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Lettuce ice means higher January markets likely

Cold temperatures in the California and Arizona desert growing regions have caused issues with lettuce that are likely to impact the market come early 2022. Mark Shaw,…

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Sales specialist Vertical Farming North America / Europe

New greenhouse to bring strawberries and tomatoes to Albertans

Sunterra Greenhouse is wrapping up construction of its 20-acre greenhouse in Acme, Alberta, roughly one hour northeast of Calgary. This build is the first phase of four, with…

Shelf-life extension supplier announces expansion into Mexico

Verdant™ Technologies announced the establishment of its Mexican entity and will serve produce and floral customers in Mexico with its shelf-life extension solution,…

New variety developed; the Hawaiian Big Papaya

Year-round supply of papayas from Panama

Since there is only a slight difference in the Panamanian winter and summer season, papayas are able to be cultivated all year-round. A new hybrid papaya variety has been…

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Hoople, northeast North Dakota

Fourth generation on Hall potato farm bets on cutting-edge sorting technology

A fourth-generation potato farming and marketing family in North Dakota is leaping into a new era of electronic potato grading. The Hall family partnership of Hoople in…

Sea-Intelligence.com

Sea-Intelligence analysis: No signs of congestion alleviation

Danish research and analysis company Sea-Intelligence has examined the increased congestion related to both container terminals, as well as intermodal congestion related to…

Second annual “Sweeter in Texas” sweepstakes begins

Winter Sweetz, a Texas-based grapefruit brand owned by Lone Star Citrus, has launched its second annual “Sweeter in Texas” sweepstakes to celebrate the Texas…

'No Kid Hungry'-campaign to end childhood hunger in America

Dole Food Company renews its commitment to combating childhood hunger in 2022

Dole Food Company has renewed its partnership in 2022 with No Kid Hungry, a campaign to end childhood hunger in America. The company's alliance with the…

Shanghai's first cabinet arrives at Huizhan Market

China: Launch ceremony of Sugarbee® apple 2021 season

Recently, the sugarbee® apple 2021 production season launch ceremony, jointly organized by Chelan Fresh, Hechengfeng, and Frutacloud was successfully held at the Shanghai…

Honoring service members this holiday season

WP Rawl, a grower, processor and shipper of leafy greens, honored service members both past and present this holiday season. In November, the company celebrated more than 25…

Special Year Overview

Year overview: November

More shipping news caught readers’ eyes in November with reports that even with the global shipping shortage slowly easing, supply chain delays are far from over. In fact, on…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Italy's Jingold

Gift-wrapped kiwi fruits are selling like hot cakes

Italy's Jingold's kiwi gift packaging has been positively received. The Christmas packaging is showing to be popular and sales have increased. The packaging contains 7, 14 or…

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Dreamstime

DoorDash launched on-demand grocery delivery from more than 400 Southeastern Grocers stores

Albertsons Cos. is piloting “smart” salad bars

US: UNFI sets its grocery products up for success on digital shelfThe explosive growth of online grocery shopping is forcing brands to increase the volume and quality of the…

USDA

Western fruit report - Grape cold storage summary

Grand total of 2,341,181 units of grapes in cold storage on Dec 15, 2021

On December 15, 2021, the number of bags of Autumn Royal grapes in Californian cold storages stood at 12,385, almost 100,000 fewer than the number of bags YoY. For Autumn…

Fresh or chilled asparagus account for half of Peru's air shipments

According to the Peruvian Foreign Trade Society (Comex Peru), Peru exported 74,774 tons of agricultural food products by air between January and October, i.e.…

Regional carriers benefit from decreased ocean carriers’ activity in Mediterranean and Black Sea

Global ocean carriers reoriented a fair chunk of their capacities to the Transpacific and Asia-Europe tradelines from the second half of 2020 until the end of…

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Major distress caused by containers left without power for up to 36 hrs

"Chaotic situation" at Cape Town, while Transnet declares force majeure again

Transnet Port Terminals, the state-run ports authority, has declared force majeure at the Cape Town Container Terminal and the Cape Town Multi-Purpose Terminal for the second…

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Using drones to select drought-tolerant sweetpotatoes

Droughts have long posed a threat to farmers in southern Africa, and models predict they will become more frequent, unpredictable, and intense as global warming continues.…

SSM Enterprises

Slow start to season but still strong demand for Australian cherry exports

An Australian exporter says the recent wet weather experienced in east coast growing regions has led to a later start than normal to the cherry season but expects demand to…

Citrus Annual - Australia

Orange exports forecast at 19 percent increase over MY 2020/21

Citrus production in Australia has experienced favorable conditions after above average rainfalls in all of the major growing areas across 2020 and 2021. Most irrigation…

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Marks and Spencer consumers divided over 'Marmite' Brussels sprouts

This Christmas M&S are selling sprouts with a twist. This twist is bound to please some people and disgust others. Facebook group NewfoodsUK posted a photo that relates to…

Christoph Freitag, BOGK Managing Director:

"Most likely, growers will have no choice but to raise prices"

Massive price and cost increases for fruit and vegetable producers can be expected in the coming year, as Christoph Freitag (pictured right), managing director of BOGK, told…

Ginés González, manager of Hortisol:

"It's not going to be a bad season for those who have continued to bet on tomatoes"

The weather has brought a positive start to the Spanish vegetable export season in terms of available supply and quality. The demand and prices are acceptable for almost all…

Raquel Tello, commercial director of S.A.T. Algaida:

"We hope to open new lines this year with our organic raspberries"

In 2020, Spain was the second largest producer of raspberries in the EU, with a share of 25.43%. The region of Andalusia led the national production, with 98.9% of the total,…

A. P. Moller - Maersk to acquire LF Logistics, a premium omnichannel fulfilment company

Copenhagen, Denmark: A.P. Moller - Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire LF Logistics, a Hong Kong-based contract logistics company, with premium capabilities within…

EastFruit

Potato market in Eastern Europe – an overview of prices, trends, and prospects

The potato market in Eastern Europe has been feverish since the beginning of the 2021/22 season. All countries of the EastFruit monitoring presented serious surprises for…

USDA

Egypte: Citrus Annual

MY 2020/21 orange production estimate revised upwards by 170,000 MT

In MY 2021/22, FAS Cairo forecasts orange production to decrease by almost 16 percent, or 570,000 MT to 3 MMT. The decrease in production is attributed to severe weather…

MSC makes an offer for purchase of Bolloré Africa Logistics

The Bolloré Group announces that it has received an offer from the MSC Group, a major player in container transport and logistics, to acquire 100% of Bolloré…

McDonald's has to ration french fries as supply shortage hits Japan

From Friday, McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan will only offer french fries in small sizes; flooding at a Vancouver port and the pandemic have cut off supply for…

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