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Pending West Coast strikes could severely impact garlic industry

It’s a complicated year in the garlic industry. “Like everyone else, we’re dealing with supply chain issues and more recently pending strikes in the US,” says Jim Provost with…

Importers discuss squeezed grower margins and record profits for shipping lines

South America is an important supplier of produce to the North American continent and there used to be plenty of shipping options by vessel available. However, more recently…

Despite sky-high import tarrifs

"US grapes continue to find market in China"

Daniel Ho is the Co-founder and Vice President of Chinese fruit importer and distributor Shanghai Topsun Fresh. The company specializes in Southern Hemisphere and overseas…

Envy apple picks up award in Best in Produce 2022 category

Envy™ has picked up back-to-back awards in The Kitchn’s annual Kitchen Essentials: Grocery Edition awards – as a repeat winner in the Best in Produce 2022 category. The…

Today, 10 am CST, free to attend

Live event on fixing the nation's farm labor shortage

Today at 10 am CST, the American Business Immigration Coalition Action (ABIC Action) and others will participate in a press event and round table entitled…

Terra Exports hires Chief Commercial Officer

Long-time fresh produce professional Victor Anderson joins global fresh produce company Terra Exports as its new chief commercial officer. Prior to Terra…

Taylor Farms takes one California facility off the grid

Taylor Farms has partnered with Bloom Energy, Ameresco, Inc., and Concept Clean Energy to install a microgrid capable of taking one of its California food processing…

Global Cool Logistics Conference day 2

Perishable hubs of the future and cold chain connectivity

Wednesday 21 September saw the second day of the Global Cool Logistics Conference in Barcelona. The first session of the day was on Cool Ports and Cold Stories:Perishables…

Spotted lanternflies cause millions of dollars in damage to US agriculture

The invasive spotted lanternfly that has been popping up across the United States has been killing grapevines and destroying other crops, causing millions of…

Prices down 50%

Californian walnuts really hurt Kashmir's dry fruit industry

Sources claim that Californian walnuts have dealt a death blow to Kashmir industry. For the fifth straight year, walnut prices have dropped by almost 50…

Special Avocados

Guatemala's Hass avocado takes another step to enter the US market

Guatemala takes another step in the process to open the US market to its Hass avocado with the fifth sampling of its fields to identify and create an inventory…

Tanzanian avocados sell at Sh10,000 apiece in Belgium

According to Tanzania’s ambassador to Belgium, Jestas Nyamanga, avocados from his nation get premium prices in Europe, with one fruit selling for more than…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

"Optical grading has had a future for years"

The Smart Grader is an optical grader that uses advanced camera technology. It sorts by size, shape, and visible characteristics like cracks, green areas, bumps, and scab and…

Retail

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Walmart will hire 40,000 workers for the holiday season

Aldi: U.S. same-store sales rose in the double digits over the last 12 months

Amazon faces uphill battle as it rolls out Fresh chain, say expertsTwo years after Amazon debuted its first Amazon Fresh supermarket, the e-commerce giant faces an uphill…

After Covid-era rush

Number 2 US port sees consumer demand easing

The head of the second-biggest US port expects the pandemic-era surge in consumer demand will start to cool. A deceleration is already evident with regard to…

New York company satisfies terms of consent decision in alleged PACA violations

In a complaint filed on Sept. 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that New York Mart Group Inc. (NYMG), Long Island City, New York…

Freshness solutions on display at Fruit Attraction in Madrid

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. is participating in Fruit Attraction in Madrid Oct. 4-6 at booth 3C12. Organized by IFEMA MADRID and FEPEX, Fruit Attraction is an…

Citrus growers offered new program to combat citrus greening

A new program from the Citrus Research Board is giving growers an additional opportunity to combat the spread of citrus greening, a disease spread by the Asian…

Idaho producer:

“Demand for onions this week not what it has been for last couple of weeks”

MARKETIdaho-E. Oregon:Dan Phillips with Central Produce/Eagle Eye reported in from his Payette, ID, sales office this week. “Demand this week is not what it…

USDA selects Gevo’s Climate-Smart Farm-to-Flight Proposal with a funding ceiling of $30 million

Gevo, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected Gevo’s Climate-Smart Farm to Flight proposal for funding with an award…

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service helps to grow global market for Texan organic produce

The number of Texas acres devoted to organic production — including cropland, pastureland and rangeland — increased by about 97% from 2014 to 2019, with the…

USDA

Specialty crop growers increased value of crops insured by FCIP products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers various risk management products to farmers through the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP), and for crops in counties where…

Sales of Ecuador bananas dropped by 14% in Italy between January and July 2022

Bananas from Ecuador have had to tackle a series of issues lately: lower temperatures that affected production and grades, increase in production costs, logistic difficulties…

SA Harvest redirects close to 100 tonnes of citrus to food-insecure communities

Something sweet out of the bitterness of a citrus season gone awry

When SA Harvest read on FreshPlaza about citrus being dumped in the Sundays River Valley, they quickly saw how to turn that into opportunity. Right: an assortment of trucks…

Craig Schaefer – Core Fruit

South African pears pique interest on the Chinese market

The very first pears – Forelles and Packhams – shipped from South Africa to China arrived in Guangzhou ahead of the Mid-Autumn festival. Arrival quality was excellent, says…

'Our first Grower Day yielded a positive response'

On Friday, 16 September 2022, Fall Creek®️ South Africa welcomed more than 150 attendees to their  first in-person Grower Day. Since putting down roots in the Western Cape in 2020,…

Moldova-special: Fresh Time

"The sector should see Russia being closed as an opportunity to seek new horizons"

"You can harvest as many vast quantities of excellent apples and perfectly store them in dynamically modified conditions as you want. But, if you don't know the market, that…

Kees Havenaar (Frutas Luna):

"Everyone's expecting a top Spanish tomato and cucumber year, but who can be sure?"

"Last week, when I visited my Dutch clients, their huge interest in tomatoes soon became evident, which I'd expected. Many customers are looking in Spain themselves, too,…

Down to the very last sliver: "We use everything, wasting nothing"

"Baby carrots are a good example of how products that would otherwise be discarded find a new purpose. In fact, we use absolutely everything; nothing is wasted," Sander Bos,…

Lower production due to climatic influence. Lower demand and greater competition for Murcian grapes

"The demand for table grapes so far this year has been a bit lower than usual"

The table grape campaign has already passed its halfway point in the Spanish Region of Murcia, the main producing area of this fruit in Spain, and it has so far been marked by…

New cling film is compostable with industrial versatility

Cling film once revolutionised the way food was wrapped and kept fresh. And consumers in the 70s discovered a new skill as they mastered the art of unrolling the film and…

Consumers are buying more frozen vegetables because they are a healthy cheaper option

Consumers are buying more frozen vegetables when they go shopping because they are a cheaper healthy option in the face of the general increase in prices. Despite also being…

Inoculating Cavendish bananas with an avirulent Fusarium strain might protect them against Panama disease

Inoculating Cavendish bananas with an avirulent Fusarium strain might protect them against devastation by Panama disease The WUR-Interdisciplinary Research and…

Scientists assess ways to control hazards in produce

Experts have evaluated a range of methods to combat microbial hazards in fruit and vegetables. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbial Risk Assessment…

Dropping container freight rates take a toll on newer & smaller players

Dropping container freight rates have taken their toll on newer and smaller players in the liner shipping industry. Charter rates for 1,500-1,900 TEU ships…

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