Amy Nguyen, president of Dragonberry Produce:

“MRL regulations make it difficult to import dragon fruit into the U.S.”

Toni Lynn Adams on the debut of Cosmic Crisp®

“We are already seeing high demand in the U.S. market for the Cosmic Crisp®”

Weather factors into supplies of Mexican tomatoes

Living product farm to be launched at US retailers this year

Canadian Food Inspection Agency issues new requirements for romaine lettuce

Bananas more expensive on Bermuda due to increased inspections

UK experiences sweet potato shortage due to low US volumes

Canadian provincial rules aren't helping

Newfoundland-Labrador: Moose are eating the harvests

Canada

Nova Scotia farms witness sharp rise in expenses

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Special Year Overview

Retail

Uruguay's citrus production increased by 12% in 2019

Chile's central bank to spend $20bn on saving weak peso

Institute of Agronomic and Veterinary Sciences - University of O'Higgins

Fighting the fly that threatens Chile's fruit

Brazil put in place visual quality standards for fruit and vegetables

Belize citrus farmers mostly spared from drought

Heatwave has affected packouts but thus far season is an improvement on last year in all respects

Early Orange River grapes: better grape sizes, but lighter crop

Atakama RZ

Rijk Zwaan presents its new plum tomato for producers in Almeria

First Chilean berries arriving at the start of week 51

CarSol Europe starts using new Elifab berry sorting machine

Morocco limits citrus exports after 50% production drop

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus detected in Spain

Dutch company adds bag with handle to net window bag range

"Our beets are peeled, cooked, and cooled within three hours"

Sardinian artichokes are suffering from delays and damage due to continuous rainfall

Parasite of HLB vector psyllid in citrus

First experimental releases of "Tamarixia dryi" in Spain and Portugal

"Quality of Chinese red Fuji apples in Shandong below standard due to poor weather"

China responsible for half the global apple production volume

Unique Japanese fruit

Véronique Ama Eggley, BioPerfect:

“We can grow all the exotic fruits requested by our clients”

Iranian kiwifruit sorted thanks to Italian technology

USDA Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

Lower international prices doubled Bulgarian apple exports to 64,600 tons

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