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OVERVIEW GLOBAL AVOCADO MARKET

Avocado prices are slowly dropping on the European market. In general, prices are expected to fall sharply in July and August compared to previous months. This is due to the…

Rains impact quality

Tight supplies ahead of Mexican limes?

Movement is good on limes out of Mexico though some tightness in volume may be imminent. “The supplies of limes are good. But our concern is the rain from the last three…

Hugo Castro of GinaFruit:

“Volumes have been lower, but exports have continued steadily for Ecuador’s bananas”

The banana market has been seeing low prices as of late, says Ecuadorian banana exporter Hugo Castro of GinaFruit. “The prices we are seeing, and have been seeing in the past…

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Flower sales Export Manager - Nairobi, Kenya

Are consumers more interested in eating local?

While in the past decade consumers have become increasingly interested in the concept of buying food that’s grown closer to home, some companies say that the COVID-19 pandemic…

United Fresh names best virtual exhibition booths

From a new concept just a few months ago to a 200-company virtual expo reaching more than 7,500 attendees, United Fresh LIVE! brought out the best in exhibiting company…

The US studies applying new tariffs to Europe worth € 2,750 million

According to a document from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the North American country is considering applying new tariffs worth about 3.1…

Produce Traceability Initiative announces improvements to traceability guidance

The Produce Traceability Initiative, consisting of CPMA, GS1 US, PMA, and United Fresh, and its many volunteer industry members, announced the release of four…

"The prohibition on lemon exports in Turkey affected our company gravely"

It’s been a bit of a weird lemon season for Turkey, thanks to the government imposed ban on lemon exports. Although the ban has since been lifted, clients had already started…

Nataliia Mysak

Kwantlen Polytechnic University - British Columbia

A better diet can help ward off cognitive decline in older adults

According to a new Canadian study, a heavy consumption of fruits and vegetables improves cognitive function among middle age and older adults. It was…

James Boardman

Walla Walla Sweet Onion season has kicked off

Washington State’s 2020 Walla Walla Sweet Onion season kicked off Thursday, June 18, at Walla Walla River Packing, as Locati Farms/Pacific Agra Farms started…

Special Asia

Price of Chinese peaches reaches a low point

The market conditions for Chinese peaches have not been great so far. That is mainly the result of extreme weather conditions and the outbreak of Covid-19. The…

Global Focus Logistics / cooling

NIA

Charlestown

Nevis: Cold storage facility to form critical component of food security efforts

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture on Nevis, Huey Sargeant, has expressed satisfaction with ongoing work by the Public Works Department (PWD) on the…

Retail

FreshDirect has added 2-hour on-demand delivery in NYC

Meijer: Free support to blind and low vision customers

US: Target adds hundreds of fresh, frozen groceries to curbside pickup as Americans look for safer ways to shopTarget is adding 750 fresh and frozen items, such as fruits,…

Updated list of the 23 companies that were closed in the north of Costa Rica

The Costa Rican Ministry of Health updated the list of the 23 companies that were closed as part of an operation carried out in the northern part of the country, following the…

Mr. Bernardo Malo elected Chairman of the Board

Mango Ecuador Foundation elects new board of directors

The Mango Ecuador Foundation located in Guayaquil – Ecuador, which gathers around 97% of the country´s growers, packers & shippers, recently elected their new…

Ron Lima

Republic of Georgia

Georgian company exports strawberries and blueberries to US

Georgian company Glenberry, which was created with the support of the state, has exported 20 tons of Georgian strawberries and blueberries to the USA this…

"Demand dropped and Japanese consumers were looking for cheap or alternative items"

Some sales of Australian premium table grapes slightly down overseas after Covid-19 lockdown

A Victorian table grape producer is hopeful Japanese sales picks up, after noticing a decline in the retail of premium fruit in recent months. After finishing the harvest,…

Alexey Zatevakhin

Leiden University and Yanthai Institute of Coastal Zone Research:

Carrots, apples and lettuces are contaminated with microplastics

Common fruits and vegetables like carrots, lettuces and apples are contaminated with tiny particles of plastic and should be a cause for “considerable concern”…

Akwitps

But they do buy too much food that is high in salt

Australians do not consume enough fruit or vegetables

According to new food consumption data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australians don’t buy enough fruit or vegetables. Alas,…

"Product quality is stable"

"Commercialization of Zigui Summer orange production is going well"

The orange orchards of Zigui in Hubei are located in the Three Gorges area. The orchards mainly cultivate Navel oranges, Jin oranges, Taoxie oranges, and Summer oranges. This…

Coviro strengthens its portfolio on the innovation front

New strawberry variety developed by Italy and the Netherlands

Relations between researchers from the Netherlands and Coviro are increasing. The plant nursery, based in Cervia (Ravenna), has introduced a new variety of strawberry and is…

Joey Deen, Denimpex:

"Dramatic market for limes after collapse of catering and explosive harvest from Brazil"

The lime market is currently under pressure. According to Denimpex's Joey Deen, this is mainly due to the extremely large numbers exported from Brazil. "The exchange rate of…

Guus van Hecke, Marine Systems

“A clean container in 2-4 minutes”

The Dutch company, Eco-containerwash, has brought an automated container cleaner onto the market. It can clean containers faster, safer, and more sustainably. Marine Systems…

Johan Geeroms, Euler Hermes Nederland's Risk Director

"Large container ships sailing around with air as cargo"

Many container ships are faring, empty, around the world. Sailing on's cheaper than being docked. That's the largest shipping companies response to the recent…

Ofir Elasar appointed new VP Sales & Marketing at Top Seeds International

Ofir Elasar is the new VP Sales & Marketing of Top Seeds International. Elasar, 49, a Business Management graduate, has worked in the young plants sector at…

Finance Minister delivers grim message on country's debt levels as unemployment reaches 30.1%

21c of every South African tax Rand go towards debt repayment

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni this week gave South Africans a look into what the country's financial situation is, and it's not pretty. His supplementary budget speech was…

Vietnamese fruit production suffered from saltwater intrusion

The first half of 2020 has been a difficult period for the Vietnamese fruit industry. The historical drought with saltwater intrusion, and the COVID-19 outbreak have had…

"Printing any label volumes"

Daily print volumes can decide which label printer suits which application. In addition, label sizes and print widths, the quality or resolution of a print image, label…

Thanks to Profix AGF and Eqontrol software

MSP Onions now has fully automated processing and trading processes

MSP Onions in Nieuwdorp, the Netherlands, has been building its 'Factory of the Future' since 2017. In this entirely new factory, the processing process is almost fully…

A study concludes that methyl jasmonate increases the post-harvest quality of cherries

A study to verify the effectiveness of methyl jasmonate applications in the pre-harvest stage of cherry cultivation, which was carried out at the experimental farm of the IGP…

Report shows cost increases for the fruit sector during Covid-19 times

The National Farmers Union, the British Growers Association, British Summer Fruits and British Apples and Pears have jointly instructed John Pelham of Andersons Midlands to…

Andrea Willmore

South Africa: Port of Cape Town restores berthing teams after staff shortages

According to a Transnet statement, Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) has pushed its operational staff complement of “gangs” working vessels at the port to five. This comes…

National Research Foundation

Fruit South Africa appoints new director

The Board of Fruit South Africa recently appointed Dr Nompumelelo Obokoh as Director. Dr Obokoh, who holds a doctoral degree in Plant Molecular Biology from…

Musat Christian

Pakistan: Locusts destroy crops in Karak district

A fresh attack of locusts played havoc with the standing crops, vegetables and fruit orchards in the Karak District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of…

Chucky

Tension between Nepal and Bengal hurts Indian pineapple farmers

There are now tensions between India and Nepal over a territorial dispute. This means that approximately 100,000 pineapple farmers, mostly living in the…

India: WayCool Foods raises 5.5 mln debt financing from IndusInd Bank

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has extended a 100% guarantee to WayCool Foods’ latest round of fund raise of U$5.5 million through debt…

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