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Apple industry on Canada's East Coast affected by Hurricane Fiona

Hurricane Fiona made its way through Eastern Canada on the weekend and the region’s apple industry is seeing some infrastructure damage and crop loss because of it. Nova…

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Commercial Support Coordinator (32-40 hours)

Costa Rican pineapples see increased costs due to global inflation

As part of their responsibility to the associates and the persons that depend directly, and indirectly on the pineapple sector, the Costa Rican Chamber of United Pineapple…

Florida growers and importers brace for Hurricane Ian

Florida growers and shippers were, as of press time last night, watching, waiting, and preparing for Hurricane Ian. The last reports of the storm, which made its way through…

Leon Bol, New Green:

"Dollar exchange rate means double export volumes to North America, but not all that glitters is gold"

The dollar is rapidly gaining value against the most important currencies, including the euro, which is at its lowest level in 20 years. Dutch exporters are…

NYC mayor announces $110 million grant for Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market

New York City mayor Eric Adams has announced that the Hunts Point Produce Market has been selected for a $110 million federal grant to upgrade and improve its…

Highlights from the Washington Conference – Day 2

This week, from September 26 until September 28, the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) hosts The Washington Conference (TWC). This annual event addresses the most…

White button mushrooms rank number 1

Fall is finally here, and that means mushroom season is upon us. While you may not have thought about harvesting mushrooms before, now might be the time to…

Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns of spotted lanternfly pest nearing the border

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking Canadians to keep an eye out for the spotted lanternfly, a pest originally native to China, that has been making…

Octavio Sotomayor, Earthfructifera, Ecuador:

“Meeting in Madrid a point of reference for Latam banana producers and EU supermarkets”

“The meeting between Latin American banana producers and European supermarkets in Madrid is going to be a point of reference. Everybody has extra costs, but no one wants to…

Australian Lychee Growers Association on U.S. Exports

"At the moment we can't satisfy the demand - so it's a happy place for us."

The United States market is expected to provide some big opportunities for Australian lychee growers in the coming years, according to the peak industry body. Australian…

Special Avocados

Noémie Cantrelle from CIRAD on the global avocado market:

"The annual production rate is increasing faster than the demand"

The worldwide popularity of avocados, which has continued for years, seems to be gradually stagnating, according to Noémie Cantrelle of French research company CIRAD.…

Daniel Bustamante, Agricola Cerro Prieto:

“Prices for Peruvian avocados in US were disappointing, less than half of Mexico and California's prices”

The big price difference in the US market is disappointing for Peruvian producers. Peru will end the avocado season with about 45% more volume than in 2021 says Daniel…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

University of Pretoria

Researchers boost nutritive benefits of sweet potato with novel drying technology

Researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have found a way to make orange-fleshed sweet potato last longer in an effort to benefit from this smart crop…

Retail

Dreamstime

Star Concessions has announced the opening of Grab & Fly

UNFI: Partnership with robotics specialist Symbotic

US: Aldi store in Brooklyn showcases chain’s value formulaAldi gave a firsthand look at its low-price formula in a tour of its year-old store on Flatbush Avenue in the New…

Alan Lieberman joins Southern Specialties

Southern Specialties announced that Alan Lieberman has joined the company as senior vice-president. In this newly created position within the company,…

Monterey Mushrooms adds to executive team

Monterey Mushrooms has revealed the recent expansion of its executive team. As the company continues to grow, it has appointed Mike Stephan to senior director…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Colombia at £0.90: No change from last week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

ASOEX Table Grape Committee presents Strategic Plan and first estimate for 2022-2023 campaign

The president of ASOEX, Iván Marambio, and Ignacio Caballero, coordinator of the Table Grape Committee and ASOEX Marketing Director, pointed out that with the current…

Anton Viljoen – ASV Farms

South African grape grower upbeat ahead of Fruit Attraction Madrid

Fruit Attraction in Madrid has become the most important fruit trade show for South African grape exporters, coming as it does well in advance of the start of the season,…

Egyptian pomegranate season going at full speed

“Demand for the Wonderful variety pomegranates is high right now”

Mohamed Elkhtib, export manager for Egyptian produce exporter Zamel for Import & Export, states that they’ve already started shipping the Wonderful pomegranate variety from…

USDA

Fresh deciduous fruit annual report

Australian table grape production expected to increase to 210,000 MT in MY 2022/23

Australia’s table grape production is expected to increase to 210,000 MT in marketing year (MY) 2022/23, from an estimated 180,000 metric tons (MT) in MY 2021/22. This is with…

Mobile citrus sizing app showcased at Citrus NZ Conference

New Zealand’s citrus industry gathered last week in Gisborne for the 2022 Citrus NZ Conference. One of the highlights of the event was the chance to see up close the award…

Moldova special: fruit export company Fani

"Stable, long-term relationships are far more appealing than the spot market"

With its fleet of trucks that supply the Eastern and Central European markets with its own and partner-grown fruit, export company Fani has, for the past five years, had quite…

Ross Goatham - AC Goatham & Son

Pear volumes down, size and quality are good

The pear harvest started in early September at AC Goatham & Son in Rochester, Kent. "Pear volumes are down due to the weather and blossom being poor," said Ross Goatham. "But…

Industry reaction to Sterling crash

Deals which were agreed months ago still have to be honoured at the agreed price

The UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a ‘mini budget’ on the 23rd of September which has resulted in the Pound dropping to an all time low against the Dollar and hit…

Interko to unveil new fruit ripening advances

Interko, specialized in the design, manufacture and installation of state-of-the-art fresh fruit ripening rooms, will exhibit at Fruit Attraction once again when it reconvenes…

New partnership will strengthen and simplify customer support for Fruit Packers

TOMRA Food welcomes ICOEL as an integrated business partner

TOMRA Food and ICOEL S.r.l. have reached an agreement that positions ICOEL as a TOMRA Food integrated business partner for Europe and our partner in cherry solutions in LATAM.…

World’s largest container line MSC enters air cargo market

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA aims to enter the air freight market, starting the development of a new MSC Air Cargo solution. MSC Air Cargo has been under development…

Maersk Asia Pacific market update - September 2022

Container shipping is facing strong headwinds amid an increasingly pessimistic economic outlook due to a sharp slowdown in western economies as inflationary…

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Weaker demand for Chinese goods means an end to the shipping boom

The cost of shipping goods from China has dropped to its lowest level in more than two years. As the global economy stumbles, this means the prospects for…

More and more appreciation for Yunnan grapes

Binchuan is famous for its grapes in Yunnan. Last year, the output value of agriculture in the county reached 13 billion yuan. In the first half of this year,…

USDA

MY2022/23 Indian almond imports forecast at at 148,000 metric tons

New Delhi insiders forecasts marketing year 2022/23 (August-July) Indian almond imports (shelled-basis) at 148,000 metric tons (MT). This is a slight decrease from MY 2021/22,…

Drewry

A 21-month low

World Container Index sinks to January 2021 levels

Spot rates on Drewry's are no longer dreary. The World Container Index (WCI) took a near 10% tumble, the first in 29 months, as the index slid down to US$4,472 on 22…

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