More rain for California growers-shippers to manage

Ag growers and shippers in affected parts of California are taking stock following late last week and the weekend’s rains…and the ones still coming.…

Mucci Farms' Dan Branson passes

It is with great sadness and regret that Mucci Farms announces the passing of their colleague and friend, Dan Branson, who suddenly passed away on Saturday, March 11th.  Dan joined…

New Sunrise Magic apple variety available across the US

It usually takes about two decades to bring a new apple cultivar to market. With universities and private breeding programs trying to speed up the…

New Florida & Colorado grown greenhouse lettuce line launched

Mastronardi Produce is launching a new locally-grown greenhouse lettuce line under its Backyard Farms® brand that will support growers in Florida and…

Record Florida temperatures help keep tomato supply plentiful

Florida continues to have ample supplies of tomatoes thanks in part to warmer temperatures in the state--the end of February saw record temperatures…

Bio-plastics offer up sustainable produce protection

Given the pressures today’s supply chain is under, produce growers and shippers are generally on the lookout for products that will help protect…

Lee E. Cole returns to Calavo Growers as President and CEO

Calavo Growers, Inc. has announced the return of Lee E. Cole to lead the company as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Cole has…

Organic grower introduces Italian sweet peppers

Wholesum, Fair Trade Certified grower and shipper of organic vegetables, introduces new Italian sweet peppers, Dolci Belles. This new offering is part…

March mango report indicates big Mexican crop

The March mango update is out from Nissa Pierson and Crespo Organic. Pierson reports there's a significant lack of small mangos in orchards in Chiapas…

Surge in demand for Candy Hearts table grapes

Table grape and cherry breeder sees increased demand from both consumers and growers for the table grape varietal Candy Hearts™. These red grapes,…

New slicing tomato on the market

Sound Agriculture has launched the Summer Swell tomato, a new slicing tomato variety. The variety is grown using On-Demand Breeding, a non-GMO process that uses epigenetics to…

New varieties and logistics issues top agenda for blueberry convention

The second annual South American Blueberry Convention will be held at the Monticello Conference Center in San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile on April 18,…

Americold announces strategic investment in Dubai cold storage company RSA Cold Chain

Americold Realty Trust, Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded REIT focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition, and development of…

$600 million CAD investment will double size and workforce of Coaldale, Alberta processing facility

McCain Foods makes largest global investment in company history

McCain Foods is making a substantial investment in Coaldale, doubling the size of its facility and output in Coaldale, Alberta. The project is a significant…

Virginia: High temperatures mean that budding fruit trees are now vulnerable to frost

Record-breaking temperatures are indicating that spring has arrived early this year for many Virginia fruit growers. As more fruit trees flower before winter…

Illinois continues to be the top pumpkin-producing state

Nearly 18,000 acres of pumpkins were planted in Illinois last year. Compare that to sweet corn, which accounted for 6,500 acres. Ninety-seven percent of the…

Progreso CBP agriculture specialists intercept first in port pest in pineapple shipment

Agriculture Specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations at the Progreso Port of Entry intercepted a “First in Port” pest.…

Gerhard Olivier – Lac du Soleil

Berg River grape farm forgoes a packhouse for field packing

The table grape season is in its final days on Lac du Soleil in the Berg River, one of In2fruit’s table grape farms where the last Adora and Scarlotta…

Strawberry volumes in Morocco are down due to cold snap, raspberry volumes resist

After a slowdown in Moroccan soft fruit exports at the end of 2022, due to inflation in Europe which disrupted consumer behavior, the cold snap in Morocco in…

Growers advised to start exportation from March 24

Kenya to export 20,000 tons of avocado to China this year

Industry experts claim that Kenya will ship 20,000 tons of avocados to China this year. In a statement from the Department of African Affairs, the department's…

Thanks to air-conditioned greenhouses, Emirati producers can grow tomatoes during 45 °C summer

Emirati tomato growers are preparing for the beginning of the summer, when they can produce tomatoes in difficult conditions, and temperatures reaching…

Centre of Excellence to be set up at IIHR, Bengaluru

Dragon fruit acreage in India expected to expand to 50,000 ha in five years under MIDH scheme

Kamalam or dragon fruit, a herbaceous perennial climbing cactus widely known as Pitaya, has its origin in Southern Mexico, Central America and South…

Westfalia Fruit India marks beginning of another strong and exciting avocado season

Westfalia Fruit India is delighted to announce the arrival of the first avocado container of the season from Tanzania and parallel, the first air shipments to…

In 2022, China imported the largest volume of apples in the last three years

According to EastFruit analysts, the volume of apple imports to China in 2022 jumped by 40% and became the largest in the last three seasons and one of the…

Grupo Alcoaxarquía announced the opening of Alcoaxarquía Maroc as part of its continuous expansion

"Last week we received the first avocados from Peru. We expect to bring 30% more avocado from this origin"

The Peruvian avocado campaign is already underway for the Spanish firm Grupo Alcoaxarquía, which will soon start the first harvests of the Valencian…

Yohan Lanoë, manager of Lanoë Group: “Once the frosts are over, we will start marketing the first volumes this week”

“We expect a shorter but highly anticipated asparagus campaign”

The asparagus campaign will start in Granada with a significant delay due to the drop in temperatures in January and February. “The asparagus harvest…

Italian consumers willing to pay for high-quality Sicilian citrus fruit

"February was a bad month weather-wise. The crops endured a lot of damage both in the pre- and post-harvesting phase, with a 35-40% loss in production…

Carnarvon Research Station upgrades come to fruition in a boost for local fruit and veg industry

The Western Australian government is investing in infrastructure upgrades in the Gascoyne Irrigation Area, to assist fruit and vegetable growers to…

BASF invests in WayBeyond

BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture capital company of BASF SE, is investing in WayBeyond. Founded in New Zealand and now headquartered in the United…

International Blueberry Conference recap

Blueberry growers should change their methods

The 11th International Blueberry Conference gathered over 500 participants from numerous European countries. There were visitors from Ukraine,…

2022/23 EU monthly orange imports at 48,570 tons in February

2022/23 EU monthly orange imports came in at 48,570 tons for the month of February, some 20,000 tons more than the month before. The majority of these…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Costa Rica at £1.05: 4% drop from last week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for…

Zim Q4 announces great Q$ but 2023 will be ‘extremely challenging’

Zim, the world’s 10th-largest ocean carrier, announced a big earnings beat for the fourth quarter and paid out a higher-than-expected dividend.…