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Stone Fruit Sales Category Manager - Europe Division

Grower, Vine Crops - Richmond (KY) USA

Cultivation/Propagation Manager Young Plants - Australia

Assistant Head Grower - Mason City (Iowa) USA

Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

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CarrieAnn Arias of Naturipe:

“We have several new initiatives and products in the pipeline for 2021”

It is no secret that consumer shopping behaviors have changed tremendously in the past year due to the effects of the pandemic on everyone’s day-to-day lives. CarrieAnn Arias…

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Stone Fruit Sales Category Manager - Europe Division

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Southern California port congestions affect Port of Oakland

Southern California ports have been seeing congestion in the past months, and this is now also affecting other ports. Specifically, the Port of Oakland, located in the San…

Mexican organic mango season is off to a good start

The Mexican season for organic mangos started a little early this year, and the overall prospects for the season look good. Fernando Valle of Terra Fresh Organics shares:…

Update on watermelons, honeydews, and cantaloupes

Melons see varying levels of winter movement

Currently, movement of melons is somewhat inconsistent in the North American market. WATERMELONS Right now watermelons are coming out of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán…

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Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture to take place March 11-12

The Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture has everything ready to celebrate the 2nd Agricultural Social Responsibility Symposium that will take place on March 11 and…

Green life farms launches butterhead lettuce

"Florida currently has a limited selection of hydroponic whole-head lettuce"

Green Life Farms recently launched a new product: Butterhead Lettuce. As Green Life Farms’ first whole-head lettuce variety, this new product diversifies the company’s product…

Fruit d’Or continues to expand, joins forces with Decas Cranberry Products, Inc.

Fruit d’Or, a Québec company specialized in the processing of organic and conventional cranberry and wild blueberry, is pleased to announce the acquisition of…

March 8

Women's leadership fund launches on International Women’s Day

Recognizing a need in an industry looking for fresh ideas and thoughtful innovation, supply chain management network PRO*ACT is launching a fund to encourage…

California vegetable grower hosts mass vaccination clinic

D’Arrigo California was approved as a site for mass vaccinations for agriculture workers in Monterey County. D’Arrigo California, in partnership with the Grower-Shipper…

Adding California

New grape line now offered year-round

Tarrytown, NY-based fresh fruit importer, Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. has announced that its SUNRAYS® brand grapes are now available year-round thanks to the addition of California…

Global Focus Bananas

Safer and easier ethylene applications aid in destination ripening

Almost 50 years ago Catalytic Generators was founded by a banana ripener. He didn’t like the risky ways that were used to add ethylene to a room. With ethylene being…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Jonny Cook - Port Nelson

Having a good relationship with shipping companies helps to keep things running smoothly at the port

As the New Zealand apple export season hots up Port Nelson (PNL) is running at full capacity reshuffling the port and carefully managing space. The full capacity of the port…

Retail

Dreamstime

Sprouts Farmers Market: Intention to open about 20 new stores in 2021

Albertsons Companies and Tortoise to pilot remote-controlled delivery cart in Northern California

US: Costco Wholesale Corporation reports second quarter and year-to-date operating results for fiscal 2021 and February sales resultsCostco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or…

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University of Nevada, Reno

Study shows cactus pear as drought-tolerant crop for sustainable fuel and food

Could cactus pear become a major crop like soybeans and corn in the near future, and help provide a biofuel source, as well as a sustainable food and forage crop? According to…

Owyhee Produce’s tearless red onions now available

Nyssa, Oregon-based Owyhee Produce announced on March 3 its red sweet onion dubbed “Wicked Sweet™” is now available, adding to the operation’s year-round onion…

USDA PACA updates

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that United Commodities USA Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $262,863 issued under the Perishable Agricultural…

Who would have known; Banana farming in Ontario

In Blyth, Ontario, fresh, tropical fruit like guava, papaya and pineapple are being grown in the dead of winter. It might be quite a surprise to some people,…

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Crop and Export Report 2021, Week 9

Chilean blueberry season is coming to an end

With 2,618 tons exported during week 08, the Chilean season is coming to an end. The harvest labors are practically completed in the south-central and southern zones, in this…

Argentine domestic apple sales fell in January by 22% year-on-year

According to a recent report by the National Agricultural Food Health and Quality Service, in January, Argentine apple sales to the domestic market decreased…

Dominican Republic: Agreement signed for the export of pineapples to Europe

The Association of Pineapple Producers of Monte Plata (Asopropimopla) has signed a technical and economic cooperation agreement with the companies Nicofrutta…

Chile boosts its exports of fresh cherries to India

Chile has boosted shipments of fresh cherries to India this season, a destination that offers great growth possibilities for this fruit. The country has…

For this season’s first box of konkan Alphonso mango

Live mango auction sees all-time high bid of Rs.108,000

Mango farmers from the Konkan region were elated at their first ever and historic public auction for the king of fruits, the “Alphonso Mango or Hapus Mango”,…

Mersel Foods on the Indian grape season

“Market will stabilize for Indian grapes in a couple of weeks”

The Indian grape season is in full swing and the season has been pretty decent so far. According to one exporter from India, weather has been favorable, volumes have been…

Jan Schockaert, fruit and vegetable purchasing manager at Colruyt

"Using the Apeel technology on avocados is a great step in our sustainability plan"

At the start of February, supermarket chain Colruyt announced that it would be putting avocados on the shelves with Apeel technology. This is an invisible, vegetable…

Students pivot their business and build a vertical farm in their parents’ cellar

In 2017, Lucas and Brieuc, two Belgian students started a business called Good Move. This company has now gone in a new direction. Until early 2020, Good Move produced…

Elena Malkova interviews Shawn Harris and Yvonne Geurten

International Women’s Day in the fresh produce sector

March 8 is International Women's Day and, born and raised in Russia, I cannot, even after 26 years and now fully integrated in the Netherlands (where this holiday does not…

Post-harvest treatments can be avoided

Dynamic storage increases firmness and shelf life

Apples and pears stored in a standard ULO (Ultra Low Oxygen) cell already benefit greatly. These facilities have fixed oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. However,…

Christophe Blanc, Managing Director of Maf Roda Ibérica: "We want our lines to be self-sufficient"

"Our investment is focused on automation, internal analysis and total traceability control. They are the future"

The lack of labor in the fruit and vegetable sector, as well as the restrictions on mobility since the health crisis broke out, are giving a boost to the demand for solutions…

Rien Veraart, Veraart Agri, the Netherlands

"Central Europe's local industry vegetable cultivation is on the rise"

After a long overnight trip, a truck laden with Spanish onions arrives at Berlin's wholesale market. During unloading, disaster strikes - three pallets are dropped, seriously…

New biofertilizer suitable for organic raspberry crops

EnerPlus® increases production by up to 12%Daymsa has developed EnerPlus®, a new biofertilizer that promotes plant nutrition through the biological activation…

Good year for Durillo cherry tomato

This is a good year for the Durillo cherry tomato, bred by Top Seeds International, the global vegetable seed company which specialises in the development,…

16% do not recognise a leek

60% of Britons can’t identify a kale

A recent survey shows that the average Briton has just 1.6 portions of green veg a day. Also, they are not very familiar with various vegetables; one in ten is…

More freshness and less food waste – guaranteed by the smart "Fresh-cut" fridge

SanLucar wins reta award 2021 in the category Best AI & Robotics

For the past 14 years, the EHI Retail Institute has annually recognized the best implementations of innovative IT solutions with the reta award. This year, SanLucar won the…

Inchcape Shipping Services

New Port Cost Estimator from Inchcape is missing link in cost puzzle

Inchcape Shipping Services is adding a new Port Cost Estimator (PCE) to its World of Ports 2.0 platform that will make both voyage cost calculations and TCE estimates much…

Feijoa season looking bright

The New Zealand feijoa season is looking bright as fine weather brings an earlier harvest than usual for the fruit, which are expected to hit supermarket shelves this week.…

South African table grape industry 4th crop estimate

Grape estimate increased due to favourable harvest conditions

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) released the 4th Crop Estimate for the 2020/2021 season with intake volumes increased to between 67,2 million and 70,9 million…

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