Bas Duijvestijn, Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects:

"Going from 0 to 100% lettuce production necessitates taking production and marketing into account"

"With today's lettuce facilities, you can go from 0 to 100% production in a day. One day, you have nothing, and the next day, you have 30,000 heads of…

Pricing picking up on limes

There is slightly less volume on limes coming out of Mexico right now. “Because of the heat that we experienced this summer in the growing regions, it is a little bit less…

Banana plantations in the Dominican Republic impacted by storm Franklin

Hurricane Idalia on its way to Florida

According to forecasters, Tropical Storm Idalia will hit Florida as a major hurricane tomorrow. In Cuba, thousands of people had to be evacuated…

Managing mushroom consumption in time-pressed households

Mushrooms are in a bit of a unique situation these days with consumers. On the one hand, there's a growing opportunity. “According to IRI Freshlook…

New sustainable fiber tray for potatoes introduced

Tasteful Selections®, a specialty potato brand from RPE LLC, is introducing a new sustainable fiber tray with its Organic Sea Salt & Herb bite-size…

Dovex Fruit Co. names new national sales director

Dovex Fruit Company named Bob Haarhues as national sales director. Haarhues joins Dovex Fruit Company with several years of senior sales experience including…

Lime growers complain of widespread extortion

Mexican government sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state to combat cartels

After a weekend of violence, the Mexican government said Monday it sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state of Michoacan. Three convenience…

Easter Island grown pineapples could be on their way to some world markets soon

Consumers in some world markets could soon be enjoying pineapples grown on Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The island with almost…

French company joins International New-Varieties Network

The International New-Varieties Network LLC (INN) is pleased to announce that a new member from France, with operations in China, has joined the…

New paint can heat and cool buildings, reducing energy use

Stanford University scientists have conceived of a new kind of paint that can cool homes and other buildings in the summer and warm them up in the…

Department of Labor recovers back wages for workers in Florida and North Carolina

U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Patel Shippers LLC, which provides fruits and vegetables from India and Asia to grocery…

Agricultural Research Service research

Natural soil bacterium may provide treatment for citrus scourge Huanglongbing

Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) may have found a potential remedy for the untreatable disease that has devastated the American citrus…

BC Fruit Growers' Association donates 300 bins of cherries to local food charity

As the BC Fruit Growers’ Association wants to keep as much edible food as possible out of landfills, it recently donated 300 bins to a local food charity. The…

President and CEO of USApple Jim Bair:

'India’s recent removal of tariffs is a win for US apple producers'

Indian officials have announced that the 20% retaliatory apple tariffs will be dropped. According to President and CEO of USApple Jim Bair, this could be a big…

Boxer - Deon Wessels and Jason McCall

Discounter creates its own playbook on fresh produce

The discount supermarket Boxer is nearing fifty years and is opening hundreds of stores, and its sixth distribution centre, across the country.…

Growers from Massachusetts are picking up the pieces from a historically wet July

According to the United States Geological Survey, the period between May through August 2022 was the driest for those four months in the 138 years records have…

Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico work together to prevent the appearance of "Fusarium"

Representatives of the private sector, international organizations, and producers from Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico met at a forum organized by…

Drought will impact maritime transport traversing the Panama Canal

Once again, ships are waiting in line at the Panama Canal as a historic drought make headlines. The current water level in Gatun Lake, which feeds the canal,…

Blueberry grower creates youth employment in South Africa

Playing their part in alleviating the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa, United Exports is creating valuable work experience for talented youth…

Westfalia Fruit celebrates South Africa's avocado market access to China

Westfalia Fruit stands united with the South African avocado industry in celebrating a momentous achievement, in gaining access to the China market,…

Tony Gardiner - Kolla UK

UK company specialises in building brands exclusively for wholesale

Kolla UK, based in Kent, is a supplier of premium apples and citrus, 52 weeks of the year, to the wholesale and foodservice sector.The company also…

Jam production lines and more offered at online auction

Due to a company closure in Lleida (ES) Industrial Auctions has been assigned to auction off their machinery and jam production lines online. The offer…

Dutch company palletizes 50 million bales of onions at processing plant

On Friday (August 25), Verbruggen Emmeloord demonstrated its latest palletizers at the BoWa onion packing plant's open-door day in the Netherlands.…

VOG starts the new harvest with Royal Gala and Sweetango, high quality and lively markets

Beginning with the Royal Gala and SweeTango™ varieties, mid-August saw the start of the 2023 harvest of the 4,600 member growers of the VOG Consortium…

York Racecourse, 5 October, 2023:

Innovation in carrot cultivation on show at British carrots demo day

The British Carrot Growers Association (BCGA) is excited to announce its upcoming Demonstration Day, in Sherburn, North Yorkshire. The event, hosted by…

Especially with a samurai sword

Don't play with food!

Your parents were right when they told you that you shouldn't play with food. Especially if you ever thought about playing at being a samurai by cutting a watermelon with a catana... Source:…

Melbourne University research

Natural compounds in broccoli could help protect against respiratory inflammation

A naturally occurring compound found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may help protect one against respiratory inflammation that causes conditions…

Biosecurity initiative is unlocking access to new kiwifruit cultivars for South Island growers

Green light for red kiwifruit

The arrival of the vine killing disease Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidae (Psa) into Aotearoa New Zealand in 2010 had a devastating impact on the North Island’s kiwifruit…

Indian tomato farmers faced with losses as glut crashes prices

Tomato farmers, who were in the news a month ago as they were making good money, are now facing heavy losses due to the fall in prices. The vegetable, which…

Last year’s pineapple exports from Philippines rebounded

The Philippines’ pineapple exports increased by 5.6 percent to some 580,000 tons in 2022, in contrast to the downturn in global shipments, as the country…

New cultivars will have improved traits, particularly genetic resistance

Research reveals subgenome divergence and disease resistance in triploid Cavendish banana

Banana is one of the most important crops of the world. The demand for cultivated bananas continues to grow; however, their production is greatly affected by a…