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Jamey Vogel on Texas peach distribution through roadside stands:

“We are expecting good traffic once travel begins to open up”

The Texas peach season is set to start a week later than normal, though the overall forecast for the season is positive. Jamey Vogel of Vogel Orchard says: “Usually the season…

Consumers buy more produce in one trip

Increased interest for shelf-life extending produce bags

Shopping patterns have changed tremendously in recent weeks. First, there was the panic buying in mid-March where consumers bought about everything they could get their hands…

Smaller cherry crop anticipated from Washington next month

The incoming cherry crop in Washington looks to be slightly smaller than the crops of the last few years. “It’s still a little early to know for sure but as an industry, we…

Coliman celebrates its 57th anniversary

“Difficult situations like the current crisis are an opportunity for us to improve”

In 1963, Don Custodio Aguilar Málaga ventured into the agriculture sector and began producing bananas, mangos and coconut in Tecomán, Colima. Today, Coliman has expanded its…

"We expect Uruguayan citrus sales to the US will increase by 20 to 25%"

During the first four months of 2020, the United States has imported more than 65% of all Uruguayan citrus exports, positioning itself as the main destination…

Mexican papaya industry introduces best practices guide

After nearly 10 months of international collaboration between stakeholders, researchers and government officials in both the US and Mexico – the Texas…

Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector

Corona-update: Global container shipping capacity down 11% in April

In today’s update, we look at comprehensive EeSea data, showing that the global container shipping capacity is down 11% in April. In the US, a Massachusetts congressional…

Jens Borchert (Palm Nuts & More) sees a gradual normalization of the market

"The euphoria of the nut industry as at the beginning of the crisis is over - for the time being"

At the beginning of the Corona crisis, nuts and dried fruits were among products that were hoarded most. In the meantime, the market has stabilised to a certain extent, says…

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David Wolyn, award winning asparagus researcher of the University of Guelph

University of Guelph professor and researcher David Wolyn is credited by some as being the godfather of Ontario's asparagus industry Guelph’s King of Asparagus likes his…

Mexican lettuce exports increase by 33%

Mexican lettuce exports experienced a 32.6% year-on-year increase in 2019, totaling 309 million dollars, according to data provided by the Ministry of Economy.…

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Logistics could affect South African citrus exports

How the current COVID-19 pandemic could potentially affect South African citrus exports to North America remains to be seen. From a supply perspective, Mark Greenberg of…

Global Focus Packing/Machinery/Fresh-Cut

Simon Derrick - Blue Skies

Sales of fresh-cut fruit picking up again

“We are fortunate that the majority of our business across Europe is with grocery retailers and not with food service – which has been especially hard hit. Just before the…

Retail

US Foods has closed acquisition of Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores

New program a first for both Walmart and Nextdoor

US: Weis Markets offers virtual nutrition counselling platformWeis Markets has formed a partnership with New York-based online telehealth platform Healthie. The platform…

USDA announces $9.5 million in grants for specialty crop industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $9.5 million awarded to 11 collaborative, multi-state projects to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. specialty…

Frantisek Chmura

Lack of frozen fries in D.C., while US farmers are stuck with tons of potatoes

Consumers in the Washington, D.C.-area are having a hard time finding frozen French fries in the wake of COVID-19-fueled stockpiling. However, on the other…

Multistate outbreak of E. coli linked to clover sprouts now declared over

On February 24th, 2020, Jimmy John's LLC reported that all of its restaurants stopped serving clover sprouts, which were linked to an outbreak of E. coli O103. On March 16th,…

PACA reparation sanctions lifted on California business

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Super HK HG LLC, d/b/a Hong Kong Supermarket, satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $4,774 issued…

Rodrigo De Souza Mendes Junqueira

Are carrots good for people with diabetes?

Some people believe that carrots raise blood sugar levels and that people with diabetes should not eat them. However, this is not the case. In this article, we…

Mexican avocado exporters look to Colombia

Mexico leads the world avocado production with an annual export of 2,184,000 tons. However, in recent years Mexican businessmen have set their sights on the advantages that…

AEBE distances itself from the Ecuadorian banana companies that defend the stoppage of sales

"We'll continue shipping all our contracted exports"

Part of the banana sector in Ecuador recently announced that it would halt its activity for three weeks to reduce the current oversupply in the market and stabilize export…

Harvest and demand updates for mangoes: The Philippines, South Africa, Mexico, India

Mango harvest in the Philippines and India is expected to continue at a high volume while South Africa and Mexico are seeing lower production levels according to a report by…

Australian papaya demand returning to normal for the autumn season

Demand for Australian papaya has returned to normal, following the increase in retail purchasing immediately following the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. North Queensland…

Carlos Llambrich, of Llamfruit: "It doesn't look like there will be a great cherry production this year"

"The rains have made us lose the earliest cherry varieties"

Rains, frosts and hail have taken a toll in various cherry producing areas of Spain, including Extremadura, Aragon, Valencia, Catalonia and Castile-León. In Fraga, one of the…

Roland Gels (Levarht): "I expect an acceleration of the already started local-for-local trend"

How is the fresh produce sector preparing for the one and a half meter economy?

How is the fresh produce sector moving towards the one and a half meter society? Will working from home become the new norm? Is e-commerce accelerating? Will the supermarket…

Charles Gantz – Anlin Shipping

First apples sent by breakbulk to UK in many years indicative of shift in shipping

Whereas usually Anlin Shipping doesn’t budget for vessels during April, this year three of their vessels have taken already 15,000 pallets over two and a half weeks to…

South Africa weekly grape exports - week 16

Cumulative exports of red seedless grapes: 30,971,621 cartons

Cumulative exports of Black Seedless grapes from South Africa (week 16) are at 9,461,289 4.5kg-cartons, the majority of which (2,191,198 cartons) went to the UK. Red seedless grapes saw…

First quarter of 2020: Kuehne + Nagel resilient in the face of crisis

Dr. Detlef Trefzger, CEO of Kuehne + Nagel International AG, comments: "The coronavirus pandemic is an immense global challenge, also for Kuehne + Nagel.…

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Belgians urged to eat more 'frites' to deplete potato mountain

Belgium’s potato growers are asking their countrymen to step up to the plate and eat frites twice a week to lessen a 750,000 tonne potato surplus that has…

First Sharka disease detection in Uzbekistan

Apricot, sweet cherry, plum and peach are economically important stone fruit crops in Uzbekistan. Plum pox virus (PPV) is the causal agent of sharka disease. This virus is the…

Prices slightly lower than last year

New season asparagus available in China

As the market demand for asparagus has been growing year by year, the number of growers and the planted area in China have also been expanding. However, oversupply is leading…

Closure of business venues led to lower demand for oranges

“Chinese fruit market is recovering”

Countries around the world are currently affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, while China has been one of the earliest countries to resume production and social normality, but…

Chinese market price of kiwi fruit is coming down

After a number of fluctuations, the price of Xuxiang kiwi fruit from Shaanxi production areas is now showing a downward trend. The sales period of Hayward kiwi fruit is also…

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China opens two more border access points for Thai fruit

China has opened two more border points for the import of Thai fruit just in time for the beginning of fruit harvest season in late April. Chinese authorities opened the…

Chinese ginger supply is significantly smaller than last year

The Chinese market supply is significantly smaller than last year as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent imposition of isolation measures…

Andrey Cherkasov

Indian government completes disposal of 35,857 tons of imported onions

According to the Consumer Affairs Ministry, the Indian government has completed the disposal of 35,857 tons of onion, imported last year to check spiralling…

South Korea and Thailand authorize imports of Peruvian Hass avocado

Thailand and South Korea have opened their markets to Peruvian Hass avocado, which will begin to be exported to both destinations in 2020. It should be noted…

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