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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW MANGOS

Prices of mangos are high for this time of year, particularly in Europe, it would seem. The political unrest following the recent election in major suppling country Brazil has…

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Chile cherry growers tour Cheery Moon orchards

Chile has become a key cherry growing region and recently, fruit breeding company IFG welcomed their growers in the orchards of Northern Chile, in the Ovalle, IV Region to…

Snow could cut Canada's Okanagan fruit season short

Recent cold temperatures and snow could put an early end to British Columbia’s fruit season. Balpreet Gill with the Oliver, B.C.-based Gold Star Fruit Company Ltd. says the…

Waiting and seeing how Hurricane Nicole affects Florida’s tomato production

Florida tomato growers and shippers are watching and waiting to find out the impact of Tropical Storm Nicole on the state’s tomato production. “Supply was already somewhat…

IFPA celebrates the Awards of Excellence

The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) celebrated a number of winners of key industry awards at the Global Produce & Floral Show this year. The winners represent…

To-go tomato snack debuts in Mexican 7-Eleven® stores

NatureSweet® is introducing its To Go product in Mexico. Cherubs® To Go are washed and ready-to-eat snacking tomatoes in a palm-sized container. Beginning this week, the snack…

AgroFresh and Ceradis sign exclusive distribution agreement for an organic biofungicide

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. and Ceradis Crop Protection B.V., a global developer of environmentally friendly crop protection products, announced they have…

Advertised prices for specialty crops at major retail supermarket outlets

Significant increases in price for mangoes at 21%

Retailers showed pride in American Veterans this week by offering one day promotions and dedicating ad space to thanking them for their service. Cranberries,…

Paskal acquires grafting clips specialist Tecnografting

"Improvement, innovation, and customer satisfaction are the keys to Tecnografting”

Last week, Paskal announced the acquisition of Tecnografting, a company specializing in grafting clips for the horticulture market. “Starting from a very young age, I began…

In memoriam: Willem 'Bill' Hofman

Willem ‘Bill’ Hofman, age 78, passed away on November 2nd. Bill was instrumental to the development of the greenhouse industry in the US. Bill partnered with V&V…

Special Greenhouse

Switzerland: High degree of self-sufficiency for popular lamb's lettuce

Over 40 percent grown in greenhouses

In Switzerland, lamb's lettuce is one of the most popular winter salads and, fortunately, the majority of the greens sold are grown domestically. Swiss vegetable producers…

Global Focus Citrus

Biofruit Trading

Nicoló Sparacino, Biofruit Trading, on the Italian citrus season and the expansion of the retail division

"We must get used to Sicilian citrus hitting the market later"

The citrus season in the northern hemisphere is slowly picking up speed. However, the relatively high temperatures (about 20 degrees) have significantly slowed down the growth…

Retail

Dreamstime

Cencosud: 48% drop in Q3 profit

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of FSS

US Foods reports third quarter fiscal year 2022 earningsUS Foods Holding Corp., one of the largest foodservice distributors in the United States, announced results for the…

'Climate change almost threatened Thanksgiving stocks of cranberries'

Cranberries could have been missing at the Thanksgiving table this year, and it had nothing to do with supply chain issues or inflation. Instead, the weather…

Seasonal perishable products weekly update

Cucumber movement out of South Georgia is expected to increase

This report provides trend analysis of the volume and prices of Seasonal Perishable commodities. Volume represents current week and prices represent open…

National Potato Council:

After USDA risk assessment, NPC urges increased protections to prevent PEI potato wart spread

On Thurs., Nov. 10, the National Potato Council and a dozen state potato associations issued a letter to USDA Undersecretary of Marketing and Regulatory…

Spanish fruit and vegetable exports to the US were led by garlic, onion, and pepper shipments

Last year, Spain exported 32,997 tons of fruits and vegetables to the United States (which accounts for 0.2% of all of its fruit and vegetable exports) for 78…

Measure is for packaged products that arrive at Ceagesp

Brazil: Products must have labels from January 2, 2023

Fruits, vegetables and various packaged foods must have labels as established by law , as of January 2, 2023. The measure will be mandatory for products sold at the São Paulo Warehouse…

Confepapa welcomes the Government's decision

Venezuela bans the entry of Colombian potatoes

The national government decided to issue an ordinance prohibiting the entry of Colombian potatoes into Venezuela just one month after the commercial reopening…

Mega containerships pose challenge to ferry crossings at the Port of Santos

The ferry crossing system between Santos and Guarujá, on the south coast of São Paulo, is chaotic as it is. The mega containership APL Yangshan, 347 meters…

Dashang Group: "The domestic supply of cherries will reach 60 tons before the Spring Festival"

In the agricultural food pavilion of the CIIE, the fruit exhibits from the Dashang Group are very shiny. According to Flora of Dashang Group, this CIIE, relying on the concept…

Avodemia Kenya is looking for distributors in China and Asia

"Kenyan avocado trees are flowering, we are preparing next year's season"

Jack Njoroge is Business Development Manager at Avodemia Limited. The country has entered the final months of its avocado peak season. Jack comments on the recent market: “The…

Hong Kong table grape imports fall, Shine Muscat grapes still popular

The highly priced Shine Muscat table grapes, selling between HK$ 100 ($12.7) and up to HK$ 500 ($63) remain ever popular in Hong Kong with Japan, South Korea…

Russia and Vietnam are the main export markets

China's strawberry market is on the rise year by year

The planting area of strawberries in China is increasing year by year. In 2011, the planting area was 78.1 thousand hectares, and it rose to 139.97 thousand…

Lower potato harvest on cards for parts of India after damaging rains

Heavy October rains and more expensive seeds are likely to affect the potato harvest of the Uttar Pradesh area in India. The producers had to sow for a second…

Growers staring at another grim season

Transport issues, market volatility turning Kashmiri apple farming into loss-making venture

Despite this year's bumper apple crop of 21 million MT, India's Kashmiri apple growers have had to contend with transport and huge market volatility issues…

Athol Currie – The Fruit Farm Group South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal's avo season ending after a late start

“Most KwaZulu-Natal avocado producers are winding up their season. Unfortunately, the recent port strike disrupted the end of what we were hoping would be an extended export…

Tunisian technology at the service of fruit and vegetable producers in North and West Africa

A cluster of Tunisian agri-tech companies, led by Stecia International, is organizing the Tunisian agri-tech week in Abidjan from November 21 to 25. Among these companies,…

USDA report

Morocco exports spurred by berries, mandarins, watermelons avocados and oranges

Morocco has become the 15th-largest fruit exporter in the world by value. According to the most recent estimates (2019) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…

Final Zespri kiwifruit charter vessel departs

Zespri’s last charter vessel carrying some of the final volumes of this season’s New Zealand kiwifruit crop has now departed the Port of Tauranga, bound for Tokyo and Kobe in…

The quality improvement project trying to increase sweetpotato consumption in Australia

Hort Innovation is working with sweetpotato growers to lift the quality of the produce, and in turn, increase demand and sales across Australia. The organisation is…

Belgian Farmers Union, Boerenbond:

"Tough start to top fruit season"

"Over the past few years, pears have gradually helped balance the dismal apple sector. However, this season, pears, too, are off to a very tough start," is how Annelies Coussé…

Erich Baumeister Ltd presents new single-net process at expoSE 2022

"Elastic and non-elastic yarns with ecologically sustainable materials"

Erich Baumeister Ltd develops and distributes forward-looking solutions for bundling, packaging, labeling. Now, the market launch of a new process for netting with…

"If you deliver such mediocre quality in summer, you don't have any distinctive character"

NL: "Cucumber yield was high, but poor quality disappointed buyers"

Against expectations, 2022 turned out to be a very good year for cucumbers. Dutch growers shifted their crops because of high energy prices, but low prices due…

Cindy van Rijswick (Rabobank)

How rising energy prices, fluctuating exchange rate affects Dutch cultivation and trade, plus several other developments

Cindy van Rijswick, Senior Fresh Produce Specialist at Rabobank, expects the sky-high gas prices to lead to far lower Dutch greenhouse production this winter.…

Sizes slightly smaller this season

Brazilian market could open up for Greek kiwis very soon

The Greek kiwis will have smaller sizes this season compared to the previous season, says Zeus office manager Christina Manossis: “Our kiwi harvest is still in progress. The…

Hat trick for Dutch onions

EU, UK expects 6.3 million ton onion harvest

This past season, for the third time in a row, Dutch onion exports reached record highs. The counter eventually ticked past 1.3 million tons, the Holland Onion Association…

Rijk Zwaan receives ‘Fresh Supplier of the Year’ award from grocery retailer SPAR

Grocery retailer SPAR International and vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan have been collaborating closely for more than a decade, resulting in numerous successful value…

Pre-paid electricity users eat less fruit and vegetables study finds

People using prepayment energy meters, who typically pay more for their energy use, tend to eat less fruit and vegetables. This is according to the findings of…

Asparagus harvesting machine taking care of back-breaking harvesting coming in 2023

An asparagus harvesting machine that will take the back-breaking work out of harvesting this delicate produce will be available from the spring of 2023. Harvest Corp…

New global shipping problem - too many containers

The latest data shows a new problem facing global shipping, that of too many empty containers. This is a complete turn around from the shortage earlier this…

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