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Average crop of California avocados anticipated for 2021

Looking ahead to 2021, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) is predicting a slightly smaller California crop. Photo: California Avocado Commission The Commission notes that…

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Smurfit Kappa’s BanaBag®

Sustainable recyclable banana bag gains popularity in Latin America

Banana producers often use plastic bags to cover the banana bunches on the plants for protection. The plastic material of these bags, however, doesn’t fit in well with…

Good eating quality on both domestic and imported grapes

Supplies of grapes are still strong thanks to a combination of California supplies as well as imports. “There are good supplies of California grapes through the end of this…

Sourcing from Australia, New Zealand, and Chile

Winter import cherry program continues expanding

While cherries have generally been thought of as a summer fruit, United Apple’s import program is making new crop cherries available this month. “We have offered a Chilean…

Foodservice losses reduce total potato sales

Based on an analysis of the potatoes and potato products sold at retail and foodservice--and accounting for the volume of U.S. exports and imports--there was a…

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USDA cites RRD Produce Co. for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on RRD Produce Co., Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.…

Europe closes borders to UK - is fresh produce still moving?

This weekend, an increasing number of European countries banned travellers entering from the United Kingdom. On Sunday ferries were also stopped for passengers and the…

Peru's mango seeks to diversify its markets

In an interview, Cesar Morocho Marchan, a member of the NMB Council and current president of the Peruvian Association of Mango Producers and Exporters, spoke about the work…

Chile is getting closer to developing its own cherry varieties

The INIA-Biofrutales Cherry Genetic Improvement Program is getting closer and closer to obtaining the first cherry varieties that are 100% developed in Chile.…

New salad features plant-based meat

FiveStar Gourmet Foods is partnering with Beyond Meat® to bring salad protein choices to consumers by introducing the Simply Fresh Taco Salad made with Beyond…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: October

Citrus and tropical commodities were predominant in the headlines in October of this year. Starting with bananas, global banana production was expected to increase to 129…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Daniël Penturij, Explosive Foods, the Netherlands

"Despite the strange year, we're expecting good sales this Christmas"

Two to three years ago, most people didn't know what a pitahaya was. But, this exotic fruit is becoming increasingly well-known in Europe. Dutch importer, Explosive Foods,…

Retail

US: Amazon slams Walmart for not paying workers $15 per hour

Amazon, Kroger & Walmart boosted by 'once in a lifetime' convergence of online retail, grocery buysAs COVID-19 continues to reshape spending patterns, CFRA analyst Arun…

Citricola Salteña honoured as the sector's largest exporter in Uruguay

The Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (BROU) and the Union of Exporters of Uruguay (UEU) awarded Citricola Salteña SA (Caputto brand) an award for being the largest…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 51

Blueberry shipments from Chile are increasing

During week 50, 10,380 tons were exported, although this volume is bulky due to those containers from week 49 that could not be shipped and therefore were attributed to…

Goodvalley, a partner of Chileprunes, is committed to taking its dehydrated plums to Japan

"We currently are the only company with 50 ovens and a centralized process for all products"

Since its inception in 2009, and with few exceptions, Goodvalley - a partner company of Chileprunes - has increased the volume of dehydrated plums it exports by 12 to 15% each…

Illias el Mrini, Med Green Import, the Netherlands

"There's a lot of Moroccan supply, but demand's lagging"

The 2020/2021 Moroccan fruit and vegetable forecasts have improved dramatically. Citrus production has risen by 29% this year. That's according to the Moroccan Ministry of…

Tomato cultivation in the desert

South of Dakhla, in Morocco, the Agida farm is developing an unusual model of greenhouse cultivation. It is an Economic Interest Group (GIE) created in 2017 on the initiative of the…

Coenraad Fraenkel – Agrimotion Consulting

Future farmers will insist on data-sharing among service providers, predicts consultancy

“I can well see how farmers in five years’ time will insist on interaction between data providers, service providers and consultants visiting their farms,” says Coenraad…

New Zealand, Japan, and Brazil

New export destinations for Egyptian oranges

Orange exports are set to rise to 1.5 million tons in the 2020/2021 season. In 2019/2020, it was 1.37 million. That's according to the US Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in…

Baby Rosaria Rossa

Grades are not what makes a blood orange good

"Nature has its own rhythms and there is nothing we can do about it. This year, it led to smaller grades for Sicilian blood oranges, though this is actually a reflection of…

Philippe Strajusak, Oliver:

"We have just received the Peruvian and South African seedless grapes"

Oliver, an import company specialized in exotic and off-season products, has just started the marketing of seedless grapes from Peru and South Africa: "We received the first…

Efrain Saucedo Nuñez van Fruta del Huerto:

"Dutch lime market finally recovers"

It's recently been an enormous struggle on the lime market. "We've been through an exceptionally long, bad time. The market has been dismal for 11, 12 weeks," says Efrain…

COAG denounces irregularities in the payment of tariffs on Moroccan agricultural products

"Spanish and French ports are an uncontrolled gateway for fruit and vegetables from third countries"

The Coordinator of Agricultural Producer and Livestock Organizations (COAG) has submitted a formal complaint to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), claiming to have…

Jan Strijbos, Prins Verpakkingstechniek:

"The packaging configurator makes finding the right packaging a lot easier"

A new packaging configurator can be found on the Prins Packaging Technology website. “We notice that when customers request a packaging machine, they sometimes do not really…

Artes Politcnica from Italy: watch the videos

Good results by covering the cherries with nets instead of plastic film

Cooperative company Sanifrutta is leader in fresh fruit processing and packing. In its establishment in Costigliole Saluzzo (Piemonte, Northern Italy) the owner Eraldo Barale,…

Munich gastromy supplier Früchte Feldbrach on the pandemic

"We're just working our way through with smaller quantities"

The current Corona pandemic and the subsequent closure of the hospitality industry have hit the specialized suppliers in this sector particularly hard. Munich-based Früchte…

New mechanical harvester to pick white asparagus

White asparagus is a delicacy variety, larger and sweeter than the familiar green kind. However, its underground growth habit poses several harvesting problems. Firstly, white…

UNSW Sydney research

Biodegradable packaging from banana plant waste

Two researchers at UNSW Sydney are looking into a way to turn banana plantation waste into packaging material that is both biodegradable and recyclable.…

The first maritime shipment of Chilean cherries arrives in China

As reported by the Chinese media Produce Report, the season's first sea shipment of Chilean cherries arrived in Hong Kong on December 12. This first shipment…

Market conditions are weak, but Cambodian bananas do well

Looking back on the Chinese market for imported bananas

The Chinese banana market has been weak since the outbreak of Covid-19. Many banana varieties are reasonably priced, but there is no market for them. While Southeast Asian…

Glenn Peñaranda, commercial counselor with the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Beijing:

"Chinese new middle-class is ‘a promising market’ for goods from the Philippines"

At the moment, China sports a 400-million strong middle-class, and this group is regarded as a promising export market and the “next biggest opportunity” just…

Bryan Douglas, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

"Cargo space still scarce for fruit and vegetables"

With Christmas fast approaching, fruit and vegetable sales will again climb 'a little' in Belgium and the Netherlands. People like to serve something special,…

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