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OVERVIEW GLOBAL LIME MARKET

With the winter conditions in the southern hemisphere, lime volumes are falling, and this, together with a high market demand, is causing prices to increase. In some…

Demand for Ontario organic beets up

Beet supplies in Ontario are good right now for both beets with tops and bagged beets. “We’ve just gotten into beet season a few weeks ago. The peak will be later in the fall…

Sabine Henry of Central American Produce:

“We’ll switch to Brazil’s mango supply in September”

US mango supplies are currently coming from Mexico and will be switching over to Brazil in September. Sabine Henry of Central American Produce shares: “The…

PMA pulls back the curtains on the Fresh Summit 2020 virtual experience

Produce Marketing Association welcomed guests, suppliers, and media to a public webinar on Thursday, August 13 to get a sneak peek at the Fresh Summit 2020…

Root AI

AI-enabled harvest robot shows off new dexterity skills

On Thursday, agricultural robotics and artificial intelligence company Root AI announced new capabilities to its AI-enhanced robotic harvester as well as investments totaling…

Florida asks USTR for investigation of Mexican Trade

The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association and a group of Florida growers told U.S. trade officials that the state’s produce industry is in crisis and called…

CPMA to support the delivery of government of Canada’s Surplus Food Rescue Program

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association and its allied partners across the food system are extremely enthusiastic to have been selected to support the…

JAZZ™ Snackdown

Reimagining snacking with a competitive twist

T&G’ Global’s JAZZ™ apples are reimagining snacking with a competitive twist. Their newest campaign Bring On the Snack, aspires to motivate shoppers to reach for healthy…

California citrus movement rules amended

The Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program, an agency of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), has revised the rules governing shipment of citrus within…

DiSilva Fruit donates 300,000 lbs of fresh produce

Supporting food security in the local community is one of DiSilva Fruit's, an Arrowfarms company, long standing priorities, and with the Covid-19 pandemic leaving so many more…

Special Latin America

Peruvian avocado prices fall by 19%

According to Fresh Fruit, between January and July 2020, Peru exported 317,657 tons of fresh avocado exports for 615 million dollars, i.e. an 18% increase in…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Acerola with minimum of 32% vitamin C arrives in Japan

Acerola, the little red cherry from South America, is already known in Japan as a source of natural vitamin C. Now, CAIF, a supplier of acerola extracts for…

Retail

SpartanNash has reported net sales growth of 9.4%

Shipt: 1 year anniversary of same-day delivery with 99 Ranch Market

Canada: Metro reports $263.5mln Q3 profit, sales up more than 10%Metro Inc. reported a profit of $263.5mln in its latest quarter, up from $222.4mln a year ago, while its sales…

Gage Skidmore

The US will maintain the tariffs on Spanish products due to the Airbus case

The US has announced that it will maintain the tariffs on European products, despite the fact that Airbus reported in June that it was giving up on the loans…

North Carolina SweetPotato Commission announces Michelle Grainger as new Executive Director

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission, Inc. announced that Michelle L. Grainger has joined the Commission as Executive Director. With over 20 years of…

USDA restricts PACA violators in Florida, New York and Texas

As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the…

Meals on Wheels Montgomery County and IFCO partnership

Delivering 5,000 meals a week to homebound seniors and individuals

Meals on Wheels of Montgomery County, Texas and IFCO, supplier of Reusable Plastic Containers for fresh food packaging, announced IFCO is donating 160 RPCs that will be used…

Penn State research team:

'Robotic arm is the first step towards automated pruning'

The first robotic cutting mechanism, or “end effector,” for a fully automated, computerized pruning system for modern apple orchards has been designed by a Penn State research…

Progressive Produce releases team video to promote healthy habits

Year-round grower/packer/shipper of fresh produce, Progressive Produce, grows thousands of acres throughout North and South America of potatoes, onions,…

Global Women Fresh partners with Advancing Women

Free coaching webinar series for women in produce

Global Women Fresh, the industry’s first global network for women in produce is partnering with internationally recognized women’s leadership expert Michelle…

Maine’s berry crops are threatened by spotted wing drosophila

This summer, pest experts are warning of a spotted wing drosophila population explosion in the making that should have commercial berry growers concerned.…

Paul Cyr

McCrum just opened North America’s newest fry processing plant

Now with six generations of farming in Aroostook County in Maine to their name, the McCrum family started processing their own potatoes in Belfast, Maine, in 2004 after…

Unfavorable market conditions for Vietnamese pomelos

The period from June to December is the peak season of Vietnamese pomelo. This season, the historical drought with saltwater intrusion, and the COVID-19 outbreak have both…

Aomori apples from China available soon with normal production

This season’s new crop of Aomori apples from Shandong is to become available in mid-September. At present, planting in the production area is good, the fruit has been covered…

Xinfadi wholesale market

Beijing's main wholesale market to reopen

Xinfadi is the largest wholesale market for fruit, vegetable and meat supplies in Beijing. A local official has said it is to reopen starting Saturday, around two months after…

"Still no demand from Far East due to cheap Chinese onions and big supply from New Zealand"

"Still no demand from Far East due to cheap Chinese onions and big supply from New Zealand"

The price of Dutch onion sets is currently at a level between 19 and 21 cents. "There's nothing wrong with the price," notes Gerard Hoekman of Mulder Onions…

Del Monte plans P7.5 billion bond offer to refinance debt

Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) is intent on raising up to P7.5 billion (€127.5 mln) from the issuance of fixed-rate bonds to refinance existing debt obligations.…

Sieto de Vreeze and Marnix van der Caaij, Quality Pack

“Packaging material has never been this high on the agenda”

Is there still space at wholesalers for fruit and vegetable packaging? Not that they don't need it at all, but stock sometimes takes up quite a lot of space. Couldn't another…

Castleton Farm escapes storm damage

Start of Scottish cherry and blueberry seasons

On Tuesday evening, into the night, storms which some described as ‘apocalyptic’ hit the east coast of Scotland. The storms caused major flooding with many roads impassable…

Half year report by Hapag Lloyd

Uncertainties due to Covid-19 remain for Hapag Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first half of the year 2020 with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of USD 563 million (EUR 511 million), thereby…

COAG

"We demand the EU activates additional and effective measures on the importation of citrus"

The agricultural organization COAG has expressed its "most absolute indignation and rejection" regarding the EU imports of contaminated citrus fruits from…

Slight dip in Brazilian fruit and vegetable exports in 2020's first half

In the first half of 2020, Brazil exported less fruit and vegetables than in the same period of 2019. The Netherlands, the UK, and Spain are that country's most important…

First arrival of Chilean apples after re-entry to Vietnam

Vietnam suspended the entry of Chilean Fruit in 2015. However, it reopened for Chilean table grapes in 2016 and 4,5 years later, on 11th of August 2020 on the HMM BLESSING V.…

Argentina

Rio Negro's onion production is expected to increase by 50%

There are good prospects for Rio Negro's 2020/21 onion campaign. The production area is expected to increase by 50% over the last year, totaling 7,000 hectares, an area that…

The Dominican Republic develops a technical guide for the sustainable production and export of mango

The National Council for Agricultural and Forestry Research (CONIAF) has released a modern technical guide for the sustainable production and export of mango…

Colombian researcher find a nematode that could be effective in the biological control of Hass avocado

Natalia Wilches-Ramirez, a researcher at the Javeriana University, has discovered a nematode that could be used in the biological control of some of the pests…

Chatri Cherdchanchaisee

Northern Territory: Urgent call for citizens to pick mangoes

The government of the Northern Territory has been forced to appeal to the patriotic spirit of Territorians to sign up for the job of picking mangoes. In what…

Paul Brighton

Fiji: Consumer Council concerned about shrinking garlic packs

The Fiji Consumer Council is angry about the continuous attempts by supermarkets to what they call ‘mislead, dupe and rip off’ Fijians. The Council had…

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