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How international politics and trade impact the produce marketplace

International trade is an intricate business and one that last week’s IFPA Virtual Town Hall put into the spotlight with its session “Putting the “International” in IFPA: How…

More yield on California garlic this season

Yields are good for the 2022-2023 garlic crop out of California. “We just finished harvesting the garlic crop. While those yields were good, the quality was, in some areas,…

Strong demand for California grapes as produce options shift in fall

Following a slightly later start to the season, supplies of California grapes are now hitting the peak of the season. “Supplies are plentiful and high quality. It’s the best…

Bananas are still affordable as prices for other products are up

Even though Canadian grocery prices are quickly going up, bananas are still cheap. According to Statistics Canada, average retail prices for bananas in July 2022 stayed…

Between January and July of 2022, it increased by 6%

The international demand for Peruvian fruits and vegetables is increasing

Peruvian fruit and vegetable exports between January and July of 2022 amounted to 3,051 million dollars, i.e. 6% more than the 2,889 million dollars achieved in the same…

USDA

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

Imports of Peruvian blueberries through Philadelphia and NYC expected to increase

Last week’s potential rail strike highlighted the importance of having a resilient supply chain distribution system that can ensure the continuity of goods and services.…

Fresh Direct:

US East Coast: "CEA products are becoming the top search on our website"

"In the case of indoor farming, FreshDirect, as an online grocer, has the advantage of already working with short supply chains, which fits nicely into CEA principles.…

USDA

National Retail Report - Specialty Crops (FVWRETAIL)

US retailers waste no time in steering shoppers towards fall favorites

Now that Autumn has officially begun, retailers wasted no time in steering shoppers towards even more fall favorites. Hard squashes, sweet potatoes, apples, and pumpkins were…

Florida grower hopes it will be a better citrus season

As the 2022–2023 harvest season kicks off, Glenn Beck of Beck Bros. Citrus hopes this will be a better season than last year. He has witnessed the groves he…

Southern Innovations

Consumer take on produce and technology innovation

The Southeast Produce Council (SEPC) released "What’s New? From the Consumer View 2022" in one of two educational sessions at its fall show, Southern Innovations. “Only 12…

Special Avocados

Avocado industry leaders recognized

Following an extensive call for nominations, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) named the recipients of its 20th Anniversary Recognition awards at the September Board Meeting and…

Guatemala's Hass avocado takes another step to enter the US market

Guatemala takes another step in the process to open the US market to its Hass avocado with the fifth sampling of its fields to identify and create an inventory…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Mike de Koster, WDK Onions

"Efforts fully focused on bringing in the onions"

"We're currently fully focused on bringing in the onion harvest," Mike de Koster of the Dutch company WDK Onions told us last week. "The last time it started raining, we…

Retail

Dreamstime

CEO thinks about how to kickstart Circle K’s fresh food business

Costco held off on increasing its membership fees

What Kroger, Walmart & Target learned from China’s Alibaba about grocery’s futureOmnichannel retail is now critical for all the major players in the consumer sector, from…

New processing technology launches for juice and puree processing

Global food and beverage technology provider JBT Corporation has launched its FVPGrow™ and Chopper Blender SE technologies, specifically designed for juice and purée…

Talking apples at the University of Minnesota

If you enjoy a Honeycrisp, Haralson, SweeTango or First Kiss apple at your local orchard or farm stand this fall, you can thank the University of Minnesota…

Texas pumpkin farms struggle with inflation and drought

As fertilizer, seed and labor prices have all gone up drastically this year, some Texas farmers are worried. Tim Gee, co-owner of Amarillo-based Gee Family…

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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Exotic fruit flies eradicated from St. Petersburg area

Today, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the eradication of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, from Pinellas…

Pleun van Malkenhorst, Rainbow UK Trading & Growing Ltd:

"Labor and energy, the biggest challenges for British greenhouse horticulture"

In March 2009, Thanet Earth harvested its first cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers in the UK. That was done by Kaaij, A&A, and Rainbow Growers. We asked Pleun van…

International Strawberry Congress highlights challenges in strawberry market

"Higher costs will mean few, if any, local strawberries in the winter"

Like many other categories, the strawberry sector is struggling. That was evident at the "International Strawberry Congress," held in Antwerp, Belgium, from September 21 to…

8,000 m2 building destroyed; rest of wholesale market undamaged

Halles Mandar warehouse at Rungis fresh produce market burns down

There was panic yesterday in Rungis when a fire broke out at France's largest fresh produce market. A massive column of black smoke hung over the city all day. It was caused…

Moldova special: Tony Derwael of Bel'Export's vision

"I don't see immediate chances for Moldovan apples in Western Europe, but I do for stone fruit"

This time we hear from someone in Western Europe about the Moldovan story, in which, so far, only the locals have had their say. We sought out a grower/dealer familiar with…

Freshflow GmbH

Avik Mukhija, Freshflow Ltd, on artificial intelligence in the fruit industry:

"The next step is to implement our process within wholesale as well"

Artificial intelligence was a foreign word until a few years ago, but now it is rapidly gaining importance. Avik Mukhija, CEO of Freshflow Ltd, a company founded in 2020, and…

Bid online for fruit and vegetable machines

Are you looking for equipment for your fruit or vegetable production plant? At the online auction of Industrial Auctions in Kapelle, multiple interesting machines are offered…

Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency:

'Vietnamese pomelos have a large export potential'

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency has declared that Vietnamese pomelos have a large potential for entering markets in the US, the EU and Japan. Nguyen Thi Thu…

Intra-Asia rates out of India crash amid tightening market conditions

While container freight rates across trades out of India have cooled over the past few months, new data obtained by Container News from local forwarder sources…

Bangkok, November 2-4

Join the knowledge hub at Asia Fruit Logistica 2022

The Asia Fruit Congress and the Asia Fruit Business Forum will take place together on the show floor at Asia’s premier trade show to deliver an unrivalled combination of…

A.P. Moller - Maersk expands its warehousing footprint in India

Strengthening its position as a global integrated logistics company, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) Friday inaugurated two new warehouses in India, that are strategically…

Jamaican government hopes sweet potatoes will replace imported wheat

Jamaica might see a major move away from imported wheat to locally grown sweet potatoes. This goal, according to Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel…

Ghana-based agribusiness company Maphlix Trust

Farming business supplies KFC and exports to Europe

Ghana-based agribusiness company Maphlix Trust exports vegetables to markets such as the UK and Dubai, and also supplies local companies like KFC and Shoprite.…

Appealing new variety banana splits taste/TR4 problem

Ground-breaking research is bearing fruit in the quest to develop tasty bananas resistant to Panama TR4 disease, helping to protect good jobs in Queensland’s…

New Zealand: Is it ready for cauliflower ice cream?

This summer, Mrinali Kumar’s cauliflower ice cream Kinda, produced from vegetables destined to be discarded, will go on sale in New Zealand. Kumar is a…

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