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Master Grower - Canada

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Greenhouse Manager/Head Grower - Devens (MA) USA

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Blake Belknap with Rainier Fruit

“We see continued growth in high-flavor varieties like Honeycrisp, Envy, and Jazz”

Harvest of the 2020 apple crop started early August in Washington state. “We began with conventional and organic Honeycrisp, followed by Galas, and early Fujis,” says Blake…

Onion supplies are starting to build in North America.

“If we get foodservice back to normal, it’ll be a great market”

Onion supplies are starting to build in North America. “The Northwest is coming on with harvest. A lot of the summer onions are towards the end and storage onions will slowly…

Prices sliding down to normal levels on North American potatoes

“It’s a chess game right now.” “The potato market looks like it’s going to be a chess game all year,” says Ken Gad of South Easton, MA-based Cambridge Farms Inc. “That’s the…

Monitor temperature and humidity for perishables with LogTag data recorders

QA Supplies recommends the UHADO-16 and HASO- 8 humidity and temperature loggers for monitoring current humidity and temperature readings simultaneously. These unique products…

Farm Fresh hires Lead Salesman

Farm Fresh Produce Inc., grower and shipper of sweet potatoes, would like to introduce Oscar Avila, Lead Salesman specializing in sweet potatoes. A native of Goldsboro, NC,…

USDA lifts PACA reparation sanctions on California business

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Avocado House Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $8,629 issued under the Perishable…

Vivianna Greene and Brittney Bubb

North Shore Greenhouses names new Marketing Manager and Creative Director

With overall growth at the forefront of their plans for 2021, North Shore Greenhouses, Inc. named Vivianna Greene as Marketing Manager and promotes Brittney…

12 day route from Mexico to the Netherlands

Direct route from Veracruz to Rotterdam to launch in September

The first specialized perishables vessel from Veracruz, Mexico, to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is set to sail the second week of September for the direct sea route from 12…

Tony Bosse

'It’s historically dry across the province'

Canada: P.E.I. potato farmers still need more rain

Prince Edward Island growers need still more rain. The province has seen some high temperatures that were devastating for the more than 180 potato farmers who…

Lawcain

Brown marmorated stink bug has arrived in Florida

The brown marmorated stink bug is a new invasive pest in Florida. First specimens of the pest in Leon County were collected by scientists at the Center for…

Special Latin America

"We only ask that we are given the protection that every Chilean is entitled to"

Chilean truckers begin an indefinite strike

The Chilean truckers' strike, which was organized by Chile's National Confederation of Cargo Transport (CNTC) to protest the wave of violence that the sector has suffered in…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Angel Vallin, of ASF: "The great number of varieties on the market creates confusion"

Consistency in flavor and quality, a pending issue for stone fruit

This year, the first flat nectarine with complete pistil closure was launched on the market. The first campaign in Europe of this flat nectarine developed by Agro Selections…

Retail

Instacart is facing a lawsuit

New Costco location: The only one in Canada to sit on First Nation land

US: Instacart faces lawsuit from DC attorney general over ‘deceptive’ service feesInstacart is facing a lawsuit from Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine that…

Amazon

An inside look into the new Amazon Fresh store

Stewart Samuel, who works on projects that focus on improving existing food retail formats, store of the future development and discovering new retail technologies. On his…

Raising funds for Central Valley ag workers

Boxer Jose Ramirez’s gear auctioned

Wonderful Pistachios sponsored Jose Ramirez in his championship boxing match versus Viktor Postol in the main event at “the bubble” inside the MGM Grand Conference Center in…

Alain Wacquier

FDA and CDC investigate Salmonella outbreak in peaches

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating an ongoing multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections potentially linked…

Localaccent

‘COVID-19 is not the problem’

Apple harvest starts in state of Vermont

As this year’s apple season is getting started, growers in the state of Vermont are struggling with problems that have plagued them for years. The only good…

USDA Selected weekly fruit movements and prices

Advertised retail price apples in US at $1.42 per lb - 16 to 22 August

In the period 16 August to 22 August, the advertised retail price for apples in the US stood at $1.42 per lb, up 16.4 percent as compared to the week before that. Shipping…

Mexico

Yucatan's pitahaya season has already started

The pitahaya season has already started in the Yucatan peninsula and the fruit from the orchards of municipalities such as Quintana Roo, Chunjuju, Chun Ya, and…

Kuehne+Nagel provides Dubai with avocados

Colombian superfood for the Middle East

Kuehne+Nagel has partnered with Colombian agricultural supplier Verdeex S.A. to deliver fresh avocados of the Hass variety to consumers in Dubai. These Hass…

Production volume more than doubled in comparison with last year

Chinese kiwifruit from Xiuwen County has great market prospects

Xiuwen County in Guizhou is located at an altitude of 800-1,300 meters above sea level. The climate is warm and moist. There is no severe frost in winter and there is no…

Tainan City Government

After 20 years, Taiwan resumes pomelo exports to Japan

On Friday August 28, a ceremony was held in Tainan, celebrating the resumption of Taiwan-cultivated pomelo exports to Japan after a 20-year hiatus. Some 11 tons of the citrus…

Rusel1981

Philippine durian growers ready for China GAP certification

Durian growers in the Davao Region, including small-scale farmers, claim they are ready for Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) certification. This export…

Lenka Prusova

Vietnam: Dragon fruit growers demand closer bonds with Chinese market

Vietnamese dragon fruit growers believe their sales can be improved if links to one of Vietnam’s largest markets, China, were strengthened. Binh Thuan is one…

Price of Chinese seedless pomegranates expected to start low and then rise

The seedless pomegranate is a large fruit with a thin, bright red peel. And the seeds inside are deep red like carnelian beads. That is why consumers love this fruit.…

Ralph Coenen, Vitacress Real

“Dutch retail sales skyrocketed, but specialty herbs were replowed”

On the one hand, the Dutch company, Vitacress Real, recently had to ‘put a freeze’ on certain products. That was for specialty herbs, edible flowers, and other niche products.…

Gerard Kievit, Fruitveiling Zuid-Limburg, the Netherlands:

"Amazing that, after so much night frost and sun damage, the apple crop is so good"

It's top fruit season in South Limburg, the Netherlands again. "They started harvesting pears last week. The pears have the perfect firmness of 6 and higher. Their sugar…

Susanne R. Knobloch, Monaghan Mushrooms LLC:

"There is so much 'added value' in mushrooms"

Monaghan Mushrooms is now a brand new member of the Bund deutscher Champignons- und Kulturpilzanbauer. Here is an interview with Susanne R. Knobloch, Senior Commercial Manager…

Hungarian agriculture affected by climate change

'The next victim of the changing climate'

A recurring topic in the newsflashes on Agroberichtenbuitenland.nl this spring has been the reporting of various types of climate-induced damages – and for good reason too.…

Red pomegranate season kicks off in Elche

Mollar pomegranate production expected to fall by 30%

The pomegranate harvest has already started in Elche, a town in the province of Alicante that is the most important producing area in Spain. The demand is high at the moment,…

Spain

Vinalopo table grape harvest kicks off in Alicante

The president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Carlos Mazón, and the Councilor of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 21-08-2020)

Mexico sent 357,000 cartons of Hass avocados to the EU in week 35

The week 35, Mexico sent 357,000 cartons of Hass avocados to the EU Mexico only supplied Hass, no greenskin avocados. Week 35 avocado shipments from Peru to Europe: 79,000 cartons…

South Africa takes proactive FCM measures with its EU citrus exports

For the first time since 2018 when the South African citrus industry introduced its False Codling Moth Management System, the citrus industry has had to intervene in its…

Red Ant High Clearance Sprayer in action

Red Ant Engineering Solutions has posted a video on their LinkedIn showcasing their High Clearance Sprayer treating the blueberries. Click on the video below to take a look! For…

Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda

The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes and distributes samples to users all over the world. But CIP…

Kazoka

Egypt: Potato exports exceed 674,000 tons

According to Head of Central Administration of Plant Quarantine at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Mr Ahmed al-Attar, Egypt has exported a…

Australian plan to allow fruit pickers from Vanuatu in jeopardy

Australia’s federal government's proffered a pilot program to allow fruit pickers from Vanuatu to travel to the Northern Territory. However, this now has been…

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