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Mission Produce files for IPO

Mission Produce, Inc. (“Mission” or the “Company”) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to…

OVERVIEW GLOBAL POMEGRANATE MARKET

The pomegranate trade is currently underway in the Northern Hemisphere. The campaign has already kicked off in Spain, Morocco, Egypt and Turkey. In North America, California…

Strong demand and increased variety development for California grapes

California grapes are seeing strong demand from consumers. “There were more grapes available at this time last year. However, that was due to sales not being as expeditious as…

Hurricane Nana brought more rain to already wet Guatemala papaya season

Hurricane Nana made landfall in a sparsely populated part of Belize right after midnight on Thursday morning. From there, Nana weakened to a tropical storm, pushing across…

Wonderful Pistachios webinar shows off No Shell pistachio ‘snack hacks’

On Wednesday, September 2nd, Wonderful Pistachios held a virtual Life Hacks Workshop, which featured tips to live more efficiently. The topics ranged from boosting…

Agriculture Technology Campus

South Carolina: Agriculture Technology Campus establishing 1,000-acre operation

Agriculture Technology Campus, a joint venture project between Mastronardi, Clear Water Farms, LiDestri Food and Drink (LiDestri) and GEM Opportunity Zone Fund, announced…

Carolina Uquillas Herrera joins Fall Creek as commercial manager for Chile

Carolina Uquillas Herrera has joined Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc., as commercial manager for Chile, responsible for establishing and developing strong…

Up 6.2% compared to 1H-2019

Camposol reports on financial results for first half of 2020

Camposol has reported on their financial results for the first half of 2020. Camposol Holding’s 1H-2020 EBITDA amounted to USD 12.0 million and the…

Mexico will respond to the US if they apply tariffs on agricultural products

The Government of Mexico has determined that, if the US applies tariffs on different Mexican agricultural products, which would include strawberries, blueberries, and peppers,…

South Texas: Nearly $1 million worth of cocaine found in bell peppers

On Tuesday, drug enforcement agents from Nueces County, the Robstown Police Department and Jim Wells County stopped an 18 wheeler truck south of Robstown. Officers asked to…

Viveros de Chile AGV

"Varietal replacement is a necessity for fruit productivity and competitiveness"

More than 20 million fruit plants were marketed in 2019, with 26% of the total corresponding to cherry trees, 20% to table grapes, 15% to blueberries, 11% to European hazelnut…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

Connections, content, and community

What to expect from this year's Fresh Summit?

PMA Fresh Summit 2020 is just weeks away and this year’s event will be in a virtual setting. The goal of the event remains the same as it does every year: enabling connections…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Christian Horn Director - Synplant

"The new machine enables us to handle 60 tons of seeds in one shift with only 4 people"

Growing conditions for potatoes in Luxemburg were not as bad as expected and yields for seed potatoes seem to be in line with previous years. "The quality is good to very good…

Retail

Target: Good & Gather Signature

Biggest food retailer deal yet for Instacart

US: Costco Wholesale Corporation reports August sales resultsCostco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) reported net sales of $13.56bln for the retail month of…

The Chilean company reaches US $ 45.67 million

Hortifrut doubles its EBITDA in the first half of 2020

In the first semester 2020 Hortifrut recorded an EBITDA of US $ 45.67 million, i.e. 93.44% higher than the US $ 23.61 million obtained in the same period in…

Europe consolidates itself as their main destination

The Chilean kiwi campaign is coming to an end

The Chilean kiwi season is on its final stretch. Chile has exported 136,514 tons of Chilean kiwi to the different world markets by week 33-34. The European…

Brazilian fruit advances in traceability

"The characteristics of the production processes, combined with tenure for growers is making the Brazilian fruit sector stand out in traceability in terms of controls of…

Argentinian Blueberry Committee

Weekly Argentinian blueberry arrivals

22 tons of blueberries shipped to Europe in week 35

Argentina has started its blueberry export season 2020. Some 22 tons of blueberries were shipped to Europe in week 35. The US received approximately 11 tons, shipped by sea.…

Border Trade Alliance worries actions toward imported Mexican produce undermine USMCA

The United States Trade Representative, in conjunction with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture, announced new steps to deliver relief…

Heinz Teh Chee Siong

US: Rise in prohibited chile pepper and tomato imports at El Paso bridges

The chile harvest season is in full swing and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said they are seeing an increase of individuals trying to import…

Onion Business

Are freight rates high or just where they need to be?

Logistics expert Cain Adams, from Trinity Logistics/Longboard Logistics in Meridian, shared some great insights for this month’s look at freight. He said, “Prior to the…

By CitrusIndustry

Four new economic reports for Florida citrus - cost for production per acre down

Four reports summarizing Florida citrus industry survey-collected data during the 2019–2020 season are available here. The reports include the average cost of…

Chris Moncrieff

Pollinators for British Columbia

250,000 essential bees almost did not reach Canada this year

Importing bees is a challenge Rod Scarlett knows well. When most international flights stopped in March, thousands of queen bees were stranded abroad, and…

Semtech’s LoRa® devices boost crop yield on connected avocado farms

Semtech Corporation, a large supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that ICT International, an…

Designer491

New Brunswick, Canada

Blueberry growers oppose proposal for glyphosate ban

The Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick (AANB) and Bleuets NB Blueberries (BNBB), which represents and serves the province’s blueberry growers, are opposing…

Scaliger

Michigan growers react to court ruling on migrant worker COVID-19 testing

On Wednesday evening, the US Court of Appeals ruled on a very controversial case involving seasonal workers. The court denied a group of nearly 200…

Yigit Gokyigit on the Turkish Black Bursa fig season

Turkey will export more figs this year thanks to increased demand

In Turkey the season for Black Bursa figs has started once again. One Turkish exporter has noticed an increase in demand, in both the European and Asian markets. It’s expected…

Crux Agribotics develops SortiPack for sweet pointed peppers

Crux Agribotics expands its SortiPack product portfolio by developing a Grading, Sorting and Packing application for sweet pointed pepper. Sweet pointed peppers are becoming…

Video Semi-automatic spring onion packaging line

The packaging sector is always looking for ways to help clients reduce labor. This video shows a semi-automatic spring onion packaging line in action.

WUR and KeyGene to contribute to African banana varieties resistant to Panama disease

Wageningen University & Research (WUR), and KeyGene, both having their headquarters in the Netherlands, have joined the international research program Accelerated Breeding of…

"You don't have to embellish my produce, it stands for itself - both visually and taste-wise."

The popularity of heirloom vegetables growing in Western Australian thanks to a passionate grower

A passion for growing great tasting produce has led one Western Australian producer to create his own “mini-industry” of heirloom vegetables. Warren Grange, in Manjimup, south…

2018 'needles in strawberries' scandal

Ex-farm supervisor accused of contaminating strawberries is committed to stand trial

A former farm supervisor who allegedly put needles in strawberries has been committed to stand trial in a Queensland court. My Ut Trinh has been charged with…

Syngenta launching new tomato varieties

Syngenta has launched the campaign Un País de Tomates 2.0 (Tomato country 2.0) to present the company's new tomato varieties. Rafael Salinas, Syngenta's…

Price increased by 10%-20% in comparison with last year

Sunshine Rose grapes from Yunnan are doing well in the Chinese market

The market conditions of Sunshine Rose grapes improved despite the outbreak of Covid-19 and its impact on the Chinese grape market. The price increased by 10%-20% in…

FBE

December 1-3, Kyiv

"Fresh Business Expo 2020 will be held regardless of possible travel restrictions"

The organisers of Fresh Business Expo Ukraine have decided that the 9th edition, scheduled for 1-3 December 2020, will take place in any event, even if there are still travel…

EU-Project "ADAPT" studies potato’s adaption mechanisms to multiple stresses

'Searching for stress-resistant potatoes'

Plant Biologist Markus Teige at the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna has received a €5 million grant from the Horizon 2020 EU Program to study the…

Packaging manufacturers to launch a new on-line ‘shopping’ website

Packaging manufacturers Macpac report that in the coming weeks they will be launching a new on-line ‘shopping’ website. It will provide a one-stop shop for box quantities of…

Scotts Precision Manufacturing

Largest ever export order leaves Scotts for Canada

Scotts Precision Manufacturing sent 14 Evolution Separators to Allan Potato Equipment Manufacturing Ltd., Canada’s largest designer and manufacturer of potato…

Jaguar the Fresh Company to supply solar plants to South African fruit farmers

'A new dawn for South African fruit farmers'

Jaguar The Fresh Company has formed a joint venture with two partners to supply solar plants to South African fruit farmers at no upfront cost. The Barendrecht…

AHDB:

'Five ways to make sure you’re ready for potato storage without CIPC this season'

The 2020/21 potato storage season is proving to be one of the most challenging yet for the potato industry. With storage season fast approaching, harvest provides the best…

Gujarat government plans strategic partnership with Amazon Fresh for horti produce

The government of Gujarat state is working on a strategic partnership with multinational giant Amazon Fresh to ensure higher prices to horticulturists by…

Anton Petrychenko

Ukraine among top three potato producing countries in the world

In 2019, global potato production totaled 371 million tons, which is 2.1% more than the same period last season. In terms of the cost, the global potato market…

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