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Avocados set the PASE for export opportunity

A $109,176 Australian Government investment is helping to streamline avocado industry export processes and assist growers with Japanese and New Zealand market…

$30 mln injection into Gisborne region of New Zealand

Exclusive investment in SunGold kiwifruit orchards

An extra $50 million to $100 million of investment is set to enter the kiwifruit industry, and Gisborne is earmarked for about a third of that. The private…

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New Zealand: Northland freight chaos often replicated overseas

New Zealand exporters have stated that the Northland freight chaos is often replicated overseas. Police teams are stopping trucks that are going south from…

Zerella Fresh reinvest in Wyma Solutions to expand capacity of potato washing and grading line

South Australia’s Zerella Fresh has committed to expand the capacity of their potato washing and grading line. The company has again chosen to reinvest with…

Queensland Department of Agriculture's Maroochy research centre

White strawberries being developed in Australia

At the Queensland Department of Agriculture's Maroochy research centre on the Sunshine Coast, senior scientist Jodi Neal and her team are combining natural…

New Zealand

Māori horticulture sector has grown 300 per cent in twelve years

New Zealand Māori horticulture is booming, having grown 300 per cent in the last twelve years. According to new research, this trajectory will most like likely…

Australian shoppers complain of 300% price hike on mandarins

Australians were outraged after discovering the cost of a children's pack of mandarins has been raised by almost 300 per cent at Coles. Some shoppers pointed…

Tonie Fuchs - Capespan

Capespan’s Chinese expansion assisted by the quality of their grapes, says MD

“We’re excited by the quality, it is exceptional this year, and so far our clients are very happy,” says managing director of Capespan Tonie Fuchs. Their first table grapes…

South Africa hopes new MOU will speed up lemon review & pear access to China

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Fruit South Africa and the China Chamber of Commerce of Import & Export of Foodstuffs & Native Produce (CFNA). Xiaohu Xu…

Supermarkets told to stockpile food, ECMT permits issued but fall short of requirements

Although the deadline for a Brexit deal has been extended from Sunday, with reports today that negotiators will 'go the extra mile', it widely presumed that a no-deal is the…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: July-August

July and August saw a number of developments happen worldwide in produce. In Italy, due to spring conditions, it was predicted that many areas in the country would produce…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Chinese ginger export starts two weeks early, but the product quality is less than ideal

Fresh ginger has high requirements for harvest time and storage time. The ginger harvest season usually begins when winter arrives. If the ginger is not stored properly for…

Dutch onions heading for a new export record

Dutch onions seem to be heading toward new export volumes again this season. That's according to the Holland Onions newsletter. Volumes are well above 30.000 tons for the 11th…

"Up until now the prices for Polish apples have been on a stable level"

The Polish apple season is well underway, and the second European wave of the coronavirus is indeed affecting the season. The expectations are the coronavirus will leave a…

Sizable volume jump in Autumn Glory supplies

Supplies of the Autumn Glory apple are up significantly this season. Harvest came early this year for the Autumn Glory. The apple, grown in Washington State by Domex Superfresh Growers,…

Product quality is less than ideal

Shatang tangerines and Ori mandarins enter the Chinese market early

The product quality of Chinese tangerines is less than ideal because many production areas suffered from excessive rainfall. Sub-par product quality in turn pulled down the…

Richard Nicholas comments on TELUS’ expansion into agriculture

“Food waste reduction and increased food safety are key goals”

TELUS, a Canadian communication and information technology company, has expanded into agriculture and food. In addition to telecommunications, the company is also Canada’s…

Fruit and Vegetable Market Bulletin

The popularity of high-end varieties

Apples have always been the most popular fruit in Switzerland. The consumption of table apples stood at 14.66 kg per person between 2000 and 2002, and at 13.9 kg in 2020. They…

Bid online for fruit and vegetable processing and packaging machinery

Are you looking for weighing and filling lines, multihead weighers, slicers, washing machines, traysealers, separators or other machinery? The online auction in Kapelle (NL)…

Howicover: “Much more than just a frost protection cover”

Now that the cold months are nipping at our heels and plants need protection from the frost, the demand for climate netting is increasing. Horticultural fleece used to be the…

Researchers use compressed carbon dioxide to decontaminate almonds and other nuts

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environment, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT have developed a process to kill germs on almonds and nuts by…

Industry organization finds new ways to grow in 2020

Although 2020 has been a year like no other, Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), the workforce development and training organization that partners with growers,…

Spreafico consolidates its alliance with Tango Fruit for the brand's exclusive distribution in Italy

For the second consecutive campaign, Spreafico will be a Tango Fruit partner and be in charge of the exclusively distribution of this seedless mandarin brand in the Italian…

Japanese breeders launch genome edited tomato

"We hope that our products will be useful for your health"

A tomato made with CRISPR/Cas9 has been approved for growing and consumption in Japan. The tomato "Sicilian Rouge High GABA” was developed by the University of Tsukuba and…

A collaboration between Rosso Gargano and Dick Trace

Thanks to a startup, the origin of tomatoes is now traceable

Productions characterized by a strong territorial identity can use innovative tools to track the origin of their products. This is why Rosso Gargano, the tomato brand made in…

Possible change to customs policies in China brings challenges for import agencies

Over recent years, the number of import agencies in China has continued to increase. These agencies mainly handle logistics, enabling their clients to focus on…

There is a shortage of shipping containers that will continue into next year

2020 was a record year for rising price of global shipping

The German newspaper Der Spiegel reported on the 3rd of December that global shipping prices had turned into a nightmare in 2020 because of the Covid-19…

Extremadura, Spain

Controlled deficit irrigation in the postharvest of cherry trees improves production

Elena Nieto Serrano's doctoral thesis, "Response of two cherry varieties to different irrigation strategies in the Jerte Valley," proposes irrigation…

Container shortage hamstrings US and European exporters

The current container shortage is not just affecting Asia ports, but inland exporters in the US and in a number of European countries as well. US Federal…

Retail

Dreamstime

MPPA is adding its supermarket chains to e-commerce platform Tokopedia

Missfresh bags $305mln in investment

Maxima Latvija SIA names Tomas Rupšys as new CEOMaxima Grupė has announced the appointment of Tomas Rupšys as the new chief executive officer of Maxima Latvija SIA. He has…

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