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Senior Maintenance Engineer - USA East coast greenhouse facility, location negotiable

Greenhouse Assistant - Abbotsford (BC) Canada

Technical Service Manager - remote, US based

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Assistant Professor of Protected Agricultural Systems Design (Tenure-Track) - USA

Grower Tomato Crops - Huron (Ohio) USA

(Junior) Grower - King George (VA) USA

Commercial Manager | Fresh Produce | Germany

Ecuador wraps up mango season, total exports were down 5%

The Ecuadorian mango season is coming to an end, with the last packing and shipping of the season happening in week 1. The season has been challenging, in general, despite…

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Chilean blueberry shipments reached 8,622 tons for week 53

The South Central Zone continues to provide the highest harvest volumes where the focus is on mid-season varieties that are already passing the peak but still maintain…

Recent events regarding the strikes and new agrarian law in Peru

On 30 November, an agricultural strike in the Ica region began and lasted five days. The call for a strike denounced the poor working conditions and…

Study forecasts northern Chile will lose 50% of its water resources by 2060

Chile is experiencing its worst drought in six decades and it is the country with the greatest water crisis in the entire Western Hemisphere. According to…

The Association Agreement between Central America and the United Kingdom entered into force on January 1

The Association Agreement between Central America and the United Kingdom (Aacru), which was signed on July 18, 2019, and that will maintain the advantageous…

Mexican Ministry of Agriculture recognizes work of small-scale avocado farmers

Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture has lauded the nation’s small-scale garden growers. During a virtual event named ‘Our wealth: the avocado’, Víctor Villalobos…

Daniel Corbel passed away at age 79

The apple industry loses a major contributor

It is with great sadness that Eric Guasch, President of Cardell Export, announced the death of Daniel Corbel on Saturday, January 9. He was not only an emblematic figure of…

Price of Chinese lemons higher than last year because the production volume declined

Tongnan in Chongqing is located at 30 degrees north and the average annual temperature is 17.9℃. The soil is acidic and drains well. The area is one of the three most famous…

Citrus line of post-harvest solutions protects produce

Reducing food waste is one of the main challenges facing the agricultural sector. What’s more, access to fresh fruit is crucial to people looking to boost…

Zitrus Project (WWF)

"It is absolutely possible to produce high-quality oranges in a sustainable way"

In the framework of the Zitrus project, 1,132 hectares of conventional orange farms in Andalusia, located in several municipalities of Seville, Huelva and…

Special Latin America

Costa Rica to increase supply of inputs for Mexican organic agriculture

A recent study on the marketing of inputs for organic agriculture in Mexico, carried out by the Foreign Trade Promoter of Costa Rica (PROCOMER), concluded that…

Global Focus Grapes

Kobus Bothma – Capespan Namibia

Terrific Namibian grape season has “far exceeded our expectations”

The 2020/21 Namibian table grape season started about 10 days later than normal and it’s ending on a high note this week with Kobus Bothma, executive director of Capespan…

Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre

Australian tree crop severe weather app successfully tracks its first tropical cyclone in North Queensland

A new Australian tree crop weather monitoring app has been able to track its first major weather event since launching. The Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre (AARSC)…

Weather issues in Spain could prove an opportunity for Egyptian Valencias

“Only a small increase in price for Valencia oranges this year”

The season for Valencia oranges has kicked off in Egypt, and although demand is still slow, the growing and harvesting has been going well. Egypt as a country expects to…

Anton Kruger – Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum

20 years of the representing South African fruit to the world

The Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum turned twenty last year and CEO Anton Kruger talked to FreshPlaza about the organisation which, since he joined it nine years ago, has grown…

How should fruit be described on packaging labels?

In recent decades, packaged fruit has gained market ground over loose fruit, and fruit containers have become a source of information for consumers. It is important to…

Meijer Potato

Meijer Potato, the Netherlands:

“This robust generation is well-suited to organic farming”

The potato sector finds itself in a world that demands durable varieties. These include water-efficient types of potatoes. You must be able to process them directly from the…

Field performance and genetic stability of micropropagated gooseberry plants

Gooseberry is a small fruit crop producing valuable fruits, which is constantly gaining importance. In vitro propagation of this species can significantly…

New Zealand:

Cherry harvest devastated by rain but growers grateful to have the staff to help salvage crop

Central Otago cherry growers have been dealt another blow this season with heavy rain just after New Year causing major damage to fruit about to be harvested.…

Valstar shows commitment to reducing food waste with video series

Valstar has launched a video series on its sustainability efforts. Every month, the company shares a new video featuring one of their employees sitting down with a specialist…

KM Packaging launches compostable product range

Global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging has launched a new range of compostable products. The C-Range of bio-plastic packaging materials includes…

Louisiana faces several citrus woes

Hurricanes, development, demographics, disease and other issues combined in recent decades to severely reduce citrus acreage and crops in Plaquemines Parish,…

Potato Weekly

UK: Trade in potato packing sector is strong

Post-Christmas trade across the week is described as lacklustre for most sectors, although many added that this would be anticipated for this time of the year.…

Marketing department changes for citrus agribusiness

Limoneira Company, a citrus growing, packing, selling and marketing company with related agribusiness activities and real estate development operations, announced…

Fruit consumer price index at 10-year high

The Wageningen University and Research Food Price Monitor figures have been updated to include October 2020. Fruit price indexWith an index value of 119,5 (100 in 2015),…

Multi-million-dollar crop losses might lie in wait for Victorian growers

Fruit Growers Victoria is urging people to help out during the harvest in a last-ditch attempt to fill vacant fruit picker positions, most of which are still…

Citrus exports contribute almost $1 billion to Turkish economy in 2020

Turkey exported 1.8 million tons of citrus last year, with the top exported products being mandarins, lemons, oranges and grapefruit. In 2020, Turkey’s citrus…

Using durian fruit to charge an electric car -What will the future bring?

Researchers are looking into the possibilities nature also holds for us. This inspires scientific discovery in a host of unexpected ways. Lex Amore from the…

Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet

Eating a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, has a positive impact on health, but little is known about the effects of including unhealthy foods in…

Retail

Dreamstime

Gruppo Selex has become the second largest player in the Italian grocery sector

Auchan Retail Romania has signed a partnership with foodpanda

Coop Switzerland sees slight decline in sales in 2020At a group level, Coop Switzerland reported sales fell by 0.2% to CHF30.2bln (US$34.4bln), with its performance held back…

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