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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW BANANAS

Bananas are not in great supply, when looking at the global market. For most areas, volumes are rather low, while demand is strong. South Africa seems to be the only territory…

Shift to imported blueberries from domestic production underway

Blueberries are undergoing the transition from the domestic season to imported berries. Currently, domestic production is still happening in Michigan, Oregon, Washington State…

Low prices lead to unharvested acreage of California broccoli and cauliflower

It hasn't been an easy season for cauliflower and broccoli out of California. Currently, production is in the Central California region. Broccoli Supplies of broccoli are…

Lemon exports -24.77% US decrease, increase of 16% to Russia

Argentina’s citrus exports lower as season winds down

As Argentina’s citrus export season is busy winding down their main lemon exports to Europe increased by 26.88% to an accumulated 245 683 tons while a swing in exports can be…

Guangzhou Fruit Wholesale Market Report - Week 34

Various fruits enter Guangzhou Market in time for Mid-Autumn Festival, but delivery volume of US cherries declines by 50%

Mid-Autumn Festival [10 September, 2022] is less than two weeks away. Various festive fruit varieties have arrived just in time for the festival, including seedless…

AMHPAC Convention 2022 has been formally inaugurated

Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arambula, who heads the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, was in charge of formally opening the summit event on protected horticulture in…

IFPA announces new Board of Directors slate for 2023

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) announced the slate of new directors for the 2023 IFPA Board of Directors. The volunteer leaders will be…

Graceland Fruit® names Dan Engler President and Chief Executive Officer

Graceland Fruit, Inc., a producer and global distributor of premium quality dried fruit ingredients for the food industry, has named a new President and Chief…

Strella launches automated quality management platform for retailers

Strella, a freshness management company that builds technology to predict produce maturity has announced the launch of its automated quality management platform for retailers.…

Which countries have experienced the greatest increase in fruit and vegetable prices in 2022?

Picodi.com analysts have drawn up a ranking of the countries where the average price of the most popular fruits and vegetables increased the most in 2022. The…

Special Automation

When will robots be picking fruit?

As the Australian Government’s skills summit approaches, the UK agriculture department has published an expert report on the potential to automate and…

Gobal Focus Softfruit / Stonefruit

Yakima Valley: Cold spring means smaller cherry and peach crop

Cold spring weather, a late April frost and their impact on pollination has delayed the Yakima Valley peach harvesting season, which usually is at its peak by…

Retail

Dreamstime

Schnuck Markets has launched Schnucks Express

Afresh Technologies: Rollout of Fresh Operating System across CUB stores

Amazon bought Whole Foods five years ago for $13.7bln. Here’s what’s changed at the high-end grocerFive years ago, Amazon closed its $13.7bln purchase of Whole Foods, by far…

USDA

Fruits and vegetables top list of locally produced foods purchased by US school districts

Many US school food authorities purchase local foods such as fruits and vegetables for their district’s cafeterias. In addition to buying locally produced foods, many school…

Mushroom grower awards $207,000 in scholarships

Monterey Mushrooms presented 73 children of its teammates with $207,000 in scholarship awards for the 2022-23 academic year. On August 4th, Shah Kazemi, CEO, presented 10 of…

Marler Clark also files as likely cases rise to 133

Ron Simon & Associates files first lawsuit in Wendy's E. Coli outbreak

The national food poisoning law firm of Ron Simon & Associates, along with Dion G. Rassias and Jill Johnston of The Beasley Firm LLC, has filed a lawsuit in…

Alberta potato growers are happy with 2022 crop progress

According to the Potato Growers of Alberta, it’s been a great season for Alberta potatoes. PGA seed coordinator Stacey Bajema said that despite a few lost…

USDA announces $72.9 mln in grants awarded to bolster competitiveness of US Specialty Crops Industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has awarded a total of $72.9 million in Fiscal Year (FY)…

$200-plus million of direct additional value provided to Delaware taxpayers in first 3 years of operations

GT USA enabling a turnaround at the Port of Wilmington

October 3rd, 2022, will mark GT USA Wilmington’s (GTW) fourth year into a 50-year concession agreement managing and operating the Port of Wilmington in…

Potatoesusa.com

Retail potato sales increase April – June 2022

US potato retail sales increased in dollar sales and decreased slightly in volume

Potato retail sales increased in dollar sales and decreased slightly in volume from April – June 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. As prices increased by 13.6%,…

Penn State research:

Flavonoids from sorghum plants kill fall armyworm pest on corn

Flavonoids produced by sorghum leaves have shown promising results in combating fall armyworm larvae. Penn State researchers have prepared a new study saying…

Grafting can help watermelon yields

In the summer of 2018, watermelon growers brought a pressing problem to Zheng Wang, who had recently joined University of California Cooperative Extension as…

Citrus Yellow Vein Clearing Virus found during farm inspection

Disastrous citrus disease hits US for first time in Tulare County

For the first time ever, a citrus tree disease known as the Citrus Yellow Vein Clearing Virus was found in the United States during a farm inspection in…

Pacific Northwest: Extreme late June heat led to smaller potato crop than expected

It is clear that 2021 was a challenging year for the ag industry across the Pacific Northwest; the effects are still being felt. Extreme heat across the region…

Dole Sunshine Company reinforces commitment to people planet and prosperity with new operations in Sierra Leone

With four years of work, a growing team and an investment over $70 million, Dole Sunshine Company (DSC) is enabling better livelihoods in Sierra Leone. The…

August in the Jazz Apple orchard

Yesterday, Jazz released a press released, stating: "It’s an exciting time in our apple orchards in August as a large portion of the work is behind us and we’re at a stage where we…

FDA and Mexican counterparts report progress in food safety at Second Annual Partnership Meeting

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its regulatory counterparts in Mexico – the Federal Commission for the Protection from Sanitary Risks…

The first containers with Mexican Hass avocados arrive in Costa Rica

This week, the first containers with Mexican Hass avocados arrived in Costa Rica since the restriction on Mexican avocado imports -which lasted for seven…

Mark Wright - Davis Worldwide

Good Chilean kiwifruit season, but many smaller sizes

Davis Worldwide are winding down their Southern Hemisphere kiwifruit season with the last few arrivals on the water, the last one should arrive at the…

RSA Group CEO announced as new IFPA Southern Africa chairperson

Jaco Oosthuizen, CEO of RSA Group, has been announced as the new chairperson of the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) Southern Africa Country Council, a position…

Mountain Blue & Seven Mile Brewing Co

The drink showcasing the flavour of NSW berries in local partnership

One of Australia's leading berry producers is showcasing the fruit in a unique way, producing a locally produced alcoholic beer, which is proving to be a hit with consumers in…

Costa Group financial results 1HCY22

'Our long term growth strategy has come to the fore in the current uncertain economic environment'

Prominent Australian grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables Costa Group Holdings Limited today announced its financial results for the half year ended 3…

ANPP: Launch of the 2022-23 campaign "Exceptional sugar rates"

Apple harvests revised downwards in France and Europe

Yesterday was held in Paris the launch of the campaign apple pear 2022. An annual meeting that brought together more than 120 players in the industry, and allowed operators…

“We’re already trying to enter the market of Oman with Santa Maria and Egypt with Coscia pears”

The Greek pears have almost been fully harvested for the season, says Paris Karastergios, import-export coordinator for Greek produce exporter Kastargiou P. Bros S.A.: “We…

Moldovan producers estimate a good plum harvest in the current season

Despite a challenging season marked by frosts and drought, Moldovan growers will harvest more than 70.000 tons of plums. Mass deliveries will start in the next period (week…

Jelle Vreeswijk, VH Agroproducts:

"The Dutch onion season looks very promising"

V&H Agroproducts opened its doors 15 years ago. Father-and-sons team, Ries, Herman, and Jelle Vreeswijk, run this Dutch onion and sorting company. It focuses on sorting and…

“First trucks with figs have already started arriving at our customers in Europe”

While Europe is dealing with drought, a Turkish fig exporter has noticed weather conditions in Bursa to be positive for the cultivation of figs since the beginning of the…

USDA

China retail Annual Report

China remains prime destination for imported consumer food products - despite pandemic

Despite pandemic challenges China remains a prime destination for imported consumer food products. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the country's retail landscape as e-commerce…

USDA

The top five fruits consumed are apples, bananas, oranges, grapes and clementines

Germany was the 7th largest producer of fresh fruit in EU-27 - and largest fruit consumer

Germany, with a population of 83.2 million (18 percent of the EU-27 total population), has the largest economy in Europe and is a leading European market for food and…

Ferdi Buffen: "Hardly expected price reductions for table potatoes, chips potatoes remain scarce and expensive"

Video Photo report: Potato sector gathers during Weuthen KartoffelTag

After two years of pandemic, the potato trade company Weuthen invited the sector to the Weuthen KartoffelTag again this year in the old way, and numerous exhibitors and…

Sea Intelligence

Excess global demand on carriers is almost at an end

In the first article of the recent issue of the Sunday Spotlight, Sea Intelligence analysed what the effects of the removal of capacity from the market (by virtue of vessel…

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