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Mucci Farms launches Linerless Label packaging series

After a 2-year hiatus, CPMA’s annual trade show will be held in Montreal next week from April 5 - 7. Canadian greenhouse grower Mucci Farms is excited to return. “Our industry…

Frutura purchases Chilean fruit exporter

Chile’s fruit exporter Subsole, has signed an agreement to sell to Frutura, a sales and marketing network formed in 2021 with the acquisition of Agrícola Don…

Turning 60 is sweet for specialty produce company

It’s a special time for Frieda’s Branded Produce as it celebrates 60 years in business! In 1962, the late founder Frieda Rapoport Caplan embraced the mission…

Expanding international exposure at Fruit Logistica

Fruit export conserver boxes ship produce from Brazil around the globe

Since it began participating in international shows, the FarmFresh brand Termotécnica has expanded its business in fruit export conservers. In four years, more than 1 million…

USDA

Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: March 2022

Supplies in US citrus market forecast to be record low

The 2021/22 U.S. citrus crop is forecast to be 6 million tons, down 13 percent from the final output for the 2020/21 season. Declines in overall production are due to smaller…

Avocado prices surge to a 24-year peak

Avocado prices jumped to their highest levels in more than two decades amid tightening supplies in Mexico, the world’s biggest avo exporter. An index tracking…

CPMA announces Lifetime Achievement Award winner

The 2022 Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2022) taking place April 5-7, 2022 at the Palais des congrès in Montreal is…

SHAFFE Southern Hemisphere Fresh Fruit Trade Congress 2022

The new reality for Southern Hemisphere exports

The second edition of the SHAFFE Southern Hemisphere Fresh Fruit Trade Congress took place on Wednesday 30th March 2022. The theme was ‘The new reality for Southern Hemisphere…

Western drought worsens, politics cited in California

As the ongoing drought in Western states continues to worsen, agriculture is facing tough choices. In California, farmers are caught between climatological events and the…

UK and Canada begin negotiations for new free trade agreement

The UK and Canada have opened negotiations towards a new free trade agreement. The negotiations will build on a post-Brexit "roll-over" trade agreement,…

Special Fruit Logistica

Sormac presents new potato halving and carrot peeler machines at Fruit Logistica

Dutch machine manufacturer Sormac, a market leader in Fresh convenience, hasn’t been idle. At the Fruit Logistica (booth D07, hall 3.1) in Berlin, the company from Venlo will…

Camposol will focus on strengthening cooperation with year-round supply programs of avocados and blueberries

After Fruit Logistica 2021 had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, Camposol is even more pleased to be back with its own stand in Berlin for the 2022 edition.…

Scotts look to step into the global fruit and vegetable processing, pre-cleaning market

Scotts Precision Manufacturing Ltd will be exhibiting for the first time at Fruit Logistica 2022, held in Berlin 5th – 7th of April in Hall 5.1 B22. “Behind the scenes we have…

Ghanaian sugarloaf pineapple will feature at Fruit Logistica

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority, in collaboration with the West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), are supporting the promotion of Ghanaian exotic…

Global Focus Australia / New Zealand

Australian machinery solutions company celebrating 75 years of growth and innovation

Just months away from celebrating its 75th birthday, a leading Australian packaging and machinery solutions company has seen a lot of changing trends across the fresh produce…

Retail

Dreamstime

BJ’s Wholesale Club: Same-Day Select

Dollarama: Q4 profit and sales up

US: Albertsons Cos. to accept supplemental benefits for fresh produce, OTC medicationsIn a bid to better serve its communities and reduce food insecurity, Albertsons Cos. has…

Agfundernews.com

Future Acres CEO Suma Reddy on farm robots & entrepreneurship

Increasing costs, labor challenges, and rising environmental concerns have created a lot of potential for farm robots and the startups that build them.…

4,000 containers of cherries did not enter China on time and almost 50% of blueberry shipments present problems

Logistical problems can have disastrous effects on Chilean fruit exports

Global logistical complications are wreaking havoc on Chilean fruit exports, which are being impacted by delays, the lack of available ships, and high freight…

Steps underway to rescue unique Ixil onions from Yucatan

In all of Mexico, just 15 families are dedicated to the production and cultivation of Ixil onions. As this number is quite low, the Ministry of Rural…

Solynta

True potato seeds could feed the world

While the future of true potato seeds is still in the distance, experts say they could have major implications for the future. When it comes to new innovations…

Martori Farms & Santa Rosa Produce are merging to keep up with demand for melons

Martori Farms, grower and shipper of melons nationwide, recently announced their acquisition of Santa Rosa Produce. The merging of these two farms will…

Dole launches social media contest as part of Marvel produce program

As part of its nine-month Dole Healthy Heroes, Assemble! initiative inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dole Food Company, Inc. has kicked-off a social media contest…

USDA warns that food inflation rates will soar to highest since 2008

According to the USDA, prices for all kinds products, from poultry and dairy to fruits and vegetables, are rising at double or triple their usual rate. The…

Market and Crop Update for March 31, 2022

'Idaho demand for storage crop out of cold storage is decent'

MARKET Washington: Trent Faulkner with L&M Companies in Raleigh, NC, told us on March 30 that demand has slowed a bit this week. “With more Mexican onions…

"Chinese market supply is more than sufficient, and the price is stable"

"Chilean plums enter peak supply period"

This is the peak period for stone fruit imports in China. One of the market favorites is the European plum from Chile. "The supply volume of Chilean plums is rather large this…

"Our FYK in-box ethylene ripeners make investments in expensive ripening facilities unnecessary"

The pandemic has negatively affected global trade, and the fresh fruit and vegetable industry in particular faced significant challenges. One key issue is how to keep fruit…

Shipping times and rates are increasing

“The ability to provide Vietnamese limes and pomelo year-round is our strength”

Vietnamese pomelos and limes are able to be exported all year-round. Right now, supply is limited, but demand is at a high level, leading to higher prices. The Vietnamese…

Peter Turner – Variety Innovations B.V.

South African growers master the skills required to grow “unforgiving” gold kiwis

The South African growers who took the jump and invested in production of then unknown yellow kiwi (the excitement around green kiwis having fizzled out in South Africa some…

In collaboration with the West Africa Competitiveness Programme

Ghana Export Promotion Authority are supporting promotion of Ghanaian exotic fruits

The COMESA Competition Commission has commenced investigations, pursuant to Article 22 of the COMESA Competition Regulations, into potential violations of…

Nigeria

Olam-Caraway’s tomato investment records yields of 40 tons per hectare

Kuda Gangara Integrated Tomato Farm, a project by Caraway (an Olam group company) in Jigawa State, has recorded its first commercial harvest at 40 tons per…

Zespri on switching to cardboard packaging:

“Our company wholeheartedly supports sustainability”

One of Zespri’s global sustainability goals is to have its packaging be fully recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025. Recently, this kiwi specialist took a step in that…

“Turkish apples will reach 40 per cent of the market-share in the Indian market”

Turkish apples are thriving in the Indian market. As the apple season is wrapping up, quantities of the higher quality apples are going down, leading to higher prices as a…

Schedule reliability improves slightly in February 2022

Sea-Intelligence has published issue 127 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including February 2022. As the report…

A proposal by the Italian company Monti Tecnologie del freddo which will be at Fruit Logistica

Isothermal cells and the launch of an innovative remote control system

"We will be presenting our new system at Fruit Logistica. It is designed for facilities that are controlled by a web browser and app, where both customers and our service…

PHOTO REPORT: Protected Cropping Australia Conference 2022

As this year's Protected Cropping Australia Conference comes to an end, the date and city have already been set for next year's event. PCA has announced that it will be in…

Derk van Stokkum, Van der Lans International:

"Currently 50% less arrivals of New Zealand onions"

The first New Zealand onions arrived at Van der Lans International last week. The quality is superb and the first containers have already been placed. For many years we have…

medFEL exhibition taking place in Perpignan France on 27 and 28 April

The next edition of medFEL, the essential meeting for the Fruit and Vegetable sector in France will take place on April 27th and 28th in Perpignan Exhibition Center.Sponsored…

Conflict slows UN rescue efforts

More than 1,000 crew stranded on ships in Ukrainian ports

With more than 1,000 crew stranded on ships in Ukrainian ports and food supplies running low, the United Nations is pressing for their safe passage out of…

Allergy-friendly apple varieties

European Center for Allergy Research Foundation awards seal for apple varieties

In a few years, apples that are officially deemed allergy-friendly will be available in supermarkets. The apples are a result of a project in which researchers in cooperation…

Tomra celebrates 50th anniversary by announcing world without waste mission

Tomra, a global provider of advanced collection and sorting solutions, celebrates its 50th anniversary today. Each of the Group’s four divisions - Collection, Food, Recycling…

New University of Warwick research:

"Subsidy would improve fruit and veg intake by as much as 15%"

High fixed costs for retailing fresh fruit and vegetables means that they cost 40% more than would be efficient, unlike unhealthy alternatives, which trade…

Syngenta Group reports 2021 performance, growing 23%

Syngenta Group today announced full year and fourth quarter 2021 results. Sales for full year 2021 grew 23 percent ($5.2 billion) year-on-year to $28.2…

African competition authority investigates Maersk, CMA CGM and UAFL for pricing violations

Three container shipping companies Maersk, CMA CGM and United Africa Feeder Line (UAFL) are currently under COMESA Competition Commission's investigations for potential…

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