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How did cherry trees in North Okanagan weather the recent freeze?

It’s been quite the weather in British Columbia this past year. Extreme heat in the summer of 2021, followed by excessive rainfall and flooding in the fall and very low…

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Strawberry supplies increasing again

Strawberry volumes look to be ramping up soon. Strawberry volumes in Central Mexico and Florida are expected to continually increase in the coming weeks. Kyla Oberman of California…

IFPA Virtual Town Hall

Strategies to manage supply chain issues

With supply chain disruptions making headlines daily, the International Fresh Produce Association’s Virtual Town Hall on “Supply Chain Disruption: Successful Strategies to…

Putting it all on citrus

Central Market has kicked off its annual Citrus Fest which is complete with eye-catching displays. Central Market’s buyers have been searching for bright, fresh flavors to bring…

Vertically integrated berry producer launches in Ontario

Ever Tru Farms, a new Ontario-based, vertically integrated berry producer of scale, has entered the market. Ever Tru Farms will launch with its first crop this March, using a…

ITC report

Mexican imports are needed to meet increased cucumber and squash demand

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently issued reports summarizing its findings from its investigations on the U.S. cucumber and squash industries and the…

Celebrity chef promotes Pazazz® apples for National Cancer Prevention month

This February during National Cancer Prevention Month, chef Elle Simone Scott of America’s Test Kitchen will inspire consumers with Pazazz recipes. She will also invite them…

Rise in differing cargo theft types driven by conditions at congested US ports

Third quarter cargo theft data in the US shows storage facilities targeted in 45% of reported cases; up from 20% of recorded cases in the same quarter in 2020. Fall in…

Farm Fresh Produce has organic sweet potatoes for the first time

"Sweet potato demand bound to rise"

The first North American sweet potatoes had arrived at Farm Fresh Produce's European sales office in the Netherlands in November already. But the real volumes will be coming…

Sakata Seed America welcomes senior biotechnology manager

Sakata Seed America recently announced the addition of John Lindbo to the company’s expanding research department. As senior biotechnology manager, Lindbo is…

Special Bananas

Peru sent 33% of its bananas to the Netherlands

Peruvian banana exports increased by 58% in value in 2021

Between January and November 2021, Peru exported 197 tons of bananas for 219 million dollars, registering a 0.22% increase in the volume shipped and a 58%…

Global Focus Grapes

Wibo van den Ende, Vita Optima:

"As soon as the grapes arrive, they're sold"

The challenge in the current grape market lies more with the supply chain than sales. So says Wibo van den Ende of Vita Optima in the Netherlands. "The whole supply chain's…

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SVG Ventures | THRIVE: Global Agrifood Innovation Hub in Calgary

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Terra Exports

US: Frank Curci to replace retiring Scott Grimmett as CEO of Northeast GroceryNortheast Grocery Inc. (NGI), the company formed by last year’s merger of Price Chopper/Market 32…

Frozen Food Development recalls Lidl branded chopped spinach because of possible health risk

Frozen Food Development is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Lidl branded 12-ounce packages of Frozen Chopped Spinach because the product has the potential to be…

As Canada requires drivers crossing into Canada to be vaccinated:

Fruit and vegetable shortages to worsen as trucker shortages increase

Although Canadian border agents only began refusing entry to unvaccinated American truckers several days ago, it’s already causing chaos. It is particularly…

Risk reduction plan aims to mitigate outbreaks, recalls

US researchers tackle salmonella in bulb onions

Salmonella contamination of bulb onions, which caused recalls across the U.S. and Canada in 2020, is the focus of a Texas A&M AgriLife Research project to help…

Peru was the main blueberry supplier to the US in 2021

The United States received shipments of blueberries from different countries for 310,097 tons valued in US$ 1,904 million throughout 2021. This represents a…

Instant payment and banking platform now available for supply chain

Shifl has released shifl.capital, a FinTech solution designed to make doing business easier for supply chain companies. This new solution allows shippers/BCOs,…

In November, grapes surpassed blueberries as most exported Peruvian fruit

In Peru, fresh grapes obtained first place as the most agro exported product during November 2021, reaching 218 million dollars. According to the latest data…

D-Quality Survey: “we provide up-to-date market commercial/quality data reports to our customers”

“More than 7,000 cherry containers are coming to Hong Kong port; slow custom clearance is a problem”

In the last few weeks, Chilean cherries arrived on the Chinese market in large volumes. Growers and traders are working hard to bring their best quality fruit into the Chinese…

"Chinese lemons suffer competition from Turkey and Egypt this season"

The lemon harvest of the new production season will come to an end in late February. The cost price of lemons is rather high this season. In addition, the rising shipping fees…

Cathrine Smuts – De Keur

South African pears to benefit from empty European & UK markets

At De Keur, a topfruit and onion producer in the Koue Bokkeveld, the harvest of early Bon Chretiens (also called Williams) and Rosemarie pears kicked off last week, as the…

Lilian Jebet - Riziki Fresh

"We expect to increase our production by more than 300% in the next three years"

The Kenyan avocado season starts from Mid-February for greenskin and mid-March for Hass through November. However, in 2021 Kenya had the advantage of a second crop for both…

Couple from the Bahamas now focus on yellow pepper farming in Rwanda

A couple from the Bahamas moved to Rwanda in 2020 to focus on its farming business, mainly yellow pepper. Felecia and Wayne Belazia are now farming in the…

Australia COVID-19 Update

Backpacker visa incentives announced as concerns grow over RAT shortage

The Australian Government has announced a series of temporary visa measures as an incentive for fully vaccinated Working Holiday Maker visa holders to return to Australia as…

Clonal trees to help service the increasing demand for avocados

At a nursery in the far reaches of Northern NSW, Australian technology is reimagining the avocado industry. For the past six years, scientists have been working with the…

‘Huge problems’ with transport in December

“2021 was a good year for Polish apples”

The Polish apple trade is headed towards better times, after a turbulent December month. Prices are stable at the moment, but the increased costs for electricity could change…

Delays at customers a challenge

"The high light levels are producing great quality and good availability which will last for a couple of weeks"

There is good strawberry supply at the moment with fruit coming from both Spain and Morocco, there is also Egyptian fruit but there have been some quality issues with it this…

Björn Schote from VKN Verpackungskontor on the supply situation for fruit & veg packaging

"Lead times for material procurement have become significantly longer"

Significant price increases and a tight supply situation have characterized raw material procurement for paper and board since fall 2020. "Prices for raw materials are in some…

Schamel Meerrettich GmbH & Co. KG

Matthias Schamel on the development of horseradish sales

"Through guaranteeing the origin and organic processing on site, we have tackled two top trends"

Wintertime is horseradish time: The healthy root vegetable is cultivated on a large scale, especially in the Free State of Bavaria, where it is processed into tasty…

Patrick Hughes - Scottish Agri Export Hub

Scottish produce has real export potential

Last November saw the launch of the Scottish Agri Export Hub by NFUS in partnership with SAOS. The hub will develop new export opportunities and expand existing export markets…

With CSO Italy project 'The European Art of Taste'

Kiwi becomes the protagonist in Asia

Despite the climatic difficulties that limited production, in 2021 the kiwifruit grown from the Mediterranean, particularly in Italy, continues to record the…

Province of Huelva has largest growth in exports within Andalusia

The province of Huelva, the main blueberry producing area in Spain, reached €1.24 million in fruit and vegetable exports during the period January-October…

New Kuehne+Nagel sea freight disruption indicator points to persistent supply chain challenges

Kuehne+Nagel is launching the Seaexplorer disruption indicator to measure the efficiency of the world container shipping networks. The indicator shows the cumulative TEU*…

Liner operators minimize impact of South Korean fines

The liner operators which have been hit by a fine of nearly US$81 million by the Korea Fair Trade Commission are minimizing the financial impact of these. In a…

Video Tree-kangaroo enjoys avocado cake for 16th birthday

This tree-kangaroo got to enjoy its 16th birthday with an avocado cake. Happy birthday little fellow!

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