Warmer temperatures and extra acreage leads to “glut” of tomatoes

There’s an oversupply of tomatoes right now. “It’s an oversupply that’s almost a glut,” said Bob Spencer of West Coast Tomato, LLC, noting it’s…

Limited supplies of Mexican limes for now

Going into Easter week, there are limited supplies of limes. “Holy Week in Mexico shuts everything down for the week to let their staff celebrate and…

Very light supplies of pineapples during Easter week

Pineapples are seeing strong demand this week leading up to Easter. “It’s quite a big pineapple holiday with many retailers doing promotions,” says Bobby Van…

Oppy senior sales representative retires

Oppy says one of its finest is trading in his phone line for a fishing line. Senior sales representative Dan Wickland, who joined Oppy in 2002, “brought his…

Agustin Sanchez, general manager of the new Mexican company Frutas Finas La Fabrica

“The relatively low price of avocado continues to drive demand for this fruit in the US”

A new company dedicated to the production and export of avocado has just been born in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico's main avocado production area and the…

Ecuador negotiating lower banana import tariffs in Asian markets

The world leader in banana exports, Ecuador, is not resting on its  laurels as it seeks to enhance the trading conditions in the key growth markets of Asia.…

Budget-conscious apple option introduced

After several months of inflation, budgets continue to be tight and top of mind for consumers. In response to this challenging environment, Honeybear…

Philip Symons, North Bay Europe:

“We are lucky that we are in a growing segment of the market”

“Sales growth has been really strong over the last few years,” says Philip Symons, Sales Director Europe at North Bay Europe about the growing business…

South Africa announced as next host, as New Zealanders are urged to eat more avocados to boost demand

PHOTO REPORT: 10th World Avocado Congress 2023 - Auckland New Zealand

As the World Avocado Congress wrapped up in Auckland, New Zealand, South Africa was announced as the host of the 11th event to be held in 2027. Held…

Future Crops declared bankrupt: all equipment in online auction at Troostwijk Auctions

Poeldijk-based vertical farm Future Crops has been declared bankrupt. For this reason, all equipment belonging to the baby lettuce and herb producer…

AgroFresh adds to senior leadership

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a supplier of near-and post-harvest produce freshness solutions, announced four key appointments to its senior leadership…

Southeast blueberry production gets underway

Naturipe Farms is rolling out the “blue” carpet for conventional blueberries from its Southeast growing region. The berry grower is excited to fill…

New director of marketing for National Mango Board

Dr. Daniel ‘Dan’ Spellman recently joined the National Mango Board as the new director of marketing. Spellman has more than 20-plus years of marketing…

Canadian consumers see cucumbers prices up 63 percent over last year

Stats Canada figures show how cucumber prices are up between 30 and 60 percent YoY. Cucumbers top the list and are up 63 percent, while strawberries and…

Fresh citrus fruit delivered to high school All-Stars

In its inaugural year, the Encore All-Star Games, powered by Sunkist Growers, will host elite-level high school senior basketball players from the greater Los…

Focusing on late-season highbush blueberry varieties

Berry Blue LLC. and University of Florida sign research agreement

Berry Blue LLC., an MBG Marketing company, has announced its partnership with the University of Florida Blueberry Breeding Program to research and develop new…

Including all 47 Farm Boy Stores in Ontario, Canada

Red Light Holland announces AEM New Brunswick shiitake mushrooms are available at over 100 locations

Red Light Holland Corp., an Ontario-based corporation engaged in the production, growth, and sale of functional mushrooms and mushroom home grow kits in North…

Global Plant Genetics makes major blueberry investment

The Global Plant Genetics team is quite excited about the purchase of the global licences for three of the world's most exciting blueberry varieties from the…

Revolution Farms recalls lettuce due to possible health risk

Revolution Farms of Caledonia, Michigan is voluntarily recalling the listed products packed between 3/3/23 and 3/11/23, because they have the potential…

Fresh Produce Association of the Americas

Top produce issues on the table at Spring Policy Summit 2023

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) hosted a Spring Policy Summit March 14-15, 2023, bringing together industry members to discuss…

Compensation for buying produce grown in-state

California launches program reimbursing CalFresh recipients

Over 5 million Californians rely on CalFresh benefits; the Covid pandemic, many families were automatically bumped up to receive the maximum benefit amount.…

US study aims to protect apple trees from fire blight

In the past 15 years, increasingly warm and wet weather during the spring has sparked epidemics of fire blight – a disease caused by a bacterial plant pathogen…

Florida

Heller Bros. packinghouse in Winter Garden closes

Heller Bros. Packing Corp.’s packinghouse in Winter Garden, Florida, has ceased operations. The 50,000-square-foot facility had operated since 1939. “It’s a…

Ramon Alcedo appointed as new director of Fairtrasa Peru

Fairtrasa is proud to announce the appointment of Ramon Alcedo as the new director of Fairtrasa Peru S.A. Fairtrasa Peru is part of the Fairtrasa Group, a…

Heavy rains threaten table grape and mango campaigns in northern Peru

The high humidity and the continuous rains since the end of February in Tumbes and Piura, in the north of the country, have increased the presence of Mildiu on…

Apple imports in Brazil to dip in response to domestic supplies

Brazilian consumers most likely have noticed that the presence of European apples on supermarket shelves has been enormous. In fact, fruit imports grew in the…

Black citrus farmers held back by EU protectionism, Ramaphosa tells Belgian king

South Africa’s citrus trade with the EU is currently held back by “protectionism”, President Cyril Ramaphosa told a recent bilateral trade forum…

Wonderberry aiming for banana export from India, taking quality very seriously

“There currently is a complete focus on price, not quality”

Banana cultivation in India has come a long way in the past few decades, says Ajay Chopra, founder of Indian fresh produce brand Wonderberry: “The…

"If this continues, we will look for other regions to sell our products"

Iranian exporters are frustrated with risky payment conditions in Gulf countries

Demand from Gulf countries for Iranian produce has increased significantly in recent weeks, but not in the way Iranian exporters would like. "There is…

Frédéric Jautrou, producer, inventor and president of Asperges du Pays de Richelieu:

Asparagus bundling machine: a simple, compact, modular and product-friendly innovation

Frédéric Jautrou is one of the 15 asparagus growers who came together to create the registered trademark “Asperges du Pays de Richelieu”, an initiative…

Daniel Badger - VitaFresh Produce

Lime market starting to pick up

The UK lime season is staring to look much better after a tough few months of oversupply. Daniel Badger from Vitafresh Produce said that back in December Brazil sent much…

"Bitter pill to swallow as much of the hundreds of millions of pounds of both public and private investment is likely to be wasted"

Fruit and vegetables will require phytosanitary certificates in new post-Brexit border proposals

Goods imported into the UK from the EU will be subject to changes from October, after the U.K. government today released its 'Target Operating Model'.…

NPU new Manter dealer in Norway and Sweden

Manter is pleased and proud to announce that Nordisk Pakkeriutstyr AS (NPU) is their new dealer for Norway and Sweden. NPU is already well known in the…

Port of Valencia sees container traffic growth in March

Port of Valencia recorded a double-digit increase in container traffic, both for filled and empty boxes, in March, compared with the same month last year. In…

Imported strawberries become cheaper in Poland

This season, the traditional downward trend in prices for imported strawberries on the Polish wholesale market began in mid-February, when the volumes of…

EastFruit

Countries that kept up the fruit & vegetable trade with Russia in 2022

In March 2022, EastFruit published an article calling on all companies to stop doing business with Russia.  Many organizations, experts, and business representatives…

Container lines’ profit margins down in 2022

Container shipping companies' profit margins hit a two-year low in the fourth quarter of 2022, as rates and demand plunged. According to Alphaliner's latest…