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WA Stonefruit

"The local stone fruit season has been rewarding for growers"

The quality of Western Australian stone fruit has been of a high standard despite the disruptions and uncertainty of 2020, according to the state's peak industry body. Value…

Costa Group

New South Wales, Australia

Tumbarumba berries go organic

The Costa Berry farms in the Tumbarumba region are the first farms across the Costa Group to convert to organically grown produce. The farms, located at Rosewood and Taradale…

Crown and kiwifruit sector plaintiffs settle long-running litigation over Psa

The Crown and kiwifruit sector plaintiffs have reached an out-of-court settlement to the long-running litigation arising from the 2010 incursion of the…

Australian onion growers bracing for looming domestic oversupply

Onion growers in several of Australia's largest onion growing regions are getting somewhat nervous about a potential oversupply of their goods. Australia's…

State Member Suzanna Sheed wants to end bureaucracy concerning fruit pickers

State Member for Shepparton, Suzanna Sheed, has asked the federal Agricultural Minister to take on board recommendations from Fruit Growers Victoria that would…

University of Queensland and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

An apple a day may keep Alzheimer’s disease away

‘An apple a day’ might keep dementia at bay. According to an international study the fruit is rich in chemicals that fuel neurons, improving learning and…

Pact Group

Pact Group acquires New Zealand’s only packaging manufacturer with integrated PET recycling capability

Pact Group has completed the acquisition of Flight Plastics, a leading provider of packaging for the fresh food segment and New Zealand’s only packaging manufacturer with…

Belgian top fruit stocks: fewer apples, far more pears

Belgium has far fewer apples in storage than last year. That's according to the Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives Federation (VBT). In 2020, there were still 105,265 tons of…

“Most of the Chilean organic blueberry harvest is on its way to the US right now"

According to the Organic Produce Network, despite the logistical challenges and delays in the ports of the west coast of the United States in recent months, there…

Frans Cool, Cool Paul:

"Lower Belgian onion supply will raise prices"

The Belgian onion season is going positively. “We cannot complain,” says Frans Cool of Cool Paul company. “The corona pandemic has not resulted in fewer onions…

Special Asia

Vietnam: First dragon fruit shipped to China in new Lunar Year

Approximately 190 tons of dragon fruits were shipped to China through Kim Thanh II International Border Gate on February 12, the first day of the lunar New…

Global Focus Organics

Organic kiwi growers seeing shifts in California industry

Unlike its conventional counterpart, organic kiwifruit from California is up in volume this season. “Due to weather issues that reduced fruit set, production per acre was…

Cgtn

China: More cold-chain products required to present trace records

Recently, Beijing implemented a regulation determining that all imported frozen food at or below zero degrees Celsius must have full logistic information. It went into full…

Nicolas Damm of Río Blanco on Chilean rain damage:

“There is no market for fruit with condition issues”

Eleven days after the heavy and unexpected rains hit Chile, and the situation is still evolving without clear answers regarding the full extent of the damage. “We are still…

François Bellivier, Capexo:

“The demand for ginger continues to grow”

Currently available on the ginger market are the Peruvian, Chinese and Brazilian origins (transported by plane). The Thai origin should arrive on the market within 2 weeks.…

Gartenfrisch Jung on Portuguese cultivation and the convenience market

"Demand shifts from To Go items to bags of salad"

While many German producers are trying to protect their crops from frost and snow, harvesting is already underway in Coruche, Portugal. At the site of the German vegetable…

Interview with expert Linda Carobbi

"Perfect storm" for the logistics sector

FreshPlaza talked about the current situation in the international logistic sector with Linda Carobbi, Corporate Director Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Vertical Market at Savino…

Michigan apples see good movement, marketers focus on new EverCrisp variety

The apple harvest in Michigan came in slightly below average this year, at an estimated 22.5 million bushels. So far, the marketing season has been going well and the apples…

Casablanca wholesale market's fruit and vegetable prices

Here's an overview of the weekly wholesale prices. These are of the most sold fruit and vegetables. That's on the Casablanca wholesale market in Morocco. It concerns minimum…

Pre Basic Growers Association writes Defra requesting to re-engage with the EU on seed potato exports

The Pre Basic Growers Association is an Association of more than 40 seed potato growers (mostly in Scotland) who produce the early generations of high grade…

Bio-Able Solutions

New 100% recyclable sustainable packaging breaks down within 24 months

Sev-Rend High-Performance Packaging has continuously made their mark in the packaging world over the past 26 years, especially in the produce industry.…

First organic garlic shipments in from Argentina

A & A Organic Farms out of Watsonville, CA has started receiving its first containers of garlic from Argentina. A & A has increased garlic production in all supplying regions.…

USDA

USDA Southern Region News Release - Vegetables

2020 US vegetable production down slightly from 2019

In 2020, the US production for the 26 estimated vegetable and melon crops totaled 720 million cwt, down slightly from 2019. The utilized production totaled 715 million cwt, up…

Through creation of its AIR CARGO division and the purchase of four freighter aircraft

CMA CGM steps up its strategic development in logistics

Shipping and logistics group CMA CGM Group is stepping up its strategic development in logistics by creating a specialised air freight division: CMA CGM AIR…

Mumbai sees onion shortages; prices up

As there are shortages of onions in Mumbai, these goods are being ordered from Gujrat. Places like Mumbai and Navi Mumbai currently have an average demand of 1,000…

Trade between Malaysia and China reached new high in 2020 despite Covid

Even with the challenges brought on by the Corona pandemic, bilateral trade between Malaysia and China came to a new high in 2020. It started with Malaysians…

Limited price gains ahead for orange juice producers

Price gains in 2021/22 should be modest due to a gradual production recovery in São Paulo and a return to the long-term demand trends of gradual decline after the short-term…

WUR

Important international research

Opening the doors of potato pathogen perception

An international team of researchers has struck an important blow in the ongoing evolutionary arms race with the notorious potato disease late blight (Phytophthora infestans).…

Retail

Dreamstime

Morrisons confirmed possibility of redundancies at Head Office

Grofers has reported a 111% increase in its revenue

Saudi Arabia: LuLu launches its first all-woman store, in JeddahThe hypermarket operator LuLu has launched its first all-woman store - at its LuLu Express store in Jeddah.…

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