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Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

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Supply Manager - Category Team (Berries Figs & Pomegranates) Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane (Australia)

Retail Account Manager Italië

Farm Manager - Ethiopia

Greenhouse Construction Manager - California (United States)

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Head Grower Manager - Avon Facility (OH) USA

Fewer South African grapes shipped compared to start of 2019/2020 season

South Africa's grape harvest is picking up steam in the Orange River region, where some cold stores are only receiving their first grapes of the season today in a season with…

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Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

David Matsiko receives USD$10,000 for his agribusiness initiative

Bringo Fresh honored in AgriPitch Competition Awards

David Matsiko is the agripreneur of Bringo Fresh. This weekend, it was announced he is a runner-up in the Early-age Startup category of the AgriPitch…

'Blueberry battle serves as catalyst for industry reform'

'The South Africa fruit industry has been turned upside down as a result of the recent court battle involving Ross Berries and United Exports. Reforms are set…

Laurent Klotz, Agrosta:

"Our technology has become a reference in the fruit and vegetable sector"

Agrosta, a French manufacturer of scientific instruments for the fruit and vegetable sector, has greatly benefited from the boom in the blueberry market to prove the…

Le Tresacois:

Plastic-free packaging for kiwifruit

This year, Le Tresacois has introduced a kraft tray for its kiwifruit campaign. The producer, located in the south of France, is trying to increasingly abandon plastic in…

Mazzarrone PGI grape season ends one month early

Giovanni Raniolo, President of the Consorzio di Tutela dell'Uva da Tavola di Mazzarrone Igp, reported that the season ended over one month early. Giovanni Raniolo "The…

Pieter Gabriëls, Bejo Samen LLC:

"The Coronavirus is a catalyst for the development of consumer trends"

Vegetable producers in Europe are already far into their preparations for the next season. Large parts of the planning cannot be done personally due to Corona, but people are…

Volkan Günes (Sun Früchte Freiburg) on the current Corona situation

"Fortunately, many specialist retailers still shop with us"

The current Lockdown Light and renewed closures of the hospitality industry are putting a big crimp on the plans of many fruit traders at local wholesale markets. As is well…

European soft fruit shelf data viewable in real time with new Roamler Berry Monitor

European soft fruit data viewable as a whole. From now on Roamler offers this on one clear dashboard with the newly introduced Berry Monitor. The crowdsourcing platform has…

The Spanish tomato price crisis has made the reform of Moroccan entry prices a priority

The start of low-priced Moroccan tomato exports to the EU in October is bringing down the price of Spanish tomatoes. As highlighted by the Association of…

Special Wholesale markets

"Entire market has collapsed"

Lockdown affects business at Vienna wholesale market

At the beginning of last week, a renewed lockdown came into effect in Austria. A hard decision for the economy, and for the fruit industry there as well. The emergency…

Global focus citrus

Naranjas Torres is preparing for its new project at Biomarket

"The new consumer is increasingly more organic-oriented and thinks differently"

In November, Mercabarna will launch the first wholesale market specialized in organic food in Spain, and the second in Europe: Biomarket, which will concentrate the supply of…

William Nannes, J.P. Beemsterboer Food Traders:

"Sky high onion export but prospects after Christmas still uncertain"

Onion exports are still running at a relentlessly fast pace. "At the moment it is a very healthy market. Every purchase that our customers make has been good, because every…

Career change: from sweet potatoes to employment agency for nursing staff

"Support during integration is particularly important to me"

Until a few months ago, Patricia Hoffmann's everyday work involved telephone and email communication with suppliers and buyers of Central American sweet potatoes. Today - just…

It is brassica season

Fellini Patrizio, a brassica specialist from Romagna, producing around ten varieties, reports that exports are increasing. "Sales are regular and proceed as planned, although…

Driscoll’s Scott Komar and Plenty’s Nate Storey

“Through this partnership we hope to unlock new flavors and expand our global reach”

In October, Driscoll’s and Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced a partnership to grow Driscoll’s proprietary strawberries year-round in Plenty’s vertical indoor farms. Last week,…

Circular supply chain main focus of Dutch Fruit Tech Campus

Cooperation between education and business at the intersection of innovation and education is in full development. Euro Pool System joined the Fruit Tech Campus in…

World-first investigation raises ethical and policy challenges in using robots in agriculture

With automation poised to transform agriculture in Australia in the coming years, Monash University researchers have published the first-ever analysis of the…

MSC warns customers

Reefer containers unable to be offloaded in Xingang

MSC has published a letter to its customer, stating that test procedures related to import reefer cargo has slowed down the operations in the port of Xingang,…

Vanguard Direct adds three new hires to sales and operations teams

On the cusp of the important season getting underway, Vanguard Direct are proud to announce the hiring of new positions in key sales and operations roles at the California and…

US retail report

Strong and stable fresh produce retail gains in October

Eight months into the pandemic, the virus remains in firm control of how and where people spend their food dollar. Everyday sales have been on a slow march back to normal and…

Avocados might take off in Bangladesh

The global appetite for avocado is showing no signs of slowing down, and Bangladesh might grab a slice of this $15 billion market. Cultivation of the central American…

Decision-support tool using HiPerGator may help manage devastating avocado disease

UF/IFAS researchers are working on a decision-support app to help policy makers and growers decide the best regional treatment options for laurel wilt disease,…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 47

Chilean blueberries: 1,043 tons exported in week 46

The northern zone is already in the final third of its season. Until week 46, the accumulated volumes of regions IV and V add up 24% more than the previous season on the same…

Suryo

Malaysian durians set to arrive in Saudi Arabia

The first consignment of Malaysian durians is expected to reach Saudi Arabia this week. Penang-based entrepreneur Engku Isa Al-Husam said the export, which was…

Sucharas Wongpeth

India: Kashmir cold storage business down by 40% this year

Due to factors like low crop yields, fungal diseases damaging the fruit and increases in the number of new units, the cold storage business in Kashmir is down…

Organicoop

The Chilean Organic Producers Cooperative is born

The Chilean Organic Producers Cooperative, Organicoop, whose mission is to be recognized as Chile's most reputable producer and supplier cooperative of organic…

Punjab growers want more farmer-friendly laws

For the last two months, growers from Punjab and other Indian states have been protesting against the new federal farm laws. A recent meeting between Union…

Barvocado launches avocado fruit & seed based energy bar

In an attempt to educate consumers and retailers alike of the nutritional density of the avocado seed, Barvocado is set to disrupt the energy and nutritional…

Birgit Reitz Hofmann

McDonald's will introduce plant-based burgers and fast food

McDonald's has announced it will introduce a line of plant-based meat alternatives called "McPlant" in 2021. The company has stated it would offer plant-based…

Third Quarter 2020 financial report

CMA: Marked recovery in volumes transported in shipping and logistics activities.

The Board of Directors of the CMA CGM Group met under the chairmanship of Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to review the financial…

Retail

Shoprite Holdings: slower first-quarter revenue growth

Albert Heijn has extended home delivery service in the Flanders region

India: Reliance says retail venture completes fundraising, rakes in $6.4blnIndia’s Reliance Industries Ltd said its retail arm had completed its fundraising exercise as more…

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