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GLOBAL OVERVIEW AVOCADOS

The global market for avocados is generally good, as the popularity of this fruit continues to rise across the board, with many countries seeing good prices for both locally…

Strong British Columbia cherry crop may have offset heatwave effects

Last month’s heat wave that affected large swaths of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia (B.C.), Canada have undoubtedly impacted a number of crops. Included in that…

Illinois, US

Salmonella recall on CEA grown lettuce

US greenhouse growing company BrightFarms today initiated a voluntary recall of packaged salad greens produced in its Rochelle, Illinois (Ogle County) greenhouse farm sold in…

Summer marketing support for California avocados

Peak availability of California avocados continues in July and the California Avocado Commission’s summer advertising and trade program is running at full steam. Support…

The impact of longer-lasting limes on food waste

Apeel today shared U.S. sustainability impact numbers for its longer-lasting limes currently sold in more than 3,000 grocery stores coast-to- coast, including Kroger and CUB…

Tomato association responds to claims around Tomato Suspension Agreement

Despite erroneous claims by the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA), the Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) hasn’t proposed any changes to the Tomato…

Nova Scotia

Cape Breton strawberry farm needing laborers gets social media boost

A Cape Breton strawberry farm that was afraid it would lose its current crop, got an unexpected reprieve due to the power of social media. Rendell’s Farm in…

Youtube

Video Banana vendor moves over 1 mln pounds of bananas per week

The people at Top Banana — the largest vendors of Dole bananas in the North East — have developed a complex system for ripening bananas from all over the world to perfection.…

Meters might be key to conserving water for California agriculture

California’s governor Gavin Newsom has acknowledged the lack of metering provides no sense of how much water is used by California agriculture. Growers in the…

Chilean fresh fruit exports to Asia grew by 19%

According to information from the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile (ASOEX), Chile has exported 2,256,074 tons of fruits abroad so far in the 2020-2021…

Special Automation

JLS

JLS will demonstrate Robotic Carton Closing at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

High-quality design is elemental with the Peregrine® robotic cartoning system from JLS. The vision-guided system might change the cartoning game with the integration of JLS…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Albisole

Good year for apricots

With a record 140 tons of apricots harvested in a single day (July 12th 2021), Agricola Guidi - owner of the Albisole brand - can consider 2021 the year of redemption for its…

Retail

Dreamstime

Inabuggy expands its 3D virtual grocery shopping portal with Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market

C&S Wholesale Grocers plans to buy Piggly Wiggly Midwest

US: Grocery supply chain disruption possible as regional work stoppage loomsSafeway grocery distribution throughout the Puget Sound area is in danger of grinding to a halt as…

Port completes fiscal year at almost 10.9 million TEUs

June shipping - another record for Port of Los Angeles

In June, the Port of Los Angeles processed 876,430 TEUs, a 27% y-o-y increase. It was the Port’s busiest June ever and closed the fiscal year at 10,879,383…

$4 million awarded to the Texas Citrus Pest and Disease Management Corporation for HLB Research

The Texas Citrus Pest and Disease Management Corporation (TCPDMC) and Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center (TAMUK) was awarded $4,061,941 in funding…

COVID-19 pandemic has mixed impact on fresh produce corrugated box market

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fresh produce corrugated box usage varied in 2020, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis. Healthy increases in demand…

Ventura County, California

First commercial Black Fig Fly detection

Black fig fly has been found in a commercial growing operation in Ventura County. The discovery was made after a tip to the California Department of Food and…

Ten years after closing a marketing order

California stone fruit acreage has declined, but sector remains strong

Fewer acres of California farmland are devoted to cultivation compared to 10 years ago. At that time, freestone peach and nectarine growers voted to end the…

Baldwin County

First citrus canker detection in Alabama

In a residential area of Baldwin County, Alabama, citrus canker has been detected. The area is bordered by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Federal and state…

Santa Elena could become Ecuador's first organic producing province

The Government of Ecuador might declare that the province of Santa Elena, which has 3,500 hectares certified in organic production, mainly of musaceae,…

Peru will soon export citrus and blueberries to India

The National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) announced that Peruvian producers will soon be able to export citrus and blueberries to India. The Asian…

Honduras' banana sector is working to reactivate its productive activity and exports

After the passage of tropical storms Eta and Iota in November last year, which severely affected banana production in the country, the Honduran banana sector…

Good demand for Australian sweet potatoes

The last three months have seen the start of the traditional dry season in the Bundaberg region of Australia, but the growing program at Sweet Potatoes Australia has gone…

Dermark Pty Ltd (Turnbury Orchard)- Reemoon Fruit Sorting Machine

The high-tech fruit sorting machine delivering better pack-out and workforce efficiencies for a Queensland citrus grower

The introduction of a pre-packing facility and state-of-the-art sorting machine has helped a Queensland citrus grower achieve bigger pack-outs and ease some of the effects of…

The quality of Australia's winter passionfruit crops boosted by favourable weather

A New South Wales passionfruit grower says improved weather conditions have meant better quality this season. “We’ve had wetter conditions this year so there’s been more…

"We endeavour to export and market the products to high-end consumers in the European, China and Middle Eastern markets.”

Rwathia Agrofarm is a general partnership incorporated in 2019 in Kenya to engage in farming and exporting of organically grown fresh produce-mainly fruit and herbs. The…

South Africa: northern citrus packhouses hope to resume Durban loading next week

Spare a thought for the truck drivers as President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Durban and the N3 highway linking the port city with the north's fruit orchards, re-opens. Some…

Stephen McCormack - McCormack Family Farms

“We are now having issues with the weather being too warm”

After a difficult start to the year things are busy at McCormack Family Farms who have been growing baby leaf salads and herbs in Ireland for over 20 years. The weather made…

“All unpleasant challenges, like hail, have passed us by”

The new harvest for Polish apples appears to be safe from extreme weather conditions. According to one exporter, there have been no unpleasant surprises in terms of weather…

Global demurrage fees doubling but varying vastly

Container xChange, an online container leasing and trading platform, recently released the "2021 Demurrage and Port Detention Fees Benchmark Report”. The report shows that in…

Teleconference seeks buyers for Hung Yen fruits

Vietnam: First co-operative in Hung Yen to ship longan to Europe

According to Director of the cooperative Tran Van My, the Quyet Thang co-operative will be the first of its kind in the northern province of Hung Yen to ship a…

VitaFresh botanicals coatings from AgroFresh gain vegan certification

AgroFresh Solutions has obtained vegan certification for its VitaFresh Botanicals plant-based, edible coatings. The demand for vegan products is growing…

Optimising crop's productive potential

The critical points for defining crops’ productive potential often occur at less-than-optimal times for the perfect development of the final product. Farmers must accurately…

Dreamstime

Schwarz Group and Aldi Nord are taking stock:

More and more large retail chains are focusing on sustainability

The ALDI North Group is consistently pushing ahead with its own sustainability agenda, the company says in a press release. In its current interim report, the…

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