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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW GARLIC

Reports on the garlic market from across the globe show a varied picture for this popular and flavourful vegetable. The dry and warm growing season in Europe has meant a lower…

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Texas ag leaders express concerns about labor shortage

"We're being put out of business"

“We’re fighting to stay alive.” These are the words of Bret Erickson, senior vice-president of business affairs for Little Bear Produce based in Edinburgh, Texas at…

Medjool date grower looking to expand outside North America

California and Arizona are underway with the current crop of dates. Neil Merritt, Director of Global Sales at Bard Valley Date Growers (BVDG) says it began harvest the week of…

Hydroponic and container production systems

Three judge appeals panel rules in favor of USDA certification of organic hydroponic producers

The Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO) is pleased that a three judge panel of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco affirmed the legality of the U.S. Department of…

Increasing costs a challenging factor for importer from United Arab Emirates

“We are in the process of diversifying the origins of our berries”

Kenneth D'Costa, managing director for United Arab Emirates’ importer, Barakat Group, explains that soft fruit is actually the second biggest sector when it comes to their…

Economic impact study free for download

U.S. produce and floral industries add $339 billion to national output

The U.S. fresh produce and floral industries support 2.2 million total jobs across all 50 states and $120.1 billion in labor income, nearly reaching pre-COVID…

Michigan Senator Stabenow announces over $2 million for fruit and vegetable growers

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, has announced that Michigan will receive…

CPMA hosts 2022 semi-annual board of directors meetings

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) held its semi-annual board of directors meeting in Victoria, British Columbia September 13-17. The event brought together the…

Feel-good apple emoji stickers encourage healthy eating

It’s apple season and just in time, Honeybear® is bringing back its “ALL THE FEELS” stickers for a limited time this fall adding a fun experience to the apple deck. Shoppers…

Educational Session, Organic Grower Summit 2022

Exploring organic grower challenges and solutions

A two-part educational intensive featuring the results of two recently released reports on organic farming and an in-depth workshop discussing how organic farmers can address…

Special Avocados

Avocado industry leaders recognized

Following an extensive call for nominations, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) named the recipients of its 20th Anniversary Recognition awards at the September Board Meeting and…

Guatemala's Hass avocado takes another step to enter the US market

Guatemala takes another step in the process to open the US market to its Hass avocado with the fifth sampling of its fields to identify and create an inventory…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Potato Market Update 21st September

Irish growers very concerned about energy costs for storing crops

Irish potato consumption and demand continue to return to pre-pandemic levels; the current cost of living crisis is certainly influencing consumption also.…

Retail

Dreamstime

Target plans to hire up to 100,000 seasonal workers for the holiday season

ALDI US: "Our fresh fruit and vegetable sales are up 70% in the last five years"

US: Costco Wholesale Corporation reports fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 operating resultsCostco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) announced its operating…

Nanobubble technology helps leach salts on nut crops by improving water infiltration

Maricopa Orchards, a family-owned farm in Fresno, California growing mostly pistachios and almonds, was able to increase water infiltration into the soil which…

Discovery may lead to breeding citrus greening-resistant trees

Researchers make progress on breeding citrus canker-resistant plants

A promising method to support the development of citrus varieties that are resistant to deadly diseases is the advancement of gene editing.  By “knocking out” genes…

APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine implements risk-based sampling for bananas and plantains at US ports of entry

APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin risk-based sampling (RBS)…

Texas A&M AgriLife research to improve organic spinach production

Despite the greatly increasing consumer interest for organic spinach in the U.S. and worldwide, production is not keeping pace with demand. To help overcome some of the…

US retail consumers spent more on potatoes

Potato retail sales increased in dollar sales but decreased in volume sales from July 2021 – June 2022, compared to the same timeframe a year ago. As consumer prices increased…

Visalia, California

California Citrus Conference to be held October 19, 2022

The Citrus Research Board (CRB) is excited to hold our annual California Citrus Conference on October 19 in Visalia, California, at the Visalia Convention…

Guardian Agriculture presents autonomous electric drone sprayer

Guardian Agriculture is introducing the new Guardian SC1, an autonomous, unmanned aerial sprayer. This all-electric machine can carry a 50-gallon payload while…

Jose Antonio Hidalgo assumes the inter-gremial coordination of Ecuador's Banana and Plantain Cluster

Jose Antonio Hidalgo, executive director of the Association of Ecuadorian Banana Exporters (AEBE), has been appointed as inter-gremial coordinator of the…

Hortifrut: the deterioration in plantations in Chile in the last 12 months amounts to nearly 55 million dollars

The Hortifrut company informed the Commission for the Financial Market (CMF) of a discrepancy they have with the representative of bondholders regarding if the…

Belize

Citrus Growers Association mourns loss of board member Wilmot Simmons

Тhе Сіtruѕ Grоwеrѕ Аѕѕосіаtіоn (СGА) has expressed its ѕаdnеѕѕ оn thе lоѕѕ оf Wіlmоt Ѕіmmоnѕ, а mеmbеr оf іtѕ Воаrd оf Dіrесtоrѕ. СGА nоtеѕ thаt Ѕіmmоnѕ ѕеrvеd…

PHOTO REPORT Cool Logistics Global 2022

This week the 14th edition of Cool Logistics Global Conference took place in Barcelona. It was back to a live event after two years online. The event was well attended with…

‘Perfect’ Greek grape season foiled by tropical weather near the end

While cultivating this season’s grapes in Greece, everything was set out to be the most perfect season. However, things took a turn later in the season, George…

Demis van Kouwen (Gelder Groente & Fruit):

“Blockchain technology makes wondering about missing crates a thing of the past"

The Dutch company Van Gelder Groente & Fruit no longer has to bother with crate return receipts. Since late last year, they have been testing an automated and digitized crate…

Ernst Slabbekoorn (Swift International):

"European fruit growers increasingly using mobile wind machines for crop security"

The demand among European fruit growers for mobile wind machines that protect against night frost increases annually. "The climate is changing, and growers no longer settle…

'Poland and region has good demand for fresh produce'

Poland Fresh Market 2022 Photo Report

Participants attending the Fresh Market Poland Conference were eager for meetings with all the Polish retailers, which took place at the MCC Mazurkas Conference Centre in…

Some grape producers see no way out of the crisis

Three figures (albeit approximate) are characterizing the current grape season in Italy: A 30% increase in production compared to 2021 between seedless and traditional varieties;…

10th part of the Moldova Special: USAID's HVAA Project

"Thanks to our efforts, we now have a good export of Moldovan plums to Germany"

We have already given a general introduction about the reasons for this special series, some basic, general information about the country and horticulture, and have told three…

Top-tailing, cutting, weighing, sorting, parting

Vegetable processing also requires specific smart machines

Vegetable processing can often take place somewhat rougher than processing fruit. After all, it is less vulnerable. Where ZTI smart machines from Tuitjenhorn specialize in…

Agreement secures funding stability for the next 5 years and room for further growth

Greenyard closes refinancing with banking group

Today, Greenyard announces it has closed a new financing agreement for € 420m, consisting of a € 220m senior secured term loan A and a €200m senior secured…

An event packed with above- and below-ground insights at Enza

New varieties, soil health and hydroponic cultivation at Enza Zaden Summer Field Days

Enza Zaden, the international vegetable breeding company, gives vegetable growers the opportunity to learn more about our Dutch soil and discover its latest varieties at its…

"The cultivated area for garlic is 20 per cent lower than last year"

Due to the unprofitable garlic season last year, acreage has been lowered by a significant amount this year. On top of that, growers and exporters are doing what they can to…

"It's very much about explaining what the hoops are and how to get there."

Australian government support to help make fruit and vegetable exports easier

The Australian Government has been trying to make the process of horticulture exporting easier for producers by proving support through Regional Assurance Managers (RAM), as…

The Restrain CO2 extractor said to save store managers ‘thousands’ on energy cost

Managing CO2 levels in potato stores is mainly done with large, energy-hungry fans. By not using your large fans, but instead using a small Restrain CO2 extractor, you can…

Vietnam

Province of Lâm Đồng ships first 70 tons of durians to China

Wednesday, the Central Highlands Province of Lâm Đồng exported the first batch of 70 tons of durian to the Chinese market. The durians are provided by Long…

Sea Intelligence

Ramp up in Golden Week capacity reductions

Blank sailings have for long been the carriers’ preferred way of matching supply with demand; this is what we would call tactical blank sailings. However, for much of 2020 and…

Congestion is shifting from more visible to less visible regions of the world

Dry bulk and container shipping markets have seen sharp declines in earnings over the summer. Many have pointed to a drop in congestion as the reason. However,…

Posing a threat to Africa's food security

New banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the globe

A new banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the world. The fungus hit Africa ten years ago, but it is now spreading, according to a genetic study conducted…

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