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Head Grower Tomatoes (location UAE)

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Commercial Manager - Perpignan, France

Senior Commercial Manager | Murcia, Spain | Fruit

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From zero to 72 acres of greenhouse-grown strawberries in five years

Back in 2016, Mucci Farms innovated the North American greenhouse category by entering the controlled environment strawberry market with large scale production. “After a…

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Quality issues make for higher pricing on Mexican mangoes

Mango supplies from Mexico are ample currently though there are some quality issues. “There are a lot of mangoes--we are bringing around two loads per day. But on quality, the…

New crop Idaho potatoes start shipping

Eagle Eye Produce, a grower and shipper of fresh produce, will start shipping new crop Russet, red and yellow potatoes from its packing facilities in Idaho this week. New-crop…

AgTech CEA Venture to feed America

Mastronardi Produce Ltd. and AppHarvest have announced a new endeavor that will further strengthen their relationship. The companies have signed a non-binding…

Upgrade of pineapple coating technology for improved export quality and product consistency

JBT Corporation, a technology solutions provider to the global food and beverage industry, announces upgrades to one of its Sta-Fresh® Pineapple Coating…

Strong Eastern apple season projected while Northwest works through challenging conditions

Apple orchards in the Northeast emerged from a long winter with no significant damage and a strong bloom, which has laid the foundation for an excellent crop across virtually…

Tropical and exotic produce

Freshness key for direct-to-consumer box company

Hazel Technologies announces a partnership with Miami, FL-based online tropical and exotic fruit store, Tropical Fruit Box. The D2C box company makes fresh tropical and exotic…

Canada approves a Systems Approach for Chilean stone fruit to enter British Columbia

The negotiation process between the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) and the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of Canada ended in the…

Colombia positions itself as the third-largest world exporter of Hass avocado

Hass avocado has positioned itself as an important product in Colombian agriculture, placing the country among the main players in the global trade of this…

Two-year grant supports “Produce & Reduce” program

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization, announced a two-year grant from the California Workforce Development Board awarded in…

Special Automation

New crate washing lines at vegetable processor ready for automation

As of March this year, two new crate washing lines at Hessing Supervers in Zwaagdijk have been processing 40,000 crates every day. These are serious numbers for the vegetable…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Fred Douven, abbGrowers:

"Dutch blueberry sales improve after tough start"

The Dutch blueberry season didn't have an easy start this year. "Many crops were ready at the same time. That meant production exceeded market demand, resulting in low prices.…

Retail

Dreamstime

American meal delivery company Doordash has European ambitions

Flashfood teams up with Price Rite Marketplace to launch pilot in Greater Buffalo area

US: Grocery Outlet cycles 2020 pandemic salesThe opening of 11 new stores couldn't bring Grocery Outlet's revenue or comps into the positive during the second quarter. For the…

AgroFresh Solutions reports Second Quarter and First Half of 2021 results

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a global player in produce freshness solutions, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021.…

Village Farms International reports Q2 2021 financial results:

Pure Sunfarms achieves 38% sequential net sales growth

Village Farms International, Inc. today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise…

Canadian lettuce grower Vegpro builds first greenhouse

Canadian company Vegpro International announced a $55 million investment for the construction of its first greenhouse complex, as well as packing lines within the complex, in…

Calavo Growers, Inc. announces preliminary third Quarter 2021 results

Calavo Growers, Inc. a global avocado player and provider of value-added fresh food, announced today that after an initial review of its third quarter 2021…

Grant J. Hunt Company brings on industry veteran

Former Tocchini & Tocchini Inc. partner Rod Wyman has joined the Grant J. Hunt Company at the company’s headquarters in Oakland, CA. Wyman joined Tocchini &…

National Ag, Water Coalition applauds Senate passage of Infrastructure Bill

With nearly two-thirds of the West experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions, and more than 90 active wildfires burning across the U.S., a…

New company sales representative for Bee Sweet Citrus

Born and raised in Parlier, CA, Sergio Rodriguez, MBA, is the newest member of the Bee Sweet Citrus sales team. With more than 30 years of sales experience in…

USDA

U.S-China Economic and Trade Agreement

Phase One progress limited for US horti products

The U.S-China Economic and Trade Agreement (Phase One) granted market access for new U.S. horticultural products such as avocados, blueberries, and nectarines. Market research…

PepsiCo to sell Tropicana and other juice brands

PepsiCo has announced that it has agreed to sell Tropicana, Naked and other North American juice brands to a French private equity firm. The deal with PAI…

Québec Parmentier acquires two potato production companies

Québec Parmentier announced the acquisition of two potato production companies, Les Fermes Petite Nation and Les Pommes de terre du Témiscamingue, located in…

Apples are changing the Chilean agroindustry business model

One of the pioneering companies involved in innovation and confronting the paradigm shift in the fruit industry is the Chilean company Copefrut, with more than 65 years of…

The industry, which peaked in 2008 when it exported 20 million kilos, looks to the domestic market

Is it still good business to produce blueberries in Argentina?

The production of blueberries arrived in Argentina in the second half of the 1990s, with a view to supplying the world's largest consumer of this berry: North…

Australian government set to train dogs to detect citrus canker disease

The Australian government has committed to $265,000 of funding that will go toward training dogs in the Northern Territory to detect citrus canker disease.…

Slow start to Australian citrus exports to India

Australian exporter SSM Enterprises is an Australian exporter based in Sydney sourcing fruit from all across Australia. The main products are cherries, exotic fruit and citrus…

New data management tools helping Australian fruit exporters maintain the best quality through the supply chain

Without access to quick and detailed data, exporters have a poor understanding of the conditions that their fruit and vegetables are being exposed to, and the resulting…

New Zealand growers note large increases in supermarket margins

In New Zealand, food prices are a hot topic in the aftermath of the Commerce Commission’s supermarket report. This report identified significant problems in…

Shanghai International Fruit Expo has been postponed

According to the requirements of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and the Shanghai Epidemic Prevention Office, on July 31, for the large-scale events in…

Irish salad leaf and herb grower launches rebrand

“We wanted emphasise the fact that the product is grown locally with the shortest possible route from farm to fork,”

At the end of July, McCormack Family Farms launched a new brand for their range of unwashed salad leaves and herbs. The family which has been growing produce in Ireland for…

Miriam Cutillas, of Uvasdoce:

"The growth in the consumption of seedless grapes has been massive"

The table grape campaign has already started in Alicante, where popular seedless varieties such as the Candy Snaps, Timpson and (briefly) Sweet Celebration, among others, have…

Sorma Group to launch new machine at Macfrut 2021

From 7 to 9 September 2021 Sorma Group will be exhibiting at Macfrut, the international Fruit & Veg Show which is to return to face-to-face mode this year in Rimini (stand…

South African oranges taking over in August

Egyptian orange season ends in China on despairing note

In July, with the diminishing volume of Chinese local oranges and the new crop from Egypt which originally dominated the market of imported oranges, the…

4,000 tons being exported

Chinese longans seeing bumper harvest

Maoming, China's largest longan production center, is currently moving large volumes to the market. This year, the area saw a bumper harvest with a record-high…

Elephants in India enjoy their fruit ahead of World Elephant Day

Elephants rescued from circuses and temples in India are treated to a feast of their favorite fruits and vegetables to celebrate World Elephant Day. A large amount of…

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