Photo Report New York Produce Show

The New York Produce Show held its annual event in New York City on Wednesday, December 6. For most…

Benjamín Cilloniz, General Manager of Exportadora Safco Peru S.A:

“This could be the dream table grape season for us in Ica”

After a very challenging and quick start to the table grape season in Peru, the production area of…

Packaging that results in improved berry shelf-life and more marketable fruit

Berry consumption continues to go up globally and the different varieties are still gaining…

Pricing to climb this week on mangoes

Pricing on mangoes will strengthen this week. This push in pricing is on top of pricing that is…

Ron Lemaire, CPMA and Dave Puglia, Western Growers

"Plastics ban would cause food shortages and increase prices"

Ron Lemaire, president, Canadian Produce Marketing Association and Dave Puglia, president & CEO,…

Carlos Diaz, BlueDrop in partnership with BerryTech:

“Journey of Italian and Mexican innovation and collaboration led to birth of new berry varieties”

Three years ago, BlueDrop and BerryTech joined forces with a shared vision to expand their berry…

GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW TOMATOES

High temperatures, high production and labour costs, and variable prices colour the global tomato…

El Niño impacts timing/volume on grape and stone fruit imports

The market has plenty of average grapes right now. Domenic Russo, VP of sales for Summit Produce…

Vertically-grown cherry tomato introduced

Oishii unveiled The Rubī tomato, available now in select Whole Foods Markets. Grown from a Japanese…

"The world is currently grappling with an excess of almonds"

Blue Diamond Growers, headquartered in Sacramento are one of the globe's largest almond…

Professor Gregory Lang of Michigan State University, USA, spoke.

Research on new rootstocks for stone fruit trees

The International Rootstock Symposium (IRS) makes its debut at Macfrut 2024 as part of an area…

Mexican bananas may offset gaps in Ecuadorian organic banana shipments

Following an advisory last month from the Panama Canal authority warning that with 41 percent less…

Are orange candy melons the future of the melon category?

While many commodities are faced with tight supplies this season, the situation is the opposite for…

Curt Meltzer comments on the Kentucky greenhouse industry:

"We are transitioning from CEA 1.0 to CEA 2.0"

“We are currently in a transitioning phase in the CEA industry. You can say that from CEA 1.0, we…

New marketing strategies proposed to strengthen British Columbia apple industry

It’s time to turn the ship around. That is the sentiment behind a pledge from the BC Fruit Growers’…