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Limited supplies and strong demand for cherries

Supplies of cherries from the Pacific Northwest are tight this season. Dan Davis of Starr Ranch Growers in Wenatchee, WA notes that Starr is approximately midway through its…

Spike in demand for Ontario-grown garlic

Demand for Ontario, Canada-grown garlic has jumped. “This year’s hyper-localized consumers are generating pre-release anticipation. Farm stands and independent grocers have…

US: CBP officers seize $3.7 million in methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $3,704,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine…

USDA

USDA - July cirtus forecast

2019-2020 Florida all orange forecast at 67.7 million boxes

The 2019-2020 Florida all orange forecast released by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 67.7 million boxes. The total is comprised of 29.7 million boxes of…

Organic fruit marketer announces Bee Better Certification for organic blueberries

Homegrown Organic Farms is pleased to announce Bee Better Certification for their Oregon blueberry production. This certification recognizes the cultural…

WWMT

Michigan blueberry season looks promising, says Van Buren County grower

With 20,000 acres of blueberries on 500 farms across Michigan, blueberries are one of the state’s most coveted crops. The harvest typically lasts from early…

Cold weather seems to be have reduced the intensity of ongoing truck attacks

Thirty-foot swells and gale force winds close most South African harbours

Swells in excess of nine metres at Cape Town Harbour prevented berthing as the third cold front in a quick succession of low pressure systems from Antarctica hit the Cape…

Slight oversupply of air-freighted mangoes and avocados

"Scarce supply situation for air freight exotics has changed completely"

Until just over a month ago, the air freight market saw an acute shortage of airfreight capacity, which resulted in a tight supply situation. In recent weeks, however, the…

Jan Bosmans, Frost Protection:

"One wind machine protects around 7 hectares against night frost"

In 1992 the first wind machine was installed at Vogelaar in Krabbendijke by the Belgian “Frost Protection”. There are now around 1,800 such wind machines in Europe and around…

US ambassador defends Del Monte Kenyan land lease renewal

US ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter, has come to the defence of Del Monte on the renewal of its land lease. McCarter has said the American multinational that…

Special Latin America

"We aspire to export more pineapples than in 2019"

Cuba bets on a new pineapple variety

The Cuban Ministry of Agriculture stated that Cuban farmers had a new pineapple variety that is "more resistant to pests and that has better possibilities to be used by the…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Sebastián Plaza, sales and product manager of Frutexsa (Chile):

"The challenge for our sector is to promote the benefits of plums, as well as their consumption"

With headquarters in Vitacura and subsidiaries in Buin, Los Andes and Graneros, Frutexsa has more than 500 employees in its plum, walnut, raisin and almond facilities. When it…

Retail

For the first time: Virtual format for Walmart's Open Call

Albertsons: Supermarket News Retailer of the Year

US: Grocers urgently need to fix broken online business model, as pandemic shifts more to web, report saysOnline grocery shopping has gained new attention and customers during…

Milovan Radmanovac

Impact of COVID-19 on organic produce has been minimal in the US

The COVID-19 pandemic did not affect supplies of organic fruits and vegetables shipped in the US. As a matter of fact, volumes were strong and demand stronger…

Colombia opts for Chilean top fruit

Food of Chilean origin is commonly found in the Colombian family basket. The Chilean food exports to Colombia are led by their fruits. Chile's fresh apples…

Behindlens

The Dominican Republic: Main exporter of organic bananas to Europe

The Dominican Republic became the main exporter of organic bananas to the European Union in 2019, according to a report by the European Commission on the…

"Colombia's banana sector has maintained 100% of the 35,000 jobs it generates in the country"

Despite the impact of the pandemic in Colombia, which has caused a considerable increase in unemployment in the country, the banana sector has managed to maintain throughout…

Challenging winter and slightly lower demand for an Australian banana company

The challenges from COVID-19, the weather and lower consumer demand has led to a decline in sales this winter for one of Queensland’s newest banana brands in 2020. Nourish…

John Loughlin - Rockit

Rockit plan expansion and new facilities

Despite the challenges faced by everyone at the moment sales of RockitTM apples are ahead of last year. “The market is not easy just now for anyone due to the COVID situation…

Widely used in industries of fresh produce, cold chain, and medicine

Increasing attention paid to temperature and humidity recorders

Over recent years, consumer requirements for product quality have been increasing. Consequently, the requirements for temperature and humidity in various industries have…

"Overall production volume declined by around 70%"

"Chinese pear price starts high at the official start of the Hebei pear production season"

"Several pear production areas in Hebei suffered from the frequent spells of extreme weather that occurred throughout China. The hailstorms in April and frequent rainfall in…

Xavier Rosario, Louis Rosario Sarl:

“The high prices of Spanish oranges are throwing the market out of balance”

Thanks to their healthy reputation, the sales of oranges were excellent during lockdown. In parallel, the production of the Valencia Late variety was weak this year.…

Akon Robotics presents latest KUKA.SafeOperation robotic solutions

"Robotised gripper technology for bag palletising in confined spaces"

Palletizing bags in the tightest of spaces is always a challenge for automation engineers. Bremen-based company AKON Robotics has delivered a robot bag palletizing system to a…

ENEA: the experimental campaign between real and virtual begins

A hi-tech vegetable garden that can grow on the moon and at the poles

The future is already here! Enea is working on a hi-tech garden to grow micro-vegetables on the moon and in extreme terrestrial environments, such as the polar regions. The…

An interview with the entrepreneur Tony Romanazzi

Organic seedless grapes highly requested abroad

The Apulian grape season is gaining more and more momentum, especially for the seedless varieties that are particularly appreciated abroad. Tony Romanazzi We spoke by phone to…

Sam Gielen and MAtthijs Ahsman, Frutos Tropicales Europe:

"90% of our mangoes are from our own sourcing"

Sam Gielen and Matthijs Ahsman started Frutos Tropicales Europe (FTE) just three years ago. The team in Bleiswijk now consists of fifteen people and 'sister' company Frutos…

Cerescon:

"The Sparter, the self-driving asparagus harvesting robot, could be a game-changer"

In recent weeks, Cerescon's been hard at work. This Dutch harvesting innovation company was working on its automated asparagus harvesting robot, the Sparter. The Sparter is…

Niels van den Berg, Rungis

“I think Dutch restaurants will forgo their summer break”

What are chefs going to choose to do? That's what Niels van den Berg of Rungis, in the Netherlands, asked himself when it became known that restaurants in that country could…

The French plum specialist, Cancel Fruits, teams up with the organic fruit specialist, Bel Air/Prayssica

On the 1st of July, a marketing agreement was signed between Cancel Fruits (headquarters in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne) and SA Bel Air, marketing company of the Prayssica…

Murcia makes first table grape shipments to Vietnam

On July 9, the Spanish region of Murcia made its first table grape shipments to Vietnam. These will continue throughout the 2020 campaign, which is starting with good…

XAG drones help Zambian growers in their fight against the armyworm

Facing the dreaded armyworm, China-based agriculture technology company and industrial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer XAG recently launched fully autonomous…

Antkevyv

Cameroon banana exports rise by 10%

Cameroon Development Corporation reappears on the list of banana exporters

According to data from the banana exporters’ association (Assobacam), the Cameroon Development Corporation, the country's largest private employer, exported…

Aleksandar Mijatovic

Pakistan Supreme Court addresses appeal seeking ban on export of fruits and veg

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has fixed a Civil Miscellaneous (CM) Appeal in the constitution petition, seeking imposing ban on export of fruits and vegetables…

AgTech India’s new focus on food safety and traceability

With traditional agriculture in India making a historic shift to next gen technology like farm automation, Artificial Intelligence, GIS mapping, satellite imagery and big data…

SeaNews

Tonnage of fruit imports to Russia down, but up value-wise in Q1 2020

According to the SeaNews Russian Foreign Trade Customs Statistics online service, in Russia imported 1.5 million tons of fresh and dried fruit (-2.7% year-on-year) worth $1.3…

Poor potato harvest affects profits of McCain UK

Profits more than halved at frozen foods specialist McCain UK last year. The reason for this was ‘one of the worst potato harvests in 40 years’. Newly filed…

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