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Sustainability, new varieties, and the Coronavirus

Fruit Logistica 2020 photo report

Last week, for the 27th time, Berlin was the setting for FruitLogistica. This three-day trade show is the largest of its kind in the fruit and vegetable sector. Exhibitors…

Volume starting to build on import grapes

Following a challenging start in December and January to the imported grape season, supplies are now starting to build. “We bring fruit from Peru, Chile and South Africa and…

Supplies of raspberries tight for Valentine’s Day

Cold weather and rain in Mexico has slowed down production of raspberries somewhat. “It’s affected production at a time where there’s already declining production. With this…

Manitoba, Canada

Kroeker Farms triples production with new plant

Kroeker Farms Ltd. is taking steps to position the family-owned potato company as the leader in their field into the next 20 years and beyond with a new state-of-the-art…

Stellar season of South American Fruit ahead

Organic fruit veteran Chris Ford joins Viva Tierra

Longtime organic expert Chris Ford has joined Viva Tierra Organic, a leading grower and marketer of organic apples and pears, in the role of Business Development and Marketing…

Joe Feldman joins the AweSum Organics team

Awe Sum Organics, with roots in the organic produce trade since 1985 and with grower partnerships across the globe in both the southern and northern…

Canada: Okanagan apple growers being hit hard by financial losses

The B.C. Fruit Growers Association has reported that Okanagan apple farmers are suffering significant financial hardship with higher costs and lower returns.…

USDA Gain Report - Citrus Annual

Argentine lemon exports to US estimated to reach 30,000 tons in 2020

Fresh lemon production for MY 2019/2020 is forecast at 1.6 million tons, down 11% from 2018/19, as trees cyclically lower production in response to a heavy blossom the prior…

Coronavirus creates demand for New Zealand organic apples

The coronavirus has created demand for New Zealand’s first organic apples as Chinese consumers stay away from their local wholesalers and wet markets. As a result,…

Nosema maddoxi is an entomopathogen infecting Halyomorpha halys in the US

In 2017, Nosema maddoxi (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) was described as a pathogen of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Nosema maddoxi…

Special Fruit Logistica

YOOM™ tomato wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2020

The new purple YOOM™ tomato has won the prestigious award at the industry-leading Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards 2020 in Berlin, Germany. YOOM™ stands out with its purple…

Global Focus Organics

Organic food is too expensive for Polish consumers

Most Polish consumers would like to buy eco or bio products much more often than they do now, but they simply can't afford them. Still, while such products are purchased…

Retail

Independent grocers have expressed disappointment at House passage of PRO Labor Legislation

Fourth Save A Lot store closing in Florida

US: Ingles Q1 total sales, comps inch up while net income lagsIngles Markets Inc. reported first-quarter total sales of $1.08bln for the three months ended December 28, 2019,…

Seeking innovative new products and tech solutions

2020 United Fresh Innovation Awards application period now open

United Fresh has opened the application period for the 2020 United Fresh Innovation Awards. Companies are encouraged to nominate their products and solutions…

Canadian plant breeding boosts potential for sweet potatoes

At this time, sweet potatoes are grown on 2,300 acres across Canada, and with breeding efforts now producing varieties adapted to Canadian growing conditions,…

Some clarifications from the Court of Justice

Conflict between grape breeders and growers

On 19 December 2019, the European Court of Justice, with the judgement no. C-176/18, gave relevant clarification about the relationship between breeders and producers, with a…

Washington State University

Scientists intent on improving blueberries & cranberries

Washington State University scientists are intent on making new and tastier blueberries and cranberries. They are part of a $12.8 million research effort to reveal genes and…

Citrus quarantine affects four Redlands groves

A few days ago Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as the Citrus Greening Disease, was detected in Colton, prompting a 5-mile radius quarantine that affects at…

Hans Sauter takes over global sustainability duties at Fresh Del Monte Produce

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has appointed Hans Sauter as the Company’s first Chief Sustainability Officer. Under Sauter’s leadership, Fresh Del Monte Produce…

USDA - National Retail Report - Specialty Crops

Strawberries abound, as Valentines Day favorites

Retailers were ready to capture shoppers hearts with excellent deals on Valentines Day favorites. Strawberries abounded, both long and short stem. Grapes, Honeycrisp apples,…

Ricardo Kotze, BothaRoodt

Tight avo market but Fuertes from Tzaneen will start picking up

Avocado volumes are surprisingly low on the market, says Ricardo Kotze, avocado specialist at BothaRoodt market agency at the Johannesburg fresh produce market. “We’ve…

UN agronomy experts:

"Next East Africa locust swarms will be airborne in 3 to 4 weeks"

The locusts that are currently still baby desert locusts in Somalia will become East Africa's next plague wave, UN agronomy experts have warned. Climate change-driven rain has…

ATGA hopeful export issues will not get in the way of a positive season

The Australian Table Grape Association is hopeful the Coronavirus in China and the formalising of documents with Indonesia will not provide any major effect on export markets…

Australian produce supplier to use AI for predicting berry yield

Australian fruit and vegetable supplier Costa Group will use artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to optimise its berry farming operations in multiple…

CFQ Standard to standardize packaging

New quality standard for cardboard fruit and vegetable boxes

Last week, GroentenFruit Huis and Corrugated Benelux Association (CBA) launched the CFQ Standard. This took place at the Fruit Logistica trade show in Berlin, Germany. Common…

Corona virus affects domestic sales and export equally

In China the influence of this new virus on domestic sales of fruit and vegetables has been growing every day for more than a month now. One fruit trader from…

DP World Southampton welcomes ‘Banana Boat’

Shipping company Maersk has changed its UK call on the ECUBEX South America reefer service (known as the Banana Boat) to Southampton’s DP World terminal. The…

Rasmus, Biosund:

Denmark: Rosa Danica subsidiary launches organic pot plant line

Denmark is one of the strictest countries regarding the rules for organic production, but Rasmus Moth Madsen took the plunge and started to focus on the production of organic…

January 2020 numbers

Cameroon: Banana exports down 535 tons year-on-year

The two active Cameroon banana exporters were less active in January 2020, which meant that, compared to the country’s banana exports in January 2019, the January 2020 exports…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 6

Chile: Week 5 blueberry shipments reached 6,969 tons

At this point in time, the Chilean blueberry harvest is focused on the southern regions of the country, while the central south zone (Maule, Ñuble and BioBio regions) is…

Deep-water port at Vadhavan to accommodate 25,000TEU vessels

Indian cabinet approves new mega container port project

India’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to build a deep-water port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra which will be able to accommodate 25,000TEU vessels. The new Vadhavan port, which…

UK government to announce new ‘post-Brexit freeports’

The UK government will shortly announce a consultation on the creation of up to 10 freeports across the UK as the country prepares to leave the EU. Boris Johnson’s government…

GlobalGAP updates Integrated Farm Assurance standard

For GlobalGAP, 2020, is a year for major revisions to its flagship Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) standard. A world-wide series of outreach events called the World…

Aston University research

Social media users seem to copy each other's eating habits

According to research from Aston University's School of Life and Health Sciences, study participants ate an extra fifth of a portion of fruit and vegetables…

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