Morocco’s early finish means market is ready for soft citrus imports

Arrivals of imported soft citrus begin this week, starting with fruit from Peru. Andres Haloua of World Fresh Produce Inc. says Peru, which expects an…

Texas drought affects 2023 peach crop

Texas is looking at approximately 25 percent of a full peach crop this season. “We’re not going to have a very strong crop of Texas peaches. Mostly our…

Berry company celebrates 40-year milestone anniversary

California Giant Berry Farms started small. It was originally founded in 1983 by Bill Moncovich, Pat Riordan, Frank Saveria and Red Bryant and the…

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

'Gross profit and margin were strong'

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Click here for a larger image. “Our first quarter…

IFPA names 2023 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award winners

The International Fresh Produce Association will celebrate nine of the country's chefs and foodservice professionals during IFPA's Foodservice Conference, July…

Illinois produce company joins food distributor company

FreshEdge, a family of fresh food distribution companies backed by Wind Point Partners, acquired Testa Produce, a produce and specialty food company…

CPMA 2023 convention and trade show by the numbers

The 2023 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2023) held last week in Toronto is CPMA’s biggest show in its history with more…

Federal legislation would conserve citrus land in Florida

Due to hurricanes, citrus greening and unfair trade pressures, Florida’s citrus growers are increasingly left with little choice but to sell their land to…

State of Georgia: Student uses 3D scanning to inform peaches of the future

Jordan Knapp-Wilson is a well-known sight at a peach orchard near the University of Georgia Griffin campus. The orchard is equipped with a myriad of…

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Schnucks issues allergy alert on Select Culinaria Nut Mixes due to a mislabel

Schnuck Markets, Inc. has issued an allergy alert due to a mislabel on select containers of Culinaria Nut Mixes. The products may have mislabeled…

Quirch Foods explores sale

Quirch Foods LLC is exploring options - including a sale - that could value the private equity-owned food distributor at about $1.5 billion, including debt. Quirch distributes…

San Rafael, California

Suspicious package turns out to be rotten fruit

A suspicious package that prompted a building to be evacuated and a bomb squad to respond turned out to be a box of rotten fruit, San Rafael police said. The…

A deep dive into the world of specialty lettuces

Colombia's rich agricultural landscape

Royal Fruit and Vegetables SAS has been cultivating and selling agroindustrial products in the Colombian market for over 20 years. The company is…

The company is is both supplying the traceability system and financing services

DiMuto closes deal with Montana Fruits to finance the company’s trade and exports to the European market

DiMuto, a global Agri-FinTech company, strengthens its presence in Latin America with the latest financing of Colombian fresh produce exporter Montana…

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Italy's apple and strawberry variety innovation to be presented at Macfrut

The CIV - Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti Scarl of San Giuseppe di Comacchio (FE) in Italy will be present from 03 to 05 May with its own stand within the…

One new machine to slice and dice bell pepper in many ways

The bell pepper is a fruiting vegetable that can be prepared in many different ways. There are no limits to the imagination. But it is precisely this…

Evelyne Adjei Mensah of Trust in Isotopes proposes a method of traceability for fruit and vegetables

“It will no longer be possible to lie about the geographical origin or the organic certification”

Evelyne Adjei Mensah, PhD in geochemistry, came to the innovation space of medFEL 2023, the Lab'innov, in order to present Trust in Isotopes, the…

Estonian berry distributor strikes deal with Latvian retailer to supply consumers directly

The Estonian importer, hyper-focused distributor, and point of sales booth manager of fresh berries in retail stores nationwide, is heading to Latvia.…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the mango season is impacted by insufficient rainfall

The mango season continues in Côte d'Ivoire. Exporters are keeping their spirits up despite the obvious impact of the lack of rainfall. Adjoka Joel,…

'Yield losses of 90-100% in some places'

Severe frost damaged apricot orchards in Hungary

At the beginning of April, frosts of between minus 3 and minus 8°C were recorded in Hungarian apricot orchards.  There were also reports of cold temperatures…

Commission proposes to extend suspension of tariffs and quotas on imports from Moldova

The Commission has proposed today to renew and expand the suspension of import duties and quotas on Moldovan exports to the European Union – known as…

Changes in the governance of the Bonduelle Group

Bonduelle Group CEO Guillaume Debrosse departs from general management

The Bonduelle Group has announced the departure from general management, by mutual agreement, of Guillaume Debrosse, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer…

EastFruit

Strawberry prices in Tajikistan collapsed to $1 per kg

According to EastFruit analysts, today the wholesale prices for strawberries in Tajikistan have fallen to $1 per kg. Moreover, there are already offers…

Global Freight Monitor:

Container freight rates hit a speed bump

The Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) turned negative following four weeks of stable or rising rates: SCFI dropped 3.6% week over week after four…

Georgia imports the highest volumes of seed potatoes in eight years

EastFruit reviews Georgian trade data with seed potatoes. As reported earlier by EastFruit, many local farmers have switched to onions for the new season as in…

Peru will start exporting turmeric and aguaymanto to the US in 2023

According to the Update Report of the 2023-2026 Macroeconomic Projections (IAPM), more than a dozen agro-export products with high potential whose shipments…

Cambodia: Mango processing plant set for Kampong Speu’s south

A proposal for a mango processing plant in southern Kampong Speu province’s Choam Sangke commune has fueled hopes among the private sector for a boost in…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £1.06

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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Portugal: Police find 4.2 tons of cocaine in banana shipment

Yesterday, Portuguese authorities announced they had seized 4.2 tons of cocaine hidden in pallets of bananas from Colombia. According to Vitor Ananias,…

Dreaming about kiwifruit: What could it mean?

Dreams have been a fascinating aspect of human life for centuries. It is something that most people have experienced at some point in their lives. Some dreams…

Eskom announces that load shedding will be ramped up to higher stages

State power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be ramped up to higher stages due to delays in the return to service of at least nine…

Taiwanese Legislature approves bill to better protect local crop varieties

Yesterday, Taiwan's Legislature passed amendments that set higher fines and possible prison sentences for people who illegally export certain indigenous…

Taiwan Food and Drug Administration suspends Costco berry imports from US

Yesterday, we reported on the health risk posed by Costco berries exported from the US to Taiwan. Today, Costco Taiwan has been barred from importing berries…

Murcia’s growers fear for their industry

Spanish government cuts water supplies from River Tagus to southeast of the country

The Spanish government has decided to cut water brought from the Tagus River to irrigate crops in the southeast of the country. Spain is one of the EU’s…