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Hortgro responds to IP rights issue

The ongoing dispute in the blueberry industry relating to intellectual property (IP) and related Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR), is noted with concern. This is a…

Amit Rane

How rainfall distribution and intensity affects crop production

Namibia is a semi-arid to arid country, despite these conditions, the sustainable production of crops, fruits and vegetables remains key to sustain the food…

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Maintenance Engineer (CA, USA)

Low banana production concerns Ugandan researchers

This Saturday’s the ‘Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic’ was held at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories Kawanda. During this event, researchers noted that…

Moroccan seasonal workers save Corsica's mandarin and clementine harvest

Corsica farmers hired hundreds of Moroccan seasonal workers this year because of the difficulty they had finding French workers to harvest mandarins and…

Eddy Kreukniet (Exsa Europe): "Considerable delay of South African and Namibian grapes"

"Extended European grape season with better, late varieties hampers start of overseas grape sales"

This year's overseas grape season is off to a tough start in Europe. "We had a good summer for grape sales. Prices were higher prices during the European season. But this…

WAPA released the Northern Hemisphere stocks of November 2020

US apple stocks 11.8% lower than in 2019

The WAPA statistics for the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks have been released, and for the US the total apple stocks have decreased by 11.8% when compared to the…

Syngenta to introduce

Commercial tomato variety with ToBRFV resistance to be offered in early 2021

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds announced this week the launch of its first commercial Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistant variety, available in early 2021. The new…

Demand for clementine rebounds in the days before San Nicolas

The market is not offering prices corresponding to what is paid in the field

The demand for Spanish clementines is picking up a few days after the San Nicolas celebrations in several countries in central and northern Europe, a time when these fruits…

Steady supplies and lower pricing on Mexican avocados

Supplies of avocados from Mexico are currently strong and steady. “We have excellent supplies of Mexican avocados,” says Peter Shore with Santa Paula, CA-based Calavo Growers…

Ample imported blueberries cause prices to soften

Supplies of blueberries are strong right now. “We just came out of the Thanksgiving rush and there’s plenty of supply on blueberries,” says Ben Escoe of Twin River Berries in…

Special Year Overview

FreshPlaza December Special - Year Overview

Well, 2020 is a year we will not forget in a hurry! It has been unusual to say the least. In February when many of us were in Berlin at Fruit Logistica we had no idea that…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

FreshPlaza December Global Focus - Exotic / Tropical fruit

December is the month where we treat ourselves to something special, even when it comes to fruit and vegetables. How is the trade for exotics and tropical fruit this year?…

Main destinations for San Miguel are US and China

Increased production for 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season

San Miguel starts the 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season with projections to increase production by almost one thousand tons. Almost 7,700 tons of this export fruit, mostly of…

'Reaching for the raspberry skye'

Global Raspberry production continues to evolve at a rapid pace. The marketplace has undergone significant change in the past 20 years and is almost unrecognisable from the…

Dogs join frontline to detect citrus canker

Man’s best friend will work on the biosecurity frontline to protect the Australian citrus industry, in a national first trial. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to love…

Food & Hotel China (Shanghai) trade show report:

"VLAM keeps expanding to new markets to promote Belgian fries"

The 24th edition of Food & Hotel China (FHC) began on the 10th of November. For the first time, the Flemish Centre for Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing (VLAM) organized a…

Italo's Farmer

Sicilian vegetables mainly sent to the Netherlands

"We focus on nursery gardening and the production of vegetables in a protected environment. Thanks to Italo's Farmer, a start-up created in 2016, our activities are more…

New report identifies several agricultural growth opportunities for Northern Australia

Thousands of jobs can be created across Northern Australia if conditions which support investment, innovation and sustainable growth are made available, according to a new…

Duijndam Machines continues the remarkable growth story with second generation

What started in the seventies with the emergency sale of some agricultural machines by Dutch vegetable grower Bert Duijndam, has now grown into a large international trading…

Moldovan fruit producers invite international buyers to virtually visit their farms

After borders closed and flights were grounded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fruit Producers and Exporters Association of Moldova created an alternate way for prospective…

Royal Reesink focuses on automated warehouse solutions

Due to the strong growth in intralogistics, the acceleration of e-commerce and the “industry 4.0” trends, the need for automated storage and material handling…

New markets reached thanks to precise management of conditions inside reefer containers

Daikin's Active CA container technology powers CMA CGM's Climactive controlled atmosphere

Using its Active CA container technology, Daikin successfully deployed CMA CGM’s Climactive controlled atmosphere solution. Designed by Daikin Reefer, this…

Statements by Domingo Martín Ortega, president of ASPROCAN

Europe maintains the POSEI program file as it is after 2020

"We must send a reassuring message, as Brussels has resolved to keep the POSEI file as it is, which was our main objective." "However, the fact that the CAP funds for Spain,…

Del Monte Spain launches Del Monte Gold® Pineapple in fresh cut format

Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced today the launch of its renowned Del Monte Gold® Pineapple in a new practical freshly cut format in a cylindric cup for the Spanish…

Sun World announces opening of new Center for Innovation

For more than three decades, Sun World researchers have worked diligently to develop new and more flavorful fruits and vegetables. Beginning this month, they now have a new…

Texas research should help with HLB

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have made a discovery that should help combat fastidious or “unculturable” pathogens, such as Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the HLB…

Lenneke Pors-Schot

Pilot project to export Greek kakis to Switzerland

An innovative project to export Greek kakis to the Swiss market has been launched recently. The company ANYFION, from Argolida, has been cooperating since 2013…

AMBIDEX

Collaboration between NAVER LABS and Korea University of Technology & Education

AMBIDEX cable-driven robot learns to mimic human physical intelligence

Engineers from NAVER LABS have developed the AMBIDEX cable-driven robot, a machine capable of precise movements, instructed to learn and mimic the physical intelligence a…

First international Digital Agrifood Summit Portugal to be held from January 20 to 23

The agri-food sector in Portugal is committed to maintaining the strong growth rate experienced in the last decade, which currently represents more than 10% of…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Costa Rica at £0.70 / kg

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

Retail

Magnit launches its own delivery service from hypermarkets

Dada Group and Lianhua Supermarket expand strategic partnership

Casino Group completed the sale to ALDI France of 545 Leader Price stores, 2 Casino supermarkets and 3 warehousesCasino group has completed the sale to ALDI France of 545…

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