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Avocado Growing Manager - Kenya

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Canadian greenhouse season transitions into Mexico

One of the segments Oppy highlighted at last week's Global Produce & Floral Show was the greenhouse category. With the season transitioning to Mexico, Oppy's Aaron Quon was…

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Trader Asian Market

Unprecedented territory on lettuce markets

Markets on iceberg, romaine, and leafy green lettuce are staying extremely strong. “I don’t think I’ve seen markets at this level and this duration before. Has it gotten above…

A closer look at Southern Hemisphere cherries

A new Southern Hemisphere sweet cherry season has started, with record volumes expected. The Rabobank Cherry Report estimates that exports from Chile will continue to…

Fruit importer/exporter celebrates successful Fruit Attraction show

With the participation of 1,740 exhibitors from 57 countries, and occupying more than 58,300 net square meters of fruit and vegetable supply spread over eight pavilions, Fruit…

Update on British Columbia 2022 cranberry harvest

The B.C. cranberry harvest season is nearing completion and the crop is looking great. “We are wrapping up another successful harvest,” says Kalpna Solanki, chair of the BC…

CSO Italy project promotes solutions

Consumption of fruit and vegetables: 90% of Americans below the amount recommended

Is the constant consumption of fruit and vegetables in the US still a dream? According to the IFPA, which has just ended in Orlando, Florida, it would seem so. 90% of…

Three sisters from Dominican Republic aim to conquer avocado and tropical fruit export markets

It comes in threes for GL Sila Export, growers and exporters of mainly avocados, a business that was started three years ago and is run by three young women. They currently…

New ed sessions announced for Organic Grower Summit 2022

A pair of recently announced educational sessions will explore the growing importance of biologicals as a tool of organic crop production and offer a look at the growth of…

Extreme weather is upending parts of the US food system

Extreme weather is upending the US food system. As the climate crisis causes temperatures to rise, precipitation patterns to shift and drought conditions to…

Oxytetracycline product promises timely relief from HLB

What may be the closest thing yet to a timely silver bullet for HLB was discussed October 26 at Lake Alfred’s Citrus Research and Education Center. Josh…

Special Asia Fruit Logistica

Tasmanian horticulture grows with export initiative

Fruit Growers Tasmania has today launched TASMANIAN GROWN, a digital showcase of horticultural produce while participating at Asia Fruit Logistica 2022 in…

Global Focus Citrus

José Martinez, Enbata Fruits:

“Lack of volumes on the citrus market”

The campaign of Spanish citrus fruit hasn’t really started yet, according to José Martinez of Enbata Fruits. The company specializes in the marketing of Spanish fruit in…

Retail

Dreamstime

SpartanNash: Preliminary Q3 results

Sprouts Farmers Market: Partnership with DoorDash

US: Three attorneys general file lawsuit seeking to block Albertsons' $4bln payoutThe attorneys general of Washington D.C., California and Illinois filed a lawsuit in a…

Calavo growers moves to quarterly dividend and declares fiscal first quarter dividend

Calavo Growers, Inc., a global avocado-industry player and provider of value-added fresh food, announced that it will begin declaring and paying dividends on a…

Market and Crop Update for November 3, 2022

'Onion demand is steady this week'

Idaho-E. Oregon:Dan Phillips with Eagle Eye/Central Produce in Payette, ID, reported in on Nov. 2 and said, “Demand is steady this week. We are already…

University of Florida builds agri artificial intelligence hub

The University of Florida has set out to become the gravitational hub to merge artificial intelligence's boundless insight with science-backed academics and…

McCain Foods and Farm Credit Canada come together to support growers’ sustainable practices

McCain Foods, a Canadian-based global player in prepared potato products, and Farm Credit Canada (FCC), the only lender solely invested in Canada’s agriculture…

Company increases full-year 2022 earnings guidance

Sonoco reports strong third quarter 2022 results

Sonoco Products Company, one of the largest sustainable global packaging companies, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended October 2,…

Sysco Corporation delivers double-digit sales and profit growth

Sysco Corporation has announced financial results for its 13-week first fiscal quarter ended October 1, 2022. Key highlights for the first quarter of fiscal…

Piet van Zyl & Dr Koos Pretorius– ZZ2 Toscana cherry farm

Early South African cherries have the world stage to themselves

The local market has been filling up with South Africa’s earliest cherries which are also, fortuitously, the only cherries harvested anywhere in the world this time of the…

Fairtrade unveils first-ever ‘non-fungible banana’ amid rising climate threats

Fairtrade International, the prominent certification for social justice and sustainability, is set to launch the world’s first Non-Fungible Banana, or NFB, in…

Climate change endangers Egypt's Nile Delta

Egyptian farmers working the land in the Nile River Delta are facing increasing troubles as rising sea levels infuse the once fertile soil with dried salt.…

Global Produce and Floral Show was held in Orlando, Florida

Costa Rican agri products promoted at largest fair in the US

Agricultural representatives from Costa Rica returned to the largest fresh produce fair in the US. From October 27 to 29, Costa Rican products were promoted at…

Cherry Express connects Chile to Shanghai in 23 days

"Cherries are a delicate product. They require special treatment to maintain an optimal quality when arriving in China from a market that is as far away as…

Brazil: Maersk and MSC accused of abusing their dominant logistics position

The Brazilian Association of Port Terminals is a group representing 73 port companies across 235 terminals in Brazil. This week, it filed a legal request at…

Brazil: President Bolsonaro urges protesters to lift road blockades

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked protesters blocking roads nationwide to lift their blockades. Their actions are restricting people's right to come…

Australian mango season has officially launched

Following a strong flowering pre-season, mango season is officially underway and Australians can expect to taste the sunshine with fruit now hitting supermarket shelves across…

2022 Australian Macadamias Yearbook

Australia produced 51,500 tons in-shell macademias for the 2021 season

Australia is home to approximately 800 macadamia growers and has over 38,000 hectares planted. Australia produced a crop of 51,500 tons in-shell at 3.5% moisture content for…

Evy van Gastel, Special Fruit.

"We must keep promoting avocados, especially now"

"Avocados still have a lot of growth potential, but we mustn't assume that will happen automatically," says Evy van Gastel of Special Fruit. She adds that it is vital to…

Crop protection innovations: Who will give the final push in the right direction?

At an event on crop protection, it never takes long before a target, and a deadline are mentioned. This was also the case at the World Horti Centre in Naaldwijk recently. By…

More and more Britons think Brexit was a mistake

According to a recent poll, only 43% of the British population consider that the UK's departure from the European Union was a good decision. 57% think it was a…

Shipping company Maersk: Europe close to a recession, US not far behind

Yesterday, A.P. Moller-Maersk came out with a statement, saying Europe is close to entering a recession and the North American economy may not be far behind.…

“Our packaging is a recyclable product. It’s nature friendly as it is non-toxic, printable and washable”

As some companies move away from plastic, one Turkish packaging manufacturer feels it can be much more sustainable than cardboard boxes. The fact that PP plastic boxes are…

USDA

Results of the German Fruit Tree Census 2022

'From 2017 to 2022, there were significant changes in apple variety shares'

This report summarizes the results of the 2022 German deciduous and stone fruit tree census and focuses on developments in the planted varieties of apples and pears. Since the…

Asia Fruit Logistica:

Southeast Asia a promising region for European club variety apples

The second day of Asia Fruit Logistica started a bit quieter than the first day, but still had a very good flow of visitors. Exhibitors are saying that the quality of visitors…

Re-creating situations like the Ever Given grounding in Suez Canal

Report claims that hackers could block major global trade routes

Maritime research firm Thetius, maritime cyber risk management specialist CyberOwl and law firm Holman Fenwick Willan have released a report called ‘The Great…

St. Lucia Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development reacts

UK suspends banana trade with island of St Lucia

In a recent statement on the UK banana trade suspension, St. Lucia Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development, Alfred P.…

Iran: Currency hits new low against dollar due to national unrest

On Tuesday, after weeks of nationwide unrest, Iran's currency dropped to its lowest value against the dollar. A stalemate in negotiations to revive Tehran's…

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