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GLOBAL OVERVIEW GRAPEFRUIT

Despite some countries suffering from poor conditions during the grapefruit growing season, the general outlook for the fruit is positive. In fact, some places, like Texas,…

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Farm Manager - Central Region Saudi Arabia

Americans love stand-up pouches

There is a growing demand for pouches. In the United States, especially, stand-up pouches are more popular than ever. At the beginning of this year, the Dutch company Manter…

Iceberg pricing jumped throughout October

A corner is being turned on the tight supplies of iceberg lettuce. “We’ve had exceptionally limited supplies for the past three weeks. That has to do with yield issues in the…

NFL quarterback Drew Brees talks avocados and football

Following his retirement from professional football this past March, longtime NFL quarterback Drew Brees signed on with Avocados From Mexico to be part of its new national…

Commissioner Fried calls on USDA to provide fairness to Florida farmers

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wrote to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, calling for federal action to address the continued unfair foreign trade…

Gold Coast Packing hires new VP of sales and marketing

Gold Coast Packing Inc. has hired Robb Bertels as its new vice-president of sales and marketing. Bertels has been in the produce industry for more than 35…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Pharr International Bridge

Pharr CBP officers intercept tomato shipment in alleged attempt to circumvent Withhold Release Order

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) Officers, Agriculture Specialists, at Pharr International Bridge detained a shipment of tomatoes…

Washington receives $4.65 million in Specialty Crop Block Grant funds

More than $4 million will aid 20 projects across the state with the sole focus of raising the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Washington. The…

Fresh Del Monte commits to reducing Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030 ahead of COP26

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., one of the larger global vertically integrated producers, distributors, and marketers of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and…

The United States' organic products market is expected to grow by 10% in 2022

According to Mike Mauti, managing partner of the Canadian company Execulytics Consulting, the organic sector's dollar sales will likely grow by 5-10% in 2022.…

Special Avocados

Still, growers are wary of La Niña

California’s avocado harvest close to projection

Data from the California Avocado Commission explains how, as of last week, the 2020-2021 season had seen 263.5 million pounds of fruit come off the trees.…

Global focus citrus

Cítricos El Romeral will start producing Demeter fruit as of spring 2022

"Malaga's mandarin production is actually going to increase"

An official estimate from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain for the Spanish citrus season that is now starting forecasts a drop in the production of…

Retail

Dreamstime

Largest Amazon Fresh store with Just Walk Out technology to-date

Publix Super Markets launched an Instacart-powered online convenience store

US: Ultrafast grocery service Buyk doubles presence in New York to 20 dark storesBuyk, a real-time retail service that promises grocery delivery within 15 minutes, announces…

Updated food recall warning

Jongilpoom brand Enoki Mushroom recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

The food recall warning issued on October 28, 2021 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian…

American Farm Bureau Federation

New AFBF Survey results reveal how US farmers are dealing with drought

Reduced crop yields and orchard removals

With over 70% of the American West, Southwest and Northern Plains categorized in D3 (severe) drought or higher since June, AFBF has designed and distributed a second round of…

Complejo Agroindustrial Beta

"We plan to increase blueberry exports by 43% this season and export 15,000 tons"

Complejo Agroindustrial Beta plans to significantly increase its blueberry exports this season. According to Lionel Arce Orbegozo, the company's general…

Jamaica can now export pineapples to Barbados

On Wednesday, Jamaican officials announced that the nation is now able to export pineapples commercially to Barbados. Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector,…

Costa Rican cassava exporter has full focus on sustainability

“98% of the electricity for the irrigation system comes from renewable sources”

A Costa Rican fruit producer has invited people to visit their farm virtually, with help of the CBI B2Match platform. The exporter has a focus on European market and makes…

IQonsulting

Chilean Blueberry Committee Crop & Exports Report. Week 43

'Domestic blueberry export season continues without major setbacks'

The progress of the fresh blueberry export season continues without major setbacks and the highlight is the great change observed in this new campaign of varietal replacement…

Growers test consumer response to pitahaya from Dutch greenhouse

There is a striking new addition on the shelves at the PLUS supermarket in Brielle this week: pitahaya. It does not come from a tropical location, but from the greenhouse at…

“This season will be a huge examination for Polish growers and exporters of fruits”

Exporting apples from Poland to Egypt has reached the stage of easy going. After a slower start, traders have gotten used to the new system that the Egyptian government…

NuVaUT and CREA test 36 new table grape varieties

Maula, Egnazia, Daunia, Mesagna and Genusia: these are just some of the 36 table grape varieties for which varietal protection procedures have been initiated at CPVO. These…

Recycled packaging ensures sustainable strawberry production

Hoogstraten is putting sustainability first by using recycled carton punnets for their strawberries, which are available all year round and supplied directly to the UK.…

Video Photo report - FPC Future and Careers 2021

Thursday 4th November saw the vey first edition of the FPC Future and Careers Fair held at the Lincolnshire Showground. The event was extremely well attended by industry…

Packaging supplier Martin Dradrach puts "fresh & good" line in the foreground

"Packagings with a natural look and without plastic find increasing resonance"

Herxheim-based packaging supplier Martin Dradrach is very pleased to be able to exhibit at the Karlsruhe trade fair again this year. "We have noticed how important…

Zimbabwe Horticultural Development Council investment forum

“There’s so much land available, so many opportunities for horticulture”

A common thread to the first investment forum arranged by the Horticultural Development Council was the importance of an enabling environment whose impact cannot be…

USDA

South Afica: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

'Production of apples, pears and table grapes forecast to continue its growth in MY 2021/22'

The production of apples, pears and table grapes is forecast to continue its growth in the 2021/22 MY, based on normal weather conditions, new areas coming into production and…

"We hope to provide even better fresh-keeping methods for the mango season in the Southern Hemisphere"

The mango season in the Southern Hemisphere is coming. Many mango production areas in the Southern Hemisphere are expecting abundant harvests. The mango industry has grown…

USDA

India: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

Market year 2021/2022 apple production forecast at 2.3 million tons

FAS New Delhi forecasts India’s market year (MY) 2021/2022 (July-June) apple production at 2.3 million tons (MT), unchanged from last year’s estimate. However, improved crop…

USDA

Taiwan - Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

'Local apple production supplies no more than 1 percent of total consumption'

MY 2020/2021 estimates show Taiwan’s apple consumption contracting to 130,378 MT on reduced supply of imports. For MY 2021/2022, apple imports are forecast to decline another…

China: Chilean cherries enter the Fresh Hema market and a large number of sea cargoes will arrive in late December

On November 3, trucks drove into the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Guangzhou with the first batch of Royal Dawn cherries from Chile’s…

Southern Australian nectarines and peaches now available as season launches

The first boxes of South Australian grown nectarines and peaches have arrived on the South Australian Produce Market floor marking the start of the stone fruit…

Australia

Mixed reaction among fruit pickers and growers after Fair Work decision on minimum wage

There have been a mixed reactions among fruit pickers and growers in South Australia's Riverland following a ruling from the Fair Work Commission that workers…

Let’s talk Dutch apples and pears

There have recently been plenty of images of Dutch apple and pear orchards circulating on social media. September and October are peak picking months for these…

RCEP: Participating countries account for nearly 30% of world population

World’s largest free trade pact to come into force this January

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is set to officially go into effect on January 1 as the world’s largest free trade agreement, with its…

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