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CEO for Tissue Culture Lab - Indonesia

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Head Grower - Niagara-on-the-Lake (ON) Canada

“Mayesh” Sales Representative - Los Angeles (CA) USA

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GLOBAL OVERVIEW BANANAS

Despite plentiful production, fans of bananas around the world may soon see an increase in prices, as the price of the popular fruit is affected by the increase in the cost of…

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"We can focus more on quality and how the product satisfies consumer needs”

“In vertical farming, it is interesting how quickly the industry has grown without specific varieties or seeds developed for that purpose,” says John Purcell, CEO and…

Increasing volumes of Mexican blackberries expected

Supplies of blackberries are starting to increase out of Mexico. “We’re finally seeing an uptick in supplies. They had rain a couple of weeks back and that set us back,” said…

Mango retailer of the year announced: Albertsons Companies

The National Mango Board (NMB) announced Albertsons Companies as its recipient of the 2021 Mango Retailer of the Year award. The NMB presented the award in Boise, Idaho to…

RubyFrost apples are back with bigger crop

Crunch Time Apple Growers, a New York State-based cooperative of 152 member-growers, announced it will deliver 175,000 bushels (a 35 percent year-over-year increase) of its…

Sun World Promotes Melillo to Vice President of Grower Support Services

Sun World International LLC has appointed Michele Melillo to the new position of Vice President of Grower Support Services. Melillo recently managed the…

Longvine Growing Co announces executive leadership changes

After nearly 7 years of leading the business, Kevin Doran is moving to the Longvine Growing Co Board of Directors, vacating the CEO position. Over the past…

Ocean Mist Farms announces new President and kicks off Cardone season

Ocean Mist Farms announces the promotion of Christopher Drew to president and chief executive officer. Drew is responsible for leading all commercial, operational, financial,…

Plastic-free packaging wins innovation award

AFC Packaging is pleased to announce the acceptance of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) 2021 Innovation Award in Food Waste Prevention for its NOW No Waste Technology…

Sea-Intelligence.com

Sea-Intelligence report:

‘US container imports boom unlikely to last’

Danish research and analysis firm Sea-Intelligence has looked into whether the ongoing container demand boom in North America is sustainable. "Historically, the rate of growth…

Special Avocados

Michael Franks - Seeka

“Due to the market conditions in Australia, we will send a great volume to our customers in Asia and the Pacific Islands"

The soft Australian avocado market is putting pressure on the export returns for fruit sent from New Zealand as well as delivering low returns to the Australian growers. The…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Philippe Jean, Cofruid’Oc:

“We are doubling our volumes of Legend harvested, going from 400 to 800 tons!”

It is the fourth year that Cofruid’Oc Méditerranée sells its new variety of scab-resistant French apples under the Legend® brand. The harvest started last week and is already…

Retail

Dreamstime

GPA sells 71 Extra Hiper stores to Assai

Pattison Food Group acquires Roth's Fresh Markets

SN Report: Retailers optimistic about center store sales in 2021Nearly half (45%) of retailers say that the coronavirus pandemic led to increased sales of more than 10% in…

Bringing broccoli to kids for National School Lunch Week

Bayer, in collaboration with Nature’s Reward and the United Fresh Start Foundation, is promoting a kid-friendly broccoli, just in time to celebrate National School Lunch Week,…

Supply chain crisis unabated

Nearly 80,000 shipping containers piled up in Port of Savannah

The Port of Savannah is approaching crisis point. It has nearly 80,000 containers - 50% more than normal - stacked up. About 700 containers have been left…

Specialty mushroom company secures $25 million in Series A funding

Smallhold, a Brooklyn-based specialty mushroom company on a mission to shorten the distance between consumers and sustainably-grown food, has announced a $25…

Majority of respondents ask to reinstate South Texas Marketing Order 959

With the vast majority of comments recently submitted to the USDA showing support for the reinstatement of S. Texas Federal Marketing Order 959, the U.S. onion…

Port of Los Angeles will go 24/7 to ease supply chain bottlenecks before the holidays

President Joe Biden has an expansion of operations at the Port of Los Angeles as prices keep climbing and container ships wait to dock in a traffic jam…

“We offer Keitt and Tommy Atkins mango in a favorable time-window for Europe”

Mangos could become an important crop for one Guatemalan exporter over the coming years. They have started offering Keitt and Tommy Atkins mangoes and see a window of…

Port of Oakland seeks to recover lost shipping services

Appealing to shippers looking for an alternative to Southern California’s jammed-up gateway, the Port of Oakland is winning back ocean carrier services that…

California's San Joaquin Valley

Megadrought forcers growers to abandon fields

San Joaquin Valley growers are currently struggling with the megadrought. California regulators have cut farmers' water allotments by a third due to low…

USDA

USDA Economic Research Service

Value of Texas pumpkin production surpassed that of all other states at $25.9 million in 2020

Pumpkin production is widely dispersed throughout the United States, with crop conditions varying greatly by region. All states produce some pumpkins, but six states produce…

Freight forwarders undersell shipment space, causing freight rates to fall

Sea freight rates from China to US west coast experienced sharp correction, with the highest price cut by nearly half

In recent weeks, the price of shipping from China to the west coast of the United States has experienced a sharp correction, which has attracted market…

Exports increased by 1.2% in the 2020/21 season

China consolidates itself as the second destination country for Chilean fresh fruit

According to the president of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX), Ronald Bown Fernandez, Chile exported a total of 2,567,717 tons of fresh…

2021 Expoalimentaria Perú digital fair ends with positive figures

Expoalimentaria Perú, the date with the Peruvian agrifood sector, ended its 2021 edition, with very positive figures. The event, which once again took place…

"Market prospects for Chilean cherries look good now that the ports are slowly solving their backlog"

The Chinese market is slowly recovering from the worst impact of the pandemic. And the problems with global distribution are gradually growing less intense. Shanghai Yuqian…

Bertus Schipper, Zoutewelle, the Netherlands:

"After high prices at the Brazilian melon season's start, they're now back to the old level"

This year's Brazilian melon season got off to a complicated start. "Delays meant the overseas season didn't connect well to the end of the Spanish one. Those shortages…

Zespri Red to become Zespri RubyRed™ Kiwifruit as commercial volumes beckon in 2022

Zespri has confirmed that its current red kiwifruit will be named Zespri RubyRed™ Kiwifruit for the first year of sales of commercial volumes in the upcoming…

Ziv Dotan - MIKSHAR

Israel will see increased demand for imported fruit and veg due to sabbatical year

Israel is well known around the world for its good quality fruit and vegetable exports such as citrus, avocados, mangoes, dates, cherry tomatoes, peppers and…

“Overall it’s a good year for Turkish pear growers”

Weather conditions have caused Turkish pears to be harvested later than usual. One exporter says it will be a good season for the pear growers regardless, as prices are in a…

PP Roets – Roslesia

“I think Roslesia will probably open people’s eyes to passionfruit”

“This time next year we’ll have as much passionfruit as there was three years ago in the entire country,” says PP Roets, head of blueberry and passionfruit production at Roslé…

Demand as high as it was last season

Some overlap for Polish apple seasons

The previous season for Polish apples had a smooth transition into the new one, as not all of the old apples were sold once the 2021/2022 season began. It means the Polish…

Escalation and transformation in the fruit wholesale market in China

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge for the global fruit industry for almost 2 years now, and the global shipping capacity remains the big problem to fruit traders.…

Farmers expect an abundant harvest this year

Chinese ginger harvest has begun

Freshly-harvested ginger is about to enter the Chinese market. The weather conditions in ginger production areas have been good. Farmers expect an abundant harvest this year.…

Chinese banana sales are affected by continued warm temperatures

The banana production seasons are nearly over in Hainan and Guangdong. Most of the bananas on the Chinese market come from production areas in Guangdong or are imported from…

Tangerines ripen later than usual

Production volume of Chinese Xinyu tangerines declined

China is one of the world's largest producers of citrus fruit. Production areas are numerous and spread across the country. The honey tangerine from Xinyu is one of the most…

Leafy vegetable desander makes for effective desanding

Lamb’s lettuce is rapidly gaining popularity in Europe. Harvesting it often involves a large amount of sand, which clogs processing equipment and impacts overall product…

BIC Facility Codes for all depots globally

MSC becomes first major carrier to fully adopt standardized depot codes

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global player in container shipping and logistics, has fully adopted BIC Facility Codes (BFC) for all depots globally.…

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