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European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

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T&G sale and leaseback of 484 Nayland Road, Nelson

T&G Global is selling and leasing back its 484 Nayland Road, Nelson site, in a move which will generate $50,514,000 to support its growth strategy. The 8.0382…

Evgenija Gorenkova

Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation

Ministers delay decision on cutting health rating for fresh fruit juice

Changes to the health star rating for fruit and vegetable juices are on hold with the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation. It has…

New NZGAP Social Practice add-on ensures fair treatment of workers

Consumers are more and more concerned about how their food is grown, harvested, packaged and transported. They are demanding confidence that the people…

Australia: PASE funding 'grape' news for hort growers

The Australian Table Grape Association has been awarded more than $600,000 in Australian Government funding for two projects aimed at improving market access…

New Zealand

Gold kiwifruit licence added to Gisborne land value

The New Zealand region of Gisborne is the first area to adjust land valuation methods for gold kiwifruit properties to now include the value of the growing…

Primary Connect adds carrier services for Australian mangoes

In order to support mango growers in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Primary Connect has announced additional carrier services. The transport and…

Image: Derco Foods / Almond Board of California

FY2020 Full Year Results - Select Harvest

Record almond crop was offset by lower almond prices and higher water costs

Melbourne-based Select Harvests is Australia's largest almond grower and processor, and is the third largest grower worldwide. While it manages almond orchards in Victoria,…

Partnering with Crown research institute Plant & Food Research

New Zealand: Zespri wants to establish a Kiwifruit Breeding Centre

Zespri wants to establish a Kiwifruit Breeding Centre in partnership with Crown research institute Plant & Food Research. Zespri CEO Dan Mathieson has stated…

Robert Paul Van Beets

New Zealand

South Island produce airfreighted all over the world

Despite all problems surrounding the pandemic, high value South Island produce will be airfreighted all over the world. New Zealand fruit and produce will be…

The beautiful appearance and exceptional flavor satisfy consumer need for novelty

Kissabel apples enter Chinese market for the first time

The Kissabel apple is a variety that was developed by French grower IFO over a period of more than 20 years. The Kissabel apple strain contains three varieties: Kissabel…

Special Year Overview

Year Overview 2020: January

It seems like the year 2020 had a surprise for us just about every month, and it was hardly ever a positive one. In the Year Overview we'll look back on some of the major…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Floris-Jan van Os, Hillfresh:

“Fewer Spanish kakis this year, which could mean shortages in the second half of the season”

The first Spanish kakis arrived on the Dutch market at the beginning of October. But it was only from November onwards that sales at European retailers began to rise again.…

Fresh Publishers

We're going vertical!

Hortidaily and FloralDaily are very glad to announce the launch of a new segment - VerticalFarmDaily.com. Vertical Farm Daily will send out a daily newsletter about all…

New heat resistant wave apples in Spain released

The first apple variety that has a bigger adaptation to climate change will be planted in Catalonia in 2021. According to expectations, it will be marketed in…

Soren Toft arrives at MSC as Chief Executive Officer

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in transportation and logistics, is pleased to announce that Soren Toft started his new role as Chief…

Egyptian citrus season has started, good quantity of Valencia oranges expected

The Egyptian citrus season has begun, starting with Navel oranges. After that the Valencia oranges will be exported. Navels will have lower quantities than last year, but…

Debets Schalke

Growing sustainable vegetables in the Saudi Arabian desert under 80 hectares of glass

Dava corporation, owned by the Al Batal family, recently signed a new deal with Debets Schalke for the expansion of Dava's greenhouse complexes in the Al-Kharj region. In…

First containers of Sunrays® branded grapes from Peru arrive in US

As the 2021 import table grape season gets underway, Jac. Vandenberg is introducing its Sunrays® branded grapes. The first containers of Sunrays® grapes arrived this past…

EIT

EIT Food report reveals lasting impact of COVID-19 pandemic on European food behaviours

EIT Food, Europe’s leading food innovation initiative supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), today published a new report on the impact of the…

From the Limgroup, in the Netherlands

New asparagus variety, Maralim, hits the market

It's taken a few years of intensive trails but the Limgroup has finally brought a new asparagus variety on the market. It's called Maralim and is a mid-early variety. Known as…

Video Dutch wholesaler completes major renovations

Gebr. de Mooij - Amsterdam has bought out two of its neighboring businesses in the last six years. The first was Amsterdamse Fruithandel on 1 January 2014. And then, on 1…

Ronnie Moorman, Willem Dijk, the Netherlands

“Few large citrus fruits but prices now determine product”

Last year, Spain was hit by storms in September. Mandarins bore the full brunt. That made for lower volumes on the market. That, in turn, meant favorable price formations in…

Lohan Marais – Icon Fruit

Fair market pull for South African stonefruit

The South African stonefruit industry welcomes a return to normality after a few difficult years. Lohan Marais, commercial director at Icon Fruit, the new partnership between…

Expected to launch in 2022

Biological pesticides with better efficacy and higher consistency

BioConsortia, Inc. was started in 2014 and has been working on the development of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and yield improvement since then. “It…

Export to some countries declined by as much as 70%-80%

Chinese pear export faces challenges due to rising price of shipping

Hebei province, one of the major pear production areas in China, already suffered from extreme weather conditions during the growing season. The production…

Company has to pay EUR 500,000 as part of the settlement

Greenyard closes listeria chapter after settlement with the FSMA

Greenyard has reached an amicable settlement of EUR 500,000 with stock market watchdog FSMA for the dissemination of 'incorrect and misleading information'…

Mandersloot is the first logistics service provider to supply the Czech Republic with LHV

After months of intensive preparation, the time has finally come. From Wednesday 2th of December, Mandersloot will be the first logistics service provider in Europe with 3…

MustGrow banana disease results in Colombia claim '100% Control'

MustGrow Biologics Corp. is pleased to announce the initial Colombia laboratory test results of MustGrow’s mustard-derived organic biopesticide formulation on…

Grimmway Farms sold to Indiana investment firm

California-based Grimmway Farms, one of the world’s largest growers and processors of carrots, is being bought by an investment firm from Indiana. “We are…

Chinese garlic export continues to gain momentum

China exported roughly 1.72 million tons of fresh and refrigerated garlic in the first 10 months of 2020. That is an increase of 421.9 thousand tons or 32.31%…

Broccoli reinvents guacamole

Guacamole lovers concerned about sustainability have a new option: brocomole. A kind of guacamole made using broccoli as the main ingredient, that is more sustainable and cheaper than…

"Two solutions to mitigate loss claims at destination for avocado shipments"

In the current Covid era, meetings, seminars and conferences are having to adapt to the new digital formats. Citrosol recently played the starring role in an…

Retail

Central England Co-op: Brand new service trial

Waitrose and Deliveroo: Expansion of delivery trial to 40 stores

Finland: Online shopping gets a huge corona boostOnline grocery shopping in Finland finally made a breakthrough this year and it doesn't look like there will be any turning…

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