cut…

Dr André Jooste - Potatoes South Africa

Outgoing chief executive hails the potato growers of South Africa

Dr André Jooste, an agricultural economist who joined Potatoes South Africa eight years ago as chief executive officer, is leaving the organisation at the end of the month for…

Edwin van Leeuwen, Yex, the Netherlands

“Mangos and avocados swop around in autumn"

At the beginning of October, Edwin van Leeuwen saw both mango and avocado prices rise. Edwin is the Dutch company, Yex’s, Commercial Manager. “In the summer,…

Sent from Costa Rica to the Netherlands

APM Terminals operators arrested for facilitating exit of pineapple shipment containing cocaine

Two women in charge of operating the scanners at the APM Terminals dock, at the port of Moín (Limon) were detained for providing false information about a…

Trops and Vodafone launch a precision agriculture project in Spain

Smart mango harvesting through 5G

The Agrarian Transformation Society (SAT) Trops and Vodafone have launched a pilot project to provide mango harvesting machines with artificial intelligence so…

Spanish pepper exports have been record-breaking

Spanish pepper exports have reached unprecedented figures in the 2019/2020 campaign with the sale of 869.62 million kilos worth 1,199.02 million Euro, at an…

Mattina Fresh

Australian stone fruit producer gearing up for a very strong summer season

One of Australia's largest producers of stone fruit began sales of its new brand, which has started with the early apricots going to market this week. Mattina Fresh's Mogadore…

Production of various apple varieties in China severely reduced

This year, areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu experienced high volumes of rainfall, which has induced a serious case of black and red spots and water spots on the apple peel…

Bem Brasil goes for PEF system

Bem Brasil is a potato processor and manufacturer of frozen French fries in Brazil. ELEA GmbH, a supplier of Pulsed Electric Field systems for food processing, has supplied a…

Potatoes NZ relieved that MBIE is investigating frozen fries import threat

The New Zealand potato industry are relieved that the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) trade remedies team has now launched an…

Brazil led detections last month

EU pest interceptions in citrus imports up to October increased by 66%

After the data regarding the month of October became public, LA UNIÓ de Llauradors reported that EU rejections of citrus fruits imports from third countries,…

International Coordinator Dr. Ikechi Agbugba

“Food distribution within Africa is harder than export to Europe, Americas”

In Africa, food security is a major problem, despite the projection that the continent can feed the nine billion people that will inhabit the planet by 2050.…

Buss Capital Invest, Hamburg

German investors launch container leasing bond plan

Hamburg-based company Buss Capital Invest has announced the launch of its first registered bond in the container leasing field. Via this “Interest 2021” offer,…

Pakistan

Sindh growers worried over onion export ban

Sindh growers are worried over the voluntarily ban on onion exports by the province’s fruit and vegetable exporters. They claim such a ban would not be…

Singapore company fined for illegally importing Malaysian vegetables

On Wednesday November 4th, Singapore company GH Enterprise Pte Ltd was fined $6,000 for illegally importing fresh vegetables. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA)…

FreshPlaza Funny

Perhaps better to keep it there permanently?