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Fruit Export Junior Sales Manager (Europe Division)

Crop Team Manager Hydroponics - USA

Plant Production Scientist - Brooklyn (New York) USA

Quality Assurance Manager - Northern Europe

Horticultural Sales Manager - Fruit Industy, Europe

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Senior Glasshouse Grower - Warragul, Australia

Country Manager - Morocco

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Automatic retractable roof advances cherry harvest 3 weeks

For eight years, Michigan State University and Cravo Equipment have been researching the opportunities for retractable greenhouses for the cherry industry. “We have been…

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Fruit Export Junior Sales Manager (Europe Division)

Mastronardi Produce® acquires Double Diamond Farms greenhouse supply

Mastronardi Produce® is significantly increasing access to locally and winter-grown, flavorful SUNSET® produce, with the recent procurement of Double Diamond…

US officials to meet with Florida farmers about unfair trade practices from Mexico

Florida growers of fresh fruits and vegetables are primed to tell U.S. trade officials about the harm they have suffered from Mexico’s unfair trade practices…

Cathy Burns, CEO of PMA: "Spain has everything it needs to play a leading role"

"We want to provide solutions to the great challenges of the Spanish horticultural sector"

European suppliers are expanding their presence in the global fruit and vegetable sector, with Spain at the forefront of this trend. Its productive and export potential stands…

US pistachio production to hit milestone this year

American Pistachio Growers are predicting to produce 1 billion lbs. of pistachios this year, which is the first time they will hit that tonnage. And according to Richard…

Northern Italy goes into "lock down" but fresh produce sector continues with caution

After the 5000 cases of contagion, in Italy the Lombardy region and 14 other provinces (Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro and Urbino, Alessandria, Asti,…

Dominican Republic will host the 10th International Pineapple Symposium in April, 2020

The International Pineapple Symposium will be held in the Dominican Republic for the first time. This will be the tenth installation of the event, and will be held from April…

China: The price of red onions is expected to fall in the next few weeks

"The onion harvest in Yunnan, one of the main onion production areas in China, began two weeks ago. The onion harvest in Sichuan will also begin at the end of March. The price…

Daily avocado consumption improves concentration in overweight people

A diet including daily avocado consumption improves the ability to focus attention in adults whose measurements of height and weight are categorized as…

UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

US researchers find viruses that might control insect that causes Citrus Greening

Citrus Greening is present in about 95 percent of the citrus trees in Florid. That is why University of Florida scientists are working toward establishing a…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Allan Mahoney

New 6kg export boxes already on the shelves

Sweet Potatoes Australia have a year-round supply and at the moment are harvesting 400 tons each day, this is expected to increase in the coming months, planting takes place…

Global Focus Grapes

For grape exporters from Nashik and Sangli

Maersk starts end-to-end cold chain logistics for grapes

For the first time, Maersk offers end-to-end cold chain logistics solution for grapes’ exporters from Nashik and Sangli, improving the overall turnaround time into North…

Retail

Albertsons filed paperwork for IPO

Instacart announces a new way for shoppers to check out

US: Safeway & Giant agree to guarantee pension payments for UFCW membersMembers of two United Food & Commercial Workers locals in the Washington region reached a collective…

'Now that California seems to become less suitable for cultivation'

Possibilities for specialty crops in Arkansas Delta & River Valley

As the California climate seems to become less suitable for vegetable and fruit crops, there might be opportunities for farmers in the Arkansas Delta and the…

Growers on alert in Buffalo, New York

Spotted lanternfly headed westwards

In the US, the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest from Asia, has already infested southeast Pennsylvania. It is moving west. Experts worry it is only a…

Video Creative drug smugglers are hiding cocaine in avocados

Drug smugglers are becoming increasingly creative. This video shows how cocaine was found hidden in a batch of avocados. At first, everything seems normal, until the avocado…

But reefer capacity is more than enough

High temperatures pushing Florida strawberries to their peak

The Florida strawberry season is heating up, with crops come into the peak of the season earlier than usual. With approximately 10,000 acres planted and 180…

Brazil: International Citrus Mechanical Harvesting Workshop is postponed

The Fundecitrus and the organization of the International Citrus Mechanical Harvesting Workshop announced that, due to the worsening of the spread of Covid-19…

90 percent of Baja California berries end up with US consumers

Baja California is the third producer of berries nationwide, but 90 percent of its production ends up in the US. According to data from the Ministry of…

Authorities investigate the death of four workers in a fruit company in Chile

Atacama's Investigative Police are investigating the death of four workers in a pre-cold chamber of the Atacama Fruticola company, located in the Nantoco…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 10

Chilean weather allowed good performance in southern regions

As the Chilean season is nearing its end, there are now only limited volumes coming from the last crops of the south and central south zones. According to an article on…

Patent to pre-treat vegetables still ambiguous

J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods US potato battles

J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods have spent the last few years battling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho over various issues. Each party is asserting a design…

ADEX

Agricultural products account for 20% of Peru's total exports

The Association of Exporters of Peru (ADEX) stated that in January 2020, Peruvian exports, in general, totaled $ 3,668,530,000, i.e. 4% less than the 3,822,524,000 dollars…

"Chinese market has great demand for large red tomatoes"

Many Chinese companies are currently rushing production, but they still have a shortage of manpower and the packaging industry still faces several problems.…

"Export market for Chinese ginger is warming up again"

Current conditions in the Chinese ginger market are completely different compared to the same period last year. The ginger export season was interrupted by the…

COVID-19 update

What is the recent status of Chinese growers?

The COVID-19 epidemic began more than a month ago and food has become a matter of fundamental importance. The growers who produce fruit and vegetables have started to play a…

"The market has higher requirements for temperature and humidity logger products"

"We are about to launch the Fresh-eye Mobile Smart APP and promote it globally. The APP mainly manages the temperature control equipment by connecting to the Internet. Whether…

Benoît Maillard-Guillon, Ets Meseguer:

“The quality of Spanish grapefruits is improving each year”

At Ets Meseguer, it is possible to find grapefruits 10 months out of 12. The company is currently based in Rungis and imports the citrus fruit from Spain, mainly produced in…

Sandrine Gaborieau, ANPP:

“20 to 30% of the visitors questioned at SIA knew the Eco-responsible Orchards label”

This year again, ANPP was present at the Agricultural Show last week in Paris. For three years, the objective has been the same: getting the Eco-responsible Orchards label…

Late blackberry variety finally available

There is an exclusive agreement with Vivai Molari for three new blackberry varieties - Primear 45, Natchez and Oachita - one of which suitable for late production in Italy.…

New device presented at NovelFarm

An experimental fruit meter to measure quality

At NovelFarm, the University of Bolzano and IIT (Italian Institute for Technology), presented a "fruitmeter that uses electric current to measure parameters, which can then be…

Juri Wulff, Landjuweel

“Retailers cannot go through transition alone, all links in the chain must work closely together to meet future demand"

The Netherlands and Belgium have always been true potato countries. The potato remains as popular as ever. Volumes are, however, under pressure. Annually, in the Netherlands,…

“Polish apple season wasn't as bad as people make it out to be”

The Polish apple season is ending, with less and less volumes available. Although prices are still high, local demand is quite strong. When looking back at the entire season,…

Charles Gantz, Anlin Shipping

“We will be unaffected by a container shortage”

For the moment port activities in South Africa haven’t been particularly hampered by a shortage of containers, certainly not more than Cape Town’s famous south easterly wind…

Wim Paans, Quiks:

"Products can strengthen each other enormously through cross-selling"

Even if potato sales volumes were to decline in the Netherlands, potato processor, Quik’s, would not suffer. The potato market is very sentimental and this affects the mood.…

Conclusions of the technical day held in Valencia by the COITAVC

Keys to combat HLB: anti-insect meshes and efficient irrigation and nutrition

The College of Agricultural and Graduate Technical Engineers of Valencia and Castellon (COITAVC) held on Thursday 5 in Valencia a technical day of advanced agronomic practices…

Blue Whale Cooperatives and naturalist and environmental associations work together

Benoît Laforgue, a grower located between Grisolles and Verdun-sur-Garonne and member of the Union of Blue Whale Cooperatives, has just planted 1,200 trees and shrubs on a…

Frigga promotes exceptionally inexpensive single-use USB thermometers

Frigga announced their 4G real-time thermometer last month in Berlin during Fruit Logistica 2020. This month the Frigga team comes with another product for the…

Ministry invites importers, agents and global e-commerce platforms to place direct orders

Thai fruit exports sector business impacted by COVID-19

The effects of COVID-19 have certainly impacted Thailand’s fruit exports sector, as trading partners have reduced their orders. To mitigate this negative…

CMA CGM announces start of rebound in China container volumes

Shipping giant CMA CGM says there has been an upturn in volumes from the China market after the coronavirus sharply impacted shipments from the country during the month of…

The Coronavirus has not affected the demand for pears

For the time being, the Dutch pear trade seems to be forging ahead, undeterred by the Coronavirus. This is according to the Dutch Fruit Growers Organization (NFO). The demand…

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