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California rain puts pressure on lemon storage

Following the recent rains that have fallen across California, supplies have become tighter and storage levels are dropping. “However, including what is out on the trees,…

Will stronger Russet potato pricing impact red and yellow potato movement?

Higher Russet potato pricing could help demand for potatoes in other colors. So says David Moquist of O. C. Schulz & Sons. “Russet pricing is as high as it's been for a long…

Chilean berry grower expands production to Peru, Mexico, US and Morocco

The Chilean headquartered Agroberries with farms and offices in both hemispheres are excited to reap the benefits of their investments in new farms and varieties to keep…

Autumn Glory apple sees record-shattering start

In November, the Autumn Glory® apple hit the retail shelves with a strong start to the season. Shipment volumes were at all-time highs, ranking Autumn Glory as number two in…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Peru blueberry shipments through Philadelphia and New York City expected to decrease seasonally

The state of California is experiencing unprecedented catastrophic flooding that is relentless and very destructive. It is affecting the agricultural industry by curtailing…

Packing house Empaque Don Jorge II opens for the season in Chiapas, Mexico

Crespo Organic’s Chiapas packhouse Empaque Don Jorge II (EDJ II) opened ahead of schedule and is currently preparing to pack and ship the first organic Ataulfo mangoes,…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

Significant increases in price for fruit this week including strawberries, seedless grapes and pineapples

US retailers had a number of options for promotions this week. Healthy Eating was still a big focus with superfoods like kale, berries, and beets featured for New Year's…

Parts of California report 400 to 600 percent above historic rainfalls

California has been pummeled by several atmospheric river events over the past two to three weeks. Atmospheric rivers are concentrated streams of water vapor originating over…

Duda Farm Fresh Foods names new president

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of DUDA and a grower of fresh vegetables and citrus, announces Mark Bassetti, former chief operating officer and senior vice…

Utopia Foods expands recall on “Enoki Mushrooms” because of possible health risk

Utopia Foods Inc of Glendale, NY, is expanding the recall of its 200g packages of “Enoki Mushrooms”, imported from China, with clear and blue plastic packages with clear…

Special Fruit Logistica

James Hinsby - Scotts Precision Manufacturing

"It presents us with new cropping challenges using a tried and tested design and unique materials which are gentle on the crop"

After their first appearance at Fruit Logistica in 2022, Scotts Precision Manufacturing saw that this is a key event for them to help international customers with pre-cleaning…

MULTIVAC to emphasize sustainable packaging concepts at Fruit Logistica

Sustainable packaging solutions for fruit and vegetables

France has led the way and now Germany is following suit: It will in future no longer be possible to retail fruit and vegetables in plastic packs. In the case of more…

Global Focus Bananas

Remote-sensing models to combat Banana bunchy top virus in Africa

The IITA–CGIAR team has published a method using drones and satellite imager-based remote sensing approaches for mapping banana farms to guide surveillance for…

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Dreamstime

Google Cloud: New AI tools for retailers

Hannaford Supermarkets aimed to enhance the overall shopping experience for its customers

US: Hannaford aims to keep momentum going in 2023The final six months of 2022 were busy for Hannaford Supermarkets as the Northeast grocer aimed to enhance the overall…

Delaware 2022: Farmers markets surpass previous sales records

According to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, last year’s farmers markets hit an all-time high sales record of $3.7 million, up $430,027 from the…

Michael Oosthuizen - International Plant Selection

Momentum builds with more adaptable Carmingo & Rubyngo apricot cultivars

The first of the Carmingo® apricots varieties grown commercially in South Africa, Faralia, is already off the trees and flown out to the United Kingdom where there is a…

Egyptian citrus exporters deliver to Russia through neighboring countries

Egyptian citrus producers are organizing to meet the Russian market demand, despite the sanctions, this market being essential since it absorbs at least "20% of Egyptian…

Tony Coad - Reid Cherries

Recent good weather means plenty of Tasmanian cherries for Chinese New Year

The weather in Tasmania was cold and overcast a lot through late November and December which delayed the start of the cherry harvest by about a week to 10 days. Tasmanian…

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)

Western Australian research looking to unlock saline water irrigation potential in horticulture

Western Australia's Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has been researching the potential of using marginally saline water to irrigate…

VECS partners with Te Mata

South American and Australian exporters partner to expand in Asian markets

South American fresh produce and marketing company, Inversiones Vecs SpA (VECS), and leading Australasian produce exporter, Te Mata Exports, have entered into a partnership…

USDA

NZ to mandate compostable stickers for imported fruit starting mid-2025

The New Zealand government has passed legislation that will restrict a wide range of plastic products to be sold in New Zealand, including non-compostable produce stickers.…

Research allows Saudi date grower to reduce production costs while increasing fruit size

Saudi Arabia's date export volumes continue to increase compared to last season. According to Dr. Elmaati Yassine, quality control manager at Yousef Bin Abdul Latif and Sons…

"We need to move closer together as an industry and work together to find solutions"

Fruchtwelt Bodensee 2023: Welcome and opening of the 41st Fruit Days

After last year's Fruchtwelt Bodensee trade fair was held purely digitally, the trade representatives can meet again in person from today until Sunday, 15.01. to cultivate…

“Greece has been increasing its citrus plantations in the last ten years”

Greek citrus cultivation is not as large as that of Spain or South Africa, but the Greek fruit exporter Greek and Fresh has still seen solid demand for their citrus from…

Hugo Jongejan, Kwekerij LOF:

"European chicory market prospects look better than very tough 2022"

The Dutch chicory sector has a tough 2022. "Prices were bad until the new roots were harvested. Prices improved slightly from October," says Hugo Jongejan, Kwekerij LOF's…

Benny Cuypers, BelOrta:

"Traditional winter vegetables seem to be filling greenhouse vegetable supply gap"

The almost complete lack of Dutch and Belgian greenhouse vegetables this winter should come as no surprise. However, 'traditional Belgian winter vegetables'…

Expert explains where the roots of inflation lie

The New Year started with a sharp rise in prices for basic vegetables

According to Rosstat, since the beginning of January, the average price tags for fruits and vegetables have increased by 6.5%. In this regard, cucumbers, along…

South Africa resumed direct winter deliveries of fruits to Russia by sea

A refrigerated cargo ship with South African fruits, which arrived from Cape Town, was put under unloading in the port of St. Petersburg. This was announced by…

Bild: ALDI SUISSE

ALDI SUISSE bans air-freighted fruit and vegetables from its shelves

With immediate effect, ALDI SUISSE is stopping completely with the flying in of fruit and vegetables, thus making its supply chains even more sustainable. In addition, ALDI…

USDA

Israel: Citrus Annual

MY 2021/22 citrus production 21 percent higher than initial 2021 estimates of 418,000 tons

Israel’s planted citrus area in marketing year (MY) 2022/23 is forecast to be 16,200 hectares (ha) with no change from the area planted in MY 2021/22. The productive area is…

Tong appointed UK distributor for Verbruggen palletising solutions

Tong Engineering, a prominent UK vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, has announced its appointment as UK distributor for Dutch palletising solutions manufacturer…

Traders standing firm despite threat of closure

Video Photo report: Düsseldorf wholesale market in transition

In Germany, the Düsseldorf wholesale market's future has been in jeopardy for several years. There is ongoing uncertainty regarding the market's relocation and possible…

Average wholesale prices of bananas in Europe

EU three-week average price of European bananas at €97 per 100 kgs in last week of 2022

In week 52, the three-week average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin America stood at €109/100 kgs. Average wholesale prices of bananas from Latin America were at…

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