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General Manager Poland

Compost and Mushroom Technology Specialist

Territory Sales Rep for expansion in Western United States (OR, WA, ID, MT, UT)

Commerciale Italia – Settore frutta e verdura

Nursery Supervisor, Saanich Forestry Centre - Victoria (BC) Canada

Growing Systems Specialist

Technical Sales Position - Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, USA

Sales and Procurement Manager - Arizona, USA

Grower - Kearny (NJ) USA

Managing Director - Holland

Difficult start to the season causes Honeydew shortages and high prices

Honeydews are grown and exported from multiple origins in Latin America, but the 2019 season has been off to a slow start with regard to supply. Classic Fruit Company imports its…

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Limited availability on domestic onions in short term

Heading into the thick of the holiday season, supplies of onions will have limited availability. “Especially this week,” says John Harris of Fort Morgan Co.-based Paradigm…

Growing interest continues in specialty potatoes

Supplies of specialty potatoes from Eastern Canada are adequate right now. “It’s an unusual season. We were extremely busy at the start of the season until the U.S.…

The company receives the award for the second time

Oppy recognized among Canada's 10 most admired corporate cultures

As Oppy prepares to end 2019 by breaking new ground across its operations while nurturing a corporate culture that is positive, performance-oriented and…

In partnership with CEA Food Safety Coalition

United Fresh 2020 launches Controlled Environment pavilion

With demand growing rapidly for controlled environment production, many indoor growers are exhibiting at the United Fresh Convention & Expo to reach retail and…

SugarBee® apple's old-school guerilla marketing

In an era dominated by all things online and social media, the growers of Chelan Fresh are building buzz for their new SugarBee® apple with some old-school guerrilla…

Agriculture programs gets a boost

Ventura College boasts 109 avocado trees for hands-on student learning

Avocados are Ventura County’s no. 6 crop, and now, with the help of several companies, an open space the size of an acre at the Ventura College campus has 109 avocado trees.…

Quarantine extended to include new infections

HLB found in residential citrus trees in City of Corona, Riverside County California

A quarantine has been declared following the detection of the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in multiple residential citrus trees within…

Number of sick from Salmonella infected fresh cut fruit rises

At least 33 people at four health-care facilities in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and 26 in schools in Delaware were sickened by the Salmonella Javiana found in…

PB tec, VB and Havecon

Bom Group enters into strategic alliance with new partnership Atrium Agri

This week, on 18 December, Bram van der Kooy and Piet van Vliet transferred their shares in the Bom Group. The company is now in the hands of the current management (Mike…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

US importer doubles volume of South African lychees

Despite a challenging start, the South African lychee import season is making positive headway. One US importer, Seasons Farm Fresh, said it is planning to double imports this…

Retail

Earth Fare: Increased sales with rollout of digital signage program

Walmart: Supercenters optimalization

Amazon to deliver 3.5bln packages through own network in 2019Amazon.com Inc said it was on track to deliver 3.5bln customer packages globally this year through its in-house…

Commercial hazelnut crop from New Jersey making strides

Hazelnuts are difficult to find nowadays, and the majority of them are of Turkish origin. Now, this might change: Rutgers Horticultural Farm 3 in East…

US: Total retail advertisements up 9% in week leading up to the holidays

In retail advertisements running from December 14th through December 26th the onion and potato ads were especially prevalent, with a significant increase of 21% for the Russet…

Brexit: MPs back Boris Johnson's plan to leave EU on 31 January

MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. They voted 358 to 234 - a majority of 124 - in favour of the EU (Withdrawal…

Devastating bush fires continue in Australia

Exhausted firefighters worked through the night to save homes and lives as an out-of-control bushfire dubbed 'The Monster' tore through properties and land in New South Wales.…

"Price of Chinese Venus apples remains stable"

Due to the extreme weather conditions in China the overall apple production volume greatly declined last year. This year, however, the weather conditions were very different.…

"The overall volume of Australian fruit delivered to the Chinese market declined in comparison with previous years"

Australian fruit has always done very well in the Chinese fruit market. Although the vast majority of Australian fruit is destined for their domestic market, the country has…

"Opening of Chinese market will promote the growth of durian industry in Malaysia"

The Chinese believe that durians can generate heat in the body, so they like to consume this fruit in the winter. As a result, the export of Malaysian durians to China is…

When anti-wind and anti-frost nets can make a difference

"Installing nets against wind and frost also enables the reduction of direct light on plants or, if transparent, they improve lighting especially in spring when abnormal…

French apples arrive in Colombia under a promotion campaign by Interfel and the EU

The new harvest of French apples will arrive this month in Colombia under the “European Rendez-Vous: Apples from France, very…Crunchy!” campaign, an initiative of Interfel and…

Spain, world power in fruit and vegetable production and export

Spain is a world agricultural power and leader in the production and export of different products. This is to thank to the quality of its fields and the great number of…

Spanish company manages to improve Hass avocado setting by 50%

A recent study carried out by researchers from the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture (IHSM) La Mayora has warned that, due to climate change, the…

Costa Rica: 500-hectare pineapple farm project suspended due to environmental concerns

The Costa Rican Corporación Agrícola del Monte SA-Pindeco proposed a project that would have established a 500-hectare pineapple farm near Palmar Sur. The project, however,…

Latin American banana growers reject the EU's reduction of MRLs

Latin American banana producers and exporters have rejected the European Union's unilateral decision to reduce the maximum residue limits (MRLs) allowed in the production and…

Chilean cherry export set to reach new record in 2019-2020 production season

Chilean cherry exports to China increased by 18% this year

Data from the Chilean Fruit Export Association shows that the export volume of Chilean cherries is expected to reach 21 tons in the production season of…

Panama's banana growers strike to demand an adjustment of the minimum wage

On December 19, the Independent Banana Producers Workers' Industrial Union (Sitrapbi) of the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro, and the Union of Workers of…

Gerry Li, Rida Trade:

“2019 was an exceptional year for ginger”

The 2019 ginger year will be remembered as exceptional. “The harvest in China was not as good as expected,” says Gerry Li. Li is the Sales Manager at produce wholesaler, Rida…

Global fresh fruit market growing steadily

The total global fruit trade market has grown by an average of 40% over the last ten years. It has increased from 45 million tons to 63 million tons. This growth has been…

How tight does the Great Britain potato market look?

The second 2019 provisional production estimate from AHDB places the crop at 5.19Mt, with a range of +/- 159Kt. This estimate is based off an unharvested area of 5.5% and a…

Costa announces resignation of CFO

Costa Group Holdings Limited, a leading Australian grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables today announced the resignation of its Chief…

Trade remained flat compared to global growth

Maersk releases India trade report Q3 2019

India’s import and export container trade in Q3 2019 (July-September) remained flat as compared to global growth of 1.5%. The slowdown is aligned closely with…

First shipment of fresh vegetables flagged off from India to Dubai via sea route

The first trial shipment of fresh vegetables was flagged off on Friday from India's northern city of Varanasi via sea route to Dubai. The shipment contained 14…

Kashmir fruit growers fear for worse as 6,000 apple trucks stuck on J&K road for 13 days

The Valley fruit growers, who incurred heavy losses since the scrapping of Article 370 fear for the worse as over 6000 apple-laden trucks are stranded on…

Strawberry prices down for Christmas, but kiwifruit prices up

In November, kiwifruit prices rose 67 per cent, to a weighted average price of $6.25 per kilogram. This compares with $3.32 in November last year. "We…

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