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Greenhouse Manager/Head Grower - Devens (MA) USA

Irrigation and Fertigation Engineer - Berlin, Germany

Indoor Farming Product Manager - Berlin, Germany

Industrial Engineer - Berlin, Germany

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OVERVIEW GLOBAL PLUM MARKET

The plum harvest in Northwestern Europe is normally not a great source of income for the chain, but this year the prices are good. There are even some shortages on the market…

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USApple 2020 Outlook Conference

“There’s every reason to be optimistic about the US 2020 apple crop”

USApple’s Outlook 2020 conference was held in a virtual setting this year and kicked off yesterday, Thursday August 20th and will continue on today. The conference featured…

Strong demand for local stone fruit in Ontario

Supplies of Ontario peaches and plums are currently steady. “The volume is down over last year. But last year was a record crop so it may be closer to an average crop this…

Acreage down in California heirloom tomato crops

Heirloom tomato supplies out of California are ramping up. JC Myers of Fresh Alliance, LLC in Carmel, CA notes that its Swank Farms organic crop in Hollister, CA is in…

PMA Virtual Town Hall

Farming in a changing climate: Diversification and flexibility are key

This week’s PMA virtual town hall looked at the impact of the changing climate. The consequences of climate change have brought challenges to many different aspects of the…

Need for automation surges despite and because of COVID-19

"Is your investment strategy set for 2021?"

2020 has been a tough year for businesses around the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on all sectors and brought to light many shortcomings in daily procedures.…

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California farmworkers never stop working

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State of Minnesota

Target recalls peaches, linking them to Salmonella outbreak

Minnesota state health and food safety officials are warning Minnesota consumers not to eat fresh, whole peaches supplied by Wawona Packing Company and…

Kaiskynet

Vietnam: Fruit exports to US halted as Covid-19 keeps inspecting officials away

Vietnamese fruit exporters have been unable to ship to the US for days due to a lack of officials to inspect the safety of their products. Ngo Tuong Vy, deputy…

Bolthouse Farms gives more than $4 million in donations to employees and communities

Amid the global pandemic, Bolthouse Farms has amplified its giving efforts donating more than $4 million in fresh carrots, beverages, dressings and monetary donations in the…

Special Latin America

So far the US has taken the most volumes

Weekly report for Argentinian blueberry exports released

The Argentinian Blueberry Committee has released the weekly volumes of blueberries broken down by week, arrival date and market, as the export season of 2020 has started.…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Low volume and labor issues challenged B.C. cherry growers

As British Columbia’s cherry season wraps up, thoughts turn towards next year and how to plan accordingly for what could be a large crop. These thoughts follow a challenging…

Retail

Shipt: Pay-per-order offering nationwide

DoorDash is teaming with grocery stores across United States

US: Shipt launches pay-per-order offering nationwideShipt, one of the country's leading delivery service providers, announced that consumers nationwide are now able to shop…

Petr Tkachenko

Western Canada running behind schedule, Eastern Canada faces drought conditions

Canadian potato crop update – August 20, 2020

Parts of Eastern Canada are facing moderate to severe drought conditions. In Western Canada, the crop is running behind schedule, as processors push to get new…

Just a quarter of what they are owed

Former NORPAC offers to pay farmers $4.5 million

NORPAC was a farmer-owned company that worked to improve farming and food processing practices in the US. The company had to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy…

Wisconsin and Massachusetts

US cranberry growers positive despite challenges

Despite an up-and-down growing season, Wisconsin and Massachusetts cranberry growers are optimistic about the upcoming harvest. Earlier this month, the USDA…

Ljupco

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts associated with less extensive blood vessel disease in older women

New research has shown that broccoli and Brussels sprouts could be the most beneficial when it comes to preventing advanced blood vessel disease. The research,…

Michael Franks - Seeka

“It makes for an interesting dynamic, demand and prices for good quality fruit are strong"

New Zealand grower and produce company, Seeka, is two weeks into its New Zealand avocado export season. The company intends to export to Australia, Korea, Singapore, Thailand,…

Prof Ferdi Meyer, Dr Sifiso Ntombela & Prof Philippe Burger

South Africa: 12-14 million people will move to cities over next 15 years

The South African Bureau for Agricultural and Food Policy expects the country’s economic recovery to be a prolonged process “with real GDP only projected to exceed 2019 levels…

Maxim Balakarev - Sky East UK

Effects of pandemic still to come for banana trade

Green Line fruits is a dynamic brand of fresh bananas recently introduced to European markets. The brand has associated farms across Central and Latin America with particular…

Just small quantities available from Germany and Holland

"First arrivals of Canadian cherries at Dortmund Wholesale Market"

The supply of local cherries is now slowly running out. The last shipments from German and Dutch cultivation are already in circulation. Now we are looking at the imported…

Danny Deen, Denimpex:

"Stocks of good quality garlic considerably lower than in last five years"

The summer harvest of Chinese garlic is now over and so is the Spanish garlic. "The garlic is now in the cold stores and the total output will be less for Europe this season,…

Inma Torregrossa, of Frutas Inma: "The first kaki imports from Peru have been a success"

"We expect a high demand for pomegranates in a market affected by shortages"

The European market is currently short of pomegranates. The first Spanish pomegranates are being harvested in the south of Spain, while in the Valencia area they will arrive…

Natalie Zuidgeest (Zuidkoop): "I have full confidence in 2021's trade shows"

Dutch stand builder's schedule suddenly empty

Some companies have seen some of their revenues fall away. That was after the anti-corona measures were announced in mid-March. But, the projects department at the Dutch…

David Jinks - ParcelHero

Online grocery shopping continues to grow, even after lock down

During the lock down shoppers took to online grocery shopping like never before and initially retailers found it difficult to cope with the sheer volume of online orders. In…

Mr.siwabud Veerapaisarn

Shipping lines are holding all the cards in the new Covid world

Maritime consultancy Drewry has warned that container costs could go through the roof, due to the current situation featuring blank sailings, arrival delays,…

Brexit: Plan for three months’ lead time to transition to Customs processes

Beginning 1 January 2021, Brexit will make Great Britain a European third country and thus subject to the relevant import and export regulations. "Anyone who…

BASF brings the post-COVID reality closer to the sector through interviews with experts from various areas

"From now on, consumers will pay more attention to prices"

What effects will the economic recession have after the COVID-19 crisis? What will the recovery be like? What impact could it have on the food retail? How will it affect…

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Wootzano - Sedgefield, County Durham

UK robotics developer receives six-figure funding package

Wootzano, a tech firm in the northeast pf the UK that makes ‘electronic skin’ for robots, has sealed a six figure funding package to protect the business through the…

Argentinian fruit exports delayed due to a case of COVID-19 among Senasa staff

There will be a temporary stoppage of fruit exports from the Alto Valley after a worker in the pest monitoring area of the National Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) in…

14 producers from Nariño, Colombia, obtain certification to export Tahiti limes

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) granted fourteen producers of Tahiti lime from the north of the Colombian department of Nariño the Registry as…

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Eritrean Ministry of Agriculture encourages palm date farming

In the Eritrean sub-zones of Sheib, Ghinda and Massawa sub-zones, growers are encouraged to grow palm dates. This cultivation is now being conducted through integrated…

Ilonai

After earlier delays due to air freight costs and Customs problems

Pakistan sends first mango consignment to China since epidemic

As early as the start of July, Pakistani commercial officials in Japan and Australia began to post mangoes on Twitter, but mangoes exported to China had not…

Yen Mai Kim

Cooperatives help growers to gain access to Myanmar markets

U Myo Aung, director of the Myanmar Department of Agriculture, has stated that it is important for growers to sell their produce as soon as possible after harvesting to…

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