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An early look at the Mexican grape season

A very early look at the Mexican grape season indicates a growing shift to newer varieties of grapes. The Northern Mexican grape season generally begins in early May and goes…

USDA

National Retail Report - Specialty Crops

Significant increases in prices this week included asparagus, packaged salad and Roma tomatoes

Despite snow and icy weather in the forecast for much of the US, the produce aisle reminded shoppers that spring is just around the corner. Daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths…

Reduced Argentinian pear crop for 2022

Supplies of pears from Argentina are down this year. This comes after a spring frost that was also followed up by hail storms. “The effect of these weather events was uneven…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Shipping industry generally showed improving trends again this week

The shipping industry generally showed several improving trends again this week. The Port of Savannah, the fourth busiest US seaport for cargo, reported a 20% increase in…

Customers 'balk' at current produce prices, says US food importer

There is a myriad of reasons behind the inflated prices we currently see in the fresh produce section of the supermarket. Among other factors, gasoline prices…

Tova Farms emerges from stealth with $1 mln in seed funding to disrupt the global avocado industry

Tova Farms, a commercial agricultural firm specializing in avocado, came out of stealth on Monday by announcing it has raised $1 million in Series A funding. The company uses…

Automated packaging solutions for bulk and retail cherries help relieve labor shortages

StePac Ltd.’s lean, automated Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) solutions gained rave reviews among Chilean cherry packers and exporters especially during the recent China…

Nico Kotze – Capespan

Capespan approaches citrus season logistics with military precision

The first South African Capespan lemons are being packed (harvesting was delayed due to weather in the North) for the Middle East, Russia, Canada and, starting this week, for…

Interview with Angelo Benedetti

Unitec sorting solutions make the difference in difficult markets

During the past year, logistic problems have affected the market like never before, increasing the complexity of commercial campaigns dealing with long distances such as that…

Sergey Geraskin, GAAST: "Plenty of Ukrainian trucks on the road"

"Exports to Ukraine going as usual for now"

Exports to Belarus have stopped due to the import boycott. In the past year, GAAST, a young Dutch company, has relied mainly on other Eastern European customers, especially…

Global Focus Organics

Thomas Dannapfel from ABC Fresh Ltd, in Hamburg:

Big demand for organic pears from overseas

According to Thomas Dannapfel from ABC Fresh Ltd, organic pears from overseas will be of great interest to food retailers this year, due to the smaller European harvest. The…

IQonsulting

Chilean Blueberry Committee Crop & Exports Report. Week 6

Only 3,877 tons of fresh blueberries exported from Chile in week 6

The sharp decline in blueberry exports from Chile continues, with only 3,877 tons of fresh blueberries exported in week 6. With this volume, 99,842 tons were completed, which…

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Maltese farmers upset after infected imported tomatoes found in supermarket

Maltese farmers have raised the alarm over imported tomatoes, infected with the ‘tomato brown rugose fruit virus’ (ToBRFV). The infected tomatoes are apparently being sold at…

Sanifruit develops a new effective chem-free postharvest solution for apples and pears

The application of the treatment offers multiple benefits for the plants such as the reduction of fruit losses after the periods of conservation and transport or the reduction…

Israeli breeder delighted by world record strawberry

The Israeli breeder of the world's heaviest strawberry, recently certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, Dr. Nir Dai is delighted by the sheer size of his creation.…

Rufino Romero, of Viveros Orero:

"Our fruit tree sales are growing in Central Asia, specifically in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan"

The important work carried out in varietal improvement in recent decades has made it possible to enhance and perfect existing fruit tree varieties, adapting them to the…

Integrated disease management of black core rot in citrus

What is the problem?Consumers are caught by surprise when they tuck into a healthy piece of fruit but discover a black rotten mess inside (See fig 1). A new Hort Innovation…

Hort Connections 2022 registrations open

Growers and members of the vegetable, fruit, nut, and floral industries are encouraged to register early for Hort Connections 2022, the biggest business and networking…

Freshcare supports fair prices for produce

Freshcare supports Australian vegetable industry group AUSVEG’s call for an increase in prices paid to growers for produce, vegetables and potatoes. Produce…

Costa Group CEO, Sean Hallahan:

Record year for Costa’s international segment, with 30% revenue growth

COSTA GROUP FINANCIAL RESULTS CY21Costa Group Holdings Limited, Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables today announced…

How Isotopic Techniques can be used to spot drought stressed banana crops and help save them

Whether you like your bananas slightly green or spotted, they are mostly grown in the tropics and subtropics where plants require a warm, humid climate to thrive. This is how…

Moespom benefits from fully automatic packing and palletizing process

Moespom, the Belgian potato processor from Moerzeke, attaches great importance to a customer-oriented approach and therefore offers various packaging options. This requires an…

Greenyard announces sales in line to meet full year expectations

For the first nine months of the year, Greenyard further grew its sales from continued operations (on a like-for-like basis) with +1,2%, versus the first nine…

EU asks for more controls on drug trafficking exports

Exports to the European Union grow (14% in 2021), but also concern. In the balance of 2021, the EU ambassador to Ecuador, Charles-Michel Geurts, assured that…

"The trend is clear, and the trend is of growth"

Long-term Australian fruit and vegetable export growth still rising despite pandemic challenges

Despite the hurdles and challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian exporters are still getting recognition, and continued value growth, for the fruit and…

“We present the TempU8B single-use USB temperature humidity data logger with higher accuracy"

The logistics of fresh produce is challenging and complex when much of the fresh produce is shipped by sea or air, which takes a long time to transport. Different fruits and…

Hans Kuffer Ltd: Start of the season at the Munich wholesale market

"The Greek asparagus season could be extended considerably over the years"

Today, Monday, the first Greek asparagus of this year's season arrives at the Munich wholesale market hall from the renowned cultivation area of Pella. The first noble…

Queensland fruit growers intent on protecting the Great Barrier Reef

With the health of the Great Barrier Reef of increasing concern, more and more Queensland horticulture producers are taking measures to reduce their impact on…

Belizean Agriculture Ministry sends products to El Salvador

Міnіѕtеr оf Аgrісulturе, Fооd Ѕесurіtу, аnd Еntеrрrіѕе Јоѕе Аbеlаrdо Маі іѕ trаvеlіng tо Еl Ѕаlvаdоr tо рrоmоtе ѕаmрlеѕ оf Веlіzеаn аgrісulturаl рrоduсtѕ ѕеnt…

Chile:

Port of Talcahuano joins fruit exporters to the US

Chile will start using the port of Talcahuano to export fruit to the US. A new milestone was set with the first shipment from Talcahuano (Puerto San Vicente),…

"We continue to work tirelessly carrying out phytosanitary biosafety, surveillance, training, analysis, and diagnosis"

Colombia allocates $3,570 million pesos to contain the Fusarium and prevent its spread

The Association of Banana Growers of Colombia (Augura) and the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) signed an agreement to continue working on the…

Del Monte grows pink pineapples in Costa Rica

In the south-central tropics of Costa Rica, the Del Monte’s Pinkglow pineapple is being grown; it has been tagged as ‘the jewel of the jungle’. The fruits are…

Fair trade companies call for shared social responsibility of the supply chain

Blaise Desbordes, general manager of Max Havelaar France, Marike de Peña, president of the Latin American and Caribbean Fair Trade Banana Producers Network…

Banana fabrics from the Philippines featured at New York Fashion Week

The Philippines is the second largest exporter of bananas in the world, thanks to Davao del Norte, the country's top producer of the fruit. Now, these bananas…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg

Apples from the Cox' orange group priced at £1.33 / kg

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

2021 was a record year for the reefer market

It seems that 2021 was an exceptionally good year for shipowners in the conventional reefer market. This upturn in fortunes is reflected in our in-house ISB…

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Assai: 76% increase in Q4 net profit

Kroger and Kitchen United MIX: Houston location opened

US: New San Francisco Whole Foods Market flagship store to open March 10Whole Foods Market will open its new 64,737-square-foot San Francisco flagship store at Trinity Place…

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