Busy first day at CPMA

This week, the annual convention of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is being held in Toronto. Due to covid, it’s the first time in six years the city is…

California stone fruit will also see late start

Like many commodities out of California this spring, stone fruit will also see a later start to the season next month. “The crop is really…

Inconsistent vegetable supplies from Salinas ahead

“It’s going to be a mess for the next 90 days.” That’s what Mark McBride of Coastline Family Farms sees ahead as the transition of vegetable crops from…

Promotable volumes of strawberries available for Mother’s Day

"Giant volumes of organic and conventionally grown strawberries are available from California Giant Berry Farms," the company reports. They are right…

Strawberry greenhouse production in the southeast: Soil-less substrate research in NC

Austin Wrenn keeps his family farm growing in Zebulon (North Carolina) through innovative solutions and active research at NC State University. During…

Patrick Cortes joins Divine Flavor

Nogales-based produce distributor and grower, Divine Flavor, announced it has added Patrick Cortes to the company’s development and strategic team. Cortes…

Spud sentiment in the US media continues to improve

The widespread popularity of potatoes as America’s favorite vegetable naturally leads to their frequent appearance in the press. However, occasional…

Excelsior Solutions Corporation finalizes acquisition of Healthy Harvest Mushrooms, Inc.

Excelsior Solutions Corporation (BRYN) has acquired its first investment into a growing company focused on the distribution of mushrooms and new mushroom…

Florida growers file lawsuit intended to block new federal rule about farmworker wages

Florida farmers and agriculture groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new federal rule about wages for farmworkers. The lawsuit, filed Friday in…

Francisco Murguía, Frutos Guadalajara:

“Compared to the same period in 2022, US avocado prices are almost half,”

The price of avocados in the US market are about half of what they were, despite strong sales during the recent Super Bowl final weekend, says Mexican…

Florida citrus growers face unique challenges

Citrus fruits account for 14% of total fresh fruit volume available to Americans, with oranges ranking fourth behind bananas, apples and melons in…

Market and Crop for April 27, 2023

Onions shipping out of Texas this week - just getting started out of California

MARKETCalifornia/Texas:Jason Pearson with Eagle Eye Produce in Nyssa, OR, reported in on April 26 this week. “We are shipping out of Texas this week and just…

Texas: Strawberry season better than recent years

According to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert, Texas strawberry growers expect better yields and quality following back-to-back disappointing…

John Fox - Pacific Produce

"Not an easy year to predict and that seems to be the trend – stability is hard to find!"

The grape business has been a tricky one for the past few months. Between the different Southern Hemisphere growing countries there have been weather…

GIEWS Update

El Niño to return in 2023 following a three-year La Niña phase

The El Niño oceanographic phenomenon forecast to return in June 2023, following three years of La Niña. Dry weather conditions are expected in key…

"There was a curiosity among health-conscious, trendy, open-minded young consumers.

The growth story behind avocados in the South Korean market

Demand for avocados in the Korean market has gone from "zero to hero", according to a company responsible for representing and building consumer brands…

Murcia expects 50-60% less apricots, 20% less nectarines and Paraguayo peaches, and 15% less peaches

"May is going to be an interesting month for stone fruit"

Murcia's stone fruit campaign started with some small quantities a few days ago. Next week, the harvest will begin in important areas such as Cieza and…

Demand Egyptian dry garlic just as stable as last season

“Dry garlic season seems to compensate for lower demand for fresh garlic”

The dry garlic season in Egypt has started and it’s looking hopeful. The dry garlic can compensate for the lower demand that was seen during the fresh…

Strong demand despite higher prices for mangoes from India

The mango season in India has developed positively in April, says Yashwant Chakve Patil, director of Indian fruit exporter AA Reyach International:…

Amidst industry disruption, uncertainty about Moroccan watermelon volumes this year

Estimates are hesitant about the watermelon volumes this year in Morocco. Several sources indicate a lower volume than last year, due to water stress…

Communities heavily impacted by dwindling employment opportunities

Gamtoos vegetable farmers drive hundreds of kms daily to keep going during drought

Eight years of drought has had a “fatal impact” on vegetable production in the Eastern Cape’s Gamtoos Valley, says Noelie le Roux.“There are only two…

Camposol reports Fourth Quarter 2022 and First Quarter 2023 preliminary results

Camposol Holding PLC 2022 sales up 20% compared to 2021

Camposol Holding PLC sales amounted to USD 406.3 million in 2022, up 20% compared to 2021, explained mainly due to increases in blueberries and tangerine…

Spring onions from Egypt suspected in 2021 Danish E. coli outbreak

Spring onions from Egypt were likely behind a deadly E. coli outbreak in Denmark in 2021, according to researchers. Between November and December 2021, the…

McCain Farm of the Future Africa set to transform potato farming in South Africa

McCain Foods Limited has officially opened its Farm of the Future Africa in Lichtenburg, North West, the second of three locations planned by 2025. McCain's…

Demand for carrots intensified in Ukraine

An increase in prices for carrots has been noted in most regions of Ukraine this week, analysts from the EastFruit project report. Experts say the main reason…

Macfrut 3-5 May: interview with President Piraccini

Macfrut foreign exhibitors account for 38% of total number

Macfrut is less than a week away, and that is more than enough time to find out what the expectations are for the event, which will have a very special…

Kazakhstan's government has considered complex measures to control inflation

A meeting of the Kazakhstan government, chaired by Prime Minister Alihan Smailov, was devoted to discussing a complex of measures to control and reduce…

COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces 2023 First Quarter Results

'Expanding global presence and implementing lean operations'

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited today announced first quarter results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the 3 months ended 31 March 2023. 2023 First Quarter…

Locals council spends £6,000 on ridiculous commemorative statue

Welsh flabbergasted by 'pebble statue’ that looks like a 'baked potato wrapped in tin foil'

A Welsh council has spent £6,000 on a commemorative sculpture to mark the start of the scenic Wales Coastal Path walk. It was intended to resemble an…

General Directorate of Narcotics Control

Port of Jeddah

Saudi Arabia finds over 12 million amphetamine pills among pomegranates

On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) announced it had foiled an attempt to smuggle over 12 million amphetamine…

Russia's occupation of southern Ukraine has disappointed Crimean officials

Russia's occupation of southern Ukraine has disappointed Crimean officials who hoped to increase supplies of agricultural and other products to the occupied…

Pests found on imported kiwis from Iran

At one of the bases in the Yekaterinburg region of the Russian Federation, seven tons of kiwi infected with the mulberry shield were discovered. The insect…

Other vegetables have seen price increases

Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on potatoes, beets and garlic

In early April, Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on some types of vegetables. Young potatoes went down from 0.71 euros/kg to 0.43 euros/kg. Pink potatoes…

Why you should use mineral water for cooking vegetables

Vegetables are very beneficial for health. They contain a lot of fibre, vitamins, and useful microelements. To use all their beneficial properties, vegetables…

NZ research institute forges milestone partnership with Midsayap, Philippines

The embassy of New Zealand, with its government and Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), witnessed the contract-signing ceremony on the “Mango Enhancement…