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OVERVIEW GLOBAL ORANGE MARKET

After a year of high demand for oranges, fueled by the coronavirus, 2021 has started with slightly less positive market conditions. Prices are under pressure due to the high…

United Fresh BrandStorm

Developing and marketing sustainable packaging

Yesterday marked the final day of the United Fresh Produce Association BrandStorm event. One of the final webinar discussions of the day looked at sustainable packaging. Led…

Brenda Barney with Mountain View Mushrooms

"From what I am hearing, everyone is short"

Demand on mushrooms has taken a turn and supplies are currently much tighter. “From what I am hearing, everyone is short. I think demand is just increasing faster than any of…

Progressive Produce CEO Jim Leimkuhler announces retirement

Jim Leimkuhler, Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Produce LLC, announced his retirement, effective March 31st, after 35 years in the produce industry. The last 25 years…

Mexican lime market unpredictable

“The theme of the week is unstable.” This is what Steven Leal with S&J Distributing in Edinburg, TX says about the current lime market in which supplies coming…

Peak of the Market's Larry McIntosh retiring after 27 years

It is with mixed emotion that we announce the retirement of Larry McIntosh after 27 years as Peak of the Market's President and CEO. "Larry's commitment, dedication…

Sourced from Generation Farms, Vidalia

Organic onion program launches for spring

Morning Kiss Organic is looking forward to bringing a healthy crop of organic Vidalia onions to market this spring, along with Eastern-grown red, yellow and white onions. This…

New resealable snacking tomato line introduced

Kaliroy Fresh LLC is launching a new top-seal resealable snacking tomato line this month. The mixed medley and grape tomatoes are part of a larger line that includes orange grape,…

New California facility for third-generation grower

Five Crowns, a family-owned third-generation grower, packer, shipper and processor of fresh produce, is opening a new facility in Tracy, CA with partner GloriAnn Farms. The…

Health and wellness avocado campaign launched

Hass avocado producer and distributor Mission Produce, Inc. has announced the launch of Opt For Avo, a health and lifestyle campaign designed to promote healthy lifestyles.…

Global Focus Bananas

Christophe Vandenbroeck, Vandamme, Belgium:

“It was an eventful year”

"When the first lockdown began, we struggled to get the volumes we needed," says Vandamme's Christophe Vandenbroeck. This Belgian company sells roughly 80,000 boxes of bananas…

Special Australia / New Zealand

“We believe Australia will be a sizeable market for Indian pomegranates”

Indian pomegranates have been making their way to New Zealand for over five years. Although volumes were lower during the lockdown period, export levels are getting closer to…

Retail

Dreamstime

FTLC is bringing suppliers and food retailers together

Startup Quicklly announced the completion of pre-seed funding round

US: Changed shopper habits will spur consumer packaged goods demand after COVID-19The Consumer Brands Association has issued a new report discussing 5 trends that will shape…

American Heart Association checkmark on watermelon pouch

Choosing a healthier lifestyle and eating habits is one of the best ways to assist in reducing heart disease. According to the 2020 FMI Grocery Shopper Trend report, due to…

New sweet onion packaging debuts

ProSource Produce, LLC, an Idaho based grower-shipper of fresh onions and potatoes has introduced a new branded sweet onion carton. The box is the first in a series of new…

Canada okays bilateral boost for Thai fruit exports

Thailand and Canada have agreed to strengthen the trade and investment bonds between the two countries. Thailand has called on Canada to support Thai…

USDA proposes revising US standards for watermelon

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to revise the US Standards for Watermelon to provide a common…

WSU

Washington State University

New treatment for baking with raspberries

Raspberry muffins are in our future. Washington State University scientists have figured out a way to treat raspberries before they’re frozen so that they maintain their…

Container shortage causes bottlenecks, as cold stores run full and grape intakes are limited

“We’re loading 40% of the fruit we usually do this time of year”

For the first time ever grape growers were limited in their deliveries to cold stores as the facilities ran full of not only grapes, but also stonefruit, apples, pears, the…

"This project reframes the role of technology into climate adaptation"

The technology pilot projects helping farmers adapt to climate change and gain economic benefits

A digital agriculture pilot being run by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries is already giving horticulture farmers the confidence to change their operations…

Picking platforms prove their worth in the race to get fruit off trees

T&G Global is pulling out all the stops to harvest apples this season, welcoming eight new state-of-the-art automated picking platforms as part of its commitment to provide a…

Lucien de Wit, LuBaFresh:

"Indian grape prices fall, despite lower supply"

The first Indian grapes arrived at LuBaFresh three and a half weeks ago. After a great start with high prices, prices have shown a downward trend in the last week. "This is…

Marcel van Rooijen, Trofi:

"Mangos absorbed well by retail all year"

The mango market is currently in a positive flow. "The mangos are absorbed very quickly by the market all year round. They are particularly popular with the German retailers.…

Cele Buendía, CEO of Melones El Abuelo: "This year we planted 30% less watermelon in Senegal"

"Despite the fact that the melon market has been stagnant for several years, our sales record double digit growth"

The watermelon and melon season in Brazil, which is now about to end, is being followed by the Senegalese campaign. This one is starting just one year after the coronavirus…

HerbERT drying container see first time use at Schwammerlprinzen LLC

"Our process contributes significantly to reducing food waste"

The innovative HerbERT drying process has already proven itself at many producers and processors of fruit, vegetables and herbs at home and abroad. The drying system of…

Launch of the new MiniGu brand of mini-cucumbers

MiniGu®, a mini cucumber brand from the Almeria-based company Ecoinver, has just been launched with the support of Enza Zaden and its EasyQs® line. "The launch of MiniGu has happened…

Laser Food, the Valencian company's laser marking, has been recognized for contributing to the protection of the environment and providing economic profitability to the agents…

Inlcuding reactions by FPC and Freshfel

UK Government confirms six-month postponement on EU import checks

On 31 December last year, the UK left the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union. This was the biggest change in the UK’s trading relationships for decades. The…

The first sea shipment of Ecuadorian pitahaya to Europe departed from the port of Posorja

The first container of Ecuadorian pitahayas exported by sea to the European market was shipped from DP World Posorja. The shipment of the yellow pitahaya…

The first laboratory for in vitro cultivation of dates was installed in Tarapaca

The first laboratory for the in vitro cultivation of plants was installed in the Tarapacs region, within the framework of a project that seeks to contribute to…

Idromeccanica Lucchini

Video Greenhouse for organic crops

Organic cultivation is based on the natural fertility of the soil, without using synthetic substances or GMOs, and it only employs natural elements (such as manure and…

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