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Higher demands of buyers, challenges finding skilled inspectors

Quality control is increasingly being outsourced

In the past, many importers and exporters of fresh produce had their own quality inspection departments. Today however, quality control operations and its data generation are…

Prices strengthening on tighter ginger market

Supplies of ginger are tightening up. “The Brazilian season is almost over. There are still some people shipping by air or still putting it on boats,” says Frederico Stuhr of…

South Africa finishes with an earlier, but stronger, lychee season

Shipments of lychees from South Africa will finish in the next two weeks with limited volume and close the door on a more sizeable season. “This was a much bigger season than was…

William H. Kopke adds Vision Global Group to family of companies

Vertically integrated fruit importer, exporter and distributor William H. Kopke Jr., Inc. is proud to announce that Vision Global Group LLC (formerly known as…

61-year-old family company Frieda's has been acquired

Karen Caplan of Frieda's sends this message to the produce industry. To our industry friends, This is a very exciting day for our company. Our 61-year-old family…

Claudia Soler, Chilean Cherry Committee: "85% of cherry exports arrived in time for CNY"

Chilean cherries reach record $3 billion in sales

Claudia Soler Bottinelli, executive director of the Chilean Cherry Committee and the entire industry have reason to celebrate the Chinese New Year – they reached a 24%…

Provid Peru:

100,000 jobs in Peru’s table grape industry at risk due to riots

The Association of Table Grape Producers of Peru (Provid), as the representative union of table grape producing and exporting companies, stated that 100,000 jobs are at risk…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Californian farmers are assessing the damage to their fields

As the rain subsides in California, farmers are beginning the hard work of assessing the damage to their fields and agricultural infrastructure. According to the Monterrey…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

This week's retail ads focused on citrus promotions

This week's retail ads focused on widespread citrus promotions. A variety of specialty citrus such as blood oranges, Meyer lemons and pummelos were featured alongside the more…

Kelowna growers still fighting to remove BC Tree Fruits directors

BC Tree Fruits members will be meeting to finish its annual general meeting in the wake of a controversial vote last fall to remove the co-op's board. While 59…

Special Fruit Logistica

Industrial food cutting solutions going on display in Berlin

FAM Stumabo will showcase their cutting innovations in the vegetable and fruit industry at Fruit Logistica (Berlin, Germany). FAM focuses on developing industrial cutting…

Global Focus Bananas

National Financial Corporation to auction off La Clementina farm in 2023

The National Financial Corporation (CFN) plans to sell the emblematic La Clementina banana farm, valued at USD 93 million. The CFN will auction the emblematic…

Retail

Dreamstime

Whole Foods Market CEO: "Ultimately, we want to be opening 30 or more stores a year"

Kroger has teamed with Google Cloud and Deloitte

US: UNFI gears up for Orlando selling showUnited Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) has revealed plans to host about 4,000 customers, suppliers, vendors and emerging brands at its…

IFPA applauds newly formed Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee

The United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Agriculture announced the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for…

Campaign celebrates apples, bananas, strawberries, pineapples, peaches and more

Dole kicks-off 2023 with new Fruit Love stories

Inspired by classic Disney characters, Dole’s Fruit Love campaign launched with recipes, digital downloads and social interactions celebrating apples, bananas,…

Were Kakamas heat stroke victims from grape farms?

The circumstances surrounding the heat exhaustion that claimed the lives of seven farm workers in the Northern Cape last week remain unclear but FreshPlaza has been able to…

Francois & Stephan Rossouw – Mooigezicht

Crimson to arrest downward volume trend in Hex

Harvesting has started on Crimson, a high-yielding cultivar in the Hex River Valley which benefits from a more maritime influence than in other grape growing regions of South…

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“The installation of the vacuum cooler at our cargo terminal will help horticulture farmers maximize their profits,"

Kenya: Vacuum cooling service installed at cargo terminal in Nairobi

Kenyan logistic company, Mitchell Cotts Group, in partnership with Perishable Movements Kenya Limited (PMKL) and Fresh Handling Kenya Limited, have inaugurated the first…

Load shedding leads to rons of food rotting

SA growers: Operational costs to keep generators running are escalating

South Africans are very frustrated about the amount of food that is going bad as a result of load shedding and the extreme heat. Currently, it seems they are…

Ecuador says trade talks with Mexico have stalled

This weekend, Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso stated that negotiations for his nation to reach a free-trade accord with Mexico are at a "dead end." Such a…

Zespri to cut grower's returns due to quality issues

In a letter sent to kiwifruit growers, Dan Mathieson, COE of Zespri said that quality issue continued to rise as the 2022 season drew to a close. "Demand for…

The countdown to World Avocado Congress NZ 2023 is on

In less than three months, 1000+ members of the global avocado community will descend upon Auckland, New Zealand, for the 10th World Avocado Congress, taking…

Charles Cattoir, Primalof, Belgium

"Good months on chicory market don't nearly make up for lesser months"

"We had a solid fall season," begins Primalof's Charles Cattoir, " and January could also be called good for [Belgian] chicory sales and prices. "However, no one's in seventh…

The Di Pasquale company has been a producer for three generations

The Avezzano potato sold to mid-Italy's Horeca and general markets

Di Pasquale, a growing company from Abruzzo that grows potatoes at an altitude of 750 meters above sea level, has a wide range of products. The tubers can be found in…

Rugby and patented oranges

When innovation meets sport and supports South African fruit production

"To further consolidate our relationship with rugby, a sport which we share many of our company values with," says Daniele Campagnaro, CEO of Agricola Lusia, "we decided to…

New grower survey reveals scale of crisis for British top fruit industry

A British Grower Association (BGA) survey of British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) members conducted in late 2022 has revealed a major retreat in future…

Remote guidance: the future of troubleshooting for agricultural machines

Traditional video calls don’t always allow for quick and effective support. That‘s why Sormac has adopted remote guidance: to provide even better support at a…

Campojara joins the Ondine club

Huerta Campo Jara joins the Ondine project from the heart of the region of Valdejalon, Zaragoza, in La Almunia de Doña Godina, adding to its extensive production of stone…

Russian Federation: Container trade decline has stabilized

The decline in Russia’s container trade, due to the sanctions imposed after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, has stabilized. Whilst the overall reduction…

United Arab Emirates:

Consumption of fruit and vegetables is growing as more people live a healthy lifestyle

In the first half of 2022, the UAE recorded an import rate of over 41,000 tonnes of food per day. The figure is forecast to grow due to a number of factors,…

Global potato statistics - latest FAO data

China, India and Ukraine still largest producers of potatoes

The latest global potato statistics provided by the FAO were updated in December, 2022. We extracted this 2021 data for “total production” (in metric tons) and present the…

Drewry

Cancelled Sailings Tracker - 20 January 2023

171 cancelled sailings announced between weeks 04 and week 08

Across the major trades: Transpacific, Transatlantic and Asia-North Europe & Med, 171 cancelled sailings have been announced between weeks 04 (23 - 28 January) and week 08 (20…

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