GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW PINEAPPLES

The global pineapple market shows a varied picture, with cold and rainy spells affecting the cultivation in some countries like Costa Rica, South…

Tim Mansfield with Sun Orchard Fruit

“It’s a tough deal for new apple varieties”

As opposed to Washington, the US East Coast is enjoying good apple production numbers this season. “Both New York State and Pennsylvania have good…

More weather-triggered supply gaps in lettuce could be ahead

Lettuce supplies could be in for another supply interruption. “We have another cooling trend and another weather system coming through that’s supposed to…

Lack of chill hours might impact Georgia peach harvest

California annually produces the majority of the peaches in the US. In 2017, the Golden State produced 56 percent of the county’s fresh peach crop and more…

California rains prompt early start for Ojai pixie tangerines

The Ojai pixie tangerine season in California is seeing a slightly earlier start this year. Normally, harvest begins in early March for the citrus…

Tropical produce took center stage at Fruit Logistica

WP Produce, a Miami-based and family-owned grower, packer and shipper of Desbry® brand tropical fruits and roots, joined the trade fair for the global…

Ecuador starts 2023 well with 7.98% more banana boxes exported in January 2023

Ecuador’s banana sector started the year well, with a 7.89% increase, to export 2.59 million more boxes in January 2023 (35.01 million boxes) compared…

It's a money story

UK shortages? "Enough iceberg lettuce to sink the Titanic"

While consumers run into empty shelves or are limited when buying fresh produce, UK wholesalers deny the produce shortages and say it's simply a matter…

Modernizing its manufacturing operations

TribalScale partners with McCain Foods

Toronto-based digital innovation lab TribalScale has partnered with McCain Foods Limited, the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, as part…

New sweet F1 strawberry varieties now exported by the Miyoshi Group

Japanese Berry Pop fresh strawberry seeds now available for global markets

The Miyoshi Group from Japan has recently released two new Japanese strawberry varieties of F1 strawberry. Now, excitingly, Japanese strawberry seeds…

Strong sales in China in 2022

Kenya's peak avocado export season is about to start

Kenya is at the start of its avocado peak season. The peak season for Hass fruits is about to commence in the first week of March, with big volumes…

New Moroccan export quotas will halve tomato prices on the domestic market

Morocco is imposing quotas on tomato exports in an effort to boost local supplies and lower prices ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan. Rising input…

Avo and banana farmers in Mozambique keep wary eye on record-breaking Cyclone Freddy

Cyclone Freddy, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has had an unusually long life as it makes landfall between Vilankulos and Maxixe, with the…

Hexkoel sees record seasonal table grape intakes amidst rolling electrical blackouts

The Hexkoel cold storage facility for table grapes, in South Africa’s Hex River Valley, is continuing with business as usual with new record intakes…

Roux Groenewald – Betko

South African pome fruit by necessity finding new footholds in the East

“When I started in 2005, as soon as Royal Gala was harvested, by week 6 or week 7, you’d start loading for the UK. Over the intervening years the UK…

Speech by Niccolo Gericke director of Southtrade: watch the video!

'This is why we prefer Italian technologies in South Africa'

For South African importer Niccolo Gericke, Italian technologies are of a high standard, which is why his company has been working with construction…

Vitropic and La Compagnie Fruitière join forces to create Vitropic Africa

West Africa: Creation of the largest industrial laboratory for in vitro culture

Vitropic, a CIRAD subsidiary and European laboratory of in vitro culture specialized in tropical plant propagation, has joined forces with La Compagnie…

Myzelia Produktions- & Vertriebs GmbH

Cornelia Plank of Tyrolpilz on the acceptance of organic cultivated mushrooms in Austria:

"Especially with organic shiitake and portobello we still see potential upwards"

In November 2022, Tyrol organic mushrooms underwent a major brand relaunch. Since then, the organic mushrooms have been marketed under the new…

Strawberry harvest prediction increasingly accurate: growers test model for kilogram prediction

Strawberry production continues with peaks and troughs. That makes accurate harvest forecasting a challenge. To date, a margin of error of about 30 to…

Christiaan Koellreuter from Nordgemüse Krogmann on the quantity availability of blueberries

"Such a shortage of goods as now is only known from the past"

The cold snap in the important growing regions of Morocco and Spain, as well as the early end of the season in Chile, have led to a supply shortage on…

Sweden sees elevated fruit and veg prices due to Spain, Italy shortages

Retail and wholesale markets in Sweden, are seeing elevated fruit and vegetable prices, mainly due to shortages from their main supplying countries,…

“Exporters are finding new markets, without giving up on Egypt as a market”

Frustratingly, Polish apple exporters still haven’t been offered a solution to the Egyptian banks stopping the financial transactions. Mohamed Marawan,…

“Overall the Turkish apple season has been rather stable”

After a slower start the Turkish apples have performed rather well this season, says Kubra Guven, marketing manager of Ana Fruit. “This year, the crop…

Smart packaging design from Norway to save costs, cut emissions

The shape of the cups, whether they are filled with berries, fruit or salad can cut major costs related to transport and logistics, storage and…

Tim O'Malley - Nationwide Produce

Supply of greenhouse crops will improve, but field crops will be very short

The supply situation on greenhouse crops is likely to improve in a few weeks’ time but not back to any form of normality – still tight on supply and a lot…

Sam Vasala - Sai World

“We have more requests for onions than we could possibly fill"

Tasmanian onions have started shipping to Europe to meet the huge demand there created by a heatwave and drought last summer. The prices in Europe are…

Indian local government potato mission fails farmers

A potato mission in Kendrapara, India has let farmers down due to low prices. A lack of storage facilities has forced farmers to sell their harvest  for next to…

Bangladesh to export mangoes to Japan soon

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has stated that Bangladesh will export mangoes to Japan soon: “Japan is interested to import mangoes from Bangladesh.…

Average wholesale prices of bananas in Europe

EU three-week average price of European bananas at €126 per 100 kgs in week 5

In week 5, the three-week average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin America stood at €115/100 kgs. Average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin…

Onion shortages might be a new chapter in world food crisis

Onions are the staple of cuisines across the world, the most consumed vegetable after the tomato (technically a fruit). About 106 million tons are produced…

Mar del Plata, Argentina

Lamb Weston invests 250 million dollars in French fry factory

With an investment of 250 million dollars, American company Lamb Weston is building a giant potato processing plant. The new factory is under construction in…

Drewry's

World Container Index - 23 February

Drewry’s composite World Container Index down 3% this week

Drewry's detailed assessment for Thursday, 23 February 2023 showed that the composite index has decreased by 3% this week, and has dropped by 80% when…