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EU Sales and Region manager

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Vacancy Quality and Compliance Manager

Sales Manager Retail (Poland)

Farm Manager

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Product Marketing Coordinator: North Europe - The Netherlands (working remotely)

Grower Manager Fresh Produce

Senior Commercial Manager (Sales and Procurement)

Packing Supervisor

GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW APPLES

The global apple market is facing significant challenges in different regions. In the Netherlands, the expansion of Polish apple exports has resulted in sluggish sales, which…

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Acreage may lessen on California carrots

Carrot supplies are steady, but slightly lower, out of California. “We’re finishing up our Bakersfield season. We have another couple of weeks to go so supply is a little…

Weather and fertilizer impact pineapple supplies

Supplies of pineapple continue to be tight. “This is the case across the board with all suppliers,” says Stefanie Katzman, Executive Vice President, S. Katzman Produce.…

Bulk date boxes back to support Ramadan sales

With Ramadan right around the corner, Natural Delights® is offering two-, five- and 11-pound window boxes to meet the need during the brand’s highest sales period of the year.…

Oregon onion grower-shipper opts for new grading and packing line

Oregon’s Northwest Onion was looking to invest in a new packing solution but ended up opting for a new topping, grading and packing line. “We’ve been sorting and packing…

Significant desert region lettuce ice

Markon reports that yesterday morning temperatures in the Arizona/California desert growing region ranged from upper 20°F to 30°F, causing widespread lettuce ice. Harvesting and…

USDA files action against Frozen Food in Pennsylvania

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Frozen Food Development Inc. (Frozen Food) for alleged violations of…

C.H. Robinson named to Fortune’s 2023 list of most admired companies

C.H. Robinson has been named to Fortune magazine’s annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies, an arbiter of corporate reputation. The global logistics…

Annual grape production: Only a photon away

Most of us associate vineyards with serenity and tranquility. To a grower, vineyards can represent the opposite: High establishment costs, labor-intensive management, and…

Autonomous drones designed to harvest fruit show their skills at World Ag Expo

One of the new products on display at the World Agricultural Expo in Tulare was the result of two companies teaming up and creating a new solution to labor shortages in the…

Global Focus Grapes

9,155,211 boxes (8.2 kg) of table grapes exported

Peruvian table grape farm exports record 4,306 containers worldwide

A new export record for a single company in Peru was set with 4 306 containers and 9 155 211 boxes (8.2 kg) of table grapes exported to different markets around the world…

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H-E-B is the leading grocer in Forbes magazine’s list of the best large employers in the U.S.

Americanas SA failed to reach a deal on proposal to creditors

US: Ahold CEO cites progress on sustainability, employmentAhold Delhaize has made “good strides” in its efforts to reduce food waste and its use of plastics in the U.S., Frans…

Planasa inaugurates an R&D center in Mexico to launch new berry varieties in Latin America and the US

Planasa is launching a new research and development center in Jacona (Michoacán, Mexico) with the aim of obtaining new berry varieties for farmers in Latin America and the US.…

Florida’s citrus industry still a vital economic force in state

Despite challenges from diseases, land development trends and extreme weather, Florida’s citrus industry contributed $6.935 billion to the state’s economy in…

According to growers organization

Endangered Species Act proposals challenging for specialty crops

Specialty crop producers will be hard-pressed to comply with new proposals from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overhauling how it implements the…

Psyllids Confirmed in Sonoma County, California

California officials have confirmed the presence of HLB-spreading Asian citrus psyllids in a residential area east of Sonoma. The confirmation came following…

IFCO achieves 2 billion reusable packaging shipment milestone

IFCO, the world’s leading provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs) delivered over 2 billion reusable packaging shipments of fresh produce, meat,…

Anna Lambourne - New Zealand Apples and Pears

"The impact of Cyclone Gabrielle has been immense"

Cyclone Gabrielle has hit New Zealand farmers hard, some have lost everything. Some apple growers has just started the harvest and the orchards were full of…

All the international photo reports are now available

Photo Report: Fruit Logistica 2023

The largest fair for the global fruit and vegetable trade has come to an end. Fruit Logistica has now also announced the number of visitors to the 30th Fruit Logistica. A…

The export volume would amount to 624,000 tons

Peruvian avocado exports will increase again in 2023

The Association of Hass Avocado Producers of Peru (ProHass) has forecast that the country will export 624,000 tons of avocado in 2023, i.e. 12.5% more than in…

Peru diverts its grape exports to closer markets due to the protests in the country

Alejandro Cabrera, head of the Peruvian association of table grape producers, Provid, told Bloomberg that exporters and producers in the industry were…

DataLiner

Brazilian melon exports dropped, as expected, in January

Brazilian melon exports dropped, as usual, in January. According to data from Secex, the volume shipped in the period was 32,000 tons, down 23% compared to December and 6%…

Photo Chris Troch | Dreamstime

Predicted rain worries stonefruit and grape farmers

Windbound Port of Cape Town not operational since Tuesday

Cape Town is no stranger to wind during summer, in particular the dry Southeasterly wind colloquially called the Cape Doctor. Capetonians say it has been blowing stronger than…

Substantial damage to farms after days of heavy downpours

Recent floods have taken a heavy toll on South African farmers who have reported major losses on their farms.Farmers across the country are reporting…

Zimbabwe avocado exports last season exceeded projections, reaching 8,180 tonnes

Zimbabwe avocado exports last season exceeded projections, reaching 8,180 tonnes, according to the Horticulture Development Council (HDC). In Zimbabwe,…

Unusual overlap of large volumes of previous and new season fruit drags down domestic market

South African avo growers to start picking for exports as weather clears

The export crop estimate for South Africa's new avocado crop is 17 million 4kg cartons, 5% higher than last season. Hass volumes are lower than last year, while Fuerte and…

South African table grape week 6 exports 7% lower with some port delays

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), through another season update from their bi-weekly Joint Grape Marketing Forum, report that National inspection volumes for week…

Mandarins selling at rock bottom prices at Malaysian retailer

After the Chinese New Year, it appears that a shopping mall is selling mandarin oranges at only RM3 per 4kg box. The Malaysia Shopping Mall Facebook page…

China's fruit imports have continued to grow, and there is a large gap between the supply and demand of high-quality fruits

"Three years after the pandemic, we invite players in the fruit industry to visit the Chinese mainland market"

Although the pandemic that has lasted for three years brought huge challenges to the Chinese market, according to official data, the total amount of imported fruit in the…

Also looking for apple imports into Vietnam

Year-round dragon fruit from Vietnam enables global exports

Nguyen Quoc Duan is General Direct at Vietnamese dragon fruit growing and export company Song Nam ITD Co., Ltd.. The company is based in Ho Chi Min City, with its farms in…

Geert Baecke, Tino's Fruit:

"I've never seen prices such as these for TOVs"

Greenhouse vegetable prices are skyrocketing. "Bell peppers, zucchini, eggplant, tomato, cucumber. You name it, everything's expensive," says Geert Baecke of Tino's Fruit in…

Ruud Zwinkels and Danitsja Mulder, EFP International:

"Trade is being pulled to all sides; bell peppers cost more than green asparagus"

In Europe, greenhouse vegetable prices are reaching great heights. "Unbelievably, bell peppers currently cost more than green asparagus. Wednesday, Feb. 15, bell pepper prices…

Polish apples enjoy strong demand for most popular export varieties

The Polish apples are doing better in 2023 than they were doing in December of last year. Mateusz Wajnert, head of sales for Polish apple exporter Galster, states there is…

Nacho Doménech, of Agromark:

"Our broccoli supply is at 30% of where it should be at this time of year"

The sudden drop in temperatures for more than two weeks in much of Spain is causing a serious shortage of vegetables, both open ground and greenhouse, as well as of some…

"The demand far exceeds the supply at the moment"

Shortage of vegetables in Almeria due to the cold

This campaign will not go down in history as a normal one for Almeria's greenhouse producers. First, because of the high temperatures recorded in autumn and the warm start of…

Daniel Larsson, Hebe Frukt & Grönsaker AB:

"Despite the war, Ukraine has the best Royal Gala apples on the Swedish market"

Royal Gala apples from the Ukraine are selling really well in Sweden. According to Daniel Larsson, Hebe Frukt & Grönsaker AB, the Swedish importer and distributor of fresh…

The opinion of an agronomist

"Mole plows should not be underestimated"

Mole plows for soil aeration have been used for over half a century thanks to high power machines, and they continue to be valid when looking for the right balance between…

Groundbreaking of new Maersk X-Dock warehouse in Rotterdam Maasvlakte II

“It’s the start of the construction for a Maersk warehouse that will significantly stand out in our European portfolio of distribution centers,” says Jens-Ole Krenzien,…

$1,954.64 per 40ft container

Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased by 2% this week

Our detailed assessment for Thursday, 16 February 2023The composite index has decreased by 2% this week, and has dropped by 79% when compared with the same…

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