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Nursery Supervisor, Saanich Forestry Centre - Victoria (BC) Canada

Growing Systems Specialist

Technical Sales Position - Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, USA

Sales and Procurement Manager - Arizona, USA

Grower - Kearny (NJ) USA

Managing Director - Holland

Farm Manager - Abu Dhabi

Farm Manager greenhouse vegetable production – Vietnam

COO Flower & Plant greenhouse production farm, Vietnam

Sales Representative - Leamington (Ontario) Canada

OVERVIEW GLOBAL AVOCADO MARKET

After a period with high prices on the European market, the balance between supply and demand seems to be restored. The high prices earlier in the season were due to…

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DJ Ryan from Sundate:

“We are expanding our California date production in response to growing markets”

Medjool dates are usually harvested around the beginning of September but, like most California desert crops, the harvest started a bit late this year, falling around…

Patrick Rhodes of Cape Cod Select:

“It will be difficult to find fresh cranberries for Christmas”

The cranberry harvest wrapped up the first week of November and across the board the volumes were lower than usual. Patrick Rhodes of Massachusetts cranberry grower Cape Cod…

Commercial beekeeping turns to agriculture as major revenue stream

The beekeeping industry, which is integral to agriculture production, is undergoing some significant developments. Bees of course help plants reproduce thanks to their help in…

From Picasso to plants: horticulture becomes art

Tomatoes to grow in 2020 Guggenheim exposition

In 2019 there was a fuss about tomato plants growing in the East River in New York. In 2020 tomato plants will be growing at an even more remarkable location: in the New York…

New Chair and Vice Chair elected at Ontario Apple Growers

Cathy McKay of Port Perry has been elected as the new Chair of the Ontario Apple Growers (OAG). After serving as Vice Chair since 2013, she replaces outgoing Chair Charles…

US greenhouse pioneer Dave Fahrenbruch retires from Sun Valley Farms

After 26 years in the USA Greenhouse industry, Dave Fahrenbruch is retiring from Sun Valley Farms Inc. of Loveland, Colorado. In 1993 Fahrenbruch started with…

Scott Levario joins Vision Produce Company

Vision Produce Company announced the addition of Scott Levario to the team in their Phoenix office. Levario has an extensive background which includes tenure…

House-approved spending is major win for California Citrus

On December 17, 2019, the United States House of Representatives passed a $1.4 trillion appropriations bill to fund the government. Cacitrusmutual.com reported that included…

JAZZ™ apples New Year promotions

"We want to bring back the ‘apple-a-day’ mentality"

JAZZ™ apples have proven to be an exciting category performer. One of the original club varietals – launched in 2003 – JAZZ™ is unwavering as a dollar and volume leader in the…

Special Year Overview

U.S.-Mexico Tomato Suspension Agreement

The Tomato Suspension Agreement sets floor prices for imported Mexican tomatoes and was first put into place in 1996. Since then, Mexico’s share of the U.S. tomato market has…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

10th anniversary of the Blue Skies Foundation

Making papaya more accessible to consumers

Blue Skies fruit company has operations in Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil and the UK where they specialise in fresh-cut fruit, juices and ice cream. They supply these…

Retail

C&S: Exclusive strategic partnership with Dumac

Giant Food Stores: New augmented reality (AR) experience

US: Weis Markets names director of produceWeis Markets Inc. has hired Kevin Weaver as its director of produce. In his new role, Weaver will oversee the company’s day-to-day…

CDC reports dozens more Americans sick in ongoing romaine E. coli case

At this time, three dozen more patients and two more US states are officially part of an E. coli outbreak traced to romaine, according to a renewed public…

USMCA passes House of Representatives, now moves to Senate

Secretary Perdue: "USMCA is critical to success of rural America"

On December 19th, 2019, the House of Representatives voted 385-41 to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “I’ve long said that support for…

Avocados from Mexico partners with AT&T Stadium

Fans now have access fresh avocado menu items throughout 2019-20 season

Avocados From Mexico (AFM) is partnering with AT&T Stadium to offer fans fresh avocado menu items for the remainder of the 2019-20 season along with other events and concerts…

PMA creates new award to recognize innovation in produce marketing

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has created a new member-only award to recognize and showcase innovative merchant strategies designed to drive produce…

Calavo Growers Inc. announces fiscal 2019 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results

Calavo Growers, Inc. reported sharply higher fiscal 2019 fourth quarter results as compared with the final period last year. The strong operating performance…

Survey finds blueberries are no. 1 recommended fruit by US dietitians

A new survey of 201 U.S.-based registered dietitians (RDs) revealed that blueberries are their No. 1 recommended fruit. The survey from the U.S. Highbush…

US president Trump impeached – What steps will follow?

US president Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives in a near party-line vote Wednesday. What comes next is a trial in the Senate early…

APHIS 2019 accomplishments

Supporting American producers and protecting US agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the agency’s many successful efforts over the past year. “It’s…

Number of years since a "record hottest" and "record coldest" year

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Baja California, Mexico's second-biggest strawberry producing state

The Mexican State of Baja California is the second strawberry producing region nationwide, with current production of 199,210 tons. Juan Manuel Martínez Núñez,…

The first Chilean greenhouses with real-time climate monitoring are ready

The Region of Valparaiso already has the first Chilean greenhouses equipped with technological sensors that will allow monitoring different environmental…

Green eating takes the front seat this Christmas

“Vegetarian dishes are becoming popular in Sweden at Christmas”

Everybody is getting ready for the Christmas season, which means a spike in seasonal products. What these seasonal products are, though, can differ per country and culture.…

USDA report on Citrus & Agricultural situation

Mandarin trade and policy in Chile

The USDA post in Santiago indicates fresh fruit importers regard Chilean citrus as high quality, but the volume that Chile exports is not enough to fulfill export demand. The…

Foreign Agricultural Service

FAS builds global markets for U.S. agriculture in 2019

Throughout 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continued to deliver on its promise to pursue free, fair and reciprocal trade and open markets…

"Low-price ginger from South America won't have long-term impact on Chinese ginger export"

Although the acreages dedicated to growing ginger in China this year has increased, due to the rainy weather during the growing season, the soil couldn’t be prepared, leading…

Roger Horak, United Exports

South Africa's blueberry industry growth "a great story"

For international fruit exporter United Exports, the South African blueberry harvest has come to an end. 2019 offered another successful season in which the industry’s total…

Doriane Charlou, Prince de Bretagne:

“All the mini-vegetables harvested are selling”

“We offer mini-vegetables all year round, but they are especially popular around the holiday season. Carrots, leeks, beets and cabbage are the most popular in this range made…

Filip Fontaine, VLAM

"For every euro VLAM invests, we make five"

Filip Fontaine has been the Flanders Agricultural Marketing Board's (VLAM) General Director since 1 July. He succeeded Frans De Wachter. De Wachter retired after a long career…

Indian importer will look towards Ukraine and Chile for apple imports

“We’ve dropped our 2020 plans with Polish apples”

The Polish apple market might be facing some difficulties in the Indian market. According to one Indian exporter Fruitways, who recently visited the largest fruit markets in…

New packaging to promote imperfect pears

A new packaging for Opera pears is now available in various wholesale markets. The orange Però!L'altra pera! crates stand out immediately. Opera Però! L'altra pera! pear crates It…

"We expect our pitahaya volumes to increase by 40 per cent next year"

The pitahaya is doing well in Nicaragua, thanks to hard work and collaboration with a team of agronomists. According to one exporter, the yields have increased by more than 30…

"The prices of late mandarins are exorbitant; we will finish with the Clemenvillas"

Slow off-season melon sales and limited citrus supply

“Although it is true that melon and watermelon consumption is much lower in the autumn and winter, for about a month, the sales of melons and watermelons in Spain and France…

Ayse Ozler on the Turkish citrus season

“Saudi Arabia’s unofficial ban on Turkish fresh produce needs solution”

The year 2019 was full of challenges for Turkish citrus. Weather did not play nice for the entire season and as a total surprise, Saudi Arabia put an unofficial ban for…

AirJet Vision™ for cherries is released

AirJet Vision™, GP Graders’ new vision electronics has proved its value this cherry season. With six cherry lines operating with the new software platform,…

BLE market report KW 50:

'Domestic Elstar, Jonagold and Boskoop at the forefront'

As per usual at this time of the year, Germany continuously dominated the apple scene. The assortment included many varieties: Elstar, Jonagold and Boskoop in…

Two turnkey-lettuce processing lines for Len Wright Salads

Sormac can take all a customers' worries away by delivering processing lines in a turnkey approach, even if other producers' machines need to be integrated. Two lettuce…

Emirates SkyCargo brings Chilean cherries to East Asia

The Emirates SkyCargo airline is making special charter flights to transport Chilean cherries to destinations in East Asia, such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, and…

Iceland: Seven spiders found in grapes from the US since November

A spokesperson from the Icelandic Institute of Natural History has stated that seven spiders of different species -not native to Iceland- have been found in…

Grape exports delayed

Rain over India strikes Pune vineyards

Unseasonal rains in late October have destroyed almost 90 percent of ready-to-harvest vineyards in Satana and Chandwad, Nashik district. This means the export…

Washington-based research institute study:

‘Avocado exports can be big earner for Kenyan farmers’

Kenyan smallholders can boost their incomes by nearly 39 percent by exporting avocados to the European market, a Washington-based research institute reported in a study. A…

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