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Tighter juice market helps keep orange pricing strong

Supplies of oranges continue to be steady out of Florida. “We’ve got plenty of early, mid-season and Valencia oranges this year,” says Doug Feek of DLF International, adding…

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Excess fruit in the Caribbean finds a home in new ice cream line

Joseph E. Doway of Caribbean Farmers Without Borders had growers with excess fruit and had been looking for processing options for that fruit. Meanwhile, Melissa Darville was…

Cape Gooseberries

“Lucky Golden Fruits” launched in celebration of Lunar New Year

Goldenberry Farms™ has announced its special limited-edition Lunar New Year’s offering of “Lucky Golden Fruits,” an eye-catching and value-added packaging of cape gooseberries…

Produce company enters 16th season, shining spotlight on original team member

What started off in 2006 as a program that comprised a few hundred thousand boxes of table grapes has turned into a produce brand accounting for more than 10 million boxes a…

Indoor grower opens new facility in Kentucky

Square Roots, an indoor farming operation, and Gordon Food Service, a food distributor in North America, announced the opening of a new climate-controlled indoor farm in…

California Giant appoints Andy Rice

California Giant Berry Farms announces the appointment of Andrew “Andy” Rice as vice president of field operations and product supply, reporting to president…

Exhibit space for CPMA 2023 sold out

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is thrilled to announce that exhibit space for its 2023 CPMA Convention and Trade Show is sold out. The…

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New report outlines and quantifies catastrophic loss from the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)

IUNU published a new report on the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) titled Learning to Live With ToBRFV. The report contains information on how ToBRFV spreads, how to…

Greenhouse grower helps provide healthy meals at food bank

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida provides healthy meals for kids and their families. Recently Village Farms Fresh has become part of this effort through a team…

Fresh Del Monte unveils new line of carbon-neutral pineapples

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. announced the upcoming launch of the Del Monte Zero™ pineapple, its first carbon-neutral certified pineapple, which factors in the…

Special Latin America

Early season Mexican blueberries face a drop in US sales prices

Mexico is one of the lucky industries that during the pandemic was able to strengthen its position in the global fresh blueberry market. With their main buyers…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Herold Hage, N&K:

"Exceptionally early start for South African sea freight lychees"

"After a flying start with lychees by airfreight, the first lychees will arrive in the Netherlands on the boat MSC Cassandra from South Africa at the end of this week. "That…

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Village Super Market: Inflation and new store openings helped drive sales gains of about 5.2% in Q1

FTC asks Kroger for more information on merger with Albertsons

US: Meijer announces opening date for new Meijer Grocery store conceptMeijer announced January 26, 2023 as the opening day for its first two Meijer Grocery stores in Orion…

New study indicates almonds improve some appetite-regulating hormones in overweight/obese adults

Addressing the challenge of overweight/obesity requires a multifaceted approach with innovative thinking, and new research about almonds is doing just that. A…

USDA cites Florida distributor for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on All Fresh Distributors LLC (All Fresh), Miami, Florida for violating the Perishable…

USDA reports on speciality crop trade issues

Foreign market access helps the U.S. specialty crop industry thrive and supports the livelihood of those on farms and in related industries. Chart 1 demonstrates the…

Scale to build off-grid clean energy microgrid for premium refrigerated cold storage facility

Origo Investments is partnering with industry veterans, Amond World, to develop a state-of-the-art refrigerated cold storage facility in the Madera Airport…

Central Valley growers face third year of drought

Despite recent rain the state of California is still in the third year of a drought. The state recently announced water allocation for the upcoming year. This…

USDA Western Fruit Report Cold Storage

Total volume of grapes in storage well down on last year

According top the latest figures on the cold storage holdings of grapes in California issued by the USDA, the total number of packs as of 30th November was…

Blueberry production progressing in Brazil

Blueberry cultivation began in Brazil in the 1980s, mainly in the southern region of the country. Despite being a plant originally from places with a cold…

Two tons of cocaine found in banana shipment bound for Europe

A shipment of bananas that was about to leave for Europe, from the port of Guayaquil in Ecuador was found to contain two tons of cocaine.Colonel Yuri Narváez,…

First green-skinned pomelos shipped to US

After nearly six years of negotiations, Vietnam has obtained a license from the US Department of Agriculture for the export of fresh pomelos. Mangoes, longans,…

Philippines is open for Egyptian citrus exports

Egypt and the Philippines have signed a protocol allowing Egyptian citrus access to the Philippine market, a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on…

Some producers had no other choice but to destroy a part of their produce

Moroccan raspberries meet a flat demand

The recession in Europe has disrupted consumer behavior and cast its shadow on the soft fruit industry in Morocco. With 95% of Moroccan raspberries being…

Industry and Transnet jointly launch the deciduous fruit season

Fruit tasting for terminal workers at Port of Cape Town

Last Friday South Africa’s deciduous fruit industry, top Transnet management and the personnel of the Cape Town Container Terminal launched the deciduous season with fruit…

Cheeki Cherries

How a New Zealand businessman established a successful cherry orchard from scratch by focusing on a niche

A New Zealand cherry grower has been able to forge a successful business by simply focusing on the Pick Your Own (PYO) and mail-order sales side of production. Martin Milne,…

Australia - India trade agreement to come into force 29 December

Australian exporters to gain preferential tariff quotas for citrus, almonds and pears

Parliament has approved legislation to implement the Australia-India Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA). Meaning new trade arrangements will come…

More fresh Australian lemons available this summer

Record numbers of lemons are expected to be harvested in Far North Queensland this summer, helping the Australian industry achieve its goal of supplying…

New Zealand growers pulling out all the stops to attract workers

New Zealand growers desperate to attract workers are building their own accommodation, bumping up wages, and trying to recruit backpackers before they arrive…

Demand for Greek pears picking up again

“In Greece, we face increases up to 110-120% in our electricity bills”

The Greek pear season has been going rather smoothly, says Paris Karastergios, import-export coordinator for Greek produce exporter Kastargiou P. Bros S.A.: “At the moment, we…

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Dublin fruit and veg trader celebrates 130 years

130 years ago, Kate Leonard set up her stand in the Dublin wholesale market. This was in 1892 when Ireland was still part of the UK and women didn’t get to vote. Kate had been…

Better prices, but lower profits

Uncertainty ahead of Israeli citrus season

The Israeli citrus season could be one of positives and negatives happening at the same time. Betsalel Ohana, export manager for Planet Israel, states that this spells…

Polish apples finding their way to India and Egypt

“We’re looking at potential buyers in Asia and Africa”

For one Polish apple exporter, Asia seems to be a good bet for expanding their market, says Jan Nowakowski, manager for Polish apple distributor Genesis Fresh: “The apple…

Supermarket Linella: "When it comes to quality, we don't compromise"

With only 20 years under the belt, the prettily-named Linella is a new kid on the Moldovan retail block. The supermarket chain, part of the Dragan Group and fully operational…

Rating each potato's size as well as quality

Maatschap Bouthoorn has been seeking a suitable potato grader for a while. For a long time, this Dutch seed potato supplier did not consider that these machines had…

Rafael Polo, of Grupo Comercial Polo: "In the United States, 90% of fresh garlic is consumed in the form of peeled cloves"

"We have everything ready for the launch of fresh peeled garlic cloves in the European retail in 2023"

The production of two of Spain's quintessential commodity vegetables will be marked by the weather in Spain this year, which has unfortunately taken a toll on the campaigns of…

Tim Van Win, Fam Stumabo:

"We take a scientific approach to increasing returns"

"In the past two years, our focus has shifted to how we, and our clients, can increase returns." That is how Tim Van Win, FAM Stumabo's Benelux Sales Manager,…

An interview with Shai Leviatov, VP R&D at TomaTech-Nirit

ToBRFV virus: a pragmatic approach

After seven years of a Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) pandemic that affected tomato production and markets worldwide, it is now clearer than ever that the…

How steam peelers can reduce food waste on vegetable processing lines

Food waste is financial waste, yet when processing lines peel vegetables, they often let huge amounts of raw material get thrown away. Food losses can be as high as 30% during…

USDA report

Frozen French fry exports exceed imports

In marketing year 2022/23 China's frozen French fry exports are estimated at 84,000 metric tons, approximately 12 percent higher than the previous year. In MY…

Kashmir coldstores full after bumper apple crop

This season growers harvested a bumper apple crop in Kashmir but due to the large volumes prices dropped by more than 50 percent prompting the growers to look…

Moldovan onions most expensive in last 5 years

The price for yellow onions in Moldova has risen by 8-9% over the past week – on average to 8.5 MDL/kg ($0.43/kg). Before the price rise, onions of the 2022…

Perishables worth $5.5mn stuck at Karachi port 'owing to dollar shortage'

An ongoing liquidity crunch took its toll on fruits and vegetables as hundreds of containers carrying perishable food items remained stuck at Karachi port…

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