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Expanding consumption trends push demand up for Brussels sprouts

Supplies of Brussels sprouts are adequate currently though they’re anticipated to tighten over the course of the holiday season. Tony Wisdom of Skagit Valley Farms and Valley…

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U.S. apple growers react to Biden administration’s tariff announcement

Following this past weekend’s announcement from President Joe Biden’s administration that it will ease tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, U.S.…

Argblueberry.com

Total blueberry arrivals from Argentina at 654 tons in week 43

Total weekly blueberry arrivals from Argentina stood at 654 tons in week 43, down from 735 tons of exports in the 2020-2021 season. Total accumulated arrivals US stood at 4188…

Indian grape season starting soon

“We’re expecting a sound harvest of grapes both on quality and volume”

The Indian grape season is coming up shortly, as one exporter expects his first shipments to be sent to Russia in week 46. The extreme weather conditions in India have mostly…

Tim Tebow, Heather Chauvin speaking at Southern Exposure 2022

The Southeast Produce Council has announced its lineup of speakers for the upcoming Southern Exposure: The Marvel of Produce set to take place March 3-5, 2022. Premiering at…

Puerto Rico now part of the outbreak

US patient count in Salmonella outbreak related to onions exceeds 800

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added more than 100 people to its patient count in a Salmonella outbreak linked to onions from…

The Alliance set to drop Savannah port calls

The Alliance, comprising of Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and HMM, has issued a statement saying it will temporarily remove calls at the…

USDA

Chile: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

'US accounts for 48.5 percent of Chilean table grape exports'

In MY2021/22, as production bounces back from decline caused by heavy rain during the MY2020/21 harvest, Post projects that table grape production will increase by 22 percent,…

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. reports third quarter 2021 financial results

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. today reported the financial results for the third quarter ended October 1, 2021. Financial highlights for the third quarter and first nine months…

Emerson Aguirre, president of the Colombian Association of Banana Producers (Augura):

"Our expectation for 2021 is that we can grow by 5%, reaching 115 million boxes"

The port logistics crisis and the high value of the dollar have put to the test the ability of the Colombian banana sector to continue producing the fruit in…

Special Avocados

USDA

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

'Mexican avocado crossings through Texas expected to remain about the same'

With the holiday shopping season beginning earlier than ever before thanks to the rise in online sales, the supply chain remained stretched to the breaking point. Truck rates…

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

Lower yields but earlier harvesting for the Rocca Imperiale Lemon PGI

Like any other citrus species, lemons are also experiencing a drop in production. "We expect a reduction of about 20% compared to last season, mainly due to late frosts in…

Retail

Dreamstime

Save A Lot: Sale of 6 company-owned stores to Yellow Banana

BGC has acquired Reasor’s 17 stores in Oklahoma

US: Buehler’s CEO Dan Shanahan to step downBuehler’s Fresh Foods Chairman, President and CEO Dan Shanahan plans to retire effective December 31. Wooster, Ohio-based Buehler’s…

Due to possible choking hazard

Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods announces voluntary recall of Six Green Salads and Chicken Caesar Wrap

Out of an abundance of caution, Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods is voluntarily recalling the products listed below today. Ukrop's production team, while preparing these items for our…

Viva Fresh Clean Eating Challenge’s participants announced

The Third Annual Viva Fresh Clean Eating Challenge is here and ready to change more lives. After two successful years where participants have lost more than 650 pounds and…

National Association of Convenience Stores

New berry product makes an impression at NACS show

During its debut at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Show, Naturipe Snacks™ Berry Parfaits were ranked as the #2 Cool New Product (and the #1 ranked food…

Shipping crisis ripples through goods movement chain

California growers facing export troubles

Higher prices and empty shelves have been one of the hallmarks of the shipping crisis. At this point in time, a historic number of cargo ships wait off the…

Juan Hirzel Campos, Chilean Agricultural Research Institute:

‘Global blueberry industry continues to grow, in the face of a changing market’

"The global blueberry industry must structure product demand in terms of volumes, markets, product requirements, market niches for special products, such as…

Communitas Award for US tomato grower

Equitable Food Initiative announces that EFI-certified NatureSweet Tomatoes has earned a Communitas Award for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility.…

China: A greenhouse in Shanghai successfully planted bananas on the water

In the tropical fruit greenhouse of Kaitaiyu Base in Jinshan District, Shanghai, the farm has built a special greenhouse, which adopts the new breeding mode of "double…

Cosco Shipping announces new chairman

Wan Min is now the chairman of the largest shipping company in the world, China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited. The Chinese shipping giant has appointed Wan Min as the new…

Price of air-dried ginger exported from China to Europe decreased by more than 70%

The price of Chinese ginger is falling

The price of Chinese ginger began to fall after National Day [1 October]. Some traders with stock in storage suspected that the price had already reached its…

Enhancing Indonesia’s maritime and port sector

Indonesia Investment Authority and DP World partner to invest $7.5 billion

The Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) signed a strategic alliance agreement with DP World to enhance Indonesia’s maritime and port sector within the global…

Electricity has been restored at the Johannesburg fresh produce market

Bananas and avos bear the brunt of Jhb market power cut

News of the electricity woes at the Johannesburg municipal market last week has made headlines in South Africa; the fresh produce market in City Deep, Johannesburg has long…

‘Easy Food Export’ digital transformation project is helping to save time, costs and the environment

As part of its modernisation plans, Morocco FoodEx has revealed how its ‘Easy Food Export’ information system to digitalise technical control activities, is helping to…

Nutrition, nutraceuticals and food supplements

How to correctly communicate health facts in the fruit and vegetable sector

Often there is confusion between the term nutrition and the term nutraceuticals. They often tend to be mistaken for each other when it comes to communicating information by…

“Apple season in Poland kicked off very early and positively for us”

The global logistic situation is leaving its mark on the fresh produce industry. As there is a shortage of containers and prices for shipping have increased significantly,…

SanLucar and Disney´s "Encanto" enchant with juicy-sweet fruit

In the new Disney film "Encanto", the cheerful Madrigal family from Colombia experiences a truly fortunate adventure. Starting November 15 in the German and Austrian POS, fun…

Riccardo Bär (Meerbuscher Kartoffelhof) on the first sweet potato harvest

"Sweet potato farming involves a lot of manual labor, and the tubers are untreated"

The team at the Meerbusch potato farm planted 10,000 plants this summer - for the first time - in a 4,000 m2 sweet potato field. With the help of the self-propelled sweet…

DP World signs agreement with Oasis Group for new distribution hub at London Gateway

DP World has announced that OASIS Group has become the latest business to locate at its rapidly expanding port-centric logistics park at London Gateway. Situated on the…

Fruit wholesaler T. Meissner relies on environmentally friendly packaging:

"The time is ripe for sustainable packaging, within the wholesale trade as well"

Effective immediately, Kassel-based fruit wholesaler T. Meissner is offering a plastic-free packaging line for fruit and vegetables. The baskets, trays and…

Enza Zaden: House Fair 2021 starts on the 9th of November

At Enza Zaden, November is always a very intense month, filled with new developments, and the emphasis is on connecting with customers. House Fair 2021 starts…

La Palma volcano causes $116 mln in losses to island's banana sector

The Canary Islands continue to suffer as the La Palma volcano has destroyed nearly 400 acres of banana plantations. The regional government of the Canary…

AI technologies for sustainable agriculture

Changing climatic conditions, the shortage of skilled workers, the use of pesticides – a wide range of factors have an impact on the quality and flow of…

Waitrose

UK’s first carbon neutral potato

Waitrose presents ‘Root Zero’ in 200 stores

The UK’s first carbon neutral potato. ‘Root Zero’, will arrive on the shelves at 200 Waitrose stores this week. This will increase the availability of the…

Australian stone fruit export season underway

Last week, one of Australia’s leading stone fruit producers is sending its first load of peaches for the export season to Malaysia. LPG Cutri Fruit Global…

Minister Seyyed Javad Sadati Nejad meets with new Norwegian ambassador to Tehran

Iran hopes to expand agricultural ties with Norway

Yesterday, Iranian Minister of Agriculture Dr Seyyed Javad Sadati Nejad is said to have had a productive meeting with Norway’s new ambassador to Tehran,…

Agreement set to come into force in January

Thailand ratifies Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

On October 28, Thailand ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has announced on November 1. The…

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