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Lady Alice apple variety thrives during unique growing year

The Lady Alice apple was discovered as a chance seeding by a Rainier ranch manager back in 1978 but didn’t enter supermarkets until 2010. “Lady Alice is having a fantastic…

Lighting supply agreement adds 123 acres of lit production in North America

Nature Fresh Farms Sales adds 123 acres of lit production with their growing partners Nature Fresh Farms, Ketler Farms and VineFresh. The Netherlands-based Agrolux Lighting, a…

Uneven arrivals pressure pricing on imported garlic

Pricing on imported garlic is approximately 40 percent higher than this time last year. Kian Fattahi with Global Farms Enterprises in Los Angeles, CA points to a few issues…

Driscoll's brand blueberries recalled due to pieces of metal

Driscoll's brand blueberries are being recalled due to the detection of pieces of metal in the products. This recall was triggered by a recall in another…

Brazil looks to expand options for fruit exports to Canada

Canada is currently only ranked 16th in the list of importers of Brazilian products, but the export volume to that nation has been growing. Fruit exports were…

1-2 December 2021

Organic Grower Summit 2021 keynote panelists announced

Up and coming leaders from three organic growing operations have been confirmed as panelists for the keynote presentation at the 2021 Organic Grower Summit (OGS) presented by…

Dole Fresh Vegetables announce precautionary limited recall of Garden Classic Salads

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of garden salad due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh Vegetables…

Ignacio Lobato, CEO of Domo Pistachio and a specialist in organic pistachio:

"Spain's pistachio production will increase tenfold in 7 years"

Castilla-La Mancha is the largest pistachio-producing region in Spain. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Rural Development, this region…

National Retail Report - Specialty Crops

Fall favorites pomegranates, cranberries, grapes, and butternut, acorn, and spaghetti squash showcased well

Shoppers were in good spirits this week as they found deals that were scary good. Retailers promoted costumes, decorations, candy, and of course pumpkins and apple cider. Fall…

Lineage Logistics completes acquisition of Claus Sørensen cold storage division

Lineage Logistics LLC, a global temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced it has closed the acquisition of the…

Special Avocados

Ups and downs in expanding opportunities for Brazilian avocados

It was a difficult year to move an increasingly growing crop out of Brazil--namely, avocados. Henrique G. Belani of São Paulo, Brazil-based Ciclonor Trading says that in…

Global focus citrus

"Our oranges and clementines are available in many European countries and Italian markets"

Demand for citrus fruit is high on both the Italian and international markets. "We are seeing a gradual increase in orders, but it is the European customers who are driving…

Retail

Dreamstime

Imperfect Foods: B Corp certification

Dollar General: New supply chain facility in Kentucky

US: Weis Markets reports 3rd quarter resultsWeis Markets, Inc. reported its financial results for the 13-week period and 39-week period ended September 25, 2021. Net sales…

New discovery:

'Banana beats insomnia and anti-anxiety'

TCI Co. Ltd. has long been engaged in the research and development of banana peels and banana stamens, and finally passed the US FDA NDI approval in the middle…

Fresh food company’s rebrand focuses on expanded fresh capabilities

F&S Produce Co. has changed its name to F&S Fresh Foods in a rebrand that best represents the company’s capabilities and forward focus on fresh foods, not just…

Expanding quarantine area in San Benito and Rancho Viejo areas, Cameron County

Citrus canker quarantine areas added in Texas

Effective immediately, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is establishing three new quarantine areas and expanding two existing…

In order to create long-term stability

California, U.S. Department of Transportation announce partnership on supply chain infrastructure program

On the heels of Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order to help tackle supply chain issues, and as part of the ongoing efforts of the Biden-Harris Task Force…

This is how Dole is marrying sustainability with profitability

In the food industry, it is becoming increasingly unsustainable not to be sustainable. While the concept of sustainability is multifaceted, with applications…

Taiwan’s agricultural exports to US up 17.2 percent

Agricultural exports to the US in the first nine months of this year rose 17.2 percent, following an easing of trade barriers between Taiwan and the US. Frozen…

O'Higgins 2021/2022 cherry season begins

Fedefruta and the Agricultural and Livestock Service held an event in Malloa to celebrate the official start of O'Higgins' 2021/2022 cherry season. The status…

Freight tariffs and container availability could make for an "interesting" season

South Africa's new grape harvest kicks off in the north

The first Early Sweet white seedless grapes and Starlight red seedless grapes are cut today in the Loskop Valley of Limpopo Province where the thermometer reaches 37°C today,…

Dirk de Jong: "Good market outlook for pears, apples will be more of a push market"

Apple pie of 1 x 1 meter made from new Bonita apples

In the Netherlands, De Jong Fruit Leerbroek will be selling Bonita apples for the first time this year. This apple is a cross between Topaz and Cripps Pink. It is grown in…

Bonduelle and its partnership with Op Oasi

The story behind packaged vegetables

With the aim of communicating the great care that goes into the entire production process, to guarantee a quality product that meets both the consumer's needs and health…

Marc Evrard, Belgian Fruit Auction:

"The market should be stable, with good quality pears and good demand in all sales markets"

"When it comes to pears, all the varieties have excellent quality," begins Marc Evrard, the Belgische Fruitveiling's (BFV) commercial director. Half of Belgium's fruit…

Van Kessel Fruit:

Evelina apples on the rise in the Netherlands

"Sales almost doubled in the second season," says Jacco van Kessel, MD of the Dutch fruit company of the same name. He is referring to the Evelina club apple variety. This…

Growing conditions result in lower PersiMon® volumes this year

PersiMon® growers in the Ribera del Xúquer valley near Valencia have been faced with volume challenges this year due to a field pest which has resulted in the damage of…

Adrian Dale - Tosca

"NeRa nestable, rackable and stackable heavy-duty plastic pallet can deliver game-changing efficiencies throughout the distribution supply chain"

In August 2020 Tosca, a specialist in reusable packaging and supply chain solutions, acquired Contraload NV, a leader in plastic pallet pooling in the United Kingdom and…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Ivory Coast come in at £0.77 / kg average current week price

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…

Due to widespread occurrence of Clavibacter sepedonicus bacterium

Additional certificate required for sale of Polish potatoes to EU countries

Very soon, table potatoes of Polish origin can only be imported by other countries of the European Union if there is a certificate of absence of Clavibacter…

South Trinidad: Locusts ravage crops

South Trinidad farmer, Devon Ousman’s crops have been ravaged by locusts. ‘The breadfruit and chataigne [ chestnut ] trees are now like dry sticks. I never saw…

Agriculture Victoria - Vic House

The new facility boosting Victoria's fruit and vegetable export potential in China

The Victorian Government has launched a new state-of-the-art trade facility in China, looking to help the state's fruit and vegetable companies to grow their global sales and…

Bloomberg

Ships queues increase port delays from Singapore to Piraeus

The world’s biggest shipping hubs are suffering increased levels of congestion as containers pile up at seaports from Singapore to Greece’s Piraeus. Near Singapore on Monday,…

Chinese government urges citizens to stock up on daily necessities ahead of winter

The Chinese government has told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies, after Covid-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rains have…

China: The market for imported South African oranges began to drop after mid-October

Early on this year, when the South African orange season began, it was a trend that was constantly fluctuating at mid-to-high prices. Sales peaked during the…

UAE authority clarifies viral video about worms in bananas

Abu Dhabi denies social media rumors about banana problems

According to the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa), a widely circulated video that depicts alleged harmful worms in Somali bananas is…

Also strengthening global Air Freight offering

Maersk presents a record Q3 - continues to deploy its integrator strategy to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks

Maersk delivered record earnings in Q3, 2021. Revenue grew 68 pct. to USD 16.6bn in Q3, EBIT was up almost five times to USD 5.9bn and EBITDA tripled to USD 6.9bn. Return on…

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