GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW GARLIC

The global garlic market is experiencing mixed fortunes, according to recent reports from around the world. In the Netherlands, demand for garlic remains stable, but prices…

How will the vertical farming model develop?

Between now and 2050, the world will have to feed 10 billion people. However, food doesn’t grow efficiently all over the world, and the same holds true…

North Carolina peach growers keep close eye on spring temperatures

North Carolina peach growers are on freeze-watch until the end of April. “We’re about 20 days ahead this year compared to last year which was quite a…

“Fill Your Boots”

Prince Edward Island Farms offer free potatoes again

Four Prince Edward Island farms are opening their potato storages to Islanders. Visitors are invited to help themselves and pick unwashed potatoes…

Limoneira Company announces first quarter Fiscal Year 2023 financial results

Net debt position reduced by 72% between end of FY 2022 and first quarter FY 2023

Limoneira Company, a diversified citrus growing, packing, selling and marketing company with related agribusiness activities and real estate development…

Pummelos exempt from Florida citrus marketing order

Back in 2016, the Florida citrus industry voted to incorporate pummelos into Order, as pummelos were being used to develop new citrus hybrids. However, there…

Mexican avocado season: production and export volumes

By July 2023, 80,000 - 100,000 tons of Jalisco avocados expected to be exported to US

According to the most recent data from FAOSTAT, global avocado production increased to nearly 8.7 million tons in 2021 from 8.1 million tons in 2020.…

Funding for growers affected by February weather

Nova Scotia sets aside $15 million for fruit growers who lost crops during extreme cold

Grape and other fruit growers whose crops were affected by the extreme cold weather in February will soon receive additional support to help them recover as…

ASOEX's Fruit Technology Consortium presents the first 100% Chilean red grape variety

Southern D’Light was announced last Thursday, February 16, on the Field Day of the Fruit Technological Consortium's Table Grape Genetic Improvement Program.…

Book your stand at Asia Fruit Logistica

"Chinese market set for strong return"

Exhibitors are recommended to book and secure their stand at Asia’s premier fresh produce trade show. Asia Fruit Logistica is back in Hong Kong this…

Strategic partnership coordinates inspection equipment sales

WECO and Multiscan Technologies, both members of the Duravant family of operating companies, have entered into a strategic partnership to support nut,…

“Maluma will be coming out in late March or early April”

Peruvian avocado producers committed to expanding the campaign window with more varieties

In Peru, companies such as Agrícola Cerro Prieto are expanding their avocado varietal portfolio to extend the campaign's commercial window. The export volume…

Southern Tier and surrounding regions have experienced a mild winter

Cornell University professor says apples, grapes won’t be affected too badly

The average temperature for winter, in this case from December 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023, was the fourth warmest on record, with an average temperature of…

Market and Crop Update for March 9, 2023

Onion demand has picked up this week

MARKETIdaho-E. Oregon:Shay Myers with Owyhee Produce Company in Parma, ID. and Nyssa, OR, explains that the recent “downward pressure” on the market relates to…

Potatoes USA

Export value increases for all US potato types from July – December 2022

With international markets across the globe showing solid signs of recovery, it’s no surprise that the value of U.S. potato exports was up for all…

The country’s inaugural citrus exports to China still to go through Durban, South Afric

Zimbabwe trials first citrus shipments through port of Beira

Zimbabwean citrus growers will be testing Mozambique’s port of Beira, ranked best container port in Southern African by the World Bank, with their…

Guatemala ends avocado export season to Europe on good note

Guatemala has just ended their avocado export season with good demand and sales across Europe and the United Kingdom. But it has been challenging says…

Spanish strawberries hit by cold, rain

This year's Spanish strawberry season is undoubtedly unusual. "By now, we could write a thick book about it," says Filipe Ravazzini da Silva of…

Green asparagus campaign starts late in Granada, limited volumes and great concerns about drought

The green asparagus campaign is starting slowly in Granada, with limited volumes due to the delay in the harvest caused by the low temperatures…

The PGI Cebolla de La Mancha was recently approved by the European Commission

"Spanish onion prices reach never-before-seen levels due to the global shortage"

The Spanish onion is reaching very high prices due to the lower supply available both at the national and global levels, which has led to a significant…

Robert Tomlinson - B Tomlinson & Sons

Harvesting rhubarb by candlelight, not as romantic as it sounds

It is rhubarb harvesting time in West Yorkshire. This 23km2 is known as the Rhubarb Triangle and is famous for its early forced rhubarb crop. One…

UK avocado importer takes on Ocado

Dr Robert James Kalibala founded a food import business called Orgacado Ltd in February 2018. The company specializes in growing and importing organic large…

Mike Parr - PML

"Price, rather than quality of service, has been the deciding factor for those in control of the border control posts"

Last July, PML issued a statement regarding the crippling impact of the constant government U-turns in relation to the handling of post-Brexit border control…

European Commission

DG agri dashboard - Apples

Several EU member states will produce smaller fruit sizes and, therefore, lower volumes

The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop. Since the month of August 2022, however,…

Food Safety solutions leader presents Ultrascreen PRO for fruit and vegetable processing

As a well-established Food Safety solutions leader, Ammeraal Beltech has developed yet another revolutionary product. Namely, the Ultrascreen PRO belts…

"We are very satisfied with the Fruit Logistica in Berlin"

Frigga, a professional real-time temperature monitoring solution provider from China, participated in Fruit Logistica Berlin. This was the first time…

Sri Lanka cultivates Australian ‘Hass’ avocados

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Agriculture has initiated a program to cultivate Australian ‘Hass’ avocado varieties with the aim of boosting foreign earnings through…

Southwest Japan: Growers start harvesting white strawberries

Currently, growers in southwestern Japan are busy harvesting a strawberry variety that comes in white. Five farms in Karatsu City in Saga Prefecture grow the…

J&K Agri Dept to launch commercial shiitake farming in September

After earlier, successful field trials, the Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Department will launch commercial farming of Shiitake mushrooms in September. The…

SnowValley Food Hebei Co., Ltd. of China

World Potato Congress Inc. welcomes SnowValley Food Hebei to the WPC Platinum Partnership

Dr. Peter VanderZaag, President of the World Potato Congress Inc. is extremely pleased to welcome our newest Platinum Sustaining Partner SnowValley Food Hebei…

Ryan Lefers - RedSea

“This is a facility to showcase our iyris roof technology which blocks heat while letting light in"

RedSea, an AgTech company whose technology enables commercial farming in hot environments, announced earlier this month the commissioning and start of…

Oslo-based Xeneta isusues 'container rates alert'

Reefer spot rates soon back to pre-pandemic levels as dry premium dissolves

The latest ocean freight rates data from Xeneta suggests an increasing “normalization” of the reefer market, with spot rates from the Far East to Northern…

Drewry's

World Container Index - 09 Mar

Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased by 3% this week

Drewry’s detailed assessment for Thursday, 09 March 2023The composite index has decreased by 3% this week, and has dropped by 80% when compared with…