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OVERVIEW GLOBAL GINGER MARKET

China is the largest ginger grower on the global market and has seen the demand for the product increase due to the pandemic. Heavy rainfall has also resulted in a large part…

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Lead Glasshouse Engineer - Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Drought worries Peruvian mango growers and exporters

The Peruvian mango season is set to start in the middle of November with the northern growing region of Piura. This start is a few weeks late, which is the result of cooler…

No more coca, but organic limes for Colombian farmers

When the first shipment of Colombian limes from "Persian Limes" arrived at organic fruit specialist Eosta in Waddinxveen last week, they came with a very nice surprise. On the…

Blueberry season forecast 2020

Argentina to focus on the production of organic blueberries

Argentina has started its blueberry export season 2020. This year, Argentina will continue being focused on preserving quality and ensuring the sweetness that makes its fruit…

Berry grower-shipper secures partnerships with growers in Peru for blueberries

Berry People, a year-round, full-line shipper of branded organic and conventional strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and avocados, has recently secured…

"Make the Big Game Your Bowl Game"

Avocados From Mexico partners with Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews on Super Bowl promotions

Avocados From Mexico is launching a campaign kickoff with sportscasters, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews, to inspire shoppers to take their love of game day guac to the next…

Kenny Moran - The Avocado Company

Good quality avocados, but less big sizes from Chile

Avocado Company received the first Hass avocados from Chile mid-September, but hadn’t been seeing anything close to the volume they would have expected in the last month. In…

Ecuador establishes two mechanisms to set the price of a box of bananas in 2021

On Wednesday, October 28, Ecuador's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) established a new price scheme for a box of bananas for the year 2021 via two modalities: a…

Piet Schotel on virtual platform where they can get meet exporters

“European importers very interested in Central America”

Almost all trade shows have been canceled. So, there's considerably less chance for Central American companies to present themselves to the European market. The Centre for the…

“Indian consumers are convinced avocado will be the fruit of the future”

Pictures of the Indian floods have been shown on many news outlets, but these floods are not unusual for India. Heavy rains during the monsoon season replenish the water…

Special Automation

New vision technology for lower volume growers

When new technology is introduced to agriculture, it’s not always within reach of smaller growers. But that’s not the case with one new vision system that’s…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Jacques Banuls, of Edenys:

"The apple volumes are abundant in the southeast of France"

"Although the French apple harvest has not been great this year, we have abundant volumes in the south-east of the country, 10% above the productive potential," says Jacques…

Smaller crop but bigger Washington apples

Harvest is close to finishing on the Washington apple crop that is seeing a drop in overall volume this year. “However, the quality of our fruit is outstanding and we have…

Colombia approves trade agreement with the United Kingdom

The Colombian House of Representatives approved the Trade Agreement between Colombia and the United Kingdom, which was signed in May 2019 before the UK left…

Peru started its garlic campaign with an 86% increase in exports over 2019

Peru's garlic campaign, which started this month and will last until April 2021, is already showing positive results. In the first fortnight of October, the…

Mexico

Chiapas registers a decline in mango and banana production

According to a report from the Agri-food Information Service, in 2019 the southern Mexican state of Chiapas produced 696,877 tons of bananas, i.e. 0.15% fewer…

Peru exports a record volume of avocados in 2020

The president of the consulting firm Inform@cción, Fernando Cilloniz Benavides, said the pandemic hadn't stopped Peru from exporting a historical 405,000 tons…

"Shekou port hopes to welcome first 'fast-ship' with cherries directly from Chile"

Shekou port in Shenzhen is one of the main fruit import cities in south China. The port mainly receives Asian goods such as dragon fruit, bananas, coconuts, longyans,…

Sophie Ye, KX Food, Belgium

"High ginger prices expected until early 2021"

“After the recent extreme demand for ginger, things have died down a little now. However, that doesn't mean prices are dropping. On the contrary, ginger prices are very high.…

“It’s exciting that we’ll enter the Japanese market this year”

High demand for Egyptian citrus in Europe and Saudi ArabiaThe pandemic still brings a lot of uncertainty to the Egyptian citrus exporters, as they’ve been working on the Navel…

Jordi Fijnheer, FruitPro, the Netherlands

“Israeli avocados benefitting from empty European market”

Israel sends large amounts of mangos and avocados to Europe. Jordi Fijnheer, Sales Manager at FruitPro, in the Netherlands, however, noticed that this year…

Henk van der Meij, Hars-Hagebauer, the Netherlands

“Brazil's preparing for mangos year-end push”

Sea freight mangos went through a hard time this summer. That’s according to Henk van der Meij of Hars-Hagebauer, a Dutch wholesaler that specializes in…

Successful use of Pixofarm technology in Europe arouses interest from the southern hemisphere

"Fruit growers are clearly looking for smart and flexible approaches"

Pixofarm's digital solution for the fruit industry is now being used by producers in Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, after customers in Europe reported on…

Justin Leonard - Jackie Leonard & Sons.

"We will lose the whole of November, usually a very busy time for us,”

Ireland has been back in full lock down for two weeks, prior to that different counties had different levels of lock down. The situation will be reviewed again on December…

Column Elena Malkova, Confidenca Coaching

"Involvement starts with the right communication"

"Last week I spoke with a director of a large organization about how he and his people are doing in the present situation. And although he was very positive about how his team…

Zespri welcomes new Fresh Carriers vessel MV Kowhai into its shipping fleet

The New Zealand kiwifruit industry will be boosted by three specialised reefer vessels following significant investment by operator Fresh Carriers, underpinned by their…

Spike in demand for California dates

Supplies of California dates are solid as the industry approaches the end of harvest. “I don’t predict any type of shortages for dates. It doesn’t mean that sales are down. It…

Fyffes North America wins award for "Easy to Eat, Easy to Pronounce" campaign

Fyffes North America "Easy to Eat, Easy to Pronounce" advertising campaign won Gold at the 2020 Summit Creative Awards in the Integrated Campaign, B2B category. This marks the…

BASF to acquire innovative melon breeding company ASL

On Wednesday, October 28, 2020 BASF has formally agreed to acquire ASL, a melon breeding company, to continue expanding its position as a partner in the fruit and vegetable…

"When looking for innovative laser labeling for fresh produce, beware imitations! With almost 15 years’ experience LaserFood is the pioneer and undisputed leader of…

Packaged citrus is in high demand

DiSilva Fruit and Morning Kiss Organic are ready to deliver organic and conventional citrus for the coming citrus season. DiSilva Fruit and Morning Kiss Organic have seen…

Debbie Willmann celebrates 30 years at Index Fresh

Just 21 years old and barely into college, Debbie Willmann started at Index Fresh on October 21, 1990, as an accounting temp with plans of pursuing a career as a CPA. Fast…

Fresh Summit’s “Best of Show” winners are announced

Produce Marketing Association announced the “Best of Show” awards this week, a Fresh Summit tradition of recognition that celebrates innovation and creativity in marketing and…

Key findings from the Impact Study of New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme

In the first of a series of blogs outlining Key Findings From The Impact Study Of New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme, Charlotte Bedford, Heather Nunns and…

Simon Calder - Blackdown Growers

New look for Leampak herbs after 40 years

This week saw the launch of a new look for Leampak herbs which is an established brand of herbs from Blackdown Growers. The company has been supplying herbs to UK caterers for…

USDA revises U.S. standards for grapefruit and oranges

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States other…

'Solutions for food retailers facing seismic shift in consumer habits and spend'

Global logistics company C.H. Robinson is bringing supply chain expertise and technology to the aid of grocery retailers facing unprecedented demand and…

Ocean carrier schedule reliability drops to 2020 low

Schedule reliability of ocean carriers fell to 56 per cent in September. The on-time performance of Asia shipments to the US west and east coasts plunging…

Retail

Uber Eats delivers groceries for Carrefour Belgium

Coviran has increased its market share in Portugal

Ireland: Tesco to create 450 permanent jobs nationwide in lead-up to ChristmasTesco Ireland has announced that it is to create 450 permanent jobs across the country, 120 of…

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