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Lohan Marais – Icon Fruit

Fair market pull for South African stonefruit

The South African stonefruit industry welcomes a return to normality after a few difficult years. Lohan Marais, commercial director at Icon Fruit, the new partnership between…

Egyptian citrus season has started, good quantity of Valencia oranges expected

The Egyptian citrus season has begun, starting with Navel oranges. After that the Valencia oranges will be exported. Navels will have lower quantities than last year, but…

South African stone fruit industry champions sustainability initiatives

As South Africa’s stone fruit season arrives once again, the industry continues to ensure sustainable production by focussing on initiatives such as environmental audits,…

The Presidency - Republic of Ghana

1-District-1-Factory initiative

Ghana: Akufo-Addo commissions Bodukwan Multifruit processing Factory

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Bodukwan Multifruit processing Factory, falling under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative. The fruit processing plant,…

Hortgro

Cape Town port beacon of hope in uncertain times

During the past season, logistics, and in particular the functioning of the main ports from where we ship our fruit, have been a huge headache during the initial and further…

South Africa: Excellent demand for 'superfood' blueberries

As hundreds of workers are picking a bumper crop of blueberries on the slopes of the Groenlandberg, this fruit has allowed South African producers to weather…

Ronnie Moorman, Willem Dijk, the Netherlands

“Few large citrus fruits but prices now determine product”

Last year, Spain was hit by storms in September. Mandarins bore the full brunt. That made for lower volumes on the market. That, in turn, meant favorable price formations in…

Expected to launch in 2022

Biological pesticides with better efficacy and higher consistency

BioConsortia, Inc. was started in 2014 and has been working on the development of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and yield improvement since then. “It…

Video Dutch wholesaler completes major renovations

Gebr. de Mooij - Amsterdam has bought out two of its neighboring businesses in the last six years. The first was Amsterdamse Fruithandel on 1 January 2014. And then, on 1…

Fresh Publishers

We're going vertical!

Hortidaily and FloralDaily are very glad to announce the launch of a new segment - VerticalFarmDaily.com. Vertical Farm Daily will send out a daily newsletter about all…

Special Year Overview

Year Overview 2020: January

It seems like the year 2020 had a surprise for us just about every month, and it was hardly ever a positive one. In the Year Overview we'll look back on some of the major…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Floris-Jan van Os, Hillfresh:

“Fewer Spanish kakis this year, which could mean shortages in the second half of the season”

The first Spanish kakis arrived on the Dutch market at the beginning of October. But it was only from November onwards that sales at European retailers began to rise again.…

Company has to pay EUR 500,000 as part of the settlement

Greenyard closes listeria chapter after settlement with the FSMA

Greenyard has reached an amicable settlement of EUR 500,000 with stock market watchdog FSMA for the dissemination of 'incorrect and misleading information'…

MustGrow banana disease results in Colombia claim '100% Control'

MustGrow Biologics Corp. is pleased to announce the initial Colombia laboratory test results of MustGrow’s mustard-derived organic biopesticide formulation on…

From the Limgroup, in the Netherlands

New asparagus variety, Maralim, hits the market

It's taken a few years of intensive trails but the Limgroup has finally brought a new asparagus variety on the market. It's called Maralim and is a mid-early variety. Known as…

Mandersloot is the first logistics service provider to supply the Czech Republic with LHV

After months of intensive preparation, the time has finally come. From Wednesday 2th of December, Mandersloot will be the first logistics service provider in Europe with 3…

First containers of Sunrays® branded grapes from Peru arrive in US

As the 2021 import table grape season gets underway, Jac. Vandenberg is introducing its Sunrays® branded grapes. The first containers of Sunrays® grapes arrived this past…

Nordics no longer part of Kloosterboer’s company strategy

Kloosterboer sells coldstore in Moss, Norway

Logistics service provider Kloosterboer has sold the Moss Coldstore in Norway because of strategic choices. As of 1st December, the coldstore has been in hands of Lineage…

Debets Schalke

Growing sustainable vegetables in the Saudi Arabian desert under 80 hectares of glass

Dava corporation, owned by the Al Batal family, recently signed a new deal with Debets Schalke for the expansion of Dava's greenhouse complexes in the Al-Kharj region. In…

New heat resistant wave apples in Spain released

The first apple variety that has a bigger adaptation to climate change will be planted in Catalonia in 2021. According to expectations, it will be marketed in…

Soren Toft arrives at MSC as Chief Executive Officer

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in transportation and logistics, is pleased to announce that Soren Toft started his new role as Chief…

EIT

EIT Food report reveals lasting impact of COVID-19 pandemic on European food behaviours

EIT Food, Europe’s leading food innovation initiative supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), today published a new report on the impact of the…

Image: Derco Foods / Almond Board of California

FY2020 Full Year Results - Select Harvest

Record almond crop was offset by lower almond prices and higher water costs

Melbourne-based Select Harvests is Australia's largest almond grower and processor, and is the third largest grower worldwide. While it manages almond orchards in Victoria,…

Grimmway Farms sold to Indiana investment firm

California-based Grimmway Farms, one of the world’s largest growers and processors of carrots, is being bought by an investment firm from Indiana. “We are…

Chinese garlic export continues to gain momentum

China exported roughly 1.72 million tons of fresh and refrigerated garlic in the first 10 months of 2020. That is an increase of 421.9 thousand tons or 32.31%…

Spanish mango season ends with lower production, but higher prices

The mango harvest in Andalusia, the largest producing area in Spain, is practically finished and the production, according to the sector, is reported to have…

Broccoli reinvents guacamole

Guacamole lovers concerned about sustainability have a new option: brocomole. A kind of guacamole made using broccoli as the main ingredient, that is more sustainable and cheaper than…

"Two solutions to mitigate loss claims at destination for avocado shipments"

In the current Covid era, meetings, seminars and conferences are having to adapt to the new digital formats. Citrosol recently played the starring role in an…

Retail

Central England Co-op: Brand new service trial

Waitrose and Deliveroo: Expansion of delivery trial to 40 stores

Finland: Online shopping gets a huge corona boostOnline grocery shopping in Finland finally made a breakthrough this year and it doesn't look like there will be any turning…

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