British Columbia growers/shippers monitor snow and cold temperatures

Record cold temperatures continue in British Columbia with warnings for a sizable snowfall being issued across a large part of the province. “It’s been…

Cabbage movement to pick up in coming weeks

Supply of cabbage is steady right now and demand will likely pick up for the vegetable soon. “It seems like Texas is down in acreage because we’ve been…

Record national crop

US apple supply outpaces demand

“The US is experiencing its largest apple crop ever,” says Don Roper with Honeybear Marketing. Washington, the country’s largest growing state, is seeing a production increase…

Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco

Driscoll's invests $7.1 million into Mexican berry nursery expansion

Driscoll's, a prominent US fresh berry provider, has inaugurated an extension to its strawberry nursery network in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco. This…

New program brings brown South Indian coconuts

Early last month, JVI Imports received its first container loads of brown coconuts from India. This is a new program for the company, the import…

Calavo Growers delays release of its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 financial results

Calavo Growers, Inc. has announced that it will file a Form 12b-25, Notification of Late Filing, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with…

University of Florida unveils two new southern highbush blueberry cultivars

The University of Florida's blueberry breeding program has announced the release of two new southern highbush blueberry cultivars, set to hit the…

Melissa Tesche will take up position of general manager at BC Fruit Growers' Association

BC Fruit Growers’ Association has found the replacement for retiring general manager Glen Lucas. Melissa Tesche will take over from Lucas, who will…

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Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of bananas flips on I-95 ramp in Connecticut

A tractor-trailer transporting a whopping 40,000 pounds of bananas met with a mishap on the Interstate 95, leading to the temporary closure of an exit…

Winter Fancy Foods Show, 21 to 23 January, 2024

Autumncrisp® grapes exlusive sampling to take place at Las Vegas show

First Adele, then U2 and now Autumncrisp® brand grapes. Sun World International continues its global campaign for Autumncrisp with a three-day…

Major French fry producer Lamb Weston grapples with potato surplus amid faltering restaurant demand

Lamb Weston, a leading french fry producer, has been hit with a potato surplus due to a decline in restaurant demand. The company reported a $71…

Burro grows from ‘people to pallet scale’ with autonomous harvest-assist robots

US agricultural sectors, grappling with persistent labor shortages, are increasingly adopting automation. This trend is especially noticeable in the…

Mushroom grower gears up for the Big Game

Giorgio Fresh Co, a producer of premium fresh mushrooms, has launched a line extension in time for the big game--Everything Seasoned Stuffed Mushrooms.…

San Antonio terminal sets record with 1,136 cherry-loaded containers

The San Antonio International Terminal (STI) reached a significant milestone by transporting the largest quantity of cherry-loaded containers this…

Uzair Essack - Riyp

"South African citrus season will be dependant on the situation in the Middle East"

The 2023 South African citrus season saw its last exports in September last year and growers and exporters are already looking towards this year’s…

Maloney’s Eye Cherries

“We want to be the leaders in cherry production”

On land where one of Gauteng’s most important aquifers surfaces, where traces of human occupation hark back to the Stone Age and the Iron Age, a…

Egyptian Valencia oranges enter the market amid tensions in the Red Sea

Egyptian exporters have begun marketing their calendars of Valencia oranges, which account for the bulk of Egyptian citrus volumes, amid geopolitical…

Sharp drop in the price of peppers on the local market in Morocco

Demand for Moroccan peppers seems to be picking up after a slowdown caused by the end-of-year holiday period. Obeida Mansour, CEO of Universal Peppers,…

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Fruit industry pins hopes on litigation against Transnet

The organised fruit industry of South Africa has set out its intention to take legal action against the state-run ports authority Transnet in a recent…

State deregisters Avocado Society of Kenya for mis-information and mis-communication

The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has deregistered the Avocado Association of Kenya (ASOK) over claims of misconduct and breach of membership…

South African apple and pear industry set to bounce back in 2024

South African pome fruit producers are looking forward to exports bouncing back. This is on the back of a lower pome fruit export crop due to hail…

Bee Vectoring Technologies announces South African trials with major multi-national agribusiness

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. is pleased to announce South African multi-national agricultural technology business Microbial Biological…

SA licence holder of Volcani's Aro table grapes -

Denau Holdings takes ownership of Plant Genetics

Plant Genetics, the licence holder for the Volcani Institute in South Africa, has come under the full ownership of Denau Holdings. The Volcani…

Joey Deen, Denimpex: "Qingdao - Rotterdam freight rates four to five times higher"

"Red Sea situation causing serious supply issues for our supermarket clients"

The current situation in the Red Sea and the delays caused by ships having to navigate around the Cape of Good Hope are creating numerous challenging…

Marcel van der Welle, Van Ooijen Citrus:

"Egyptian Valencias will bring relief to juicing orange market after long pricey period"

In the citrus market, Egypt and Spain are in the game with oranges. "The Egyptian oranges' share is increasing. Spanish importers can also meet their…

IFCO launches Dora, the reusable Plastic Pallet

IFCO, a prominent provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs), announced today the launch of Dora, a revolutionary reusable plastic pallet across…

Box lines poised for first-quarter windfall

Mainline operators can expect a windfall for the first quarter of 2024, as the surge in freight rates far exceeds the costs of detouring round the Cape…

Preliminary Results 2023

Major tropical fruits market review

Preliminary data indicate that the volume of world trade in major tropical fruits in 2023 looks likely to rise to a new peak of USD 11.2 billion in…

Turkish pistachios were supplied to 96 countries in 2023

Pistachios were exported from Turkey to 96 countries in 2023. While $151 million 568 thousand of income was obtained from exports, the country with the…

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are entering into an operational cooperation

Hapag-Lloyd AG (Hapag-Lloyd) and Maersk A/S, an entity under A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk), have signed an agreement for a new long-term operational…

New Zealand

Hail storm inflicts $6 million damage on Canterbury farmers

A late hail storm in Canterbury has caused around $6 million in damages for 12 to 15 arable farmers. The storm, which occurred on December 13, left valuable…

Red Sea attacks set to disrupt global trade flows, spiking air freight rates

Red Sea assaults by the Houthi have not only escalated sea freight rates but are also set to cause a surge in air freight costs due to global trade…