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Hydroponic Farm Manager, Mauritius

Grower - Assistant Farm Manager Grapes and Citrus Category

Technical and Research Agronomist - China

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Berry Agronomist - Western Australia

California strawberry growers hoping for more rain

Following reports of rain in northern California yesterday, growers readied themselves...and then said: more please. “We had a few sprinkles this morning but nothing…

Apple imports from southern hemisphere expected to offer relief

This year’s domestic apple crop experienced a challenging growing season including early frost, summer drought and excessive heat during harvest, putting a strain on both…

Promotions may increase with Mexican mangoes coming on

Supplies of mangoes from Peru are running a little longer this year. “There’s still some fruit out of southern Peru available so there’s going to be Peruvian fruit until the…

AI agtech company raises $24 million Series B

IUNU today announced it has raised an oversubscribed $24 million Series B round of financing led by Lewis & Clark Ventures. Existing investors S2G Ventures, Ceres Partners and…

Systems Approach yields fresh plum trade from Chile

A coordinated effort involving the entire supply chain from Chilean growers, authorities and their U.S counterparts has allowed the Chilean industry to optimize the process of…

Fruit marketer acquires Uruguay citrus and juice company

Frutura has signed an agreement to acquire Uruguay-based Citrícola Salteña (Caputto), a global supplier and marketer of citrus and juice. The company will be…

US: Local Bounti to acquire Pete's

Local Bounti Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire California-based complementary indoor farming company Hollandia…

Citrus prices spike 6.8% in February due to weather and diseases

The consumer price index for food-at-home increased 1.4% in the month of February, and rose 8.6% over the past 12 months — the largest 12-month increase since the period…

Houston nonprofit receives $1.5 million Walmart foundation grant

Brighter Bites, a Houston-based nonprofit providing under-resourced families with fresh produce and nutrition education, received a $1.5 million grant from the Walmart…

Bowery launches a strawberry discovery pack

Bowery Farming releases the Strawberry discovery pack. Featuring two cultivars for a side-by-side tasting, these juicy, flavorful strawberries are grown indoors. Bowery’s…

Special Fruit Logistica

Het Packhuys will debut with the Fusion at Fruit Logistica

From April 5 - 7, Het Packhuys hopes to participate in Fruit Logistica in Berlin. It will be a first for them. This Dutch company will present its latest innovation, the…

Global Focus Australia / New Zealand

Fresh fruits are a key export growth commodity through Port of Melbourne

Each year approximately 28.8 thousand boxes (TEU) of fresh fruit are exported through Port of Melbourne, based on a three year average. The last five years has seen a compound…

Retail

Dreamstime

Walmart plans to hire more than 5,000 new associates, add 2 new global tech hubs

Giant Food: Giant Pickup service is now free

Ahold Delhaize service company kicks off annual startup programRetail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, is partnering with nonprofit ADUSA Supply…

USDA forecasts second smallest crop in the last decade for California’s orange juice crop

Valencia orange production drops in 2022 forecast

Valencia oranges, the primary source of orange juice in California, are ripening on Valley trees this month but the 2022 crop looks to be down from recent…

Significant losses reported

Carolinas: Blueberry crops hit hard by weekend freeze

Since 1980, freezing temperatures have resulted in about a billion dollars of economic impact to the Carolinas. The cost of last weekend’s freeze is as yet…

US Potato Export Agreement must be honored, expedited write bipartisan leaders

U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Angus King and U.S. Congressmen Mike Simpson and Kurt Schrader led 30 of their Congressional colleagues in potato-producing states…

US Department of Agriculture highlights mushroom industry Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania state leaders went on a food tour this past week, including a stop at one mushroom facility that contributes to the $746 million mushroom industry…

"Our strong retail network can help international fruit brands enter the Chinese market"

When consumers hear mention of the brand Good Farmer, they immediately think of fresh import bananas. However, in recent years Good Farmer has begun to cooperate with major…

China's new round of pandemics brings more severe labor and logistics challenges

After the outbreak of a pandemic in China and, after the closure of Changchun in Jilin and Yucheng in Shandong, Shenzhen and Dongguan have now implemented a…

Africa Agri-Food Development Progamme: IPM

Expansion in Kenya has enabled small-scale potato farmers to improve their crop yield

IPM, headquartered in Dublin, is an international leader in potato variety innovation and in the production, marketing and distribution of seed potatoes. It is…

China's digital yuan could soon challenge the dollar in international trade

China's digital yuan is set to challenge the dollar's domination of international trade settlements in the next decade, according to Richard Turrin, author of…

New Covid lockdowns in China are ‘more harmful to supply chain than war’

Two weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there appears to be negligible impact on container prices and leasing rates in China. Container availability…

Evergreen Marine Corporation profit soared to US$9.5 billion in 2021

Evergreen Marine Corporation’s net profit grew nine-fold to US$9.5 billion in 2021. The company’s president, Eric Hsieh, on 15 March said that the company…

Chaba Mokuku – Private Sector Competitiveness Programme

Lesotho starts exporting apples

Apple growers in Lesotho have this season exported 30 bins of Top Red and Golden Delicious apples to South Africa, the first apple exports from the mountainous kingdom.It’s…

“By April and May we expect more demand for dry garlic”

More volumes, solid quality and higher transportation costs. That pretty much sums up the current garlic season in Egypt. Although the conflict in Ukraine definitely tightens…

Tanzania avocado growers to enjoy free import duty scheme in India

The nations of Tanzania and India have mutually agreed that avocado to be exported from Tanzania will not be burdened with any import duty. Other competitor…

Moroccan agri exports to UK increased by 40% since January 2021

The UK has announced that its agri-food imports from Morocco saw a 40% increase since January 2021. About 25% of tomatoes come from Morocco. Meanwhile, the UK…

Europe acquired 55.8% of the total exported up to week 9

Peruvian fresh mango exports increased by 7%

Peruvian mango exports have performed well in the current 2021/22 campaign. Between week 44 (November 1, 2021) and week 9 (March 6, 2022), Peru exported a…

Dominican producers denounce import of citrus affected by pests and diseases

At the start of the week, citrus producers from the Dominican Republic denounced that the Ministry of Agriculture has authorized the import of several…

Unitec

30% growth for blueberry exports from Peru

UNITEC’s Blueberry Vision 3 improves external quality blueberry classification

For Peru, 2021 was a year marked by great difficulties in the blueberry market, especially in terms of logistics and long distances due to the problems related to the…

Apiarists warn of effects to region's horticulture industry

NSW floods kill millions of bees

The NSW Apiarists' Association (NSWAA) estimates that up to 5,000 beehives have been lost in the floods. Steve Fuller from the NSWAA said: "Some of these guys are at their wits' end.…

Bundaberg growers luckier than others

Floods damage Australia's macadamia crop

Heavy rainfall and flooding in recent days have led to massive damage to macadamia plots. It is not yet possible to estimate the extent of the damage, although…

NZ vegetable prices tipped to go higher due to spiralling costs

HortNZ says vegetable prices will continue to increase if the Government does not support growers to find ways to reduce the costs of growing. ‘There is a crisis developing in…

Benoît Maillard-Guillon, Ets Meseguer:

When geopolitics redirects the consumption of fruit and vegetables

Like many references, the clementine and mandarin market is complicated at the moment. “Because of the rising costs of production, transport and energy, we are forced to…

Laurens Maartens (StoneX):

"We don't only take care of payments, we also help clients hedge their commodities"

Global markets are currently under tremendous pressure. Political unrest, manufacturer consolidation, unprecedentedly high raw material costs, and an increasingly volatile…

The presence of the citrus Huanglongbing in the Mediterranean countries is alarming

The HLB phytopathy (citrus greening or Huanglongbing) is an alarming phenomenon, but what is the risk for the Italian citrus industry? Vittoria Catara, phytobacteriologist and…

Dreamstime

Airfreight costs keep climbing; concerns about developments at Schiphol

“Green beans are, obviously, no match for the new iPhone 13”

Some European importers and exporters are daring to turn back to air freight for the intercontinental transport of certain items. That is because sea transport…

Maersk vessels call at Russian ports to pick up 50,000 stranded containers

Shipping group Maersk still has vessels calling at Russian ports to deliver containers booked before the invasion of Ukraine began and to pick up around 50,000…

Agrofair: “People must start accepting bananas becoming slightly pricier"

Frank Vermeersch is AgroFair's Customer Relations and Marcom Manager. This Dutch company is known for its Oké Fairtrade bananas. Frank does not think increased banana prices…

Nacho Martín, commercial director of Consorfrut, analyzes the situation of the conflict in Ukraine.

"From now on, the exponential increase in costs in the EU will make it even more difficult to compete with third countries"

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago, European fruit and vegetable exports to this country have ground practically to a complete halt. Spanish exporters…

"Determined to stand out offering excellent taste experiences"

VIP Val Venosta's destocking plan is proceeding in line with sales expectations. On 1st March 2022, the stock of the 340,000 tonnes of apples harvested in autumn 2021,…

Philippines

Department of Agriculture turns over onion cold storage facility to Tarlac farmers

Onion farmers in Barangay Ablang Sapang, Moncada, Tarlac stand to benefit from a cold storage facility project of the Department of Agriculture (DA). Today, the DA Regional…

Tim O'Malley - Nationwide Produce

UK produce industry comes together to help Ukrainian refugees

So, it all began on Thursday 3rd March, about a week after the Ukraine war began, with a conversation between two of our traders – Barry Gaskell in Southport and Sylwia…

An interview with Aon's Niek van As and Vincent Spierings

What happens when there is a recall?

A recall: every food processing company or distributor's worst nightmare. Most businesses in this sector pay a lot of attention to food safety, yet there are often recalls.…

2021: Significant tonnage tax advantage for shipping companies

A range of countries offer shipping companies the opportunity to be taxed in accordance with tonnage tax regulations i.e. pay a fixed amount of tax per ton of tonnage…

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