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Head Grower – High Technology Organic Greenhouse

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Italian chestnut consumption moving towards ready-to-eat

The imported Italian fresh chestnut season is winding down following a high volume of orders seen at the start of the season back in October. “We've met all of the demand up…

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Head Grower – High Technology Organic Greenhouse

Wrapping up the first season back in watermelons after more than a decade

Watermelon sales are often tied to the outside temperature and as the country cools down, demand for the melon has also come off recently. This week, Legend Produce is…

Private equity firm invests in Canadian Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose Ltd., a Canadian fresh fruit and vegetable distributor, announced a significant investment in its share capital by Sagard Private Equity…

To fund investments in new development projects and clean energy deployments

Lineage Logistics raises over $700 million in new equity

Lineage Logistics, LLC and/or its affiliated entities, a large and innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, has…

California Avocado Commission's Jan DeLyser to retire

Produce industry maven Jan DeLyser announced her plan to retire from the California Avocado Commission after 24 years of service to the organization. The tentative timing for…

Rochelle-based glasshouse tomato producer, MightyVine, to be acquired by Plant Agricultural Systems

MightyVine, the Rochelle-based glasshouse tomato producer, announced that it is being acquired by the Fort Lauderdale-based data company Plant Agricultural Systems. Plant…

Disappointment about Congress leaving agricultural immigration reform out of omnibus

The International Fresh Produce Association expressed extreme disappointment that Congress failed to include bipartisan agriculture immigration reform in the omnibus…

Oppy’s logistics arm looks back on a 30-year long haul

Oppy's third-party logistics arm celebrates three decades of delivering goods from around the world to its retail and foodservice partners. Originally established in 1992 as…

Weekly Argentinean blueberry arrivals

Total weekly blueberry arrivals for week 50 at 272 tons

Total weekly blueberry arrivals for week 50 came in at 131 tons. The accumulated shipments stood at 4.263 tons for the year up to that week. No shipments went to the UK that week,…

Argentina

"People are talking more about the losses than the production, as 70 to 80% of the production was lost"

The situation caused by the drought in citrus cultivation in Corrientes is certainly complex. There's been a significant drop in production that will impact…

Special Latin America

Argentina hopes to have a better 2023 pear export season

Pears from Argentina will be shipped to world markets of Asia and the Middle East, North America, Europe and LATAM from January 2023. According to Damian Zetone, Sales…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Dragon fruit, lychee and mangosteen

Growers in Northwest São Paulo region focus on less-known but profitable fruits

Producers in Northwest São Paulo are making long-term investments in orchards where their new production can take a decade for the first harvest. However, the…

Retail

Dreamstime

Target’s holiday season has become high stakes after 3 disappointing quarters

New Bashas’ corporate offices

Walmart Canada taps Chile chief Gonzalo Gebara as president and CEOWalmart Chile CEO Gonzalo Gebara has been appointed president and CEO of Walmart Canada. Gebara, who steps…

Possible Listeria contamination

FDA warns about Sun Hong Foods enoki mushrooms

Restaurants and food retailers in the US that have received Sun Hong Foods Inc. enoki mushrooms sourced from China should take care as the product might be contaminated with…

USDA restricts PACA violator in Oregon

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on one produce business for failing to meet contractual obligations to the seller of produce…

Delivered fourth quarter and full year earnings improvement

Calavo Growers announces fourth quarter and fiscal 2022 financial results

Calavo Growers, Inc., a global avocado-industry player and provider of convenient, ready-to-eat fresh food, today reported its financial results for the fiscal…

Unitedpotatocanada.com

Total Canadian potato storage holdings on December 1 up just slightly YoY

Total Canadian Potato Storage Holdings on December 1, 2022 are up just slightly over 2021 numbers but are still 11.7% above the 3-yr. average. Demand is overall strong for…

Duravant expands sorting, grading and inspection equipment offering with acquisition

Duravant acquires Multiscan Technologies

Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, announced today…

Some citrus varieties will fare better than others in upcoming cold spell

Louisiana citrus farmers are preparing for damaging cold conditions later this week. Still, not all crops face the same level of vulnerability. The LSU…

Mexico's challenges of a growing blueberry industry

In 2005, nurserymen, producers, geneticists and marketing specialists from Chile and the United States began to develop cultivars for the warm climate of…

Lytone introduced a novel fertilizer ‘Azolyte’

“We are happy to see our crop nutrient solution boost the grape quality in Brazil”

Starting from October 2022, grape vineyards around the city of Petrolina, Brazil, began their busy harvesting season. The relatively warm and dry climate in this region, with…

Garlic prices are expected to hit a new high for the year

Sales of Chinese garlic have been increasing since September. It is expected that in the next period of time, the price of garlic will break through the highest point of the…

“Different crops require different fresh-keeping treatments”

A growing number of new varieties of fruits from the Southern Hemisphere enter the Chinese market these days. However, due to obstacles and delays in sea shipping, products…

Strengthening collaboration for the benefit of India’s farmers

With almost 18 percent of the world’s population but less than 1.5 percent of its farmland, India has prioritized increasing agricultural productivity, farmer income, and…

Israel's Orri citrus season to start soon with lower volumes estimated

Israel's Orri mandarin season is due to start as soon as next week. Producers and exporters in Israel are receiving phone calls with orders for citrus fruit from European…

Ayelet Shuer of Bustan Fruit (Israel):

"Growers always remain optimistic even when the present may seem difficult"

In Israel, mango and avocado cultivation is on an upward trend, increasing the need for sorting and packaging facilities. "We currently use our largest packing plant only for…

Gerrit van Gelder, Van Gelder Groente en Fruit about special festive potatoes:

“Almost no one eats regular potatoes at Christmas”

There are very few people who eat regular potatoes during the festive season,” begins Gerrit van Gelder, Van Gelder Groente en Fruit’s Managing Director. This Dutch company…

Venice Cold Stores

New check point for imported produce

Venice Cold Stores, the cold-storage terminal of the Venice Port controlled by DCS Tramaco and SDC, is continuing its re-launching journey started in 2021 with the new…

BUD Holland

“We’re looking forward to a traditionally hectic December”

In mid-November, the festive season orders started trickling in at Bud Holland. “After two pandemic years, people can truly get together again, and the hospitality sector’s…

Portuguese walnut season slowing down after holidays

“We were able to open new markets, such as Morocco and Turkey”

Although the Portuguese walnut season started out with some challenges, it’s been a good season overall, says Sebastião Lorena, head of sales and marketing at Portuguese…

Richard Haynes - Elders

Cold, wet weather and disease greatly impacted Australia potato supply

“The 2022 season was a trying season for Australian growers,” according to Richard Haynes, National Account Manager at Elders and Director at Potatoes South Australia.…

MSC CEO Soren Toft

"World will overcome challenges to keep trading"

At a time when the contraction of global economic growth, high energy prices and inflation are dominating the public agenda, a high-level meeting of CEOs and…

IMF looks for Egyptian currency flexibility in the new year

According to a senior IMF official, the International Monetary Fund will be watching for a shift by Egypt to a flexible exchange rate after a requirement to…

FAO and WHO publish full E. coli and Listeria reports

Experts recommend increased risk assessments for leafy greens, cantaloupe and frozen vegetables

Two final reports on controls measures for E. coli and for Listeria in ready-to-eat food have been unveiled by FAO and WHO. The World Health Organization and…

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