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Head of Agronomy: Research & Development - Berlin, Germany

Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

Grower - Philippines

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Food Safety and Quality Director - South Bend (IN) USA

Commercial Manager - United Kingdom or The Netherlands

Tomato Grower, Chapais - Canada

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Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre

"Produce is wasted here because many people don't really respect the value of food any more"

The COVID-19 pandemic and labour shortages have had a "massive" impact on the already high levels of fruit and vegetable wastage, according to Australia's leading research…

Plant export Industry Advice Notice

Export Plan for fresh produce from Australia to New Zealand

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has released a new Industry Advice Notice (IAN), to advise industry that the New Zealand Export…

Calling for royal commission investigation into fruit and vegetable industry

Australian unions claim exploitation is getting worse

A collection of trade unions has approached the Houses of Parliament, calling for royal appointments to the fruit and vegetable industry, saying it has the…

Vietnam-New Zealand fruit trade to be expanded this year

Vietnam’s limes and grapefruits may soon be exported to New Zealand. This is the result of talks between representatives of the two countries during their…

Canterbury asparagus grower fined for exploiting laborers

Christopher Gray, the Canterbury asparagus grower who was ordered to pay exploited laborers $50,000 in October, has been fined another $26,000. Earlier, the…

South African kiwiberries benefit from cool, wet summer

There is a short, sharp season for South African kiwiberries flown out to Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany and the Netherlands. Danie Meyer grows three varieties of kiwiberry on…

Chinese apple trade slows down after Spring Festival, and prices remain low

The apple market is in chaos this year for a number of reasons. In previous years almost 50% of the new apple harvest was already consumed by the time Chinese…

Total revenue was up 1.7% to €6.259 billion

Total Produce records strong results in 2020

Total Produce records a 'very strong performance in 2020 in the context of the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 to the global economy. Total revenue…

DG agri dashboard - Apples

Apple prices remain above historical reference period due to smaller crop

During the ongoing marketing year prices remain firm above the historical reference period, as expected, due to a relatively small crop, especially in France and Poland (fresh…

Could the vaccine rollout impact citrus demand?

Florida oranges are beginning the transition from navels to Valencias. “We just received our last load of navels last week and that’s done for the season. Some early Valencias…

Special Asia

Chinese farmers planted less garlic, but there is still plenty of garlic in storage

Overseas market demand for garlic declined because of the increasing shipping cost and the appreciation of the Chinese yuan. The Chinese garlic market is currently stable and…

Global Focus Organics

Mara Fruits believes the time is right to switch to organic papayas

"Organic papayas and passion fruit from Tenerife on the road to becoming Demeter/Bio Suisse produce"

Mara Fruits has been producing papaya and passion fruit (maracuja) for 7 years now. Current production of papaya and maracuja is on 4 hectares and 3 hectares is being added.…

Polish cold chambers opening, improving availability of certain varieties

“Apple sales are currently staying on a very high level”

The sales of Polish apples are at a high level at the moment. Demand is high in several European countries, like Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. Prices have increased…

Covid-19 a major challenge as many contracts were interrupted and not renewed

Cote d’Ivoire mango exports dropped by 28% last year

It’s been a challenging year for African mango producers. Export volumes dropped last year, for the first time after years of stable increases. The pandemic is also making…

Siena: the new potato variety for the Italian and international market

Its name already recalls a certain Italian character: Siena. It is a new potato variety, with a cycle of 90 days, very early, in its third year of trial in the red soils of…

Jack Niama, Inti Harvest

"We give smaller growers of exotics the opportunity to bring their products to Europe"

Jack Niama, owner of Inti harvest, an import company specialised in the trade of special exotic fruits such as pitahaya, granadilla, tamarillo, pepino, maracuya, passion…

Peruvian avocado growers hope to increase exports to Indian market

Over the past few years, avocado consumption has been increasing in India - a phenomenon that is explained by the greater knowledge and preference of consumers…

Prices first went up and then down because of increased demand during the holidays

Chinese Shatang tangerine sales are nearing the end of the season

The 2020/2021 season of Shatang tangerines is coming to an end. The price of Shatang tangerines in production areas suddenly went up because market demand…

Genetti Eco now offers commercial horticulture thread from wood fibers

"Compostable eco-strings are recycled within a closed loop"

For the cultivation of tomatoes, high wire cucumbers and the like, growers are still mainly using plastic strings. "However, no grower ultimately wants to be seen as harming…

Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae now also is a problem for citrus in China

Citrus is the second-largest fruit crop in China. It is cultivated in over 20 provinces with an area of approximately 2.5 million ha. There are an abundant and excellent…

Consumer study shows insights on grape consumption

Findings from a recent consumer research study¹ that gathered insights on purchase, consumption and shopping behaviors among U.S. primary shoppers ages 25 to…

Comprehensive theme ensures great exhibitor demand for PotatoEurope trade exhibition

With the event theme “What’s Now, What’s New and What’s the Future”, PotatoEurope 2021 promises to provide insights into current developments in the potato…

TomaTech launches its range of tomato varieties with intermediate resistance to ToBRFV

TomaTech has amazed the fruit and vegetable sector with the announcement of the launch of a range of commercial tomato varieties resistant to ToBRFV. Over the…

Corrugated Industry and its suppliers exchange on state-of-the-art innovations on process technology

The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO) held its first online technical workshop on Tuesday (23rd February) entitled ‘Sophisticated…

Greenyard continues double-digit growth in Q3 and reveals long-term plans

“We continue to demonstrate that our unique strategic model of integrating with customers to create long-term, sustainable and stable relationships inherently secures stable…

Stories from Nadorcott mandarin growers and marketers

"Producing the Nadorcott has been a turning point for us"

The CVVP Protected Variety Club, licensee of the protected Nadorcott mandarin variety, has collected testimonials from producers and marketers working with it. The video with…

Tong introduces updates to its range of vegetable polishing equipment

As part of the company’s ongoing development programme, Tong Engineering has unveiled several updates to its range of vegetable polishing equipment. “As a supplier to the food…

Fresh produce protection, shelf-life extension and waste reduction

Produce freshness solutions company launches plant-based edible coating

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a creator of produce freshness solutions, announced the launch of plant-based, edible coatings for produce freshness under the VitaFresh™ Botanicals…

Avocado grower-marketer launches monthly podcast

Today, Mission Produce, Inc. is launching For the Love of Avocados, a podcast focusing on avocado tips and tricks, avocado farming, marketplace trends and more. Hosted by…

Video Yearly orange tree-shake allows for quick harvest

The yearly tree-shake on the streets of Valencia, Spain. A rather fast way of harvesting oranges!

PMA Virtual Town Hall

“The pandemic accelerated investments into AgTech”

This week’s PMA virtual town hall focused on AgTech investing. Vonnie Estes, PMA’s Vice-President of Technology led Ingrid Fung, Investment Director with Finistere Ventures,…

Retail

Dreamstime

Rewe’s turnover reached the €75bln mark for the first time

Majid Al Futtaim recorded a 188% rise in its online sales

Australia: Woolworths warns of slowing sales growth after first-half profit surgeWoolworths Group warned of slowing sales growth ahead after a pandemic-driven surge in demand…

FreshPlaza Funny

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