How tolerance to stress can be improved for cherries and other tree crops

“The role of the cuticle, whether it’s on the fruit, seeds or foliage, is very important for plant health and leads to healthy plants and high-quality…

Peru overtakes Chile as top grape exporter in South America

The Peruvian grape season is wrapping up. “Harvest at our farms in the Ica area was completed about three weeks ago,” says Dirk Winkelmann with…

Hope for California strawberry supply to stabilize by mid-May

Strawberry supplies are really right at the moment. Florida: “Florida is on a trend downward as it usually is this time of year. Volume is around where…

New high-tech mini cucumber offers uniformity and labor efficiency

Enza Zaden is excited to introduce Analisa, a beautiful dark green mini cucumber that complements their expanding cucumber program, featuring long…

Tight blueberry supplies from Mexico

Blueberry supplies out of Mexico are very tight currently. “In December and January, the market was really low so a lot of the people who grow them got…

Courchesne Larose Group acquires transportation company

Dynapro Transport, a Courchesne Larose Group company specializing in the transport of fruits, vegetables and dry goods, is proud to announce the acquisition of…

Colombian passionflowers and cape gooseberries make progress to enter the US market

The technical teams of the ICA and APHIS, the United States phytosanitary authority, held a bilateral technical meeting to open the US market for -Colombia's…

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

Movement of blueberries through Arizona, California and Texas expected to increase

Movement of blueberries through Arizona, California and Texas is expected to increase. Trading active at higher prices. Flats 12 1-pint cups with lids…

US (VA): Governor Youngkin announces new high-tech hydroponic growing operation in Louisa County

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Better Future Farms, Inc. will build a new innovative hydroponic greenhouse and processing facility on a 61-acre…

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National Retail Report - specialty crops

US shoppers have an abundance of holiday favorites to choose from

Preparations for Easter and Passover were made easy for shoppers with an abundance of holiday favorites to choose from. Apple and grape juices, leeks,…

Robotics discussed at Food Northwest Process & Packaging Expo

ZAG Technical Services (ZAG), an IT consulting firm, managed services, and IT security provider specializing in the agriculture and food and beverage…

INTA presented Alcira INTA

Argentina has a new national onion variety

A research team from INTA San Pedro –Buenos Aires– registered its third onion cultivar in the National Register of Cultivars of the National Seed Institute.…

Dominican officials find record cocaine stash in banana shipment

Dominican anti-narcotics agents have seized more than two tons of cocaine stashed in a shipment of bananas en route from Ecuador to the Netherlands. A…

Jamaica: Michael Swaby named ‘world’s best innovative coconut farmer’

Michael Swaby of Crescent, St. Mary, Jamaica, has been passionate about growing coconuts since he was 17. In November 2022, he was nominated for the title by…

US (NB): "Agronomy and horticulture is growing the future of ag"

As the state's leading industry, its impact goes far beyond the plate — providing Nebraskans with jobs, contributing to the state's economy, and…

Drought in Tunisia leads to lower tomato volumes

Like other Mediterranean countries, Tunisia is facing a severe drought that has compelled the Tunisian government to implement water-use quotas,…

Kenyan agricultural firms receive $5 mln in US grants

Seven new Kenyan companies operating in the agricultural sector have received a $5.1 million grant from the United States to expand their business activities.…

Bonde la Ufa province, Kenya

Passion fruit growers to reap big from international markets

Following the intervention of Agricultural experts, Uasin Gishu county passion fruit growers are set to reap big from their ventures. The initiative by Mark-Up…

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Loadshedding and last year’s arson at large mushroom farm dent supply

“Hectic shortages” of South African mushrooms

The rumour that Denny Mushrooms, South Africa’s largest mushroom producer, is closing its doors, is not true. The mushroom grower, South Africa’s…

Extends seasonal supply of blueberries

African Blue broadens supply

Costa’s African Blue business has been operating in Morocco since 2007 and now has circa 465 hectares of farms coming from both own farms and third-party growers. In a strategic move…

EastFruit

Egypt reduces exports of oranges to the EU due to unfavorable weather and devaluation of the pound

The EU, one of the main markets for oranges from Egypt, sharply reduced the volume of purchases in the 2021/22 season, EastFruit reports. Egyptian…

World Avocado Congress 2023 gets underway in New Zealand

The international avocado industry has converged on Auckland, New Zealand for the 10th World Avocado Congress. Around 1,200 delegates have registered…

"System can give full traceability as well as profit and loss from the field to the final customer"

These days traceability is everything, whether it’s for the end customer to see the provenance of the product or to get right back to the source if…

Alberto Serrano de la Calle, of Grupo Alba:

"In cherry-producing countries with surpluses in the supply, consumption is usually limited to the season"

The cherry campaign in Extremadura will start later this year, since the cold recorded in January and February, which was otherwise necessary for the…

Chestnut land at Macfrut 2023

This year, a significant number of representatives from the chestnut production sector will attend Macfrut - one of the leading fresh produce events in Europe to be held in…

Bursa Black Fig season will have higher volumes

“Increasing production quantities and volume caught up with each other in terms of sales”

The weather in Turkey has been similar to the weather last year in the cultivation areas for Bursa Black Figs, says Ceyhun Gündüz, general manager of…

"The facilities are designed to handle potatoes as if they were a fruit"

Patatas Meléndez inaugurates its new Industry 4.0 automated production factory

Patatas Meléndez, a Spanish company from Valladolid with a turnover of 110 million Euro in 2022, has just written a new page in the history of the…

"Dutch onions export value could top EUR 500 million for the first time"

For Dutch onions, the 2022-2023 export season will undoubtedly be remembered as a historic one, says the Holland Onion Association. It will not reach a record,…

McCain appoints Alain Duranleau as new President of Europe

Potato processor McCain Foods has appointed Alain Duranleau as its new Regional President for Continental Europe. Duranleau joined McCain in 2013 and has…

Port of Rotterdam Authority and APM Terminals sign agreement for expansion of Maasvlakte II container terminal

APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller - Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of…

China International Marine Containers sees lukewarm container demand in H1 2023

China International Marine Containers (CIMC) chairman and CEO Mai Boliang expects demand for new containers to be muted, at just 20% of that in conventional…

The fruit we should be eating to fall asleep faster

Struggling to fall asleep at night can be incredibly frustrating. Experts have said missing on crucial sleep can lead to a myriad of health problems, and it…

Pound sterling surges to become best performing currency this year

Sterling has gained 2.3pc against the dollar this year, ahead of all others in the so-called G10 group of major economies. This means that the pound has surged…

Drugs hidden in boxes of fruit

Norway: Largest-ever cocaine seizure made in Oslo

Norwegian police officials have made the largest-ever cocaine seizure in the nation when they discovered 800 kilograms of the drug in boxes of fruit in Oslo.…