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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW BANANAS

Banana prices fluctuate across the globe as market conditions and supply and demand dynamics change. In the Netherlands, green bananas are in high demand, causing higher…

Industry reacts to Washington asking to remove tariffs on apples to India

Following last month’s move by Washington state officials urging the Biden administration to help remove or reduce tariffs on American apples imported to India--how are…

Results of retractable cooling roof trials with strawberries in Mexico

The strawberry industry keeps on innovating. In Mexico, growing trials took place last year where the advantages of the natural outdoors were combined with a protected…

Prices coming down on Florida mandarins and oranges

Right now, supplies on both mandarins and oranges out of Florida are relatively steady. “We feel there is less supply on mandarins this year, but more demand. Then it slows…

PPC Flexible Packaging acquires Stepac, Mapfresh Holdings

PPC Flexible Packaging LLC, a provider of custom flexible packaging, announces the acquisition of Tefen, Israel-based StePac, MAPfresh Holdings (StePac). PPC,…

Banana partnership aims to relaunch Somalia banana production

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., a vertically integrated producer, marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, and Moze Holding…

Michroma

Michroma closes $6.4 mln in seed financing to commercialize natural food colorings from mushrooms

Precision fermentation start-up Michroma has stated that it has closed $6.4 mln in seed financing to speed up commercialization of its sustainable, mushroom-derived natural…

C.H. Robinson reports 2022 Fourth Quarter Results

"We're increasing our focus on delivering a scalable operating model to lower our costs"

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. "We're increasing our focus on delivering a scalable operating model to…

English and German editions

Fruit Logistica magazine FreshPlaza/Primeur now available online

Fruit Logistica will be held between Wednesday 8th and Friday 10 February in Berlin. FreshPlaza and Primeur have joined together to publish a 160 page tradeshow magazine. It…

"Following France, other European countries will ban plastic packaging"

Fresh produce packaging has changed since the pandemic, says Marcin Śpiewok, CEO of Polish packaging manufacturer, Silbo: “The market is moving away from single-use plastic.…

Global Focus Grapes

First organic table grape exports from Peru to US a success for producer

The first limited volume of organic grapes, from Pura Fruit in Peru, arrived in the US with customer feedback saying the arrivals were in good condition. Felipe Arriagada,…

Retail

Dreamstime

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage: First quarter fiscal 2023 results

Amazon is closing some Fresh supermarkets and Go convenience stores as it looks to curtail expenses

In the Cross Border M&A category: LatinFinance distinguished Cencosud for its purchase of The Fresh MarketCencosud was recently recognized in the Cross-Border M&A category of…

Some growers are looking to plant alternative crops

Too much heat and low demand hurts San Joaquin Valley walnut crop

San Joaquin Valley farms are tearing out older walnut trees and less desirable varieties. They are also looking to plant alternative crops as the price for the…

USDA funds FIU team with $500,000 to speed up research

Scientists believe weapon against citrus greening already exists in nature

Researchers are turning to a plant’s own microbiome to fight the destruction of citrus greening (Huanglongbing) on Florida’s citrus trees. The U.S. Department of…

Florida congressional leaders seek help for seasonal crop producers

Florida congressional leaders say the federal government must protect the state’s seasonal crop exports. US Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott re-introduced…

“A world with better blueberries”

At La Cattaleya Terrace, in the town of Zúñiga, Jalisco, the meeting convened by FallCreek is taking place to analyze the current state of the Mexican…

Top Honduran fruit and vegetable exports to the US

In 2022, Honduran fruit and vegetable exports to the United States increased by 30.42% over the previous year, totaling 648,314 tons, according to a report on…

United Fruits starting with Costa Rican melons in week 7

"Costa Rican melon season begins with more Cantaloupe and fewer yellow melons"

The Costa Rican melon season will kick off at United Fruits in week 7. Gerbert van Egmond and Frank Levarht run this branch within this Dutch company. They have been operating…

Antony Allen - Avolution

“This year is looking to be a great consolidation year in preparation for the next few years of growth"

Western Australia is all but finished with the Hass avocado harvest. As North Queensland gets underway with the Shepard variety, Bundaberg (East QLD) will start the Shepard…

NZ High Court allows appeal of kiwifruit land valuation

The High Court has granted leave to appeal in a land valuation case that would potentially affect the kiwifruit industry. In Gisborne District Council v…

Visa crisis continues to hamper the movement of Moroccan agricultural exports

For more than a year and a half, a silent diplomatic crisis has poisoned relations between France and Morocco and impacted Moroccan agricultural exports to…

First shipments of the Egyptian onion season depart next week, as the European market is in short supply

Onion stocks are down in Europe in a time of disruption across the major origins of this crop. In New Zealand, floods have washed away onion fields, and many CIS countries,…

Payment, a thorn in the side of Iranian exporters

Iran has had a good harvest season this year, according to Mrs. Masumeh Najafi, an Iranian exporter of fresh produce: "We have had a high rainfall, and the weather conditions,…

Floating Robotics

Switzerland: Beerstecher puts ETH picking robot into operation

"We are impressed with how well the robot handles picking and defoliation"

Salman Faraji of ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab (RSL) and his team have developed a robot that does some of the work and can be easily integrated into existing systems. "Our…

“Our systems deliver low footprint, high-quality crops with minimal energy requirements”

“The current energy crisis with skyrocketing fuel prices is a wakeup call for action; Horticulture greenhouses that start using NUF water-disinfection systems will get an immediate…

ASTRA celebrates its peeler now being sold in 50 countries

"Our automatic peelers are sold to 50 countries"

Last month, the Japanese automatic fruit peeler innovator Astra celebrated its peeler being exported to 50 countries. Now the company is busy preparing to attend the Berlin…

Leon van den Hombergh, Frankort&Koning:

"Never-before-seen melon prices for time of year"

This January, there were unprecedented hot streaks in the melon market. "I've never experienced this in this winter month before," says Leon van den Hombergh of the Dutch…

Maarten Voois, PEQ:

"We offer overseas producers a total package access to the European market”

PEQ's Maarten Voois sometimes sighs when he learns that yet another overseas producer has set up a European sales office in the Netherlands. "We have such fantastic facilities…

Nele Van Avermaet (VLAM), Herman Lion (Lathouwers) about Chicory Week

Chicory: "To reverse the downward [consumption] trend you must create awareness among young people"

This week sees the start of the second Chicory Week in Belgium. This Flanders Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) campaign aims to raise awareness of this Belgian pride again,…

How can young people be won over to chicory?

Chicory is losing popularity. Fewer and fewer people, especially the younger generation, are eating this vegetable—all the more reason to take action. Several Dutch chicory…

Jan Groen, Green Organics:

“We’re reaching a point where conventional costs more than organic”

"Things are ever dynamic and tumultuous, and no different for organic than conventional. The organic sector keeps gradually growing. Sometimes demand's too…

Premium vacuum drying facility for fresh produce

The Food Drying Co hubs offer growers, farmers, ingredient businesses, to name a few, premium vacuum drying capacity to lock innutrients, add value, and store foodstuffs - all…

Eurica Scholtz - Berg River Table Grape Producers Association

Berg River farmers avoid loadshedding through pilot project with Eskom

In the Berg River Valley, along the aptly named Broodkraal feeder line around twenty farms together with some BEE farms growing a mix of table grapes, wheat and wine have…

Ceradini Group, Italy

Inflation hasn't stopped kiwi sales

Demand for kiwifruit has not dropped with inflation. Sales got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, but by mid-January a recovery was seen". This is stated by…

Organic purple pointed cabbage: a trendy vegetable that could be here to stay

Why does purple pointed cabbage not yet enjoy a permanent place in supermarkets and greengrocers? Coen Swager of TB&S and Tarno Schilder of Paul Leegwater do not quite…

Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals (RST)

'Our ambition is to be the best in class shortsea terminal in Europe within a few years'

"We have shown that we are customer-oriented and flexible. And I am convinced that these core values will only become more important in the future. But if we want to maintain…

SATI 2022/23 season update:

South African table grape export volumes -8% lower than last year

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), in their latest season update, stated that export volumes are -8% lower than this time last year, with a total of 29.9 million…

EastFruit

Apple exports from Turkey decline due to falling shipments to India

According to EastFruit analysts, Turkish apple exports in the 2022/23 season continue to lag significantly behind those in the 2021/22 season. As of the end of December 2022,…

Linton Growing joins Driscoll’s nursery network

Linton Growing, the containerised plant propagation business established by Clock House Farm in 2020, is celebrating joining the rank of elite growers (currently only five in…

Freshinset

Vidre+ works to extend the shelf-life of tomatoes

Sources say that trials conducted with Vidre+ technology demonstrate that the shelf-life and color evolution of tomatoes can be significantly delayed or influenced. Research…

Drewry

World Container Index - 02 Feb

Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased to $2,033.70 per 40ft container this week

The composite index has decreased by 1% this week, and has dropped by 78% when compared with the same week last year. The latest Drewry WCI composite index of $2,034 per…

Wave of new container vessels may help ease effects of inflation

The orderbook of new container ships — most of which are slated to be delivered between this year and 2027 — stands at more than 900 vessels, and those will…

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