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Volumes of Ontario carrots down 20 percent

Supplies of carrots from Ontario look to be down by approximately 20 percent. Tony Tomizza of Dominion Farm Produce Ltd. in Bradford, ON points to the warm, wet fall in…

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Assistant breeder

Statement from B.C. Blueberry Council

British Columbia blueberry industry severely impacted by recent floods

From flooded fields and homes to supply chain issues, this is an especially challenging time for British Columbia. We stand with the those impacted by floods. Our hearts go…

Terra Firma Foods:

“Back to the future” with terraponic growing

“Using our proprietary NexGen™ farming model and methodology, we grow nutritious, insect-free and soil-enhanced food. We have pioneered and developed “terraponics” to enhance…

Sakata Seed America appoints Chief Operations Officer

Sakata Seed America has appointed Eduardo Flores to the role of chief operations officer (COO) for Sakata Seed America, effective November 29th, 2021. Flores…

Greenyard USA/Seald Sweet expands sales team

Produce marketer Greenyard USA/Seald Sweet welcomes Andrew Kamenitzer as account executive to its sales team. Kamenitzer’s more than 20 years of sales and…

Winter blueberry outlook indicates strong production

California Giant Berry Farms has the winter blues--blueberries that is--with global grower partners reporting peak volumes of organic and conventional blueberry supply for the…

December 2 and 3

Avocado quality meter to feature at Colombian industry conference

The Avocado Quality Meter from Felix Instruments will be highlighted at a major conference of industry leaders at Territorio Aguacate, in Medellin, Colombia, December 2-3. For…

USDA

Advertised prices for specialty crops at major retail supermarket outlets 11/20 to 12/02

Significant increases in price for fruit, including seedless grapes, avocados and cranberries

This week, a good deal of ad space was dedicated to baking supplies, and fresh berries, pears, cranberries, and apples were featured alongside them. Holiday favorites like…

Climate-resilient food system program continues growing

Jacobs Farm del Cabo is making significant progress in its ClimateLab™ efforts, a program focused on building a more inclusive, climate-resilient food system. “We are focused…

Exports to the US had the biggest growth among Almeria's top 10 destination markets

According to the latest data provided by Extenda, corresponding to the period between January and September of 2021, Almeria is the fourth Andalusian exporting…

Special Greenhouse

Grape tomatoes continue to push category growth

For Richmond, VA-based Magic Sun Farms, a hydroponic tomato grower with growing operations in Mexico, grape tomatoes and other snacking varieties seem to be taking the lead in…

Global focus citrus

Antoine Guyot, Del Monte:

“Clementine sales should be more dynamic this week”

“Two weeks ago, we received our first shipments of clementines without leaves from Spain, and we started marketing the clementines with leaves at the end of last week,”…

Retail

Dreamstime

Walmart CEO hailed the Biden administration's efforts to ease supply chain bottlenecks

Boxed announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire MaxDelivery

U.S. labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote at Alabama warehouseA regional director for the U.S. National Labor Relations Board called for a rerun of a union…

Asian grocery stores hard hit by Port of Vancouver woes

Last week, two trucks carrying $109,000 of ginger from China and dragon fruit from Vietnam left Vancouver for Calgary. The cargo had been held up on the ships…

Possible cranberry shortage by Christmas

According to Wisconsin State Cranberry Grower’s Association Executive Director Tom Lochner, unsettled weather over the last year in Central Wisconsin led to…

Kern citrus growers ascribe smaller fruit and lower volume to summer heat

Kern citrus growers say some oranges have been coming in noticeably smaller in size and volume, enough to affect sales. Still, it's hard to know how the market…

Through "The Charming Taste of Europe" campaign

"The Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Kavala" targets Canadian market

The Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Kavala (Kavala COOP), from Greece, has joined "The Charming Taste of Europe" campaign to promote its kiwis and…

South African grape outlook

There is optimism around the new season of South African grapes. The first crop estimates for 2021-22 were just released with expected volumes between 70.6 and 77.7 million…

Egyptian strawberry season now in full swing

Since mid-November, the export of Egyptian fresh strawberries has officially begun. One exporter expects a solid season, as both demand and production are at a good level.…

Blueberry industry is the fastest-growing horticultural industry in South Africa

During their monthly Beanstalk.Global broadcasts, PMA Southern Africa and a panel of experts discuss key aspects of various types of fresh produce grown in…

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Egypt vs Ethiopia: New escalation over Nile dam

Egyptian sources are warning of the consequences of not reaching an agreement on the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is…

Zespri’s final shipments for the 2021 season leave Port of Tauranga

The last of this year’s crop of Zespri Kiwifruit has departed Port of Tauranga, concluding another strong but challenging season of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit. The final…

Skybury Farms

Good NQ papaya opportunities opening up despite seasonal market 'flush'

One of Australia's largest papaya growers, Skybury Farms is confident of some strong summer months, despite admitting a lot of volume is hitting the market, as production…

Gold Coast, Queensland announced as location for BerryQuest International

BerryQuest International 2022, the largest conference and trade exhibition for the Australian berry industry, will be held on Queensland’s stunning Gold Coast from July 25 to…

The IDR forecasts the harvest will be 14% lower than last year

The weather changed the panorama for Argentina's cherry

The cherry harvest began a couple of weeks ago, and now the Rural Development Institute (IDR) has published the cherry production estimate for this year.…

Colombian Hass avocado exports up to September grew by 35% in volume and 63% in value

In the first nine months of 2021, Colombia exported 69,629 tons of avocado, i.e. 35% more than the 51,565 tons it exported in the same period of the previous…

Ecuadorian banana exports decreased by 1.74% between January and October

According to data from the Banana Marketing and Export Association (Acorbanec), Ecuadorian banana exports between January and October 2021 fell by 1.74% over…

Frankort & Koning

"Very strong demand in pears this season"

“Right now, we see a very vivid trade in all pear varieties. A lot of European retailers are heavily promoting loose and prepacked pears, causing stocks to…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Guatemala cost £0.72 this week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

Enrico Martini: "We don't have precarious drivers, but regularly hired staff"

Tulips, the Italian online supermarket that doesn't schedule deals six months in advance

Tulips is an exclusively online supermarket founded by Enrico Martini, a 30-year-old from Cesena, Italy, who began 5 years ago by gathering information and getting advice…

Ton Bouw, The Greenery

“Taking products in good and bad times is paying off”

The previous Spanish season wasn't even completely over when growers, buyers, and sellers were already meeting to discuss the 2021/2022 season. This is the result of years of…

The Sicilian Tarocco season has just begun

The Sicilian producers' organization Ecofarm is steadily moving forward with its successful harvest of persimmons, while it has also begun with the first orange harvests. Maurizio…

Steady increase in agri-food trade European Union

The latest EU agri-food trade figures published show that trade continues to increase steadily, with exports increasing by 7% compared to the first eight months of 2020. The…

EcoMark in France: Cooperation with MBC

“Sustainable, innovative and chemical-free labeling solution”

The future is here - and France is setting a good example: Au révoir, plastic packaging! France has become the first country to enact a new law banning plastic packaging and…

Perrina's varietal clementine innovation could be a solution in response to climate change

Perrina is a clementine variety whose breeder is the Calabrian agronomist Francesco Perri, citrus scientist specialist. The commercial diffusion of the variety, whose…

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Banana reefer ship strikes seawall while departing Japanese port

A reefer cargo ship departing the southern Japanese port of Hakata near Fukuoka has hit the seawall at the entrance to the port. The bow of the vessel became stuck on the…

India: Increase in freight and packaging materials costs to affect grape prices

A two-fold increase in the shipping freight cost and a 30% rise in packaging material prices will surely affect grape prices across international and domestic…

Karnataka:

Unseasonal rain hits Belagavi grape growers, government to compensate farmers

Belagavi growers have started dumping their grape crops as unseasonal rains have caused heavy damage to the grapes. In Belagavi, over 4,500 hectares of grapes…

Cambodia: Chilli value chain is boosted to tap new global markets

German development agency GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) is working with Cambodian chilli processors to help them reach new…

World record: 2,300 volts generated with 2,900 lemons

The record for the fruit-based battery generating the highest voltage has just been entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Saiful Islam, professor and researcher at the…

Opening price starts high

First strawberries of the season enter Chinese market

All kinds of strawberries for all kinds of prices appeared on the shelves of fruit shops in Guangxi. The fresh strawberries attracted droves of customers. One shop owner…

Two packing houses in Israel will use Save Foods’ treatment

First commercial sale of shelf life extension treatment for bell peppers

Save Foods, an agri-food-tech company focused on developing and selling eco-friendly products specifically designed to extend the shelf life and ensure the…

Can you eat the stickers on fruits and vegetables?

Although the stickers that get placed on fruits and vegetables won’t cause you any harm, it’s probably best to remove them before eating. PLU stickers, which…

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