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Vince Pluhacek with The Northlake Partners

“Our software is designed specifically for the fruit, vegetable, and nut industries”

Optimizing your business with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software sounds attractive. However, many companies in the fresh produce space have been disappointed as…

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Smallest Washington apple crop in more than 20 years

Washington, the US’ largest apple growing state, is seeing a significantly reduced crop this year and supplies are very tight as a result. “The conventional crop is down 15 to…

Limited crop of Winter Honeydew melons available early January

Super Starr International has begun the transition to Winter Honeydew Melon season with availability beginning in early January 2023. The company encourages retailers to place…

Banana marketers head back to school

For Kim Chackal, director, sales and marketing for Equifruit, it was a chance to go home again. Almost. Last month, Chackal and Jennie Coleman, president and owner of…

Port of Wilmington welcomes first Moroccan citrus vessel for the 2022-2023 season

The Port of Wilmington has received its first shipment of fresh Moroccan citrus for the 2022-2023 winter fruit season. The M/V Crown Garnet, a specialized…

Overview of 2022 Canadian potato production

Statistics Canada has estimated Canadian Potato Production in 2022 to be 122,970,000 hundred weight, up 0.8% over 2021. Despite a very cold and wet spring…

Mexico and Peru became top berry producers in just 10 years

Mexico and Peru are two Latin American countries that became the leading producers and exporters of raspberries and blueberries as well as blackberries and strawberries in…

Photo by: Scripps National

US (CT): Indoor farming helps food banks get fresh produce to those in need

It may look like something out of science fiction, but the brightly-lit units are down to earth. "It's experimental, it's new, it's futuristic," said Rev. Sara Smith,…

COSCO Shipping Lines withdraws express China-Canada-US service

COSCO Shipping Lines has withdrawn its express China-Canada-US intermodal service that was launched in October 2021, as carriers continue to trim capacity to…

Canadian industry champion announces retirement

It is with mixed emotions that Peak of the Market announces the retirement of long-time employee and industry champion Dave Whitmore. Whitmore joined Peak 28…

Special Latin America

Mexico’s early season berry exports up 6% due to US Thanksgiving sales

Mexico’s berry export industries had a very good start to their campaigns as the US Thanksgiving holiday boosted sales with an increase of between 5%-6% seen for blueberry,…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Jens Schadowske from Filbig at the Nuremberg wholesale market:

Restrained demand for air-freighted mangoes

Jens Schadowske assesses the present mood at the Nuremberg wholesale market as comparatively calm. He has been an employee of Filbig GbR, owned by brothers Erich and Richard…

Retail

Dreamstime

UNFI: Q1 sales gains, but profits decline 13.2%

Flashfood is partnering with Yellow Banana’s Save A Lot stores

Imports winding down as holiday season nears finish lineWith most holiday merchandise already on retailers’ shelves or in their warehouses, December cargo volume at the…

Which state leads cranberry production?

Wisconsin is the leading producer of cranberries, according to the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association. The state grew about 60 percent of the 2020…

Mainly for potatoes

Farmland Partners purchases 3,843 acres in Texas

Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE: FPI) (the “Company” or “FPI”) announced that it purchased a Texas farm for $12.1 million. The acquisition represents FPI’s first…

Friday marks the first National Opal® Apples Day

Fruit lovers have a new holiday to celebrate! December 9th, 2022 commemorates the inaugural National Opal Apples Day, officially recognized on https://nationaltoday.com/. With…

Oregon Snake River Produce partners with Texas-based Murray Logistics

Snake River Produce Co. LLC in Nyssa, OR, announced on Dec. 7 it has partnered with Austin-based Murray Logistics Corp. Murray Logistics, an agent for Trinity,…

The challenge of international logistics is still huge, and a large number of containers are empty

From the outbreak of the pandemic to the first half of this year, international sea freight rates have been soaring, and the shortage of containers has become apparent.…

Red-flesh honey pomelo is more popular in overseas markets

Howard Hansen - Hansen Orchards

Late Lunar New Year offers opportunity to expose brand to a lot of potential new customers

The Tasmanian summer has gotten off to a slow start after a cold wet spring, because of this the cherry season is running a little bit late. “We will start the cherry harvest…

The A.C.N. Orchards story

Stone fruit quality recovering after weather affected start to the season

A Victorian stone fruit grower is ensuring customers that although there have been weather impacts on a few earlier varieties, on size and Brix, quality will still be very…

New hydrogel that delays fruit rot invented by Chilean researcher

A new hydrogel that delays fruit rot for up to three weeks and will contribute to lessening food waste was invented by a Chilean researcher. The hydrogel…

STI expects to double cherry shipments this season

"To date, we have already loaded four ships with 2,507 containers of cherries"

San Antonio International Terminal (STI) expects to move nearly 13,000 containers with cherries, i.e. twice as many as last season. The main concessionary…

Mercusor bloc sees internal tensions between presidents

At the latest meeting between Mercusor Presidents, internal tensions around trade inflexibility meant that clashes took place between the presidents of…

Watermelons harvest advanced due to rain in Bahia, Brazil

Due to between 250-300mm rain during November in Bahia, Brazil, watermelon harvesting in the region had to be advanced do avoid costly damages. Despite…

EU imported 9000 tonnes more citrus in October this year, compared to last year

The EU imported 172,730 tonnes of citrus in October 2022, this compares to 181,836 tonnes in October 2021, by far the biggest volumes coming from South Africa - 147,629 tonnes…

Marc Fesneau has announced additional financial means to support the organic sector

“The organic sector is going through a crisis and we will not let it down!”

The 13th edition of the Forum of Organic Food and Agriculture, organized by Agence Bio, took place on December 6th in Paris. The theme of this edition was “Organic Farming and…

Key figures on the European food chain

Share of EU production of various types of vegetable

In 2021, fresh vegetables were cultivated on 2.0 million hectares of land across the EU, on which 67.2 million tonnes of crop was produced. The three most commonly grown fresh…

Novel eating experiences from Israel’s Eden Gold pear, watermelon plum and plumegranate

New pome and stone fruit varieties such as the Eden Gold™ pear, watermelon plum and plumegranate with unique flavours, offer a focus on an unrivalled eating experience for end…

Raul Font, director of Morales Júcar:

"There is a high demand for large oranges and good quality clementines”

The orange campaign in Valencia began a little later than usual this year, with a clearer market for fruit from the southern hemisphere than last year, but with lower volumes…

Turkish fruit exporter sees more orders from Germany and Poland this year

“High demand will lead to shorter pomegranate season”

According to Sefik Can, account manager for Turkish fresh produce exporter Canlar Fruit, the volumes of their pomegranates are always stable due to long standing relationships…

Belgian retail coalition commits to close living wage gap in banana supply chain

Five major retailers in Belgium have joined forces to commit to a living wage for banana workers throughout their international supply chains. The coalition of retailers aims…

A sustainable food service concept and new processing center in Madrid

Healthier, fresher and more regional: Sodexo provides the employees of the Santander Group with meals prepared on-site using fresh ingredients. The new food service concept…

Only half of apple packs in major UK supermarkets are British

The data found that only one supermarket – Iceland – was selling 100% British packs in October and early NovemberAlmost half the apples sold in UK supermarkets…

Czech start-up winning with biodegradable polystyrene substitute made from mushrooms

Polystyrene is one of the worst offenders when it comes to unnecessary single-use plastic packaging. Bulky and non-degradable, it is also a big contributor to…

Indian growers hopeful of a bumper crop

Mango lovers, rejoice! It may be a bumper crop this season 2023 is expected to be a bumper season for mango harvest as there was reduced rain in November in…

South African exports feeling the squeeze

The profitability and sustainability of South Africa’s citrus industry continues to be compromised and this could potentially limit further investments, the…

Dynamar Reefer Analysis 2022

Forecasts that perishable export volumes will fall slightly in 2022 before rebounding again in 2023

Dynamar has released the latest edition of its Reefer Analysis. The study builds upon the analysis of the previous years and represents one of the most…

Global container volumes start falling

Global container volumes seem to decline in recent months as the historic growth cycle comes to an end, according to BIMCO. From mid-2020, global container…

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