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California will stand alone in US pear production this summer

California pear season is upon us. This week, picking, packing, and shipping of the state’s first pears of the season will start in Courtland, in the Sacramento Delta region.…

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Driscoll's acquires Haygrove Africa

Driscoll’s has formally agreed to purchase Haygrove Africa Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Haygrove Heaven. Given the evolving demands of the global blueberry market,…

Larger US lemon crop this season

Demand for lemons continues to pick up with many foodservice operations continuing to return. “Overall demand for lemons seems to be solid and out of some of the ups and downs…

US (NY): Food trends are driving the demand for specialty mushrooms

"We're quickly becoming the go-to brand in specialty mushrooms as many are looking for interesting varieties grown locally and in an environmentally friendly way. Others have…

The next two weeks are key

Chinese market price of cherries from the American northwest remains high

The cherry season is currently in full swing in the northwest of the USA. The Chinese market price of these cherries remains high. In some larger supermarkets the retail price…

Leamington grower builds 40-acre facility

Pure Flavor has begun construction of a new 40-acre (16 ha.) high-tech, fully lit facility and a new 210,000 sq ft centralized packhouse Distribution Center on the same site.…

New organic salad kits and blends line debuts in plant-based compostable bags

Boskovich Fresh Food Group’s subsidiary Fresh Prep, LLC launches its next retail line, Fair Earth Farms, to the industry this month with six SKUs. Fair Earth Farms will…

Ojai's famous Pixie tangerine struggles to survive wildfires and a real estate encroachment

The city of Ojai is a charming place in Ventura County, California. On weekends, it is filled with visitors frequenting the restaurants, boutiques and art…

Meta-analysis couples fruit and vegetable intake to fewer cognitive disorders

A meta-analysis published in Frontiers in Nutrition has found that intake of fruits and vegetables is negatively correlated with cognitive decline in older…

Hy-Vee voluntarily withdraws all potato salad varieties due to presumptive positive microbial test result

Hy-Vee, Inc. is voluntarily withdrawing all varieties and all sizes of its Hy-Vee Potato Salad and Mealtime Potato Salad due to a presumptive positive microbial result on the…

Special Automation

Santa Maria partners with Clarifruit to automate table grape quality-control operations and reduce costs

Clarifruit, the world’s first AI-powered quality control software for the fresh produce industry, has announced a successful commercial implementation with Santa Maria…

Gobal Focus Softfruit / Stonefruit

Good Dutch plum season expected

This month sees the start of the Dutch plum season. The harvest will be slightly smaller this year, but Marinus Bunt of B&B Fruit expects an excellent season. This family business…

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Dreamstime

Schnucks has expanded its prepared foods delivery partnership with DoorDash

Goodfood is partnering with Pusateri’s Fine Foods

Canada: Strike averted at Loblaw Cos.Following months of back and forth actions, grocery and warehouse employees who work for Canadian retailer Loblaw Cos., Ltd. voted to…

Leduc County, Alberta

Little Potato Company starts new Nisku facility

The Little Potato Company and Leduc County representatives have celebrated the start of construction on a more than 200,000 sq. ft. packaging facility and head…

Southeast US: Citrus crop looks very promising

As the Southeast is sweltering under the merciless sun, one citrus grower believes this year’s crop is ‘very promising’. Kim Jones owns a citrus packing…

Marco Fernández-Concha, of Amazon Specialties S.A.C.:

"The 'superfoods' market is growing worldwide, especially after the pandemic, and above all in Europe"

The Peruvian jungle, or Peruvian Amazon, is in itself an ecoregion considered one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. It is home to unique species commonly…

Cargo Produce

Chilean startup seeks to be the super-platform for exporters and importers across the world

"Exporters and importers are the main actors of the first mile of the international supply chain, moving millions of containers a year to supply the markets. What happens at…

Cassiano Berol, UP-Fruit: "not high enough to face highest level of sea freight we have ever seen"

Despite higher selling prices of Brazilian mango in Europe increased input costs a struggle

The Brazilian exporter of mangoes, UP-Fruit, are seeing higher final selling prices and stable demand in Europe, the USA and Canada, but it is still not high enough to cover…

Brazilians want to block Maersk and MSC from Santos Port privatization

As Brazil prepares to move forward with the next phase of its privatization efforts for port operations, the independent terminal operators are working to…

Egyptian grape exporters call it quits after price dropped ten days ago

When the Egyptian grape season started this year, it seemed to kick off strong. However, prices became a problem as the season went on: “The grape season in Egypt started ten…

Year-to-date orange shipments to EU significantly down compared to 2021

Fate of South African oranges en route to Europe discussed at highest political levels

Among the oranges en route to Europe, and now threatened with destruction, are consignments that were packed and shipped before the new cold treatment requirement was even…

Krist Hamerlinck, Eco Veg:

"Large organic greenhouse vegetable supply is putting prices under pressure"

Belgian greenhouse vegetables are having a tough time. "The vacation period has started, which is normally a more difficult time for sales. This year is certainly no…

Picota cherry season off to a good start

The Spanish Picota cherry season runs from the end of May/ beginning of June, until early August. The first arrivals on the UK market this season were around 20th June. In…

Alwin Gräper e.K. on the increasing relevance of covered cherries in the Alte Land

"Covered cherry cultivation has developed rapidly"

Sweet cherry cultivation is very well established in southern Germany, especially in Franconian Switzerland and Rhineland-Palatinate. However, tons of sweet cherries are also…

Sil Moonen, Berryfarm:

"Blueberry prices already under pressure early on"

Last week, in the Netherlands, Berryfarm.nl began harvesting its blueberries. The company has some 60 hectares of these berries, spread over two locations in the southern…

Polish soft fruit season underway

"You won’t see us complaining about a lack of rain this year!”

The blueberry season has started, and the Polish berries have not had to endure a lot of spring frosts like in previous years. Volumes are looking good, but rains could still…

Italian drought set to hit supplies of fruit and vegetables

Northern Italy’s worst drought in 70 years could cut supplies of tomatoes, olive oil and risotto rice, according to importers, with Filippo Berio UK MD Walter…

Zespri wants to expand SunGold growing area by 10,000 ha in each country

Kiwifruit growers have a big decision to make soon over the future of the most popular SunGold fruit. Zespri want to expand their overseas planting area of…

"Our aim is to build a one-hour service window for reaction"

Reemoon looking to expand its service technicians across the Australia

Major Chinese sorting solution company Reemoon says it is aiming to be fully licenced in Australia by the end of July, allowing it to have service technicians close by to its…

Australian Hydroponic Farmers Federation Conference begins in Victoria

Around 210 delegates are attending the Hydroponic Farmers Federation (HFF) conference that has been launched in Dandenong, Victoria. The three-day event kicked off today, on…

However: a global expert says there is an opportunity to improve consumer demand

Australia leads the world in land area committed to organic farming

One of the world’s leading analysts of the organic farming sector says that, if the Australian industry is to lift its market share, it needs to boost domestic demand through…

Surveillance for new forms of Psa

KVH has testing underway to learn more about the possible detection of a Psa variant on two properties. Psa has been present in New Zealand for over 10 years…

Analysis of the first half of the imported fruit market in Jiaxing in 2022

From January to June, the transaction volume and value of the Jiaxing Haiguangxing Fine Fruit Trading Center decreased by 21.19% and 20.95% respectively…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Costa Rica at £0.85 at UK wholesale markets

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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