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OVERVIEW GLOBAL IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS
Limes climb in price and popularity
United Fresh works to minimize effects on produce industry during pandemic
Challenging Yuma winter for spinach
Manolo Reyes of NatureSweet. "We have a lot to learn from European packaging"
"Tomatoes will continue to become more expensive because of the protectionist policies of the United States"
Chicago Indoor Garden sprout recall update
Number of people infected with E.coli O103 rises to 39
US demand for avocados tripled between 2001 and 2018
"We are at the disposal of the authorities to help maintain the supply of fruit"
Aptar presents anti-pathogenic food packaging solution
Costa Rica maintains its pineapple exports despite COVID-19
Special Australia / New Zealand
New Australian products helping to reduce synthetic chemical use on farms
Global Focus Grapes
Ukrainian grape harvest likely to be reduced due to mild winter
Retail
SpartanNash: Unprecedented grocery sales volume
Walmart to hire more than 150,000 hourly workers in the United States
Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector
Corona-update: Uk farming firms in fear as workforce is in peril
Updated Friday 20th March
Fresh produce industry events cancelled due to coronavirus
"Logistics becoming more challenging with every day that passes"
Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 12
Increase in Chilean planted area supports increase in blueberry exports
World Avocado Organization
"We will continue to supply avocados and operate to safeguard the internal supply chain"
Michel Jansen (Total Produce) and Eric van Arendonk (Nature's Pride) about insecurity in the import market:
"It's very hard to make decisions about trade that will arrive in in three to four weeks"
Romain Cools, FVPhouse
“This virus's long-term effects on the fruit and vegetable sector can't yet be estimated”
Fragile world food supply is strained
Global sales: Orange exports by country
FromBoer sees 80% sales fall due to logistical problems:
“Now we can no longer move 15,000 heads of lettuce per day”
UGT warns of lack of measures at horticultural handling centers of Almeria
"There are entities with working shifts of up to eleven hours"
Uncertainty for stone fruit, for which large volumes are expected
"What everyone is asking is, how much can we take?"
"It's a bit like a radar used in identifying different aircraft...but it identifies where the bees are"
Radar-like technology used to improve pollination and increase yields in horticultural crops
Storage temperature effect on carotenoid accumulation in yellow flesh kiwifruit
“Chinese sweet corn has great market potential in Europe”
Evaluating water stress tolerant basil cultivars
Futura srl stops temporarily to restart stronger than ever
Richard Schouten: "Supermarkets cannot unilaterally submit additional costs to the supplier"
Labour, logistics and supply security case, for Crisis team GroentenFruit Huis
Queen Garnet plum is currently in season
"We stand ready to provide this assistance to growers"
Controlled Atmosphere; the alternative for sprout inhibitors in onion storage?
Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI)
"There is still potential for avocado consumption to increase in Europe"
Peru temporarily reopens its market to Chilean stone fruit
Hapag-Lloyd net results for 2019 are an improvement on 2018
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"We are at the disposal of the authorities to help maintain the supply of fruit" 
Aptar presents anti-pathogenic food packaging solution 
Ukrainian grape harvest likely to be reduced due to mild winter 
World Avocado Organization
Michel Jansen (Total Produce) and Eric van Arendonk (Nature's Pride) about insecurity in the import market:
Romain Cools, FVPhouse
Fragile world food supply is strained 
Controlled Atmosphere; the alternative for sprout inhibitors in onion storage? 
Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI)
Hapag-Lloyd net results for 2019 are an improvement on 2018 
A dream come true for all of us working from home