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Merged pineapple firm Dole plans US IPO

On Friday, pineapple grower Dole Plc filed paperwork with regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, in an attempt to pay down debt and cover…

Antrim County, Northern Michigan:

Biden told of 'rough year' during cherry farm tour

As US president Biden visited a cherry farm in Antrim County this weekend, he learned that many Michigan cherry farmers are having a tough season because of…

Increased acreage for Idaho potatoes this fall

Idaho has added a significant amount of acreage for its potatoes for fall 2021. Last year the state planted 300,000 acres and this year that has grown to 315,000 acres…

VB ready to double capacity for Little Leaf Farms again

Devens, Massachusetts-based Little Leaf Farms' mission is to provide fresh, locally grown lettuce grown sustainably all year round to their New England consumers. To be able…

Montana: Flathead cherry growers expect early and bountiful harvest

Flathead Lake in Montana is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. This year, the region's cherry lovers could get their hands on the…

But extreme heat was troublesome for berry and cherry crops

Oregon heat spell wasn't all bad news for produce

During the heat spell of the past week, Oregon fruits and vegetables all reacted differently. Although some were sunburned, shriveled or softened up, others…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement Seasonal Perishable Products Weekly Update

Ongoing shortage of qualified truck drivers continues to affect trade

The ongoing shortage of qualified truck drivers continues to affect all aspects of life, often in ways consumers would never have anticipated. Temporary delivery issues and…

Texas Department of Agriculture makes vegetables rock

The Texas Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and International Trade Division and Jump with Jill present their latest collaboration in produce promotion – the Superpower…

Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit

An Indoor AgTech panel

Mapping a pathway to competitive production

"We believe CEA will be fuelled by the diversity of crops. We need to focus on products for consumers and food producers, looking forward to other stable crops we can produce.…

"Working out where you can complement each other is way easier than outcompeting each other"

Lessons in collaborating and data sharing that could help grow the horticulture industry

A leading agriculture entrepreneur is encouraging the Australian horticulture industry to embrace the concept of sharing and comparing information and ideas in order to…

Special Automation

At Forbes THRIVE Future of Food Summit

Autonomous Pivot & Bloomfield Robotics win Innovation Icon Award

SVG Ventures and Forbes have announced that Israeli-based Autonomous Pivot and US-based Bloomfield Robotics’ are the two winners of the Innovation Icon Award…

Tech solutions provider launches robotic de-coring technology

JBT Corporation , a technology solutions provider to the global food and beverage industry, has launched the JBT FoodTech’s CoreTakr Flex™, an intelligent and flexible robotic…

FreshPlaza July/ August Special -Automation

This month FreshPlaza will be will be highlighting automation in our special. Is your company automating? Do have new and exciting technology and systems to automate processes…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Open day at Vivai F.lli Zanzi. Video and pictures below.

Late cherry varieties with high resistance to cracking

To avoid concentrating production in a single month, breeders have for some years now been trying to select later varieties suitable for the lowlands. This aspect was…

Retail

Dreamstime

Tops Friendly Markets: A produce-themed Olympic competition

Kroger collaborates with KNAPP

US: Tops to host mock produce ‘Olympics’With the Summer Olympics just weeks away, associates at Tops Friendly Markets are gearing up for their own games - with a plant-based…

Low temperatures, low pressure (vacuum) and oxygen free drying for fresh produce

OVDMA dryer now available for lease

Over the last 25 years Driedfresh Ltd have developed and refined a process to dry fruit, vegetables, sea foods and other foodstuff from fresh without losing any of the…

UGPBAN, official supplier of the Tour de France

The Banana of Guadeloupe & Martinique at the “KM 97”event in Ecueillé

On Thursday, July 1st 2021, the “KM 97” event of the Banana of Guadeloupe & Martinique took place in Ecueillé during stage 6 Tours-Châteauroux, with the participation of…

Fotos: Naturkost Kontor Bremen GmbH

Marc Wehrle, Naturkost Kontor Bremen Ltd:

"Price difference between imported and regional sweet potatoes still very much a thing"

Naturkost Kontor Bremen has been supplying Bremen and the surrounding area with 100% organic food for 30 years. Marc Wehrle from Naturkost Kontor talked to FreshPlaza about…

Gebr. Opstal Transporten, the Netherlands:

"Short transport lines for faster transit"

"Transportation will always remain, but it's going to change," says John Opstal. He's one of three brothers that founded Gebr. Opstal Transporten in the Netherlands in 2016.…

Breadbox gets its own terminal

Refrigerated container shortage leads to scaling up of reefer service

The Dutch export onion season begins in August. That's when things get hectic at Breadbox Shipping Lines. This shipping company offers direct charter services from Vlissingen,…

Trader: rising potato prices rectify years of undervaluation

High potato prices recompense rain losses at planting

Current high potato market prices are a just end to a planting season that started inauspiciously: new potato plantings in the Northwest and Free State drowned during heavy…

Spotting the signs of recovery in the logistics industry

There is little doubt that the focus of the world in the past year and a half was the pandemic and managing the situation, including business operations, in the context of…

Australian macadamia crop forecast revised

The 2021 Australian macadamia crop forecast has been revised down by 4.5% from 50,770 to 48,500 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (from 54,440 to 52,000 tonnes at 10%…

CMA CGM Group steps up strategic inland development in Europe with acquisition of Spanish rail operator Continental Rail

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, is stepping up its strategic development in inland logistics by integrating one of the leading private rail…

Fairtrade leads way to living wages for banana workers

The Fairtrade Base Wage for banana plantations comes into effect today, 1 July 2021, meaning wage increases of up to 15 percent for banana workers and a significant step…

Wageningen University & Research

The Netherlands

Wageningen scientists discover how potato blight pathogen penetrates the plant

In the 19th century, the notorious pathogen Phytophthora infestans caused a large famine in Ireland and other parts of Western Europe. To this day, it continues to pose a…

SC-740 / NextGen

New technology in a proven centrifuge

2021 is the year of the SC-740 / NextGen launch. This machine makes the technology of its big brother, the SC-940 / NextGen, available for lower capacities. The result is an…

Severity of Covid-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia obstructs Chinese apple export

The export price of Chinese apples came down in late March and has been falling ever since. In many production areas the apples have become unmarketable. The…

Resource Management Act replacement must protect and promote local food production

Horticulture New Zealand says the legislation that replaces the Resource Management Act (RMA) must ensure that New Zealand can sustainably grow fresh, healthy…

Import substitution of food products in Russia: fail or win?

In spite of the strategy of the authorities, Russia is still unable to replace supplies of the main categories of imported products due to domestic production,…

Average wholesale prices of bananas produced in the EU at €123 per 100 kgs

In the week ending on 27-06, the average wholesale prices of bananas produced in the EU at €123 per 100 kgs. This is some €10 more than the prices YoY, but slightly below the…

Himsagar mangoes shipped to the Netherlands for the first time

Bangladesh commercially exported ‘Himsagar’ mangoes to the Netherlands this year for the first time. North Bengal Agro Farm Ltd., a Bangladeshi company,…

Bhutan: Ginger exports from Samtse district come to a halt

Approximately 7.6 tons of ginger belonging to Samtse farmers are stored in Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited’s (FCBL) auction yard, as exports from the…

Coopercuc

Brazilian Cooperative recovers sales during pandemic via e-commerce

In Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, Denise Cardoso is leading a cooperative of family farmers. Ms Cardoso is a 31-year-old business manager and president of the Canudos,…

Maersk officials claim Yantian port situation is ‘looking up’

According to Maersk officials, the situation at the Chinese Port of Yantian is looking up as congestion eases. Unfortunately, delays remain at Yantian and…

Egypt: Agri exports up to 4 million tons from January to June

This weekend, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced that the volume of agri exports increased to more than 4 million tons from…

New sneaker brand MoEa creates bio-sourced sneakers with fruit and plants

A new sneaker brand named MoEa is presenting a first bio-sourced and sustainable collection made with fruits and plants. For its launch, MoEa is offering only…

Georgia: Carrot prices higher than last year, lower than in 2019

Last week, Georgian carrots were sold at $0.51 per kg (1.60 GEL), which is more than 30% than in same period of previous year. Alas, this price growth does not…

Soumya De Sarkar

Six tons of Malda mangoes head for Italy and Qatar

Some six tons of mangoes from West Bengal’s Malda district have been exported to Italy and Qatar last week. The fruit would be sold at local markets in Milan, but the…

Andhra Pradesh growers suffer from severe drop in lemon prices

Lemon prices have dropped quite a bit, causing Andhra Pradesh farmers to lose a lot of money. Growers in the region are worried as the price of lemons has…

Total Produce: Revenue and earnings ahead of 2020 numbers

Total Produce has confirmed that trading for the first quarter -ending March 31- has been strong with revenue, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted earnings per share…

Kenyan smallholders focus more and more on avocados

In the central Kenyan county of Murang'a, many coffee farmers have embraced avocado with gusto, due to the promise of higher returns yet tending to the crop is…

Taita Taveta in second position for Kenyan banana production

Taita Taveta county in Kenya’s Pwani province has become the second largest banana producer in Kenya. A recent study by Kenya Agricultural and Livestock…

How did the banana, the most consumed tropical fruit in the country, arrive in Mexico?

The banana is, by far, the most consumed tropical fruit in Mexico. It is grown in 16 states of the country, highlighting Chiapas, Veracruz, and Tabasco, which…

Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry condemns rumors questioning watermelon quality

Morocco’s Ministry of Agriculture has denied rumors questioning the quality of watermelons sold in the nation’s markets. It issued a press release this week,…

New Zealand:

Controversial change to allow irradiation treatment of imported produce

More imported fresh fruits and vegetables treated with irradiation could soon be on sale on New Zealand shelves if a rule change goes through. Food Standards…

Online surge has impacted New Zealand retailers

One of the unexpected consequences of the 2020 pandemic saw online shopping achieve staggering profits. Meal kit companies reported record numbers of new…

Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood:

‘Pakistan to export up to 160,000 tons of mangoes in 2021’

Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has stated that Pakistan will probably export up to 160,000 tons of mangoes in 2021. The Adviser said…

Sudan to export more mangoes to Libya

As part of a plan to fill state coffers through produce exports, Sudan has launched an export line for mango to Libya. On Saturday, Minister of Agriculture in…

UK food group wants Army assistance to relieve lorry driver crisis

Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest food companies. It has been calling on the UK government to consider using the army to distribute goods to help relieve a severe…

AHDB

Potato Weekly - 02 July 2021

UK: Pockets of new crop potatoes have been lifted - increased supplies will arrive next week

Trade across the week has been described as subdued, as outlets de-stock old-crop material in anticipation for new-crop potatoes. Pockets of new-crop potatoes have been…

After biggest industry-wide consultation in the scheme’s history

Red Tractor develop new farm standards

Following the biggest industry-wide consultation in the scheme’s history, Red Tractor has agreed changes to its new set of farm standards. The assurance body…

Uzbekistan’s late June top export items: watermelons and onions

There have been increased exports of watermelons from Uzbekistan in the third part of June 2021. This makes watermelons the absolute leaders regarding requests…

Zimbabwe sees growing appetite for organic produce

Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector has the potential to contribute more towards the growth of national exports. The National Export Strategy, launched by President…

Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited ramps up production with US$35 mln investment

Schweppes Zimbabwe Ltd intend to invest US$35 million in the next ten years into a 2,700 hectare citrus plantation as it seeks to increase production and…

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