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Georgia doubles its 2020 Satsuma crop

Georgia is kicking off its newly developed citrus crop with significant volumes this season. “The majority of what we grow here in Georgia are Satsumas, though we’ve been…

Lower but steady strawberry volumes coming out of California

As fall progresses, the California strawberry volumes are starting to decrease. “This is normal for this time of year,” says Cindy Jewell. “The statewide volumes are…

Demand particularly strong for California pomegranates

Supplies of California pomegranates are coming in steadily. “We’re seeing good supplies,” says Bill Purewal of PureFresh Sales based in Selma, CA. He notes that while…

Giving produce clamshells a second life by making them recycle-ready

On the first day of the NABC/USHBC Virtual Conference and Expo, John Keeley of Highland Packaging, Rick Tomlinson of the California Strawberry Commission and Janis McIntosh of…

Mexico continues to increase its agricultural exports to the US

Mexico's investment and adoption of new agricultural technologies have helped the country's export sector to improve its production and increase the volumes it…

Giddings Fruit opens US office

Giddings Fruit, a global supplier of conventional and organic berries, cherries and more, through its subsidiary Giddings Berries USA has opened an office in Monterey, CA. Founded in…

Packaging company acquires additional press to increase production capacity

Fox Packaging™ has added an additional UTECO printing press to their dedicated facility. “Expanding our manufacturing capacity is essential to meet growing customer demand and…

Sixth episode of The Avo Effect

The global impact of avocados

West Pak Avocado, a California-based grower, packer, and distributor of avocados, just released its latest Avo Effect campaign video, The Global Impact of Avocados. The sixth episode…

Enhanced online Waste Efficiency Tool now available to CPMA members

Following the initial launch of the CPMA Waste Efficiency Tool in January 2020, the Association has now deployed a new interface to support its member…

Martine Zapien

University of Florida hosts citrus research grove drive-thru event

Curbside grocery pick-ups and high school drive-thru graduations are the new normal, and so too are University of Florida citrus research grove visits. Rhuanito “Johnny”…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

Giro Pack Inc.

Fully compostable packaging solutions to be on display at Fresh Summit

While there have been several virtual shows so far this year, for Giro Pack Fresh Summit will be the first virtual show at which they have decided to exhibit. “PMA has a…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Jaap D’Hont, Sorteerbedrijf D’Hont:

“Dutch seed onion yields fluctuate wildly”

The Dutch onion sorting company, D’Hont, is quite busy for so early in the season. “That’s because we’re constantly busy packing small packs for supermarkets. This makes up 70…

Retail

Contactless robotic grocery delivery debut for Save Mart

Amazon One: Pay via hand wave

US: Southeastern Grocers again mulls going publicFor the second time in seven years, Southeastern Grocers is exploring a public offering. The Jacksonville, Florida-based…

Idaho potato harvest is going strong

Wilcox Fresh is a potato grower and shipper with its roots in Rexburg, Idaho. Derek Peterson, Vice President of shed operations at Wilcox Fresh, has stated…

Othello, Washington

Expansion of McCain Foods potato processing plant to resume early October

McCain Foods USA, has announced the restart of construction of its 170,000-square-foot expansion at its Othello, Washington potato processing facility.…

Marilyn Monroe once wore a potato sack as a dress

Film star Marilyn Monroe once modeled a dress made from a potato sack promoting the city of Twin Falls. In 1951, she modeled in a potato sack dress, with the city of Twin…

Little Cherry Disease remains top concern for Northwest cherry growers

As many Northwest producers look ahead to the fall and winter and eventually the 2021 growing season, B.J. Thurlby, president of Northwest Cherry Growers said…

Packaging session October

Fruit Attraction LiveConnect about to start

Fruit Attraction LIVEConnect, the networking-space which will serve to host conferences, sessions and seminars related to the fruit and vegetable sector, and…

US fruit and tree nuts outlook September 2020

2020 production up for US pears, grapes and cranberries

In the US, the 2020 harvest is underway for many non-citrus fruit crops. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecast 2020 production levels up for the…

The drought in Peru could impact the 2020/21 mango season

According to the manager of the Peruvian Association of Mango Producers and Exporters (APEM), Juan Carlos Rivera Ortega, the country could export more than 200,000 tons of…

Argentina will remain focused on preserving blueberry quality and sweetness

ABC provides ongoing information on estimated volumes broken out by week, arrival date, market and via. During the season, from September to December, Weekly Crop Reports are…

Bananas almost surpassed oil as Ecuador's main source of foreign exchange during the pandemic

Despite the worldwide reduction in demand for products and the more than 20 weeks sustained drop in prices (since the start of the pandemic in mid-March), Ecuadorian banana…

MustGrow commences banana ‘Panama Disease’ testing in Colombia

MustGrow Biologics Corp. announces the commencement of testing of MustGrow’s proprietary TerraMG bio-pesticide formulation on the Panama Disease (Fusarium wilt…

Geographical indication is essential

Binh Thuan GI dragon fruit to conquer foreign markets

The geographical indication (GI) of dragon fruit grown in the south-central province of Binh Thuan has been protected by the European Union. This status is…

Will Wollbold - Asia Fruit Logisitca

“Asia Fruit Logistica ON will be a digital event with a difference"

Today saw the launch of Asia Fruit Logistica ON via a webinar. The event was supposed to take place in Singapore in September but due to the restrictions of COVID 19 the event…

Chinese lemon season begins in Tongnan, market prospects look good

Tongnan in Chongqing is one of China's three largest lemon production areas. The county is located on 30th parallel north and the annual average temperature is 17.9℃. The soil…

Poor supply due to excessive rain

Pomegranates costlier than apples in Pune, Maharashtra

In Pune’s retail market, pomegranates now cost between Rs 300 to 400 per kg (€3.60-4.80), depending on the size and quality of the fruit. The demand-supply…

Harvest horror: 26,000 people short ahead of bumper fruit and vegetable season

A recently released report by EY details that the Australian fruit and vegetable industry is facing a workforce shortage of up to 26,000 people throughout the…

GP Graders

Free tool for cherry and blueberry sizing

Its been a tough year for everyone, with the lock downs and restricted movement meaning we can't travel and meet our clients and colleagues at the usual events, not to mention…

"We saw a high level of demand coming out of all our major trading partners in South East Asia"

Western Australian citrus packing company achieves record exports in 2020 season

A strong Western Australian citrus crop, at a time when national volumes were slightly down, has helped one of the state's leading citrus packing companies achieve its "best…

Water-stressed Gamtoos Valley citrus & veg farmers hope for Langkloof rain

Topfruit farmers in the Langkloof optimistic

Topfruit orchards in the Langkloof, a valley straddling the Western and the Eastern Cape, are entering the blossoming period after a winter with good cold units. "Generally…

Hans Korsten:

“We mustn't create the impression that other Egyptian citrus is 'not clean' ”

A Dutch produce wholesale company, Jaguar, announced that it wants to scale up 'clean' citrus from Egypt. That nagged at Hans Korsten after he read it. Korsten doesn't think…

Kees Zandijk, VOF Zandijk:

“Keeping onion flies at bay is the Dutch onion sector’s biggest challenge”

Kees Zandijk of VOF Zandijk, in the Netherlands, has seen the coronavirus’s impact on the onion market. “There are currently no significant obstacles on the…

Michel Lesage, Lesage champignons, Belgium

“We must ensure that mushrooms don’t become a bulk product”

The Belgian mushroom market doesn’t differ much from the Dutch one. Michel Lesage of Lesage champignons in Belgium, has, however, noticed a difference in these two countries’…

Snack apples, the new Rivoira, VI.P and VOG project, gets underway

A new project to drive the commercial development of the promising “snack apple” segment. This is the goal of Snacking Project, the new consortium founded by three leading…

Maersk launches its cold store in South Africa

Maersk with their partner is launching its second dedicated warehouse in South Africa, trading under the name of Precool Cold Storage. The Cold Store is a part of its existing…

World’s most expensive potato chips at $15 per chip

A bag of potato chips is one of the cheapest snacks you can buy. Unless you opted for the extremely limited edition set of chips from Swedish Brewery St. Eriks, boxed in an…

New report claims food systems are damaging our health and the planet

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition is today announcing the launch of its new report, Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity.…

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