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Senior Packing Supervisor - Warragul, Australia

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Ozone brings MRLs of fungicides and pesticides down within limits

Restrictions on the use of pesticides and fungicides are becoming increasingly stringent. In some cases, changes to Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) are made by governments…

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Senior Packing Supervisor - Warragul, Australia

Florida hopes for another season of high-quality fruit

Following a citrus season with a solid crop and improved quality, Florida growers are looking ahead as to what 2020’s season will be like. “It’s early so we’re still in the…

Naturipe Snacks responds with new snack line

Consumers ask for new ways to eat berries on-the-go

Driven by the increased desire consumers have for well-balanced, healthier ready-to-eat snacks, Naturipe introduced Naturipe Snacks™ a few years ago. “This summer, we…

Slim supplies on North America field cucumbers

Field cucumber supplies are currently tight. “Michigan volume is off quite a bit and Canada is also on the lighter side,” says Joe Marino with Sun Valley…

US government announcement

Additional $1 billion commitment to Farmers to Families Food Box Program

President Trump, Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue announced on August 24th, an additional $1 billion commitment to the Farmers to…

September 1, 8:00 am PST

Webinar to offer sneak peek at new tool to measure plant stress

US research tools innovator CID Bio-Science announced plans for a webinar that will preview its latest innovation: the highly-portable CI-710s SpectraVue Leaf Spectrometer.…

Pacific Organic Produce

"The lemon industry will likely be heavy on 140/165 count this season"

Pacific Organic Produce’s lemon program includes a large grower in Sonora with highly sophisticated post-harvest infrastructures and packing lines. High volume organic lemons…

California

Strong sales expected for bumper pumpkin crop

Van Groningen & Sons announced that they are looking forward to their upcoming pumpkin season. Carolyn Burtis says: "With the year that we have all had, we could all use…

TerraFresh Organics' Oasis Date Gardens brand

New line of California heirloom Deglet Noor dates available now

TerraFresh Organics, an organic fruit company supplying organic citrus, mangoes, stone fruit and grapes to North America, is now offering Oasis Date Gardens, to bring snack…

Ocean Mist® Farms announces new COO and new VP of HR

Ocean Mist Farms, the grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in the U.S., announced the promotions of Chris Drew to Chief Operations Officer and Gladys Valenzuela-Corzo to…

Special Latin America

USApple Outlook 2020 conference

Chile’s apple exports down 10% this year

Last week’s USApple Outlook 2020 included forecasts and overviews of various apple producing regions around the world. The Southern Hemisphere is an important region that…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Enrique Pedros (Früchte Pedros) on this year's stone fruit campaign

"Spanish stone fruit season ends in two to three weeks"

The supply of Spanish stone fruits will soon come to an end. Enrique Pedros, owner of Früchte Pedros LLC at Nuremberg Wholesale Market, forecasts that the complete range of…

Retail

Northeast expansion continues for Aldi

The Giant Co. has rolled out a new brand platform

US: Kings/Balducci to get new ownerKB US Holdings Inc., the parent company of the Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market banners, has accepted a stalking horse…

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Fresh imported peaches recalled by Prima Wawona

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume and retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and food service establishments…

USDA determines two individuals responsibly connected to Florida PACA violator

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined that Jesse Fernandez and Yosuan Fernandez were responsibly connected to Florida Cool Cargo Inc., Miami, Fla.…

"Mango consumption in US continues to grow and set new record in 2019”

The National Mango Board, the organization dedicated to the promotion, research, and dissemination of mango in the United States, is working so that North…

California LGMA updates food safety practices

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Advisory Board has voted to accept several updates to required food safety practices for the farming of leafy…

Restrictions on Mexican agricultural products could lead to a trade war with the United States

Legislators, exporters, and importers are debating the impact that the United States' intention to restrict imports of Mexican agricultural products could have, as this…

Jure Gasparic

Production Incentive Programme

Jamaica to reap 3,000 tons of hot pepper

Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries says that, under the ministry's Production Incentive Programme (PIP), the nation is…

Mexico

The date harvest in the Mexicali Valley will start at the end of August

The date harvest in the Mexicali Valley will begin at the end of August. This northeast region of the state of Baja California has 1,438 hectares devoted to…

Important Theewaterskloof Dam 60% fuller than three years ago

Snow and rain in the Cape: a winter as good as it gets for Boland fruit farmers

It's a great winter along the Cape coast. Rainfall for August has been above average and now the Western Cape Water Supply System is 88% full - three years ago it stood at…

The Australian-based seed company making niche vegetable varieties available to more growers

A major Australian wholesale vegetable seed supplier says it is making itself more available to vegetable growers by increasing its online presence and reducing minimum pack…

Production of Chinese honey pomelos 20% lower

Honey pomelos from Fujian are to become available in mid-August, and the ordering season will start soon. Zhang, manager of Pinghe Huaermei Fruit Industry Co., Ltd. talked…

Visiting traders are not in a rush to purchase apples

China still has large apple reserves and trade is slow

The Chinese fruit market suffered from frequent extreme weather conditions as well as the general economic malaise that followed the outbreak of Covid-19 earlier. The sales of…

Dustin-Dwight Tummers, Tummers Machinery

Making steam peeling more sustainable

Steam peeling is one of the most effective ways to peel potatoes and get an optimal yield. You place water and potatoes in a rotating steam drum. A ‘pressure drop’ converts…

REWE unpacks organic fruit and vegetables

Dispensing with packaging - wherever it makes sense

Bye bye plastic: At REWE and PENNY, more and more fruits and vegetables are offered unpackaged. But completely dispensing with packaging is not always sensible, as a long-term…

New rail freight connection between Xi’an and Rotterdam

As of August 16, 2020, a new rail freight connection between West China’s Xi’an and Rotterdam was launched into operation. This new route, which is an extension of the current…

Antonio Ripolles, from Donsol:

"We are the first to export Tomberry to Hong Kong and Singapore by air"

Donsol, the Spanish capital company based in Slovakia which has Tomberry plantations in this country and in the Czech Republic, managed this summer to export this product to…

Glen Mor: disease-resistant raspberry launched at Fruit for the Future 2020

A new raspberry with exceptional fruit quality and high productivity, plus resistance to the deadly disease, root rot, was introduced today at the start of industry event…

Spain

Mercadona launches a facial oil made with tomatoes from Extremadura

The Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona has launched an innovative facial oil made with lycopene, a powerful natural antioxidant extracted from the tomatoes…

Vincent Verboom

In Poland, blueberry prices rise for second consecutive week

The demand for blueberries in Poland remains at a fairly high level for the second week in a row, according to analysts of the APK-Inform: Vegetables and…

Skypixel

Far North Queensland

Possible fifth case of Panama TR4 in Tully Valley

A possible new case of Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) has been detected on a Tully Valley banana property in Far North Queensland. When this would…

Autogrow releases public API to empower growers

Autogrow has released a public API (Application Programming Interface) allowing connectivity between their Folium sensor network and other farm sensor data.…

Ert.gr

Giant 8kg-mushroom found in Greece

A giant mushroom was found by a resident of Argos Orestikos in western Macedonia. The rare mushroom, weighing more than 8kg, was found by local Michalis Lalos, when he visited…

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