Robot Amiga assists farms of all sizes

At the height of the pandemic, Ethan Rublee and his family left California's high-tech area Silicon Valley for a small plot of land in Watsonville,…

Pricing low on California W. Murcotts

Mandarin supplies look to be quite ample coming out of California. “It seems like industry-wide there’s a pretty heavy crop and now with the rain and…

Box of sweet potatoes launched into space

“In our galaxy, only one sweet potato reigns supreme,” says Steven Ceccarelli, CEO of Farm Fresh Produce when he announced the release of an exciting…

Ribbon cut on new vertical farming facility in British Columbia

After nearly a decade of researching and developing the latest technology to grow crops at 350 times the yield of conventional field-grown greens, UP…

Lohan Marais – Icon Fruit

USA is a meaningful destination for South African stonefruit this year

Icon Fruit, a joint venture between the Unlimited Group and Cape Fruits Produce, has a good mix of everything Stonefruit, says Lohan Marais, commercial…

Boom Northeast apple crop and imports bring strong volumes through summer

Last year’s domestic apple crop is a tale of two seasons as weather conditions in major growing regions dictated significantly different results for…

University of Minnesota releases apple variety resistant to apple scab

The apple breeding program at the University of Minnesota’s Horticultural Research Center recently released its latest apple variety. The Triumph variety apple…

Alabama peach growers facing uncertainty

Peach farmers in central Alabama will likely see a longer bloom period and a smaller-than-usual crop at each harvest for peach varieties with moderate or high…

Week-long Snackathon celebrates National Snack Day

Pure Flavor® launched a week-long campaign leading up to National Snack Day on Saturday, March 4th. The brand kicked off its content campaign on…

Indoor grower adds four new regional salad greenhouse hubs

BrightFarms is expanding with four new regional greenhouse hubs offering sustainably grown leafy greens to more people across the Eastern and Central…

Tropical fruits and roots on display at Southern Exposure

WP Produce, a Miami-based and family-owned grower, packer and shipper of  Desbry® brand tropical fruits and roots, returns to the annual SEPC Southern Exposure…

Raising awareness around walnuts and Omega-3 ALA

California Walnuts is raising awareness of the health benefits associated with omega-3 alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) while spotlighting the ways the versatility of…

AEWR

IFPA comments on Department of Labor Final Rule regarding Adverse Effect Wage Rate

The Department of Labor released the Final Rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A employers yesterday delivering the latest in a series of…

UF/IFAS to find lessons learned from Hurricane Ian for Florida citrus growers

ED, Fla. — While Hurricane Ian lasted just a few days, a University of Florida researcher is looking at longer-term impacts in hopes of finding strategies to…

Market and Crop Update for March 2, 2023

'Idaho-East, Oregon and Washington buyers are primarily looking for jumbo reds and yellows'

Idaho-E. Oregon/Western Oregon/Washington:John Vlahandreas with Wada Farms reported in on March 1 from his Salem, OR, office. “Commenting on demand is tough…

Hawke's Bay Fruit Growers' Association set up a relief fund

Where to start after Cyclone Gabrielle?

Last month parts of New Zealand were devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle, while some growers suffered no or minor damage, others saw their entire…

Australia: Manbulloo to diversify into new avocado varieties

Australia's largest grower of Kensington Pride mangoes, Manbulloo, has just signed the rights to three new avocado varieties that have come from New Zealand…

Panama's pineapple is awarded the 2023 Taste of the Year award in Spain

The pineapple of the Dorium Tropical Gold brand, originally from the Augro Fresh Panama company, was awarded in Spain the 2023 Taste of the Year award, a seal…

Red Globe still brings in good business for Peruvian table grape producer

The rapid shift to new generation cultivars means that all indications  point to the fact that the table grape industry work horse cultivar of Red Globe…

Rolf Weber, Pafru S.A. / Global Producers:

"Considerably fewer melons being exported from Costa Rica to Europe"

"The unexpected rain in two Costa Rican cultivation areas has resulted in many failed crops and even total losses at melon farms," says Rolf Weber of…

Mariano Zapata, President of Proexport:

"There are chains that don't understand the situation and the rise in prices and prefer to have empty shelves"

Spanish fruits and vegetables are scarce in European supermarkets due to bad weather. While supply in most countries in central and northern Europe,…

Philippe Blanquet, CEO of Cichorium: "To date, we are the only company in the world capable of carrying out such projects"

"We have already launched chicory production projects in Martinique and Tahiti"

This year has been especially difficult so far for the production of vegetables that require a greater energy investment, because while energy prices…

Neolithics -

Reducing food waste through non-destructive internal inspection of avocados, mangos and other fruit

The age old questions remain of when will my avocado or mango be ripe or will it ripen at all? “This can now be answered through the non-destructive…

"The future of IQF freezing lies in the development of more energy-efficient machinery"

The IQF market has witnessed significant growth in recent years due to the increasing demand for convenience foods, rising consumer awareness about…

Kuehne+Nagel reports very strong 2022 result

Kuehne+Nagel closed the 2022 financial year with an exceptionally strong result. Group net turnover increased by 20% to CHF 39.4 billion, EBIT by 28%…

David Socheleau - La Blottière celebrates its 60th anniversary:

“We are going to accentuate our leadership in pears”

La Blottière®, pear and apple cultivar owners and growers from France, celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary with partners and customers at Fruit…

Chile set a new record for plum exports, and Uzbekistan jumped to the top-4 globally

In 2022, Chile updated its own global record in fresh plum exports of 2019, EastFruit analysts report. Chilean fruit exporters supplied 158 000 tonnes of fresh…

NFU unveils strategy to boost UK horticulture amid empty shelves

The NFU has unveiled its strategy to boost UK horticulture amid ongoing supply chain disruption and empty supermarket shelves. The strategy, launched on…

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates its 15th anniversary with new seed deposits

Today, March 2, marks the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The occasion was celebrated by 20 international gene banks…

Sea Intelligence

Schedule reliability dips slightly M-o-M in January 2023

Sea-Intelligence has published issue 138 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including January…

Container News

“The global nature of trade will prevail,” MSC CEO Toft tells TPM23

MSC CEO Soren Toft gave an overview of the company's ongoing development, economic recovery expectations, and attempts to achieve sustainable shipping,…

Poor transportation compromises avocado quality in Kenya

The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has raised concerns over poor methods used to transport avocados from farms to packing houses. AFA director of…

Hapag-Lloyd publishes 2022 annual report and announces forecast for the current financial year

'Extraordinarily strong Group profit in year of 175th anniversary'

Hapag-Lloyd today published its annual report for 2022, the year of its 175th anniversary. According to the report, Hapag-Lloyd’s EBITDA increased to USD 20.5…

Spot rates for Shanghai container exports fall on all routes

Freight rates for container exports from China continued to decline in the eight week of the year despite transportation capacity adjustments. According to the…