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South Australia investing in maintaining fruit-fly free status as part of state budget

The South Australian Government has provided more than $40million in today's State Budget, to improve biosecurity including initiatives to ensure the state remains fruit fly…

NZ: Statistics reveal Kiwis ate one million more blueberry punnets last season

New Zealanders are devouring an additional one million punnets of blueberries every year and our renewed focus on maintaining good health will likely see sales skyrocket again…

Pre-harvest and post-harvest

Overview of tools that help determine the quality of fresh produce

The bar is set high when it comes to quality of fresh produce and continues to be gradually lifted. “To meet today’s expectations of buyers and consumers, it is important for…

Central Queensland growers bounce back from last year's fires

Central Queensland growers are looking at a bumper season, which is quite a feat if we look back at the situation they faced just 12 months ago. For example,…

Tasmania: Blueberry rust detected on imported blueberries

Imported blueberries that were bought from a Tasmanian supermarket have been found infected with blueberry rust. The fruit was sold in a supermarket in…

Hort Innovation-funded project

Native flies seem to have potential as a supplementary pollinator for South West avocado trees

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is leading a national research project concerning native flies that seem to have potential as a…

Flying in 700 Pacific Islands workers to pick fruit

Tasmania signs seasonal worker deal

In their search for harvest workers, Tasmanian berry growers are planning to charter flights from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste next month. Up to 700…

Adelaide Plains, South Australia

Mitolo Group looks to fill 60-100 jobs in coming months

The recent takeover of Thomas Foods International’s potato business and a spike in demand caused by the pandemic has cemented Mitolo Group as the Australia’s…

Bumper summer forecast for Victorian cherries

The Victorian cherry season has just begun, but its growers are predicting a bumper year. CherryHill Orchards' director Stephen Riseborough: "We're up and…

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Chennai, India

Wholesale fruit market reopened at Koyambedu

On Monday, after nearly six months, the wholesale fruit market reopened at Koyambedu in Chennai, India. According to the traders there, the response was poor on the first day,…

Global focus citrus

Moroccan citrus fruits: A rarity in German trade

"Early season start and good yields expected"

The season for Moroccan citrus fruits starts quite early this year. The first Berkane clementines are expected to arrive in week 47, followed about three weeks later by the…

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

US, Australia and Brazil question India’s proposal for mandatory GM-free food import certification

India’s proposal to make certificates for non-genetically modified (GM) origin and GM-free status mandatory for certain imported food crops from January 1,…

Searching for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea

The banana has its earliest origins in Papua New Guinea, where it was domesticated by indigenous communities at least 7,000 years ago. This ancestor, Musa acuminata, looks…

Fruit Attraction LIVEConnect will remain active in November and December

Following the success of the Fruit Attraction LIVEConnect platform during its first month of activity, the organization has decided to keep it operational…

Blueberries New Zealand

Statistics reveal New Zealanders consumed 1 million more blueberry punnets last season

New Zealanders are devouring an additional one million punnets of blueberries every year and our renewed focus on maintaining good health will likely see sales…

Jannes van Zyl - Boschkrans

South African grape grower starts with red seedless

Due to their particular microclimate at Boschkrans Boerdery on the farm Klipbank, the grape season opens with red seedless Starlight, while elsewhere in Limpopo’s Loskop…

“This year we can export turmeric to the USA, with USDA certification”

It’s almost time for the harvest for turmeric in Thailand, as the harvest should start sometime next month. The higher humidity during cultivation has delayed the harvesting…

"We need to keep both our workforce and the food supply secure"

The hardest harvest: looking back on the shutdown of Nature Fresh Farms

"COVID-19 has presented the entire agriculture industry with unprecedented challenges. As farms, we have an important duty: to continue operating as an essential service and…

Reproduced by BananaLink

SNUTRABE denounces the illegal dismissal of 30 banana workers in Ecuador

Andrés Medina, president of the Single National Union of Banana Workers of Ecuador (SNUTRABE), has made a serious complaint against the illegal dismissal of 30 banana workers…

CPMA and CHC recommend government action to support fresh produce industry

From November 2-5, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) hosted virtual meetings with industry…

Partnership with London Fruit

Hazel™ for Lime available to the fresh lime industry this month

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-funded technology company delivering new solutions for the fresh produce industry to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and…

Apeel avocado's now available in the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland

Following successful results in Germany and Denmark, Apeel and Nature's Pride will be expanding the market reach for Apeel avocados to the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland.…

Rose Perry

Micro and nanoplastics not absorbed by plant cells, but do attach to the root cap

Like a toxic Trojan horse, microplastics can act as hot pockets of contaminant transport. But, can microplastics get into plant cells? Recent research shows that they can't. Over…

‘It is too little too late’

Kashmir market intervention scheme fails to enthuse growers

There is little enthusiasm among Kashmir growers for the market intervention scheme (MIS) announced past week by the government. Many say it is ‘too little too…

Colombian Hass avocado exports will continue to grow this year despite the pandemic

Colombian Hass avocado exports are registering remarkable growth. In 2019, shipments increased by 49% in volume over 2018, and from January to August of this…

Chile

Asoex boosts sanitation protocols for the new export season

The Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (Asoex) has coordinated efforts with different actors of the ports of Valparaiso and San Antonio to comply with…

USDA 2020/2021 Season forecast

Argentina is expected to harvest 1.18 million tons of pears and apples

According to a report published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Argentina will produce 610,000 tons of pears and 570,000 tons of apples…

Singapore firms fined for illegal food imports

Four Singapore companies have been fined in the past month, being accused of illegally importing food products. All of the firms had penalties set in court. In…

Space farming

The future colonization of the Moon and Mars will be conditioned by the possibility of guaranteeing the production of food on their surfaces. Taking a kilo of tomatoes (or any other…

Retail

Flipkart announced the launch of its first grocery fulfilment centre in Lucknow

Nestlé takes a majority stake in Mindful Chef

UK: Aldi to ramp-up click and collect trialAldi UK, the British arm of the German supermarket discounter, will extend its trial of a click and collect grocery service by up to…

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