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Angelcots see short but brisk season

The sprint is on for Angelcots, a short-season fruit out of central California. Angelcots are white-fleshed apricots first introduced in 2007. The stone fruit, which are white-fleshed…

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Sales Representatives - Southern USA

North American exporters having a difficult time scheduling ocean freight to Far East

North American exporters are having a hard time scheduling ocean transportation to the Far East. Industry experts indicate that shipping lines are thriving…

Labor shortages still hamper US agriculture

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, there are over 2.4 million farm jobs that need to be filled annually, but there is a drastic decline in…

Hamburg Süd ship with a lot of containers of limes onboard hits passenger dock at ferry terminal in Santos, Brazil

A Hamburg Süd containership took out a passenger dock at a ferry terminal in Santos, Brazil on Sunday, and it was all caught on video. According to an industry source the ship…

Arable Capital Partners announces strategic partnership with Royal Ridge Fruits

Arable Capital Partners announced today the acquisition of Royal Ridge Fruits, Dorsing Farms, Inc. and related entities. Through a partnership with the Dorsing…

Fresh Innovations California hires new SVP sales & marketing

Fresh Innovations California, LLC has hired Greg Taylor as its new senior vice-president sales, marketing and innovation. Taylor has more than 30 years of…

Kaz Vermeer, VanBoven

"Successful broccoli crop forecast launch in the Netherlands; now to Spain, USA too"

You need good crop forecasts to respond correctly to the supply and demand market. An incorrect estimate could lead to growers having a surplus of a product with a short shelf…

Criolla SS and Tardía INTA will be included in the Citrus Certification Program starting spring 2021

Inta Concordia presents two new mandarin varieties

The National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) Concordia, Entre Rios, managed to develop two new varieties of mandarins, Criolla INTA SS and Tardia…

Mexico could set a new tomato export record in 2021

According to projections from the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Mexico could achieve a new record in its tomato exports, surpassing the record it achieved…

T&G Global holds 100th Annual Shareholder Meeting

“While we thought 2020 was a difficult year, 2021 is shaping up to be even more of a challenge"

T&G Global held its 100th Annual Shareholder Meeting on Wednesday 23rd June, reviewing the 2020 financial year and providing insight into the economic outlook for the next six…

Special Mediterranean

UPA has warned that, despite the production shortage, prices at origin are still not taking off

Spanish stone fruit production could be 20% lower than the average of the last 5 seasons

The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) has published its stone fruit production forecasts for this summer indicating that it will be the lowest…

Global Focus Cooling and Logistics

New levels of disruption affecting global trade

A few weeks into a very substantial port congestion in Yantian caused by a Covid-19 outbreak, supply chain disruptions continue to be very present in global…

Retail

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Giant: Local Produce Boxes

Farmstead is now live and delivering in Miami

Canada: Goodfood collaborates with Microsoft to enable technology platform at first automated local fulfillment centre in OttawaGoodfood Market Corp. (“Goodfood” or “the…

With National Home Builder Lennar

Limoneira’s Joint Venture with Lewis Group of Companies announces additional 32 homesite closings

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

Shenandoah Growers names Dr. Tessa Pocock as Chief Science Officer

Shenandoah Growers, Inc., has announced that Dr. Tessa Pocock has joined the company as Chief Science Officer, following the transition of Robert Hoffman to…

The way farmers and scientists are engineering your food

"Flavour is a re-emerging trend, without a doubt," says Franco Fubini, founder of fruit and vegetable supplier Natoora. You might be surprised that flavour…

Florida’s Best Management Practices program concerns growers

Highlands County Citrus Growers Association (HCCGA) Executive Director Ray Royce recently discussed grower concerns about Florida’s Best Management Practices…

NASA Earth Observatory

'Worst drought in central and southern Brazil in almost a century'

Brazil stricken by severe drought

Brazilian government agencies have stated that prolonged dry conditions have caused the worst drought in central and southern Brazil in almost a century. The drought is…

SHAFFE

“What a sustainable produce industry could look like by 2030”

SHAFFE – The Southern Hemisphere Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters has founded an ad-hoc taskforce on sustainability to identify common challenges and…

29.2% more than in the previous season

ProHass forecasts Peru will export 473,000 tons of Hass avocado in the 2021 campaign

According to the Association of Hass Avocado Producers of Peru (ProHass), the country could export 473,000 tons of Hass avocado in the 2021 campaign, i.e.…

"Marketing drives business growth and well-branded businesses do better than non-branded businesses"

Why branding is so important to reaching and understanding fresh produce consumers

There has been a massive shift in the markers that hold a company's value in the past 40 years, according to one of Australia's leading brand strategists. Adam Ferrier is the…

Alfonso Altamura of the Italian producers' organization Op Altamura

"Exponential increases in raw material costs are reducing profit margins"

"The biggest emergency we are facing at the moment is the skyrocketing cost of raw materials. Plastic has increased by 30 per cent, which had an impact on our investments…

Interview with Riccardo Martini from Tramaco

Logistics costs have skyrocketed

The international situation is complicated to say the least, and fresh produce trade is paying the consequences of it as well. FreshPlaza talked about it with Riccardo…

Verna lemon season has been challenged by falling sales in the food service and large calibers

The Verna lemon season is almost ending in Spain. This year, the impact of the pandemic, with the consequent loss of sales channels, and the negative influence of the weather…

What is holding up South African citrus outside China?

A reefer vessel called the Baltic Spring left Durban on 26 April with 1,800 pallets of South African grapefruit. The vessel discharged some of that in Japan, leaving Sakai on…

The automation of phenotype measurement will contribute to increasing the efficiency of the plant improvement process

Researchers develop an algorithm to measure the morphology of fruit

A research team from the Center for Research in Agrigenomics (CRAG) has developed an automated and cost-effective computerized method for evaluating fruit shape and color that…

Italian Antitrust Authority dismisses case against SNFL Group

In a landmark judgement the Italian Antitrust Authorities (AGCM) dismissed a case against SNFL Group and other table grape breeders whereby the Puglia…

UK starts negotiations to join trans-Pacific trade deal

Yesterday, UK officials have started negotiations to join a trans-Pacific trade deal that it sees as crucial to its post-Brexit pivot away from Europe, moving…

France: New NeoFarm technological farm

For the National Agricultural Days in France on June 18, 19, and 20, 2021, the NeoFarm start-up inaugurated its technological farm of 10,000 m² in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche…

The future of food production is insight

Agri-Food software developer KisanHub have launched Reporting and Analytics Dashboards to provide fast, convenient access to business-critical supply chain data for Producer…

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