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Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

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Egyptian Valencia season in full swing

“This season prices for Valencias are about 20 cents lower”

The Valencia season in Egypt is in full swing, and demand is at a good position right now, as the season in India is coming to an end. Prices are lower than they were last…

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Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

Fresh Flow relocates to ABC Westland in Poeldijk

First Tanzanian Hass avocados arrive in the Netherlands

Fresh Flow has received its first container of Tanzanian avocados. That's at Europe Retail Packing (ERP) in the Netherlands. "We're going to receive two containers of Hass a…

Upcoming kiwi field days in the Southern Cape

Mpumalanga Soreli kiwi harvest lives up to expectations – but it won’t work everywhere

There’s a lot of excitement about kiwis and the issues driving it, are twofold: on the one hand, farmers in other sectors like forestry or dairy looking for foreign earnings,…

These tomato products' talk' to you via a QR code

For people buying tomatoes, numbers like 986 hectares of tomato cultivation mean very little. Yes, it's many football fields, but what else? Nothing. Percentages are also…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 26-02-2021)

Week 8 Hass supply to EU from Spain amounted to 1,084,000 units

The January 2020 Hass supply to the EU from Spain amounted to 99,000 cartons of Greenskin avocados and 985,000 units of Hass avocados, totalling 1,084,000 units. The numbers…

"South Africa poised to become big player in saffron market"

Plans are in place that could see South Africa becoming a significant player in the farming and export of saffron. For the South African economy, this offers an invaluable…

"Are online marketplaces the future trading platform for fresh produce?"

Selling via online marketplaces offers many advantages for farmers, buyers and sellers. It overcomes time and space constraints, provides inclusive market…

Kenya: Small farmers sue government over UK trade pact

Kenya small farmers have sued their government, seeking to bar it from entering into a trade pact with the UK. They want public participation in relation to…

Thecable.ng

Shasha traders resume sales on market ruins

Owners of 100 trucks loaded with onions boycott Shasa Market

One hundred trucks, loaded with 4,000 tonnes of onions, have reportedly left Sokoto for other African countries in the aftermath of the recent crisis at Shasa. The Shasa…

Mark Greenberg of Capespan North America:

“The grape losses in Chile are far greater than originally expected”

A month after the rains hit Chile, the estimates of the overall losses have become a bit clearer. Unfortunately, the news isn’t positive. Mark Greenberg of Capespan North…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Ian Albert - First Fresh

Positive but challenging 2020 season for persimmon and Meyer lemons

First Fresh New Zealand, based in Gisborne, New Zealand, is looking forward to the 2021 export persimmon and citrus season following a successful 2020 program says Managing…

Global Focus Bananas

Pol Vermeiren, Fresh Fruit, Dominican Republic

"We can now offer carbon-neutral organic bananas"

"The organic sector continues to grow, and considerably so in the United States. But there's been an oversupply of conventional bananas for years. This means lower prices, and…

Morocco and the United Kingdom will be connected by a new sea route

As announced by the English media, Morocco and the United Kingdom are working to open a new sea route that will directly connect Tangier with Poole, in the…

Nigeria: Onion producers start exports to West African countries

Last Thursday, the Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) inaugurated onion exports through Sokoto state Illela land border.…

GLOBALG.A.P.: New certification, growth and audits during the pandemic

25 years ago, a group of retailers and supermarkets in Europe agreed to harmonize their requirements into an independent certification system that could be…

Thomas Däbel, Serwo LLC:

"Demand and the market are moving toward more sustainable packaging"

There are encouraging and hopefully sustainable trends that continue to grow steadily. The demand for ecological packaging, ideally biodegradable, continues to be of great…

"Setting new standards in grading accuracy with SmartGradeTM software"

Tomra Food introduces SmartGrade on its Spectrim platform. The new system puts the packhouse in complete control of grading with such accuracy that it is able to pack fruit to…

Giuseppe Ventura (La Zucca Rossa)

Slight price recovery for Italian pumpkins

The Italian pumpkin market is almost static. It is expected that prices will recover slightly from this week onwards. By mid-March, the Italian product season will end and…

Nick Jansen (Director Europe): "Huge stock protects against global raw materials scarcity on the market"

New LC Packaging head office is centre of knowledge and attractive workplace in one

In September LC Packaging opened its new, sustainable, state-of-the-art head office and warehouse at the Logistiekpark A12 in Waddinxveen. A grand opening was not possible due…

The EU clarifies the application of the LMR CIPC

Good news for the potato sector: the European Commission has recently formally set the value of 0.4 ppm as the temporary maximum residual limit (LMRt) in…

Freshfel Europe publishes reflection paper urging EU to have a fullyfledged SPS Strategy

In response to the new EU Trade Policy Review, Freshfel Europe is publishing a policy reflection paper, ‘SPS Export Protocols: towards greater reciprocity in…

Cut rockmelons tracked from paddock to plate for the first time in Australia

In an Australian first, Brad Dawson of Dawson Melon Co in Red Cliffs Vic, in collaboration with FreshChain Systems, NSW DPI and in-store support from specialty fresh food…

Agrieuropa: "Soils are ready for early transplanting of watermelons".

Italian spinach sales increased by 15%

"This winter season has got off to a good start with satisfactory results for spinach. Sales have increased by 15% compared to last season. Lamb's lettuce has recovered after…

State’s biggest organic farmers call for domestic regulation

Victoria’s organic producer, Wattle Organic Farms, is echoing the industry’s cry for the Federal Government to create a domestic regulation for the organic sector. Fourth and third…

Record Kanzi® apple crop for 2021 season

A record crop of Kanzi® apples will see the 2021 season extended, with fruit expected to be available in supermarkets from mid-March until Spring. The bright red Kanzi® apple,…

Volume of potatoes for processing lowest in three years

Corona crisis slashes Belgian potato industry in 2020

No one could miss it in the media last year: the corona pandemic slashed the Belgian potato sector. In the 2019-2020 season, where the free market was in…

Europatat

Save the date:

Europatat Congress 2021 virtual edition

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is excited to announce that the 2021 edition of its annual Congress will be held on Thursday, 10th of June in…

DSV

DSV expands air freight capacity with new intercontinental air charter routes

DSV introduces three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents in order to accommodate customer demands in a global air freight market affected by lack of…

Bayer to launch Vanity Citrus®, its new biological product to control citrus farm pests

Bayer will introduce Vanity Citrus®, its latest biological and pheromone-based crop protection product to control pests on citrus farms during the…

"Safe and fresh from the field to the consumer"

While plastic and synthetic materials have increasingly become the focus of criticism in recent years, the group of Guillin companies is now breaking new ground in terms of…

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Shibaura Institute of Technology - Japan

An innovative contactless method for the timely harvest of soft fruits

Scientists develop convenient technique to measure ripeness using laser-induced plasma shockwaves and the ensuing vibrations on the fruit’s surface In agriculture, there are…

Medjool dates sales volume expected to spike during Ramadan

Bard Valley Natural Delights’ are an essential part of the Ramadan tradition as Muslims begin the daily ritual of fasting from sunrise to sunset. Ramadan lasts 30 days…

Decline in consumption of 100% fruit juice contributes to worrying trend for Americans

A new research report shows that Americans continue to consume less and less fruits and vegetables despite consistent dietary advice to the contrary. An accompanying decline…

PMA announces in-person Fresh Summit in New Orleans

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced that Fresh Summit 2021 will take place, in-person, October 28-30, 2021 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center…

Global marketing initiative launched for California walnuts

The California Walnut Commission announced its second annual “Power of 3” global marketing campaign, which builds on the successful 2020 campaign. “Power of 3”…

Argentina is the southern-hemisphere's leading plum producer and the world's third-largest producer of dried plum

Plums are gaining more and more hectares in Argentina

The area devoted to plum cultivation in Argentina continues to increase and currently exceeds 12,000 hectares, which are mainly concentrated in the provinces…

Brazil was the main destination, followed by Russia

Argentine pear exports grew by 60% in January

As confirmed by data from the Foreign Trade Statistics Department of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Argentina (INDEC), in January 2021,…

The fruit gap between Chile and Peru

In 2020, Chilean fruit exports totaled 5.8 billion US dollars, an increase of 0.42% over 2019. Therefore, Chile ranked among the top 10 suppliers. As far as…

Peruvian mango exports may increase by 30% if Chinese market is developed

According to Peruvian exporters’ association APEM, China is a market with huge potential for mangos. If issues relating to costs and fresh keeping associated…

Colombia increases the areas that can export Hass avocado to China

After having audited the Colombian phytosanitary system last month, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China has authorized more…

Ecuador remains free of Fusarium race 4

Monica Gallo, the general coordinator of Ecuador's Plant Health Service, said that the country's efforts to prevent the spread of the Fusarium race 4 fungus…

Almería and Murcia exported more than half of all Spanish vegetables in 2020

More than half of the Spanish vegetables exported in 2020 came from the provinces of Almería and Murcia, which broke all-time records in terms of the value of…

Spanish fruit and vegetable exports outside Europe fall by 13.5% in 2020

According to data from the Customs and Excise Department, the value of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports outside Europe fell by 13.5% in 2020 compared to the…

Asaja complains about the lack of aid for a sector that was also affected by the pandemic

Murcia's citrus sector is at a standstill

The citrus sector is important for Murcia's economy, as it generates 30,000 jobs and was able to export 554,000 tons of fruit generating more than 622 million…

Island nation calls for talks with China

Taiwan Council of Agriculture pledges export market diversity

The amount of fruit exported by Taiwan to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the US grew last year, and the island nation now has approval to ship pineapples to…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Panama sell for £0.72 / kg, the same as last week

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…

US import logistics chain collapses

The US import logistics chain is experiencing an unprecedented bottleneck. As noted by maritime industry analyst Jon Monroe, 30 to 40 vessels are waiting for a…

The right “5-a-day” mix is 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings for longer life

Studies representing nearly 2 million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which 2 are fruits and 3 are…

Food prices are up worldwide

Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years. Prices are driven by a jump in the cost of everything from soybeans to palm oil because of demand from China. Vulnerable…

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Amazon’s new Polish website goes live

As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard?Britain’s multi-billion pound supermarket industry is placing its bets on whether big-spending older shoppers will…

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