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Radish also hoping for uptick in retail sales
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29.7% increase versus same week last year
Fresh produce sales in US retail continue to surge in week of March 22nd
Many unknowns while there is not much time to lose
How does the produce industry respond to the $2t stimulus package?
Low prices in banana market, but Ecuador continues to export steady volumes
Oppy expands partnership with Perpetual Vegetable Co.
Fresh Direct Produce co-founder Kam Chiu Lee passes away
Kelly Dietz joins Hazel Technologies as VP of Sales
Washington apple grower-shippers enter partnership
PRO*ACT distributors partner with foodservice outlets
Distributors throughout the US offer fresh produce boxes direct to consumers
Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector
Corona-update: French supermarkets heed the call for 'economic patriotism'
Special Australia / New Zealand
Should you use air or probe temperature loggers?
Global Focus Grapes
Harvest lie in warehouses waiting for labour and freight services
Virus squashes exporters hope for 40,000 tonnes of harvested grapes
Retail
Representatives of the Teamsters Union: Temporary agreement with US Foods and Safeway
Kroger will hire 20,000 more employees to meet coronavirus demand
Fruitsy Inc. and First Fruits Marketing work to supply Indian market and retail
California sweet corn season around the corner
Fresh Del Monte Produce announces Elana Gold as VP and Chief Marketing Officer
Sanctions
USDA PACA updates
California 2020 Strawberry Outlook Update
Marty Myers to head ’20-21 board of Potatoes USA
Canada needs potato varieties suited for climate change
Peru's blueberry area is expected to increase by 35%
Costa Rica's melon and watermelon exports plummet
Ecuadorian banana producers oppose paralyzing shipments
Patagonia will be able to export Argentine fruit directly to China starting 2021
"Cut fruit has huge potential in the Chinese market"
“Export volume of Chinese ginger shows significant decline”
"The Dandong 99 Red strawberries sell well"
"Fruit supply in Chinese market grows rapidly"
Chinese demand for Indonesian mangosteen recovers
Simon Tattersall - Afrupro
Avo retail trade very good; wholesale markets devastated by restaurant closures
Food trade clarified as essential service by Indian government, but still can’t resume
“We’ve had to close our operations in the packhouse due to high freight rates”
José Antonio Gómez, of the Espárrago de Granada cooperative:
"The demand for green asparagus has dropped quite a bit, but we are still working"
Logistics operators are negotiating to keep Europeans supplied
France recruits 130,000 unemployed people to work in the fields
Marco Bergman, Harvest House:
"The Dutch bell pepper market has gone from stop-start to a stable jog"
Not least of which the thousands of Polish workers in the Netherlands
Europe’s seasonal workers are being forgotten in the corona crisis
Frans Cool, Cool Paul
"Demand for onions and carrots tripled during hoarding period"
Spain
Record harvest achieved in 2019/2020 black truffle campaign in Álava
BioFreshPak - new compostable plastic film
British-Indian Group develops compostable film
Australia's Citrus Tree Census showing some positive growth trends for the industry
"Two or three months of picking work won’t hurt anyone"
North Queensland's unemployed urged to consider farm work to address the labour shortage
AU: Farmers call for urgent action on visa extensions
Novapack Sud Srl
Recycling and reusing plastic are the solution to be sustainable
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