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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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Supply Chain Assistant – Netherlands

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First normal litchi season in a while as new avo campaign approaches

“The new avocado season is upon us. On early greenskins like Fuerte and Pinkerton we should be seeing a normal crop but on Hass from South Africa the industry volume might be…

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Supply Chain Assistant – Netherlands

“Russia, China and European countries are very interesting markets”

The Valencia season is important for large and smaller exporters alike, but the season has started rather slowly. Demand isn’t very strong, but it is expected to pick up next…

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Starting February 3, 2021

Astral Aviation’s B767F will carry 80 tonnes of perishables per week from Kenya to UAE

Having acquired the B767-200F from Air Transport Services Group in October 2020, Astral Aviation will deploy the freighter on the Nairobi – Sharjah route, with effect from…

Importer reports strong first year of shipping Moroccan citrus

Citrus supplies from Morocco have been solid, says one importer. “We’re in the middle of our Moroccan campaign and it’s been a great season,” says Terry Cook of Trucco Inc. in…

Cooperating with Tunisia to boost agricultural exports

Guinea looks to strengthen agricultural potential

Approximately 85% of Guinea’s population consists of subsistence agriculturalists, and the country is one of the poorest in the world. In an effort to expand…

Mozambique growers more sweet potatoes from 2015-2019

According to the new report, Basic Indicators of Agriculture and Food 2015-2019, presented this Monday by the Mozambican Institute of Statistics, per capita…

Trevor Ranford - Summerfruit Australia

Growers have been working hard to supply the markets and get fruit into Asia for CNY

Overall, the Australian Summerfruit season has progressed well with good winter rains and plenty of chill hours resulting in good fruit set. Some recent environmental issues…

Magnus farms to facilitate Indian pomegranate and grape exports

“The idea of having our own packing facility was born a few years back”

Indian grape and pomegranate farmers have a new packhouse to send their produce to. Magnus Farms is a new company that is stepping into the industry at a difficult time.…

Calavo Growers partners with Apeel for longer lasting avocados

Calavo Growers, Inc. a worldwide fresh avocado company since 1924, is partnering with Apeel, creators of the plant-based solution which enhances the shelf life of avocados and…

Els van Herpen, ZON, the Netherlands

"This season, Spanish auction vegetable supplies are down by about 25%"

This season, ZON fruit & vegetables is currently auctioning about 25% less Spanish vegetables volumes than last year. That's according to this Dutch cooperative's auction…

Special Latin America

Giumarra announces new partnership with Chile-based blueberry company

The Giumarra Companies announced a new partnership with Santiago, Chile-based CarSol Group, a large grower and distributor of blueberries from Chile and Peru. The venture is a…

Global Focus Grapes

After a slow start, Chile’s grape volumes start to ramp up now

The Chilean grape season is starting to see higher volumes this week. The season was off to a slow start this year, due to a combination of factors. Christian Corssen of…

Growth of Australian lychee industry on track despite weather challenges

The Australian Lychee Growers Association (ALGA) says despite some adverse weather, new tree plantings in recent seasons will increase volumes of the fruit in the next 5-10…

Kam Quarles, CEO National Potato Council

Expectations of new presidential administration for potato industry and agriculture as a whole

With the inauguration of President Biden a week behind us now, the new administration is settling in and gearing up to tackle the issues ahead of them. There has been a lot of…

Innovation and sustainability driven by top-sealed packaging solutions

The research for new packaging solutions, both to match the new trends in fresh produce consumption and to attract a wider range of customers, has been a quite established…

Vietnam seeks permission to export swallow's nests, durian, and purple yams to Chinese market

Vietnam becomes sixth-largest trade partner of China

The latest data from the General Administration Customs China (GACC), announced on the 14th of January, Chinese foreign trade still increased by nearly 2%…

Fyffes launches new website

During 2020 Fyffes worked on the development of a new website, which is now live. The new website makes it easy for customers and other users to find the information they need about…

Argentina's black truffles get ready to arrive in the US and the UK

The production of black truffles (Tuber melanosporum), one of the -most high-value products in the world market, only began to expand in Argentina in the last…

Fruit and vegetable group enters the flower business

SanLucar starts independent floristry division

Every day, SanLucar says it sells around 610,000 kilograms of fruit and vegetables from 35 growing countries worldwide. The assortment includes around 90 fruit…

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Oranmore, Ireland, where coffee and broccoli are coming in by drone

Ever since the small Irish town of Oranmore became a test bed for its drone delivery service, there’s been plenty of surprises for Manna Aero. Last October Manna Aero began an…

Sverdlovsk Horticultural Breeding Station

Russian scientists developed new, winter-resistant haskap variety

Researchers from the Sverdlovsk Horticultural Breeding Station have registered a new, winter-resistant haskap variety; the Polyanka Kotova. It is the first…

How to avoid selling at a loss in the Spanish agro-food sector?

The prohibition of selling at a loss has been one of the demands of the Spanish agro-food sector since early last year, when massive protests were organized…

Lettuce consolidates its reign in the Region of Murcia

Lettuce has established itself as the star of Murcian agricultural exports. In 2019, the region of Murcia exported 510,000 tons of lettuces, which is…

BreedingValue

European project investigates new breeding strategies to achieve more resistant and nutritious berries

The Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Hortofruticulture (IHSM) La Mayora CSIC-UMA is participating in BreedingValue, a European project focused on…

Spain

Barbastro pink tomato harvest expected to be record-breaking

The largest producer of Barbastro pink tomatoes, the company Grupo Correas, has invested half a million Euro in the conditioning of 3.5 new hectares of land…

USA pears used to beat Guinness world record in Emirates

On January 4, more than 100 chefs from across the United Arab Emirates-UAE made history by producing 2,209 pies made with USA Pears, setting a Guinness World…

The US approves an insecticide against greening in citrus that is banned in the EU

The United States has approved the use of a pesticide, which has been banned in the EU since 2003 because of the danger it poses to health and due to its…

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Lidl is to create 1,200 jobs in Ireland over the next year

Whisk has now added Sainsbury’s to its platform

Singapore: Sheng Siong to reward staff with up to 16 months’ bonus after ‘tremendous’ performance in 2020After a bumper year, Sheng Siong's employees will receive bonuses of…

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