More avocados expected from Peru next month

GLOBAL OVERVIEW POMEGRANATES

More avocados expected from Peru next month

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Sourcing garlic is no easy business

New Chicago headquarters for Hazel Tech

Gideon launches Trey, the autonomous forklift for trailer loading and unloading

Senasica visits Rio Grande Valley center

IFPA celebrates industry volunteers during National Volunteer Week

Alpine Fresh conducts voluntary recall of “Hippie Organics French Beans”

Container volume up in last 30 days, no vessel logjam at berths

Port of Oakland cargo volume dropped, but outlook better

Canada

Government funding to ‘accelerate’ P.E.I. potato wart investigation

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

Global Focus South Africa

SeaPort Manatee seems to be on track to set a record in total cargo

ClimateAi: Forecasting weather & climate far into future

Fruveco exported a thousand tons of frozen vegetables to the US through the Port of Cartagena

Dole plc joins Freshfel Europe in launching fresh produce Environmental Footprint Initiative

European grape market full as Chile waits for South African and Indian stocks to fall

Paul Wilson - Scorpion Vision

“The system acts like the human eye, but is much faster and more accurate"

Australian feijoa season yielding large-sized fruit

Challenging 24 months for Indian pomegranate arils, but demand stays solid

“The opening of the Australian and USA markets will further enhance our volumes”

Manuel Baides, of Fruta de Autor: “Navel exports to the Middle and Far East are doing very well”

Off-season kakis have an interesting marketing window in Europe

Between September 2021 and January 2022, the EU market purchased a total of 824,000 tons

The EU-27 increases citrus imports by 4.6%

Fifth of world’s containerships bogged down in port congestion

New garlic harvest is about to start, but number of workers is limited under new regulations

Chris Chinn - Cobrey Farms

"By the first week of May it should be 100% British asparagus on the shelves"

TROPICSAFE achieves significant results to better manage coconut lethal yellowing, grapevine yellows and “huanglongbing”

Resignation Growcom Chief Executive Officer Stephen Barnard

Justin Chadwick:

KwaZulu-Natal floods: Major progress to return Durban port to full functionality ahead of the 2022 citrus export season

Calling on natural defenses to turn back banana pandemic

Honduras' citrus fruit exports decrease by up to 50% due to high temperatures

Matthias Bartels, FreshField, on the current cabbage season

"Demand on the export market should see a boost again soon"

Henk Vlaeminck, Van Dijk Foods:

"With the beautiful weather, the demand for Spanish stone fruit and watermelons is growing"

Arno van den Oord, Champoord:

"Beansprouts are used in more and more meals these days"

Retail

FreshPlaza Funny