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Teeltspecialisten Engeland

Commercial Support Coordinator (32-40 hours)

Quality Assurance Manager

Sr Construction Project Manager

China country manager

Commercial Key Account Manager

Agriculture Sales engineer France & European zone

Area Sales Manager Benelux

Cultivation specialist / Growers for Amerika

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Record number of citrus vessels shipped from South Africa to the US

South Africa’s citrus farmers have finished picking and packing fruit for the US market. Although the season will gradually wind down, five more vessels are still on their way…

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Teeltspecialisten Engeland

Hurricane Ian hits Florida as citrus growers near harvest season

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm and is slowly making its way through the state as a Category 1 hurricane. Yesterday, an article was published…

California pomegranate season sees strong demand on shorter crop

California pomegranates will have a shorter crop this season, particularly on the early fruit. “The bloom was lighter this year and the heat delayed us in harvesting,” says…

Amidst Hurricane Ian, Colombian bell peppers arrived in the US for the first time

Colombia just exported nine thousand kilos of bell peppers to the United States for the first time ever. This shipment, which arrived at the Miami Port Wednesday afternoon,…

SnapDragon apple production up 25 percent

The first apples are arriving in stores now as SnapDragon expands its reach. Growers across New York State are now handpicking SnapDragon™ apples, a Crunch Time Apple Growers…

International and Spanish Tradeshow Magazine - Primeur Fruit Attraction

Fruit Attraction will be held between Tuesday 4th October and Thursday 6th October in Madrid. FreshPlaza and Primeur have joined together to publish a 150 page tradeshow…

Ecuador will compete in the international blueberry market

Several days ago, the Hortifrut company exported a shipment of 5 tons of blueberries from Ecuador to the Netherlands by sea. The fruit was produced in the Zapotillo canton of…

Report highlights record growth in Mexican avocado imports

Avocados have become a staple in the American diet. From toast to guac to tacos, the tasty fruit has made its mark and the demand of avocados is not slowing down. The Avocado Institute,…

Awe Sum Organics makes key hires to support the launch of organic avocados

Jared Bray, recently hired as a sales professional is looking tolead the company into the organic avocado space. As a veteran in the produce industry, Bray brings with him…

Marco Limited open new site in Pennsylvania, USA

Marco Limited, the productivity improvement experts for the food and formulation industries, is excited to announce the opening of Marco North America in Pennsylvania, USA.…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Andrew George with EarthFresh discusses dynamics in the potato sector

“It’s more important than ever to be located close to customers”

During the beginning of the pandemic, there was unprecedented demand for potatoes. Consumers were buying and stockpiling them at home. “As the pandemic progressed, we…

Special Avocados

Papua New Guinea to embark on developing avocados as an industry

Moves are afoot to develop avocado as an alternative industry in the Asaro Valley of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands Province has the…

Retail

Dreamstime

Cardenas Markets is partnering with Amazon

Instacart launched Instacart Health

US: KeHE Distributors opens largest distribution center in Dallas, TexasKeHE Distributors (KeHE), one of the largest natural & organic, specialty, and fresh distributors in…

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"Local hothouse tomatoes cooked by Trudeau’s carbon tax" says opposition leader

Mexican tomato growers are eating the lunch of a long-time greenhouse tomato producer in Manotick thanks to Trudeau’s carbon tax, according to Official Opposition leader…

IFPA announces Advocate of the Year at The Washington Conference

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) has announced the 2022 Industry Advocate of the Year Award recipient, DNO Produce. The award was given at The Washington…

Three ag tech sessions announced for Organic Grower Summit 2022

A trio of sessions focused on the ever-changing landscape of ag technology has been announced as part of the educational program for the upcoming Organic Grower Summit (OGS)…

Kid-friendly fruit presentations on display at Fruit Attraction

Fruit Attraction in Madrid has become one of the most important fruit trade shows for product innovation. For Goldenberry Farms™, the timing of the show provides an…

University of Idaho

Researchers are seeking to develop spuds that resist harmful nematodes

University of Idaho researchers are introducing genes from a plant in the nightshade family into potatoes, seeking to develop spuds that resist harmful…

APHIS revises requirements for importing fresh sand pear fruit from South Korea

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is notifying the public of the decision to revise requirements for the…

Pistachio brand partners up for the Panda Cup

Wonderful® Pistachios announced a partnership with gaming organization Panda Global as an Official Snack of the Panda Cup, the first North American Super Smash Bros.™ circuit…

USDA

Value of all potatoes sold in 2021 in Idaho, Oregon and Washington at $1.92 billion

The final value of Idaho's 2021 potato crop sold was $1.04 billion, up 14 percent from 2020. The marketing year average price for potatoes in Idaho was $8.46 per cwt, up $1.18…

Provincial harvest updates

Canadian potato farmers planted 155,856 hectares of potatoes in 2022

While not all provinces publish potato-specific progress reports, the following fall harvest updates have been made available at potatoesincanada.com: Alberta…

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Canker resistance progress may help with HLB

A team of researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has successfully identified the CsDMR6 gene, which…

Codling moth threatens some Alberta apple crops

This summer many apple trees in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, lost their entire crop. The cause? The codling moth, an insect that can devastate an entire…

Peruvian citrus exporter finds 'interesting margins' in Russia

The Peruvian citrus and exotic fruit exporter, Andres Orbegozo Tellez, from FamFruits Peru, has closed his citrus campaign with 38 containers shipped to Russia and the United…

State of Oregon fines Hermiston potato processing plant for groundwater contamination

On Tuesday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued a $127,800 fine to a Hermiston potato processing plant for repeated wastewater violations…

Market and Crop Update for September 22, 2022

“Despite a decrease in demand, the onion market remains steady"

MARKETIdaho-E. Oregon:Dan Phillips with Central Produce/Eagle Eye reported in from his Payette, ID, sales office this week. “Demand this week is not what it…

Small quantities of fruit in environment-friendly packaging is a global trend

Consumers around the world have become more aware of the environmental impact of packaging. Industries have raised their standards for packaging in response to this…

Lower yield this year due to weather conditions

Peak of Indian pomegranate season is over

The Indian pomegranate season is still going, but most of the exports are over after the peak months of August and September. Demand is on a similar level to last year, while…

Veripack

New packaging solutions for the global market

In Madrid, Veripack will present a new approach to sustainability with innovative products and materials and increased client support. The Guillin Group, of which Veripack is…

Moldova special: plum and grape cultivation company, Ceteronis

High transport rates hinder fruit export

The fruit cultivation company, Ceteronis, which was founded in 2000, combines no fewer than nine kolkhoz* fields, totaling over 4,000 hectares. A third of the acreage consists…

Matthew McIntyre - McIntyre Fruit

Last of this season's Scottish cherries being packed

The last of this season’s cherries were picked last week at McIntyre Fruit in Blairgowrie, Scotland. Volumes were down this season by around 50% possibly due to wind at…

"Many farmers didn’t want to bear the high storage costs"

Polish apple growers were keen to sell their apples as fast as possible, to avoid costs for storing the produce, says Aniruddh Ramesh, director of Polish apple exporter LVMG…

Co-op gets to ‘core’ of crop challenges faced by UK apple growers

Co-op have introduced a range of measures to get to the ‘core’ of issues faced by the apple industry's crop challenges due to hot weather and lack of rain over summer months. The…

Etienne Taitz - Afrex Kenya

Basil grown especially for pesto

Afrex Kenya exports agricultural products from South Africa to wholesalers and resellers from as far away as China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the USA, Canada, Europe, and…

Jan van der Merwe – SupPlant

Getting orders straight from the plant

SupPlant is a market leader in artificial intelligence-driven tree telemetry in the world, coming from Israel where optimal water use is front of mind, and gaining ground in…

UK food inflation reaches highest rate ever recorded

According to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the NielsenIQ shop price index, UK food inflation hit 10.6 percent in September. For fresh food,…

Freshmax New Zealand pipfruit sold

Freshmax Group has successfully sold its New Zealand pipfruit business, inclusive of Freshmax Exports, Crasborn Fresh Harvest, Freshmax Orchards and Freshmax…

Brazilians research fungus that combats two of the worst threats to banana cultivation

A soil-borne fungus that has not yet been studied in depth in Brazil or elsewhere, and that might be used to mitigate the harmful effects of the banana borer…

A robot to monitor crops created by Peruvian inventors is awarded in Korea

A group of researchers and engineers from the Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN) developed a robotic device - shaped like a ladybug - equipped with sensors…

Sarjaa Designs Private Ltd

Indian company makes bags made out of apple skin and other fruit-based leather

Founded by Anjana Arjun, Sarjaa Designs Private Ltd aims to create functional, stylish, luxury handbags, made out of plant-based and fruit leather. Introducing…

Sea Intelligence

Imminent downwards pressure on TATL rates

While freight rates continue to tumble on Transpacific and Asia-Europe, they are holding firm on Transatlantic Westbound. The primary question is why the rates are holding up;…

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