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Video Southern Exposure creates excitement in produce industry

Last week, the Southeastern Produce Council held its annual Southern Exposure event, themed Mardi-Gras. It returned to Tampa, FL and started off with a golf tournament on…

Mexico hits peak strawberry production, good volumes enter the US market

The Mexican strawberry season is currently hitting peak production, and the volumes are slightly higher than they were last year. Naturipe Farms works with both Mexican and…

Extremely tight supplies of watermelons in North America

Supplies of watermelons in North America right now are tight. “The market is extremely tight on watermelon,” says Dennis Peterson of Riverbend Fresh LLC in Kerman, Ca. “There…

Devin Jell takes Golden Apple Award

The British Columbia Fruit Growers Association (BCFGA) awarded Devin Jell the coveted Golden Apple Award on Tuesday, February 26 in Kelowna, British Columbia.…

Chile continues its campaign to promote stone fruit in the US and Canada

Karen Brux, the Marketing Director of the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) of North America, a promoter of Chilean fruit also known as Fruits from Chile,…

Record Mexican cucumber exports to the US

Mexican cucumber exports (including pickles) to the US in 2019 achieved record figures in both volume and value, with 776,000 tons shipped for 587 million dollars, which…

China will allow duty exemption for some US agricultural imports

The Customs Tariffs Commission of the Chinese State Council announced last week that, as of March 2, Chinese importing companies - which meet the requirements - may request…

CPMA and CHC host Farm to Plate event on Parliament Hill

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) gathered with industry representatives for organized meetings with…

Bio Turbo for produce industry is believed to be effective against coronavirus

According to the Thailand Medical News, airborne ozone has been proven to kill the SARS coronavirus including the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus as it is almost identical to that…

Washington Apple Commission claims apples effective in fight against cancer

The Washington Apple Commission has given out some reasons, suggesting that the humble apple is very effective in keeping cancer at bay An entire apple,…

Special Australia / New Zealand

"We want to try and get out of the crowd, and differentiate our offering"

How innovation has helped a Victorian stone fruit farm become one of Australia's leading producers

Introducing and embracing innovation in a constantly changing technology ecosystem has helped Cutri Fruit become not only the largest stone fruit producers in Australia – but…

Global Focus Grapes

Spain

Alicante and Murcia receive 88% of compensations for loss of table grapes

The Spanish Association of Combined Agricultural Insurance Entities (Agroseguros) has paid compensations totaling 18.46 million Euro to producers with table grape insurance…

Retail

DoorDash has filed for IPO

Metro Plus is focused on fresh at its newest store

US: Publix breaks ground on 1st North Carolina distribution centerPublix Super Markets has started construction on a refrigerated distribution center in Greensboro, North…

Caito Foods to cut more than 300 jobs in Indianapolis

Indianapolis fruit and vegetable distributor Caito Foods is closing part of its manufacturing operation and will cut more than 300 jobs by May. The job cuts stem from the…

Organic rainbow carrot chips for retail launched at SEPC

Last week at the Southeast Produce Council’s 21st Annual Southern Exposure conference and tradeshow in Tampa, FL, Cal-Organic Farms launched an all-new organic…

West Michigan: if temperatures rise too soon, fruit farmers will be in trouble

Michigan experts are concerned that if temperatures rise too soon, this will potentially harm fruit crops in the months to come. Michigan State University…

Mexico: Protected agriculture can increase productivity by up to 1,500%

According to Homero Ontiveros, a consultant at GreenTech Americas, a global platform for horticultural experts, the Mexican states that make up the Centro-Bajio-Occidente…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 9

Chilean total blueberries accumulated at 106,031 tons shipped to date

The harvest has developed normally in the south of the country due to good weather conditions and no rains. However, by the end of next week rains are forecast, affecting…

Peru's sweet onion campaign ends with a 5% growth

According to Key Peru, the exporting company, Peru exported 156,000 tons of sweet onions (equivalent to 6,000 containers of 26 tons) during the sweet onion…

Sunburn control by nets affects the antioxidant properties of apple peel

In the last years, netting has been widely used to protect apple fruit from solar injury. However, there is little information on the biochemical aspects…

Number of live mealybug and mealybug eggs alarmingly high

Bermuda: Minister looking for ways to safely import bananas

According to Bermuda’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, Walter Roban, the continued issues with pests being found in imported banana shipments have…

Annari Muller, Wolkberg Plase

Avo season kicks off in a wet Levubu

The avocado season has kicked off at Wolkberg Plase in Levubu in the Soutpansberg Mountains, not far from the border with Zimbabwe, one of the older avocado-producing areas in…

IGF enables it:

New method for defence against noroviruses on fruit & veg

A research team led by Prof. Dr. Barbara Becker at the Technical University of East Westphalia-Lippe in Lemgo has been working on an innovative possibility: As part of a…

Faby Fruchtgroßhandel commissions first sorting robot of its kind in Germany

"With these robots, we can achieve a very uniform, attractive pattern"

Rising labour costs and a simultaneously reduced availability of labour are becoming an increasing problem for producers and marketers in Germany. Processes need to be…

“Market demand for apples in China may increase”

The total supply of apples last year was limited, but this year’s market can’t be more different. This season has seen a bumper harvest. Prices began to fall in the weeks…

"Price of Chinese Gyokuro pears began to rise after Spring Festival"

"Gyokuro pears are produced in Shanxi, China. They enter the market every year in July if the weather conditions are regular. The supply season continues until May in the…

Chinese exporters have a high stock of ginger

The Coronavirus outbreak has a huge impact on Chinese exporters. Most of the fresh produce companies have had to pause their business for nearly a month. Since…

Crops are rotting in fields as workers are forced to stay at home

China: Covid-19 keeps country in lockdown

Grower Jiang Junsheng, who has field near Ruzhou -Henan province- has already pulped a ton of garlic, turning the unwanted crop into fertiliser, but he still…

Fiona Davidson, Dalival:

“The Fred® pear has characteristics rarely found together in one variety”

Globally, there is a growing interest in differentiating the pear supply. The sector wants to segment the shelves especially, according to the fruits’ appearance, with green,…

Drapes that feature innovative aesthetic and technical characteristics

A system by Retiplast for defending and improving crops through roofing structures

"With the increasing occurrence of climate change and the disruption of seasonal trends, having a suitable coverage adapted to the needs of each farmer can be a solution to…

Kanzi apples on the red carpet

The 70th Berlinale opened noticeably subdued on Friday in the shadow of the Hanau attacks. After a moving speech by the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, followed by…

EU phytosanitary restrictions worry agricultural exporters in Honduras

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Honduras (SAG) stated that the EU had restricted the import of 13 products, especially of oriental vegetables and even some coffee…

What makes durians stink?

Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine in a…

Collecting fruit stickers

Some people hardly notice them, but others love fruit stickers. BBC Somerset twittered about Carl Middleton from Milverton, who collects them and makes fruit sticker albums.

New regulations give 'credibility' to New Zealand organic food growers

New Zealand’s appetite for organic produce has never been higher. Now, new regulations are set to crack down on what has been a somewhat murky industry. These…

Despite bushfires

Apple and pear quality up in South Australia

The apple and pear harvest is in full swing in South Australia; growers are reporting some of the highest quality crops in at least three years. The pear…

Cloud-based procurement platform from Ivalua

Dole chooses Ivalua software to improve direct procurement

Vice President for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at global food company Dole, Arindam Sengupta, is on a mission. His immediate goal is to eradicate many…

Taking a look at storage costings after CIPC

The removal of CIPC next season has pushed the burden onto other tools in the box. However, how cost effective these treatments are at current market prices is a question on…

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