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Only unique, high-flavor varieties are selected for Black Label series

In response to an increased demand for produce with a premium look and feel, Nature Fresh Farms launched its Black Label line back in 2020. “We felt there was a need for…

North America logistics show improvement but long-term structural changes expected

Are things improving on shipping and logistics in North America? It does look as though truck rates have stabilized following the recently seen escalating rates and even come…

Tight supplies of avocados for Cinco de Mayo?

Supplies of avocados are tight currently as the industry heads into a typical promotional period for the popular fruit. “It seems like fruit is moving into the higher altitude…

Google meets agriculture at Go Green Agriculture

“Our passion is driven by the desire to make a difference, not chase a market opportunity. It is and continues to be about developing passionate leaders and creating a…

South Texans worry about future blockades at Mexican ports

Commercial truck traffic resumed at Pharr-Reynosa late last week

Commercial truck traffic resumed Thursday at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, the nation’s No. 1 port of entry for fruits and vegetables from Mexico.…

Cort Brazelton, CEO of Fall Creek:

‘Without Guanxi, there is no business in China’

Cort Brazelton is the Co-CEO of Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, he recently gave an interview, in which he referred to his vision regarding the blueberry market in…

USDA

2021 Agricultural Export Yearbook

Value of U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable exports to the world at $7.2 billion for 2021

The 2021 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world. This summary lists the United States’ top 15…

New Green Fork line aims to reach younger customers

Boskovich Fresh Food Group subsidiary Fresh Prep, LLC, the processing arm of the historic company, brings a new retail line, Green Fork, to the industry this month with 11…

International grape supply chain

Outline of increases in cost for Brazilian grape production

During the last two years, the grape production and export chain from Brazil has suffered from a sequence of extreme events, which have caused cost increases beyond the…

Produce retailers, suppliers to gather at IFPA Retail Conference

Retailers and their supply chain partners will gather near Chicago June 9-10 for the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) Retail Conference. There,…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

"We now have one of the few rare moments when there are not enough melons available in a greedy market"

Netherlands - "The melons are not touching the ground currently," says Leon van den Hombergh of Frankort & Koning. "It's the end of the season in the growing…

Global Focus South Africa

Container backlog in port precinct to be cleared within days

Good progress at Durban port, but major damage to reefer containers at some depots

South Africa’s minister for public enterprises yesterday confirmed that vessels were taking fruit from South Africa, that Durban harbour was currently “fully functional” and…

Retail

Dreamstime

Just Eat Takeaway.com is looking at selling U.S. arm Grubhub

Carrefour Brasil: 1st-quarter total sales of $4.45bln

US: Southeastern Grocers continues to lead path forward to a sustainable futureSoutheastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket…

Transmetriq launches rail management system

Railinc’s TransmetriQ unit has announced a major advance in shipment tracking and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) services.TransmetriQ’s Rail Management System…

USDA

In Washington, April 1 potato stocks totaled 25.5 million cwt

Potato stocks in Idaho on April 1, 2022 totaled 45.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 83.9 million cwt. April 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 9.00…

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Shipment bound for Belgium

Ecuador: 2.5 tons of cocaine found in container with bananas

This weekend, Ecuadorian police have seized 2.5 tons of cocaine, found in a container with bananas about to be sent to Belgium from the south-west port city of Guayaquil in…

Zimbabwe joins Southern Hemisphere Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters

Nelli Hajdu, Secretary General of SHAFFE, recently announced: “We are very happy to announce the addition of Zimbabwe to SHAFFE, represented through the…

Barbados Agricultural Society

BAS hopes for government to tighten controls on onion importation

Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society, James Paul, is hoping governmental measures to tighten controls on the importation of onions come…

"Our avocado cultivation hasn't nearly peaked"

Mount Elgon Orchards: Combined rose/avocado farm on 650 hectare at a 2 km elevation

Feico Smit can safely be called an Africa expert. In the 1990s, he was the first to travel around Africa for flower auctions. Feico has now relocated there for the fourth…

Mark Tweddle - Jupiter Group

"No fruit will be sent on the off chance of a good market, the high costs make it too much of a risk"

The South African citrus season has been underway for a few months and with the lemon harvest almost finished in some regions, the general feeling within the sector is that it…

Israeli exporters face real difficulties shipping produce to Russia and Ukraine

Israeli exporters are still able to send some produce to Russia and Ukraine, but they face severe logistical difficulties and they are not sure if they will be paid. Russia is…

Cherry grower Erik Vernooij invests in FrostFans night frost control machine:

"Sprinkling in cherries is too risky for us, but we do believe in this mobile wind displacement machine"

"The weather is lovely, the bees are buzzing around like crazy", says Erik Vernooij with satisfaction. Earlier this month, however, the cherry grower was less reassured. A…

Challenging year for Greek strawberries

“After a successful season, there were high expectations and demand from the start”

The Greek strawberries have had some significant challenges this season, leading to a decrease in production of about 30%. The cold weather was partly to blame for this, as…

Online subscriptions to the International Cherry Symposium now open

Subscription for the International Cherry Symposium are coming in from all over the world and, in order to facilitate the participation of those who cannot make it to the…

"We are working on a variety of cherimoya that will be the bomb in 5 or 10 years"

Spain is the world's leading commercial producer of cherimoya with a production that can reach 50,000 tons and a Protected Designation of Origin. However,…

Spain destines 79% of its fruit and vegetable exports to the EU market

The destinations of Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports remained unchanged in 2022. The bulk of sales continued to be directed to the EU; in January,…

"The two-edged piece of this is that you will see the middle consumer essentially being squeezed"

Retail trends as inflation surges is set to include the fresh food and grocery sector in Australia

A specialist retailing consulting and advisory firm believes that the shopping category known as the 'middle consumer' is set to become more divided by a surge in inflation,…

Ripe Robotics

Ripe Robotics’ fruit picking robot edging closer to orchard trials

Ripe Robotics’ fruit picking robot is edging closer to orchard trials, as the fifth iteration of the robot has been developed further over the last few months. The robot has…

China is combating a logistical chaos

Chinese imports have dropped 0,1% compared to the previous year in dollar terms, constituting the first drop since August 2020 , with a figure well below the…

India resumes shipments to Russian Federation

It seems that India has restarted the shipment of goods to Russia again after two Russian banks have started facilitating payments in both rupee-ruble and…

Philippines Department of Trade and Industry want US to accept nation’s pineapples

The Filipino Department of Trade and Industry is urging US officials to allow the export of pineapples to mainland America. The Philippines’s interest in…

MSC increases orderbook with fourteen 7,000 TEU ship commissions

Swiss-Italian liner company MSC continues to build its fleet going to New Times Shipbuilding of China for fourteen 7,000 TEU new-buildings. MSC has a policy of…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £0.75 per kg

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…

Funds to be used to scale its operations

Tech startup Eeki Foods raises $6.5 mln in Series A

Tech startup Eeki Foods has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round led by General Catalyst with participation form Avaana Capital and Better Capital. Other…

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