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Indian mango shipments to U.S. greenlit for 2022

Growers and shippers of Indian mango welcome the decision to export good volumes of the mango to the U.S. this season. On Saturday, the Department of Agriculture and farmer’s…

Logistics problems and high costs pressure melon industry

Logistics issues and costs continue to impact melon growers and shippers. In November, melon growers and shippers in Guatemala and Honduras wrote an open letter regarding…

Israeli pomegranates expected to extend promotional season

Despite supply chain woes, Israel’s strong year for pomegranate production is making for a good season at John Vena Inc. As supplies of late season pomegranates from…

Bowery Farming:

US vertical farm secures $150 million credit facility

Bowery Farming, a US vertical farming company, announced it has secured a $150 million credit facility led by private credit accounts managed by KKR, a global investment firm.…

A M King completes construction on cold storage facility for Mexico-based produce company

A M King has completed construction of a south Texas distribution center for Mexico-based GAB Operations, LLC (GAB). The new 45,590-sf facility will provide increased cold…

Latin American ag ministers promote actions against production costs and Foc R4T

A joint position against the high costs of musaceae production, and actions to fight against the phytosanitary threat of Fusarium Race 4 Tropical (Foc R4T) were agreed to by…

US officials want more data from P.E.I. potato farmers

According to potato growers from Prince Edward Island, there's no justification for a suspension of exports to the US. However, Canadian officials have been…

Colombian cape gooseberry won't need to undergo quarantine treatments to be sent to the United States

The Colombian Agricultural Institute, ICA, stated that the United States Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) had recognized the Colombian gooseberry…

January apple tracker reports storage down 7% from 2021

According to the USAppleTracker, the total number of apples in storage on January 1, 2022 was 122.6 million bushels--seven percent less than last January’s…

Pete Pappas & Sons welcomes new GM

Pete Pappas & Sons Inc. welcomes Mark Pitts as general manager. As general manager, Pitts oversee daily operations with his forward-thinking approach to…

Special Bananas

Banana supply in the EU 27

EU countries supply 594.200 tons of bananas in 2020

In 2020, the supply of bananas to the EU countries came mainly for Spain -as far as European production goes- as that nation shipped 382,3 38 tons of the fruits, valued at…

Global Focus Grapes

Jacques Beukes - Modderdrift

Farming grapes for quality over quantity requires a change in mindset

“In all of the years I’ve been involved in farming, this is definitely the handsomest grape harvest hanging there for us,” says Jacques Beukes, director at Modderdrift…

Retail

Dreamstime

Lidl and D.C. leaders break ground on 1st Washington, D.C. store

Kroger and Nuro: Expanded collaboration

US: Wakefern aims to elevate post-purchase experienceWakefern Food Corp. is adopting receipt marketing technology designed to enhance the post-purchase experience for…

Early rain surge challenging for Californian pomegranates

Californian pomegranate growers faced what was shaping up to be a grand season. What they were able to harvest before the damaging rains in mid-to-late…

Manitoba Potato Production Days cancelled for second year

The Manitoba Potato Production Days (MPPD) event has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the ongoing pandemic. It was scheduled to happen Jan.…

Nominations opening for watermelon promotion board

The National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) will hold a nomination teleconference on February 16, 2022 at 11 a.m. (EST) for District 4 and February 16, 2022…

Market and Crop Update for January 13, 2022

Idaho and Oregon onion growers prepare for Chinese New Year

MARKET Washington: Matt Murphy with L&M Cos in Raleigh, NC, told Onionbusiness on Jan.13 that demand is good this week. “We are really busy this week,” Matt…

Courtesy of Campbell Soup Company.

US: The legacy of Campbell Soup’s tomato breeding program

What comes to mind when you think of Campbell Soup? You might picture cans of tomato soup or perhaps an iconic Andy Warhol print of them. You probably don’t think much about…

Destined for Tunisia

Ecuador seizes over half a ton of cocaine in banana container

Ecuadorian anti-narcotics officials have seized 656.7 kilograms of cocaine in a shipping container shipping bananas to Tunisia. According to the police, the…

Blueberries no 1 in organic exports from Chile

As Chilean organic blueberries were exported for a value of USD 147.893 million FOB, they were the organic agro-industrial product generating the most value…

Fruit Growers Tasmania

The new promotional campaign to grow the profile of Tasmanian cherries in Taiwan

Fruit Growers Tasmania is launching the first-ever promotional campaign for the state's cherries in Taiwan, aimed at growing an important market for local growers. CEO Peter…

New Zealand

Incentives working, but more people needed for Otago summerfruit harvest

Summerfruit growers in Otago are experiencing severe staff shortages, due to the ongoing impact of border closures and low unemployment in New Zealand. ‘We know it is tough for…

China: Spiral growing towers are a hit globally

"Products can be customized into any feature based on a grower’s preference since we manufacture everything ourselves,” says Zhang Yinchao, Sales Manager at Hebei Lantan…

Hash browns disappear from Japanese branches of McDonald’s

McDonald’s Japan suspended sales of medium and large-size orders of French fries in mid-December, with the promise that this was only a temporary measure,…

New university study dispels myth of limit on number of recycling loops for fibre based packaging

It’s official: Cartonboard can be recycled at least 25 times

Fibre-based packaging material – paper, board, cartonboard and folding boxes – can be recycled more than 25 times with little to no loss of integrity,…

Peelsphere

A possible alternative for leather

Peelsphere: Biomaterial made from fruit waste and algae

Berlin-based textile designer Youyang Song has used fruit peels and algae to create a biodegradable plant-based material that can be used as an alternative to leather.…

Wouter Snippe van WeGrowOrganic:

"Europe represents a huge export market for Dutch organic growers"

"You can't compare organic and conventional onion marketing. Organic sales involve much more long-term work," says Wouter Snippe of WeGrowOrganic. That was during the North…

PM Johnson agrees trade deal with New Zealand

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has agreed on a new trade deal with New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. The UK government said the deal, agreed on Wednesday, would cut…

Montenegrin police seizes 400 kg of cocaine in banana shipment

After 400kg of cocaine was found hidden in a banana shipment. Authorities pledged to increase their efforts to combat traffickers using Montenegro as a staging…

Dole seeks acquisitions to grow produce supply

Dole, having merged with Ireland-based Total Produce last year to create the world's largest fresh produce company, wants to grow its presence in popular…

The Caudete de Fuentes bio plant will become a world reference center in the biological fight against pests

The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency, and Ecological Transition will transform the Caudete de Fuentes bio plant (Valencia) into…

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