Catalytic Generators celebrates 50th anniversary

How the use of ethylene in fruit ripening has evolved

Ethylene for fruit ripening has been used for quite some time. The standard application up until the early 1970s was a ‘lecture bottle’ or ‘tube’, both…

Volatile fresh cabbage supplies helps keep pricing strong

Pricing on cabbage looks to be higher than normal--even the new normal, which is stronger pricing that takes into account higher production costs. “As…

Prices staying strong for California kiwis

Things seem to continue to be steady with the California kiwi season. “California still has ample supplies of kiwi and it’s being orderly shipped as it…

Spanish garlic added to spicy offerings

Boosting its spicy offerings as of late, Oppy, adds garlic from Spain to its product mix amid organic ginger success. Arriving on both the East and…

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

“The fourth quarter of 2022 has been our best-performing fourth quarter in recent history"

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (NYSE: FDP), ("Fresh Del Monte" or the "Company") today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year…

Growers struggle to make green chile profitable

While the chile is the state vegetable in Santa Fe, some growers say they are decreasing the acreage grown or even stopping completely. Glen Duggins, president…

Peach grower adopts shelf-life extension solution

Titan Farms announced a new partnership with Verdant™ Technologies to bring the post-harvest solution, HarvestHold Fresh®, to the peach industry. Titan…

Breeder celebrates 20 years of Cotton Candy Grapes

International Fruit Genetics LLC (IFG), a table grape breeder, is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the breeding of the Cotton Candy™ grape.  The Cotton…

Freshness solutions line expands in Latin America

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. announced the new registration approval and launch of SmartFresh™ ProTabs in Brazil and Mexico. This new application method…

Jake Kamysz joins Capespan North America

Mark Greenberg, President of Capespan North America, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jake Kamysz to the position of Sales Executive. Jake comes to…

Wholesale Produce Supply brings on new vice president of sales & marketing

Wholesale Produce Supply LLC, a fresh produce logistics and inventory management solutions provider and a Cross Rapids Capital portfolio company, has hired…

USDA restricts PACA violators in California, Connecticut and Florida

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of…

Avocados among most important agri exports for Mexico in 2022

Mexico registered record-high agri-food exports and exceeded 50 billion dollars for the first time in 2022. Beer, tequila, and avocados were the most important…

Chilean blueberries did well during Chinese New Year

Chilean blueberries have performed well in the Chinese market in the 2022/23 season, especially during the run-up to the Spring Festival, since early January,…

Dandré Gerber – AMFRESH South Africa

“If I look into my crystal ball, South Africa will decrease to an average of 65 - 70 million 4,5kg cartons a year.”

It’s interesting how different the 2021 grape season has been compared to 2022, remarks Dandré Gerber, commercial director of AMFRESH in South Africa.…

Larger sized citrus is going to be hard to come by

“Major opportunities for Egyptian citrus can be found in Far-Eastern markets”

It will be a true battle for the larger sized citrus this season. According to Mostafa Ali, commercial manager for Egyptian fresh produce exporter Rula…

Europe continues to be short of vegetables due to the cold in Spain

"Some products, such as iceberg lettuce, have continued to be in demand despite the high price"

There continues to be a shortage of vegetables on the shelves of European supermarkets due to the cold weather in Spain and Italy, although the…

Hugo Steeds, of Pérez Zara Agrícola: "At the moment, avocados are worth up to 3.50 Euro per kilo at origin"

"The extreme volatility in the avocado market is perhaps a sign of the 'boom and bust' to come"

The price of Spanish fruit and vegetable products continues to spiral upward, given the natural slowdown in the production that happens during the…

Some UK producers not happy with £1 million horticulture levy transfer

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the United Kingdom, after a levy payers vote, are winding up the Horticulture Sector and…

Growers call for help with energy prices amid shortages

The government should provide more support to growers of salad items, with production expected to fall to the lowest level since records began as high energy…

Carol Wagstaff, Professor of Crop Quality for Health, University of Reading explains the shortages

Supermarkets limiting sales of veg per customer

Across the UK supermarkets are facing shortages of some fruit and vegetables. Asda said it was capping sales of items such as tomatoes, peppers and lettuce at…

Top 10 European countries by fruit and vegetable consumption

While the World Health Organization recommends consumption of at least five portions of fresh fruit and vegetables per day, just 13.9% of EU citizens achieve…

Fresh herb buyers turn to Israel after lower supplies from Italy and Spain due to weather

The Israeli fresh herbs and edible flowers exporter Bless S.R. are caught between a rock and a hard place. As some harsh winter weather led to…

Spanish nursery sells more than 400,000 bare root plants

If Viveros Hernandorena is a reference in potted stone fruit trees, it is also a reference in bare root plants in species such as almond, kaki, kiwi,…

From REV Packaging Solutions a proposal for denesting and filling all types of punnet

Supernova: innovation in the name of efficiency

Supernova-Series V is the new highly automated and self-adjusting solution by REV, for the denesting (Supernova) and filling (Series V) of punnets of…

"Ginger is tight in inventory, some companies starting to import overseas ginger"

In October 2022, the inventory of ginger was relatively limited. The current market is short of commodities, and the price is rising. Manager Zhang is…

"We are committed to providing customers with flexible and convenient ripening solutions"

With the gradual liberalization of the market after the pandemic, the global fruit and vegetable import and export trade is rapidly recovering. Traders…

Water Ways’ Chinese subsidiary finalizing installation of blueberry smart irrigation system

Water Ways Technologies Inc., a global provider of Israeli-based agriculture technology providing water irrigation solutions to agricultural producers,…

Pistachio topped Iran's list of exports last year

Iran has seen a fall 10.24% in the tonnage of agricultural and food exports and 7.22% in value in the first 10months of the current year (March 21, 2022-Jan.…