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Earlier arrival of asparagus from Mexico causes downward pressure on pricing

Supplies of asparagus coming into the U.S. are good right now. Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development for Southern Specialties, says that supplies out of Peru…

Increasing import and logistics costs weigh on the mind of importers

As they look ahead at the South American season, importers are relying on the experience of last season to help make this one as smooth as possible. “We’re better prepared for…

Ideal winter leads to good expectations for coming 2022/23 Chilean cherry season

The coming 2022-2023 Chilean cherry season is expected to be a good quality season following ideal winter weather conditions that bode well for this leading crop exported…

Video PHOTO REPORT: Fruit Attraction 2022

Last week the Fruit Attraction took place in Madrid. Many importers, exporters, retailers and shippers from all over the world made an appearance at this fair, both as…

Merchant of San Francisco Market expands business space

The SF Market, a key pillar of the San Francisco Bay Area’s critical food infrastructure, is pleased to share the continued success and growth of one of its many merchants.…

Four millennial-targeted salad kits debut across California and Nevada

Fresh Prep, LLC's retail line, Green Fork, launched four salad kits across California and Nevada under The Save Mart Companies banners of Save Mart and Lucky California…

Millennial parents favor vegetables as bite-sized snacks

In an online survey for Veggies Made Great, 1,000 millennial parents of school-aged children answered questions about their vegetable consumption habits. The…

Hazelnut prices drop as Oregon growers produce record crop

In 2014, hazelnuts were at record prices in the US. Eight years later, it’s not such a good time for hazelnut growers. Oregon is expected to produce a record…

FDA food safety prevention strategies for imported mushrooms and bulb onions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking action to help prevent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses through the development of food safety prevention strategies for bulb…

The World Citrus Organisation presents its 2022-2024 Strategy

On 4-5 October 2022, in the setting of Fruit Attraction, the World Citrus Organisation (WCO) brought together the citrus community at two separate events to discuss the latest…

IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show

Here's a chance to win an Adirondack chair

Bedford Industries will mark the three-year anniversary of its TagBack® program with a chance to win an Adirondack chair made with reclaimed plastic during The Global Produce…

Retail Merchant Innovation Award winners announced

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) has announced the winners of the IFPA Retail Merchant Innovation Awards Program. The program, sponsored by Sage…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Waimea Plains: Growers believe nitrate levels are affecting color of apples

The Tasman District Council is reporting that some apple growers on the Waimea Plains, near Nelson, believe elevated levels of nitrate in the water are affecting their crops.…

Retail

Dreamstime

SpartanNash has sold 4 food production and distribution facilities to Provender Partners

Walmart has agreed to acquire Alert Innovation

Amazon to hire 150,000 workers ahead of holiday seasonAmazon.com Inc said it would hire 150,000 employees in full-time, seasonal and part-time roles across its operations in…

Drewry Supply Chain Advisors

Despite record high US-Europe rates

Drewry’s World Container Index loses 76% of pandemic gains

The losses for the Drewry's World Container Index (WCI) keep stretching. The Index lost 8% to end at US$3,688.75 for the week, extending its weekly-loss streak to 32 weeks.…

CDC says outbreak linked to Wendy’s sandwiches is over

Federal officials have declared that an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections related to romaine lettuce on Wendy’s sandwiches has ended. The Centers for…

FDA reveals cantaloupe was behind outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections

The FDA has determined an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Typhimurium was from contaminated cantaloupe and declared its investigation over. First posted…

New chopped kits and lettuce blend join Fresh Express Product line up

As consumer demand remains strong for convenient, healthy, and high-end restaurant-quality meals at home, Fresh Express®, a large player in value added salads, has announced…

USApple launches 2023 Apples4Ed grant program

The U.S. Apple Association has launched its 2023 Apples4Ed initiative—a grant program that supports healthy eating initiatives in public schools across the…

Gladstone Land provides business update

'Farmland continues to act as a strong hedge against inflation'

Gladstone Land Corporation announced that, in light of the recent price volatility of its common stock (largely consistent with the overall market), it is…

Reaffirms Fiscal Year 2023 outlook

Lamb Weston reports fiscal first quarter 2023 results

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. has announced its fiscal first quarter 2023 results and reaffirmed its fiscal 2023 outlook. Net sales increased $141.4 million to $1,125.6 million,…

New Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine established in California

Federal and state agriculture authorities on Sept. 16 established an Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) quarantine in the Fountain Valley area of Orange…

University of Idaho

Largest grant in university’s history to incentivize climate-smart agriculture

University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is set to receive up to $55 million, the largest grant in the university’s history, to help…

Delays in shipping departures expected

South African port strike: "Brace for a minimum one week strike, probably longer"

Unionised labour at Transnet ports went on strike from midnight last night, with blueberry, stonefruit and avocado exporters looking for cold storage for their fruit as…

Transnet ports strike threatens 30,000 jobs in the berries industry

BerriesZA has written to key National Ministers and the Transnet Executive to request their urgent and forceful intervention in the strike action that…

Norda industries favors Markies potatoes for crisps in Kenya

The Markies potato variety has become the number one choice for potato chips in Kenya. The variety is also increasingly demanded by Kenya’s crisping industry.…

Vito Mancini

Australia: 300 tons of oranges dumped due to wet weather, export troubles and labor shortage

Australian farmers are seeing ‘a terrible waste’ of produce, with truckloads of healthy oranges being dumped across the country. About 1500 semi-trailers full of what seem…

Abel Alarcón, of Brio Fruits:

"We started with the first Oronules clementines in a 'cleaner' overseas fruit market"

The Oronules clementine campaign is starting in Valencia with some delay, but with less pressure in the market from overseas fruit compared to the same time last year. "This year…

Groots:

Expanding into all-round product supplier to create a robust business model

“With a large focus on branding in 2021, now we’re set to add another label to our company. Groots first labeled itself as a vertical farming company, now we’re becoming an…

"New processing line presented to the fresh-cut industry"

A rare special occasion: within the scope of a major order, the company Kronen in the German town of Kehl am Rhein is manufacturing four processing lines, one of which was…

Breeder and grower partnership allows to grow and improve leafy greens strategically

Amr Bassiouny knows what he is talking about when it comes to hydroponics. Currently, he’s Project Manager for AlGhanim Agriculture Group, but his career goes way back: “I…

"Our latest innovations meet demands for automation, speed and quality standardisation"

This year Sorma Group will once again be exhibiting at Fruit Attraction, the major international meeting-place for fruit and vegetable sector professionals (Madrid, 4-6…

Felix Schmidling, organic value chain manager at Franken-Gemüse Knoblauchsland:

"We all knew that the peak in demand that prevailed during Covid could not be sustained"

In December 2020, the Franken-Gemüse Knoblauchsland producer cooperative from Nuremberg commissioned the "GemüseWert" project, which is 80% financially supported by the German…

"Vietnam has been our biggest market for fruit export for years"

“As growers, packers, exporters and marketers of fresh fruit, World Fresh (formerly Sutherland S.A. Produce) works in Canada, the USA, Chile, Spain, Australia and Asia. “Of…

China's new land policy discourages fruit and berry production

'Returning orchards to farming'

Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture passed a new round of legislation that discourages the use of agricultural land for certain types of production. This is part of a larger…

Tree Nuts Annual

China: Inshell walnut production forecast to increase by 27 percent in MY 2022/23

China’s inshell walnut production is forecast to increase by 27 percent in marketing year (MY) 2022/23, largely because of a production rebound in western…

Indian container trade flows begin to moderate amid export growth pressure

According to the latest port data secured by Container News, the pace of Indian containerised trade flows has begun to slow down after recording strong growth…

Implementing the new Common Agricultural Policy: launch of the EU CAP Network

The European Commission launched the European CAP Network during an event in Brussels, gathering more than 300 participants from the public and private sector.…

Brazilian growers target Middle Eastern and Chinese fruit markets

The Middle East and China are being targeted as Brazil’s next largest fruit-buying markets explored by Ceará fruit growers in the coming years. The prediction was given by the…

EU trucks banned from entering Russian Federation

An executive order banning European Union haulage trucks crossing into Russia’s territory is aggravating the economic situation for both Russia and the…

Too close to the Falcon 9 launch

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