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California avocados expected to hit peak between April and July

The California avocado season is underway and so far growers have been seeing good quality and a nice range of sizing. Peak availability of California avocados is expected…

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Ample mango supplies pushes pricing down

Thanks in part to supplies from Peru, pricing for mangoes is down this season. “There’s a lot of fruit coming in from Peru—about a 60 percent larger crop so they should be…

Mexicali green onions steady in volume

Supplies of green onions are good and steady currently. “Quality is great right now and the sizing is starting to come back,” says Phil Balestreri of Salinas, Ca.-based…

US citrus gets no support from Phase One trade deal

Protocol for exporting Californian nectarines to China nearer

Although California citrus growers were hoping that the Phase One trade deal with China would boost their export prospects, this appears not to be the case. US…

Matt Roy joins Tanimura & Antle

Tanimura & Antle has announced the hiring of Matt Roy. Roy joins the company in the role of Vice President of Business Development CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture), reporting…

Improvements should improve safety and efficiency

Construction begins on improvements to State Route 189, Arizona

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas along with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and organizations from across the state celebrated the groundbreaking of a massive…

Strophanthus fruit in Cincinnati, Ohio

More than 20 tons of illegally-shipped fruit seized and destroyed

Cincinnati officials have confiscated and destroyed 4,248 pounds of Strophanthus fruit in the past two months. Fresh fruit flying into the US has to have specific…

Orri Jaffa season gets off to a slow start

It was a difficult start to the season for Orri Jaffa mandarin growers in Israel. “The season started off very slowly. Weather conditions had delayed the maturing of the…

National Farmworker Awareness Week to be celebrated March 25-31, 2020

During the month of March, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and training organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer…

Special Australia / New Zealand

US will see larger New Zealand apples this spring

With a larger crop this year, New Zealand apples will be coming into the US market in May. “The crop looks to be larger this year with larger-sized fruit,” says Jason Bushong…

Global Focus Grapes

Chilean table grape exports to Europe increase by 36%

According to data provided by the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX), Chile has exported 1,088,615 tons of fresh fruits so far in the 2019-2020 season (from…

Retail

Amazon is offering other retailers the ability to use its Just Walk Out shopping technology

Weis Markets: 2019 and fourth quarter results

US: Hy-Vee brings online order fulfillment back to storesHy-Vee will "permanently discontinue filling orders" from its four Aisles Online fulfillment centers the week of March…

Chiquita releases new sustainability report

Chiquita honors its global responsibility by continuing its sustainability practices that have led the industry for nearly three decades. Building on the foundation of the…

United Fresh announces nominations for new board officers and directors for 2020-21

United Fresh Immediate Past Chair Cindy Jewell, SC Jewell Inc., has announced the slate of new officers and directors nominated to serve on the United Fresh…

New moth threat for Texan prickly pear cactus

Texan plants our now in danger of being hit by a devastating invasive moth that is going for the state’s ubiquitous prickly pear cactus. The South American…

Recall on enoki mushrooms due to possible listeria contamination

Sun Hong Foods, Inc 1105 W Olympic Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640 is recalling All Cases Enoki Mushroom (Product of Korea) Net Wt 7.05/200g because it has the potential to be…

Avocados From Mexico partners with Dietitians of Canada

Canada: Spotlight on avocados for 2020 Nutrition Month

Avocados from Mexico is renewing its collaboration with Dietitians of Canada for a fourth consecutive year, as sponsor of the 2020 Nutrition Month campaign.…

Department of Pesticide Regulation hands out $15,000 fine

DPR takes action on Santa Barbara county grower

The US Department of Pesticide Regulation has fined a small Central Coast grower $15,000, destroyed four tons of fruit, and shutdown the grower’s production…

A NASA experiment concludes that space lettuces are more nutritious

An investigation carried out by NASA, in which they studied the viability of food cultivation at the International Space Station (ISS), has concluded that vegetables grown in…

Hass Avocado Board nomination process open now through March 30th

The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) announced its annual board nomination schedule, which details the process for industry members to become a part of the thriving…

Researchers study the effectiveness of a component of oranges and mandarins against obesity

Researchers at the Western University of Ontario, Canada, have conducted a study on the effectiveness of nobiletin, a flavonoid naturally found in oranges and…

And some other struggling currencies

Chilean peso hits historic low amid COVID-19 worries

Last Monday, the Chilean peso closed at a historic low, dropping 1.82% to 841.50 to the dollar. The reason? Fears over a global coronavirus outbreak and widespread protests…

The most likely scenario is a one-year delay, in May 2021

International Strawberry Symposium postponed

Registrations had been blocked for over 10 days now and many researchers and operators had expressed doubts about taking part in the International Strawberry Symposium, which…

Chinese fruit producers pay three times more for distribution than last year

Hortipolaris is an agricultural company located in Beijing. The company specializes in plantation and trade of greenhouse fruit and vegetables. Since the outbreak of the…

"New packaging method stimulates Chinese sweet potato sales"

The new production season for sweet potatoes has just begun on Hainan. Sweet potatoes have grown more popular in the Chinese market over the last few years. Many more farmers…

J. Ramón Sánchez, of El Dulze: "Great growth of our shipments to the Middle East"

"Having our own production is the key to survive and keep growing"

Representatives of the Global Development Committee (GDC) of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) met from March 1 to 4 and visited some leading companies in the fruit and…

Carnel Geddes, POMASA

Pomegranate growers hope for larger sizing on Wonderful harvest

The first South African pomegranates of the season are arriving in Europe and the Middle East, early variety pomegranates, mostly Herskovits and Acco. The harvest of Wonderful…

Tjalke Stoelwinder, Greydanus:

"Ultimately, it is about which potatoes are really in that bag"

Knowledge of the different varieties of potatoes - still one of the most important food crops - is crucial in determining potatoes' popularity in the long run, says Tjalke…

Italian fruit pitting technology

"Our company specializes in the manufacture of machinery for the food processing industry - pitting machines for peaches, apricots, avocados, pears and apples in particular -…

Eric Moerdijk, Monie Nieuwdorp

"Onion exports increasingly depends on the first half of the season"

“January is a month we would rather skip in the onion trade,” says Eric Moerdijk of the Dutch company, Monie Nieuwdorp. “Lots of onions were sold in the first half of the…

Bas van Hees, VHM Machinery

“A ton of onions uncrated per minute”

“Big bags - we can fill those,” says Bas van Hees, Sales Manager at VHM Machinery. This machine manufacturer is based in the village of Ens in the Noordoostpolder region of…

Tomás Vivaldi of Vivaldi Fruits:

“Volumes of Peruvian mangos exported to South Korea have doubled this season”

The Peruvian mango season starts around week 48 and runs through weeks 10-11. Their main variety is the Kent mango, and this year was the fourth season during which they…

Workshopping a road map for the next big vegetable trend

Healthy living and tailor-made diets are continuing to make their mark on Australians’ eating habits. In a strategic levy investment project funded by Hort…

The shortage of reefers endangers the start of the avocado season

Peruvian agricultural exports increase by 2% in 2020

Peruvian traditional and non-traditional agricultural exports amounted to more than US $ 742,380,000 in January of this year, achieving growth of only 2%,…

Spain: record exports of fruit and vegetables in 2019

Spain is the world's most important fresh fruit and vegetable export country. Last year, it exported a record amount of these products. This totaled 13,2 million tons valued…

COVID-19 and the ‘Price of Cherries in China’

Huang Xianhua, general manager of Fruitease -an imported fruit trade service provider based in Shanghai- writes about his experiences in the industry and the…

Full Year 2019 results

CMA CGM Group: Good performance of the shipping segment

Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, commented on the release of the 2019 fourth quarter and full year results: "CMA…

Indian Agriculture Ministry analysis

COVID-19 outbreak could help agri exports

India’s Agriculture Ministry officials have marked 21 products wherein India can grab part of China’s market share in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. These are 21…

Israel exchanges oranges for technology

Citrus exports from Israel have plummeted by almost 75% since the 1980s when the country exported about 1.8 million tons of oranges a year. According to an…

Amanti Guacamole

A Dutch company presents a Gouda cheese - avocado fusion

The Netherlands Daily Dairy company, which already stands out for its original production and combination of flavors, has presented its Amanti Guacamole, a…

Erik Waterman, co-owner of Waterman Onions

“Protectionism is a threat to, as well as a compliment for, Dutch onions”

Whether you are at a market in a West African country, a local bazaar somewhere in Asia, or a supermarket in the Netherlands - chances are good you will find onions, grown in…

Australian mango season heads into its final weeks

The Australian mango harvest season is winding down, with the last trays of late-season varieties scheduled to hit the shelves in the coming fortnight. In the…

New Zealand celebrates 200 years of apples and pears

Apples and pears have been a New Zealand treasure since the first trees were planted in Kerikeri by missionary Samuel Marsden in 1819. Two centuries later, the…

Spain

Tomsystem offers a solution for the staking of crops

A practical demonstration of the TOMSYSTEM machine, a stapler with metal rings for the staking of crops, especially of peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes, was…

US shoppers skip fresh produce aisle due to Coronavirus

Fearful of coronavirus and potential quarantine, US shoppers are avoiding touching fresh fruits and vegetables in grocery stores and stocking their pantries with pretzels,…

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