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Hurricane Roslyn has minimal effects on Mexican crops

While the latest hurricane to make the headlines, Hurricane Roslyn made landfall in Mexico on Sunday, growers are to date reporting minimal impacts on crops. Reports indicate…

California mandarin volume slightly down for 2022-2023

California’s mandarin crop looks to be starting on time early next month although volume will be down slightly. “The supply is better than last year but below average when it…

North Carolina sweet potatoes face challenges exporting to Europe

North Carolina is welcoming a good sweet potato crop. “Everything is looking good. The crop is sizing up very nicely in the field. We’re seeing a lot of jumbos but overall…

“North America and Europe remain the key export markets”

With growing operations in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico, Camposol has traditionally had a significant export program to the United States. The five products in…

Produce importers enter into joint venture

Vertically integrated fruit importer, exporter and distributor William H. Kopke Jr., Inc. and the founders of Vision Import Group LLC are entering into a new…

Table grape grower-shipper utilizes Hazel Tech to ensure premium quality

Bakersfield, CA-based, Grapeman Farms (Grapeman) announces its partnership with Chicago-based shelf-life extension tech developer, Hazel Technologies. With…

Website for grower's brand gets a fresh new look

The website for Mastronardi Produce’s Backyard Farms brand got a fresh look this week, putting the Maine-based greenhouse tomato brand on a colorful and immersive new…

Organic certification for 1,200 acres of avocados in Colombia

Having grown avocados in Mexico for three generations, GreenFruit expanded into Colombia five years ago. “We were pleased with the quality of the fruit and the taste profile,”…

Highlighting growing greenhouse presence at IFPA's Global Show

Returning to Oppy last summer after nearly 12 years, category director of greenhouse Kevin Batt came aboard to further enhance the company's greenhouse category through his…

Chilean exporters join forces in China

With two operations centers and cold storage facilities, one in Guangzhou and the other in Shanghai, Copefrut has successfully worked on China’s commercial platform since 2018…

Sun World expands import footprint in North America

Sun World International LLC (Sun World) announced it has added three importers to its panel of North American licensees. These include GrapeMan Farms, Pacific…

IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show

Tropical fruit grower makes debut in Orlando

Kapi Kapi Growers, a producer of premium pineapples and bananas, is debuting at the IFPA Global Produce and Floral Show next week in Orlando, Florida. The company will…

Veggie roasting kit taps into social media cooking trends

Braga Fresh will debut the Easy Pan Veggies product line at IFPA Orlando in the Grower Shipper pavilion booth #4244. The new kits come in three seasoning packet flavors:…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Fruit from Boyne Valley to fill retail shelves

Ireland: locally-grown apples and pears hit Tesco shelves for first time in years

Ireland imports about 95 per cent of its table apples, often from as far away as Chile and New Zealand, where large orchards grow on fertile soil amid sunshine…

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BJ’s is getting ready to open another store in New York state

ALDI U.S. and Spryker Systems: A new online food & grocery shopping experience

Mexico: Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. de C.V. third quarter 2022 resultsGrupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. de C.V. reports its 2022 third quarter results. All figures in this…

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Bananas are reliable, also in times of an economic downturn

Organic banana supply is plentiful from Organics Unlimited’s farms and network of small growers in Colima, Mexico as well as Ecuador. “We have robust, reliable volumes of…

CPMA releases design guidelines for produce plastic packaging

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is pleased to release nine design rules for plastic packaging tailored specifically for the fresh produce…

Greenhouse grower moves beyond tomatoes

NatureSweet is doubling down on the company’s commitment to transforming the agricultural industry by partnering with more retailers and selling high-quality…

Greenway Vegetable greenhouse acquisition opportunity

620 Essex County Road 37 (the “Property” or “Site”) is a fully automated, turnkey vegetable greenhouse facility that is now available for sale in Leamington, Ontario. The…

Produce council announces Next Generation Leadership Academy

The Southeast Produce Council is thrilled to expand its education portfolio with a leadership development program designed for up-and-coming leaders. This…

Lettuce shortage affects school lunches throughout Lakes Area

A lettuce shortage is affecting school lunches throughout Lakes Area schools. According to Detroit Lakes Public Schools Superintendent Mark Jenson, his food…

Southern California’s ill-famed container ship queues are gone

The backup of container ships off Southern California’s coast that has been at the heart of US supply chain congestion during the pandemic has finally…

Mexfly threat to Rio Grande Valley citrus appears in decline

Federal and state officials have ended a quarantine of commercial citrus in Harlingen. The quarantine had been in place since early 2020—and continues for a…

Netafim

Netafim opens new recycling plant in Mexico

Addressing the plastic waste issue in the horti industry

Growers are not the only ones tasked with being as environmentally conscious as possible. Suppliers too have been joining forces to make cultivation greener. Netafim has…

Chilean port workers to strike for 48 hours due to stalled negotiations with the government

The workers linked to the Port Union of Chile They are ready to start a strike that would last for 48 hours. The measure is an answer to the lack of progress…

From the port of Coronel to the US port of Gloucester

Chilean company to start “Blueberry Express” charter service

Chilean company Cool Carriers will implement a charter service for fresh blueberries to the US, in order to ensure a faster and more expeditious arrival to…

The Positive Agriculture Outcomes Fund

PepsiCo announces second round of projects funded by its Global Agriculture Accelerator

PepsiCo has announced the continuation of its global agriculture accelerator, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Fund, by granting 14 business projects…

USDA releases report on PEI situation

'Extent of Canada's potato wart crisis is likely larger - current mitigation insufficient'

In November of 2021, in response to multiple potato wart detections, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) suspended shipments of PEI seed potatoes to all…

Paine Schwartz Partners acquires 13.78 per cent stake

Costa Group shares are up as US sustainable food fund invests $161 mln

Wet weather continues to weigh heavily on the fortunes of Australia's largest vertically integrated fresh produce company Costa Group, but today it is seeing a…

Positive balance for Danper's business in Colombia

"In 2021 we grew by nearly 130% and we project that we'll grow by 140% this year"

Three years ago Danper arrived in Colombia under the representation of ARBA Colombia SAS to expand its avocado activity. "The balance to date is very…

Jordi Valle, of Melón de Autor: "With the rise in prices, consumption trends may change"

Lower supply and considerable rise in the price of melons and watermelons imported from Brazil

The Brazilian melon and watermelon import season in Spain is underway with lower volumes compared to last year, mainly due to difficulties in the logistics. The lower supply…

Promising margins for vertical farms

Singapore: "Our demand is more than we can supply"

"We're expanding as the demand is growing, that's why we're taking a 3000m2 site in next month. We will be starting construction in January next year, and the farm will be…

With cherry tomatoes to blossom

Are strawberries the cash crops for the Singapore market?

"As our crops are sold at a premium price, we're already at the top of the supply chain. With our margins, we can luckily still withstand cost increases. Although the business…

Alexander Kappes, founder and CEO of Greener Crop

"We are proving that desert greenhouse production is of better quality"

While the trend of greenhouse-grown produce demand is becoming  increasingly widespread, there are a few places where consumers have yet to go through such a culture change. “We…

Apple exporter hopes program will be fully agreed upon in the coming days

Polish government will provide assistance with energy bills to growers and exporters

The harvest of Polish apples is still ongoing, but demand for early varieties is already at a high point. Soon workers will be transferred from the fields to packhouses and…

Maxime Gil, Vergers Cancel and Kiwi Origine

French red kiwi has arrived

Pioneers in the cultivation of red kiwis in France, Vergers Cancel and Aurières Fruits have started their marketing campaign. They intend to boost the kiwi department with…

Demand for Turkish pomegranates on a good level

“We aim to keep pomegranate prices close to the prices of last year”

The pomegranate is a very special fruit for Turkish fruit grower and exporter Alanar, says marketing coordinator Yigit Gokyigit. In fact, the fruit is an integral part of…

The Interpoma Variety Garden managed apple varieties exhibition fills the trade show with color

For the first time in its history, Interpoma, the international apple trade show, which takes place between November 17th and 19th, will host the Variety Garden, an exhibition…

Cesena-based group will present new lines in Bolzano

Two new machines for efficient, delicate processing of apples

It is just a few weeks to Interpoma, the only vertical exhibition specifically dedicated to the apple trade, to be held in Bolzano from 17 to 19 November. This is a major…

Prices for South African onions are smashing records

Onions and potatoes have traded places since last year, when potatoes shone and onion prices slumped. Now, potato prices are extremely low while onions are minting it: the…

Hoping to ease concerns over quality

Zespri to limit gold kiwifruit plantings again

Poor quality fruit arriving on overseas markets, coupled with labor shortages, are forcing kiwifruit marketer Zespri to limit how much gold fruit it wants to…

Result Group makes its mark on fresh produce

Result Group has brought 'natural branding' to the Australian market with the introduction of the new EcoMark Natural Branding machine, a non-contact and safe laser marking…

New tech sizes 5000 apples, straight off the truck

Hectre have released their transformative Spectre Top Down app to seven select US apple receiving sites. This enables high volume packhouses to quickly size more than 5,000…

Rockit™ heads to South Island

Rockit Global Limited is planning for its biggest planting year yet, targeting a further 200ha of trees in the ground in 2023. And it’s taking its global success story south,…

Dried passion fruit inspired a Chinese device that could clean up debris in space

A box of withered passion fruit inspired Chinese scientists to invent a device that might be used to clean up space debris. Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai and…

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

'Fruit shipment' is not what it seems

Egyptian officials intercept suspicious ship with 1,700 smuggled artefacts on board

Egyptian officials have intercepted a cache of smuggled Egyptian artefacts on a suspicious vessel. The large cargo vessel was docked at the port of Nuweiba on the Red Sea. It…

St. Maarten wholesalers discuss fruit and vegetable imports from Dominican Republic

Local wholesalers have been expressing their concerns about the quality of produce from the Dominican Republic and their doubts about whether this nation would…

The European Commission denies that South African oranges were marketed in the EU without cold treatment

South African oranges have not been marketed on the EU market without first undergoing the cold treatment that came into force last July and which prevents the…

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