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OVERVIEW GLOBAL AVOCADO MARKET

The price for avocados on the global market has been rising in recent weeks due to a smaller supply and a shortage of large sizes. At the moment, Mexico and Chile dominate the…

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Demand for frozen durian shoots up in 2020

Demand for frozen durian has jumped throughout the pandemic. Dennis Sever with Exotic Growers, Inc. in Homestead, FL has seen a pickup in durian demand by 100 percent in 2020,…

Steady demand and good market for sweet potatoes

The sweet potato harvest in Mississippi wrapped up in the third week of October. For SMP Southeast Marketing, the crop saw good yields and quality. Trey Boyette shares: “There…

Financial report for Fiscal Second Quarter 2021

Lamb Weston net sales declined by 12%

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced its fiscal second quarter 2021 results and provided a business update for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. “We delivered…

Industry association welcomes communications coordinator

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) announced that Andrea Ortega has joined the organization as a communications coordinator. Ortega, a local…

"Warmer winter pattern doesn't rule out citrus freeze"

A moderate La Niña climate phase is expected through spring 2021. This indicates that slightly above average temperatures and slightly less rainfall than normal can be…

British Columbia apple industry might face some hard times

Although COVID-19 and bad weather have really affected Okanagan orchardists this year, low prices are said to be the biggest threat to their survival. British…

Retail potato sales show continued growth Oct-Dec

Record potato retail sales continued from October to December 2020, the second quarter of Potatoes USA’s marketing year 2021. All three months saw an increase…

Logistics: Building a resilient supply chain

As the coronavirus disrupted global supply chains earlier this year, manufacturing executives were forced to embrace a new paradigm for their logistics priorities; their focus…

Organto closes over-subscribed CDN $4.6 Million convertible note financing

Organto Foods Inc., an integrated provider of organic and value-added organic fruits and vegetables, today announced the closing of its recently announced…

Special Latin America

Peruvian blueberry exports passed 833 million dollars in 2020

Peru's blueberry exports in 2020 had a moderate increase in volume and value when compared to the previous year. According to a report by Agrodata Peru, in 2020 the country…

Global Focus Grapes

Exports have grown by more than 21% since October, despite the pandemic and strikes in Peru

Peruvian table grape shipments are expected to increase in the 2020/21 campaign

Peru exported 215,000 tons of table grapes between October and December 20 of 2020, i.e. 21.5% more than the 177,000 tons it shipped in the same period of the previous year,…

Retail

Dreamstime

FMI: Fresh Foods Agenda for 2021

Albertsons is piloting an automated, temperature-controlled pickup kiosk

US: The Giant Company offers virtual classes to fight ‘meal fatigue’Nutritionists at The Giant Company, the Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based operator of 190 supermarkets, will be…

US Greenhouse grower presents two new board members

AppHarvest today announced the hiring of Christopher Scott as executive vice president and head of enterprise development. He will be responsible for…

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Research

Researchers use potato DNA to develop new varieties

Two University of Maine researchers are part of a team of plant geneticists and breeders working to develop tools that will help Maine scientists and farmers…

Lifepack: Pineapples turned into plantable plates

When it comes to finding solutions to a big problem, there doesn’t seem to be anything that’s better than using something that people really want to get rid of as the raw…

Ginger combats certain autoimmune diseases in mice

Ginger is known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects, which makes it a popular herbal supplement to treat inflammatory diseases. Now, according…

Honduras' banana sector needs $40 million to ensure the next banana harvest

According to estimates from the Association of Independent Banana Producers of the Sula Valley, the sector needs to invest nearly 40 million dollars to…

Peru's avocado exports increased by almost 100,000 tons in 2020

Peru exported 410,463,231 kilos of avocado in 2020, i.e. 32% or almost 100 million kilos more than the 310,870,326 kilos it exported in 2019, according to data…

Peru extends ban on the entry of transgenic products until 2035

The Peruvian Congress promulgated Law No. 31111 on Wednesday, January 6, which extends the ban on the entry and production of transgenic products in the…

Chilean sweet cherry air exports reached 16,364 tons in season 20/21

At week 53, the exports by this mean of transport are 3.3% higher than the previous season. The current 2020/21 Chilean cherry export campaign began in week…

Coquimbo, Chile

Shading nets reduce water needs of table grapes by up to 25%

In the Coquimbo Region, a project is underway to study the impact of the use of site-variety specific shading nets on the water needs of table grapes. The…

Hein Punt – Maluti Fruit

Early South African apple exporter looks to up overseas trade

The new Royal Gala season is starting for Maluti Fruit in a cool summer with plentiful rain, and it’s been years since rivers have run as strongly as this season, says Hein…

Henk Vlaeminck, Van Dijk Foods Belgium

“Spain's winter weather causes skyhigh vegetable prices”

“Christmas was different from other years. But we can't complain," says Henk Vlaeminck of Van Dijk Foods Belgium. “We had good festive sales. Some products did better than…

Mike de Koster, WDK Onions:

"Onion trade from full pelt to quiet spell"

After weeks with a gigantic onion export, the demand for Dutch onions is currently a lot calmer. "The contrast is huge, we are really going from full throttle to almost…

HDG Services now Fruitify Experts

New year, new name for Dutch fresh produce QC company

In 2012 the then-logistics service provider, Mooy Logistics and Expertise firm, HDG | the fruit consultants joined forces. They formed a subsidiary called HDG Services. The…

Matthias Bartels (FreshField) on the current cabbage market

"Low prices, constant sales and a sluggish export market"

The marketing of cabbages continues at full speed in the Dithmarschen region. Sales in the food retail sector have been particularly good in the run-up to Christmas, but…

Ramazan Gülnar (Paris Direct) on the exceptional year that was 2020

"Thanks to restructuring, we were able to increase our sales even in the year of Corona"

The year 2020 was a challenging year for the international mushroom industry also. Tighter border controls made wild mushroom imports more difficult, and the elimination of…

mirontell fein & frisch: "Nothing is more constant than change - so we adapt"

"Emerging even stronger from the crisis thanks to changed management"

Last year, convenience fruit manufacturer mirontell fein & frisch AG used the lowered demand from the hospitality industry to reorganize and optimize structures within the…

Op Primo Sole

We have not lost our enthusiasm thanks to Dolce Lucano

Working on projects and introducing ideas made the pandemic period less difficult for Op Primo Sole in Montescaglioso (Matera, Basilicata). "2020 has not been easy for us, but…

Record shipping rates unlikely at their peak, Maersk says

Container carrier A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is working at full capacity and can’t yet see a peak in freight rates that have already been propelled to record highs by pandemic…

UAntwerp and Port of Antwerp testing innovative technology for autonomous shipping

3D sonar sensors enable unmanned sailing

Automated navigation is the future of inland shipping. It may sound futuristic, but innovative research carried out by UAntwerp and the Port of Antwerp is bringing us one step…

End of year weighted average European orange prices at €74 per 100 kgs

The December 2020 weighted average European orange prices stood at €74 per 100 kgs Those in Spain were at €59 and the prices in Greece stood at €56, both being slightly above…

Nigel Jenney - Fresh Produce Consortium

“Whilst the government has had years to plan for this they have given the industry a matter of weeks"

The UK and EU agreed a last minute Brexit deal on 24th December, which has been widely welcomed by the fresh produce industry. It means goods can still be…

Chinese pear sales affected by shatang mandarins and Covid-19

The export season of fresh Chinese pears is currently underway, but the number of orders from overseas has reduced significantly compared with the same period…

CEVA Logistics accelerates its expansion in Africa with the acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco

CEVA Logistics’ strategic expansion plan across the African continent is further gathering pace with the acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco. CEVA Logistics and ASTI have…

USDA citrus annual report

Australian citrus harvest to rise by 10%

Good rainfall in 2020 benefitted Australia's citrus cultivation. It will affect 2021's expected yields considerably well. The orange harvest is estimated at 535.000 tons, with…

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