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Berry Agronomist

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Senior Agronomist/Horticulturist and Agronomy/Horticulture Manager

Growers & Assistant Growers

Plant Biologist

Ripening Officer Bananas / Exotics

Grower and Nurser

Farm Manager

Floriculture Production Planning Manager

Agricultural Mechanic / Crop Sprayer Operator

Shipping, supplies and climate leading to high banana and plantain pricing

Plantains and bananas are seeing some unusual activity right now. “Plantains are more scarce than usual. The market is very expensive--we’re seeing plantains north of $31 and…

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Berry Agronomist

Suhanra Conradie with Summer Citrus from South Africa

“It is our responsibility to adhere to the demand of the market”

By the end of week 32, Summer Citrus from South Africa (SCSA) has gone through almost 70 percent of its planned citrus shipments for the season. This accounts for 10…

USApple names chair for 2022-2023 term

The U.S. Apple Association has named Brenda Briggs of Rice Fruit Company chair of its board of directors for the 2022-23 term. She has served on USApple’s…

Tattnall County, Georgia

Fire destroys processing plant for Vidalia onions

An overnight fire in Tattnall County has destroyed one farm’s processing plant for Vidalia onions. Firefighters got to Dry Branch Farm just before 3 a.m. to…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Movement of blueberries through Oregon and Washington is expected about the same

This is the time of year, that is extremely hard for the produce industry because it is the peak of produce season in most parts of the country. There are a lot of local deals…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

Significant increases in price for fruit included mangoes, Hass avocados and black grapes

As the calendar counts down to the end of summer, locally grown produce continues to feature in retail ads across the country. Late-summer favorites including squash, grapes,…

Guangzhou Fruit Wholesale Market Report - Week 33

Volume of Peruvian blueberries larger than last year, product movement of US cherries is ideal

The Mid-Autumn Festival [10 September, 2022] is fast approaching. Seasonal fruits and festive gift boxes are crowding the market. For some fruit varieties the market…

Greenhouse grower donates to help Uvalde families

Village Farms Fresh today announced that it has made a $10,000 contribution to support the victims of the Uvalde, Texas tragedy. A donation effort was organized by company employees…

Possibly linked to sandwiches with romaine lettuce at Wendy’s restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania

E. coli outbreak with unknown food source

A specific food has not yet been confirmed as the source of this outbreak, but many sick people reported eating sandwiches with romaine lettuce at Wendy’s…

US-Mexico agri-food trade up 16% in the last year

During the first half of 2022, the total agri-food trade between Mexico and the United States had an increase of 16% at the annual rate, which added 37,639…

Special Automation

Italy's Almond Project: Imola, Saturday, 27 August from 8.30 a.m.

A one-day event to see mechanized harvesting in super-intensive almond orchards

After the on-site field visit at Romagna Impianti, Fruit Net System and Agromillora planned a one-day event to demonstrate how mechanized harvesting is carried out in a…

Gobal Focus Softfruit / Stonefruit

Strong cherry season for British Columbia

The cherry harvest of the latest cherry growing region in North America, British Columbia, is still in full swing. “We are at least two weeks behind and will definitely pick…

Retail

Dreamstime

Just Eat Takeaway: Agreement on the sale of 33% interest in Brazilian iFood

Walmart and DoorDash are ending their four-year delivery partnership

US: Southeastern Grocers pledges to protect pollinatorsAs a means of ensuring food security now and in the future, Southeastern Grocers is making a commitment to the health of…

"Prices are similar to last year"

"This season's first Peruvian OZblu blueberries arrive in China"

This season's first shipping container full of Peruvian OZblu blueberries arrived in China on the 12th of August. The importer, Yuqian Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.,…

In the first semester, shipments totaled 293.4 million dollars

Honduras' banana exports start to recover in 2022

Honduran banana exports in the first six months of 2022 totaled 293.4 million dollars, i.e. 158.4 million dollars more than the value achieved in the same…

Ecuador: Police intercept 1,213 kilos of cocaine bound for Rotterdam

Ecuadorian police officials have intercepted a 3,500 kilograms of cocaine on its way to the Netherlands and other destinations on Friday. Hidden in trucks…

Viruses attack crops in regions that produce 40% of the vegetables that supply Chilean domestic market

The regions of Arica and Parinacota, which supply 40% of the country's vegetables, currently face a complex scenario because of the transmission of some…

US and Taiwan announce trade deal negotiations, defying Chinese warnings

The United States and Taiwan have announced they will begin trade deal negotiations this fall, defying the latest threats from Bejing after a top-level US…

"Product quality of Thai durians affected by weather changes and distribution delays"

Fresh imported durians from Thailand are always popular in the Chinese market. The peak period of the supply season began around late April and early May this year. The price…

ClemenGold Tangerine Carnival at Xianfeng Fruit ended successfully

The South African sweet and sour ClemenGold is seeing hot sales in Xianfeng Fruit stores in China. In order to promote the brand potential of ClemenGold, Xianfeng Fruit have…

Severe drought in Europe still expanding and worsening

As severe drought is affecting several regions of Europe since the beginning of the year, and it is still expanding and worsening. Dry conditions are related to a wide and…

Álvaro Martínez, manager of Axarfruit:

"Malaga's mango harvest will start in late August with a 20% increase in the production"

The mango campaign in the Axarquia, in the Spanish province of Malaga (the main producing area of this fruit in Spain and Europe) is expected to start between late August and…

Belgium expects poor potato harvest following long period of drought

Belgian growers are bracing for an exceptionally poor potato harvest, as a severe drought and high temperatures have dilapidated fields. This July was the…

Maarten van Damme, Dacomex:

"Things look good for Dutch onions, thanks to global onion shortage"

The Dutch onion season is off to a promising start. "As soon as the harvest was available, there was demand. We're already getting requests from the craziest…

'Attractive qualities and new grading and packing technology'

BayWa Obst GmbH & Co. KG launches the 2022 organic apple season

Numerous hours of sunshine and optimal weather conditions after blooming have resulted in high quality organic apples at Lake Constance: a perfect starting point for the advent…

Transnet port terminals loads record citrus containers in a single vessel

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) last week handled two significant vessels carrying record citrus fruit exports out of South Africa. Three container terminals loaded 2099 forty…

Nuffield Group

The new tool helping fruit and vegetable producers prepare their businesses against risks

With the widespread impacts that natural disasters have had on the fruit and vegetable industry across Australia this year, causing significant financial and infrastructure…

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