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Fresh crop to market is the focus for Colorado potato grower

Colorado fresh crop potatoes are moving well. “In our area, the potatoes are looking really good this year. I feel good about the crop we have coming and we’re in the position…

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Cultivation Manager - New Castle (PA) USA

Giumarra expands domestic citrus program with new California volume

The Giumarra Companies has expanded its domestic citrus program with the addition of a new influx of California-grown mandarins in October. The company is working with a new…

Mexican vegetable grower expands operations for East Coast distribution

Empaque Rio Colorado (ERC), a family owned, vertically integrated company that grows a wide range of vegetables on more than 9000 acres in 5 regions of Mexico, has announced…

Iron Ox

US: $50 million in funding closed for autonomous farm leveraging AI & Robotics

Iron Ox, which launched an autonomous farm some years ago, announced a new investment round of $50M, bringing total funding to date to $100 million. The series C was led by…

US and Canadian SweeTango supplies hit the stores

The SweeTango® apple harvest is in full swing, and growers with Next Big Thing, A Growers’ Cooperative (NBT) are encouraging retailers to stock up. “SweeTango was the…

Mexico became the world's leading exporter of fresh asparagus in 2020

According to Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture, the country became the world's leading exporter of asparagus after exporting 173,000 tons of fresh asparagus in…

Panama has increased its banana exports in 2021

Panama has exported 242,840 tons of bananas so far this year, i.e. 7.1% more than in the same period of the previous year. According to Jose De La Lastra, the…

McCain Foods Ltd

McCain Foods announces new plant-based brand

McCain Foods has announced the launch of its new plant-based brand which will offer dips, spreads, sauces and cheeses made from root vegetables. The Simple Root range will…

Leadership Class tours Rutgers research farm

The third Eastern Produce Council (EPC) Leadership Class toured the Clifford E. and Melda C. Snyder Research and Extension Farm at Rutgers University near Pittstown, NJ, on…

Homegrown Organic Farms announces new category manager

Homegrown Organic Farms is pleased to announce Jonah Reardon as the newest addition to its sales team. Reardon will operate as a category manager within the…

G&R Farms brings on new operations manager

G&R Farms is proud to welcome new hire Jon Ellis, who will serve as operations manager. Ellis, a long-time resident of Glenville, GA, brings an array of skills…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

Georgia onion farm optimistic after surviving heat wave

While many onion farms across the country have been negatively affected by an intense heat wave, the crops at Bland Farms in Glennville, Georgia, have been virtually…

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Dreamstime

Schnuck Markets expects the “most expansive local produce season” in its history

Walmart: “Built for Better”

US: Instacart gets under way with 24/7 deliveryAmid the fanfare of its “virtual convenience store” launch with The Kroger Co., Instacart quietly introduced another…

United Fresh applauds Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act

Yesterday, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act – legislation that will give USDA the tools it needs to fully…

Expanding business-to-consumer outreach

Workforce development organization launches Marketing Advisory Council

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farm workers, retailers and consumer groups, is…

Remembering Rupert Smith: a prominent man in Belize’s citrus Industry

In late August, Santiago Rupert Smith passed away. His contributions to Belize’s citrus industry should not be forgotten. Rupert, or “Bungu” as he was…

Elisur Organic

Ina Quipatsi, Peru's first Ginger and Turmeric Farmer School, is born

In 2020, Peruvian ginger obtained great notoriety in the European market with a $ 38.6 million FOB value and in the United States market, with $ 41.5 million. Peru positioned…

Agrocolor Caribe to certify Dominican producers willing to export to international markets

In its mission to support, promote and defend the national agricultural production, the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) has partnered with Agrocolor, one of the leading…

Peruvian blueberries seek to enter five new countries in Asia

Last season, Peru, the largest global exporter of blueberries, shipped 162,459 tons of this berry to the 31 markets with which it has trade agreements. “The…

“Our aim is solve fresh fruits and vegetables fresh keeping problems during transportation”

This is the season when apples, pears, and kiwi fruit from production areas in the northern hemisphere enter the Chinese market in large volumes. At the same time, grapes,…

Frutacloud: there are many uncertainties in fruit and vegetable trade nowadays, but we overcome obstacles together with our strategic partners

"The Chinese market is changing, and we urgently have to follow"

Frutacloud was established in 2016. Their headquarters are in Shanghai. In only five years the company established branch offices in Beijing and Guangzhou. The company also…

Elisa Martínez, of Europlátano: "Many of our agricultural producers and workers have been evacuated".

Lava from volcanic eruption in La Palma causing great damage to the banana industry

The volcano of La Palma, which erupted this Sunday at 15.12, local time, in Montaña Rajada, in the forest area of Cabeza de Vaca in El Paso, has made it necessary to evacuate…

Herman van Rooijen, Groda AGF:

"Good Dutch, Belgian top fruit crop, firmer than expected"

In the second week of September, quite a few Dutch farmers began harvesting their Conference pears. Belgian growers usually start a week earlier. Not this year, says Herman…

Wouter Willems, ZON:

"Dutch yellow, green bell pepper market picks up slightly; red, orange varieties priced well below par"

The Dutch bell pepper market is currently progressing with difficulty. "Prices for the yellow and green ones have now picked up a little. But those of, particularly, the red…

Wooden boxes now cost 400 euro more than last year

“I doubt apples can cover costs of production this season”

The Polish apple season has kicked off, as the first Gala shipments are underway. According to one exporter, the Turkish apples will only be true competition if they’ve…

Lean and fully recyclable top seal solution launched

Fresh produce packaging innovators, StePac Ltd. has expanded its range of top seals with new solutions to boost the retail fresh produce packaging sector. Its newly upgraded…

Kiwiberry harvest over at Fruitteeltbedrijf B. Breman in the Netherlands

"We irrigated for 15 nights to ensure a good kiwiberry crop"

Bernard Breman has finished harvesting his kiwiberries. This year's good weather and rain ensured a good growing season. That was different last year. Then, this Dutch grower…

New legal limits for metal residues in food products

The presence of metals and other contaminants in the environment is the result of the dispersion and accumulation of man-made pollutants into the ecosystem as a consequence of…

The experience of a Sicilian producer on growing courgettes and facing the New Delhi virus

"We have finally solved the New Delhi problem on courgettes grown in open fields," said Massimo Morello, owner of the farm that bears his name, located in Licata (AG) in…

Laava Smart Fingerprints moves into New Zealand market

Laava Smart Fingerprints® are now featured on a wide range of products around the world. The company has just expanded into New Zealand. The first customer is fresh food…

USDA

China: Frozen French fries production expands

Marketing year 2021/22 (September to August) fresh potato production is forecast at 94 million metric tons (MMT), a 5 percent decrease from the estimated 99 MMT produced in…

USDA

India Tree Nuts Annual - 2021

India’s MY 2021/2022 almond production forecast at 4,500 tons

FAS New Delhi forecasts India’s market year (MY) 2021/2022 (August-July) almond production at 4,500 metric tons (MT) (kernel-weight basis), unchanged from last year’s…

Video Sorting without a huge budget

Fruit and vegetable sorting can be a considerable investment. But, as this clip, shows, you can do so with a very limited budget. Admittedly, the product's internal and…

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