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Glen Steyn – Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Collaboration boosts morale and productivity at Cape Town Harbour

Cape Town Harbour is operationally in a much better place than it was six months ago, to the relief of table grape exporters who must have been watching the citrus campaign…

Aat Hoekstra's life in table grapes: "The best 70 years I could wish for"

Ninety-year old Aat Hoekstra built up one of South Africa's most successful table grape enterprises in Paarl, Western Cape and he's far from retirement. Hoekstra Fruit…

Highest profit per acre in East Africa

Most profitable Kenyan crops

Despite the steady returns enjoyed by farmers in Kenya, the profession has been mostly been associated with the elderly living in rural areas. However, over the last few years, a new…

Morocco: Increase in fruit production expected

Production in many Moroccan fruit sectors is expected to increase after the decline from the previous season. Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries,…

Dutch apple variety trials in Rwanda

Agriterra, a Dutch non-governmental organization, has partnered up with the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources and National Agricultural…

Kenya tech startup Twiga Foods receives US$30 mln

Twiga foods started in 2014 by co-founders Njonjo and Grant Brooke who have overseen the astronomical rise of the brand. The Nairobi-based company has plans of…

South Africa

Western Cape growers show resilience in the face of Covid-19

Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer has announced that the Provincial Economic Review and Outlook (PERO) and Municipal Economic Review and…

Carel van Krimpen, Avojoy

"Using avocados to respond to a changing world"

Avojoy supplies premium avocados to supermarkets, retailers, hospitality industry suppliers, wholesalers, restaurants, and the foodservice and catering sectors. Carel van…

Jon Clark - FGA

Chilean cherry season looking promising, late season fruit could be down in volume

The last of the Chilean citrus is arriving around the world, which means that the start of the stone fruit season is about to commence. “As an industry we have been fortunate…

Xavier Rosario, of Louis Rosario SARL:

"Against all expectations, there is little demand for clementines"

"So far, the clementine season has been very tough. Consumption is not at the expected level at all," says Xavier Rosario, commercial director of Louis Rosario Sarl in…

Special Automation

Netherlands: Teboza and Martens buy Cerescon asparagus harvesting robot

On Friday, Teboza and Martens Asperges signed an agreement to purchase the Sparter. This is the Dutch company, Cerescon's, selective asparagus harvesting robot. This marks the…

'Crops for robots' instead of 'robots for crops'

Vegetables to be adapted to suit picking robots

In the future, vegetable varieties will be created with the specific intent that picking robots can harvest them more easily. Colinda de Beer predicts it will…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Increased production and availability across all growing regions for the Pazazz apple

Honeybear® Brands, grower, packer, and shipper of premium apple varieties, is entering its 6th year with their Pazazz apple and it is set to be the best yet in all growing…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 23-10-2020)

Week 43 shipments from Mexico at 357,000 cartons of Hass avocados

Week 43 avocado shipments from Mexico to Europe came out at 357,000 cartons avocados, Hass only. The corresponding numbers for Hass imports from Chile 693,000 cartons and…

Felix Stamer (Direct Fresh LLC) on the current banana market

"Despite Corona, we were able to offer a complete range of bananas throughout"

In addition to conventional bananas, organic, fair trade and organic fair trade batches have been increasingly popular with consumers in recent years. Demeter bananas are also…

Leon van den Hombergh, Frankort & Koning:

""We've had a good prelude to the normally difficult melon weeks"

The first months of the Brazilian melon season went well. That's according to Leon van den Hombergh of Frankort & Koning in the Netherlands. "We began a little earlier, in an…

BASF launches Mistela F1, a productive and highly tasty premium plum cherry tomato

The tomato crisis is no secret, but every crisis brings an opportunity, and this is how BASF, which continues to innovate with this crop, prefers to see it. The date-like plum…

Capexo, exclusive representative of La Dona Fruit in France

With the choice of Capexo as its exclusive representative in France, the group of Panamanian producers, La Dona Fruit, is deploying a new marketing strategy in Europe. Its…

“Prices for Turkish kiwis should be similar to past seasons”

The Turkish kiwi season is in full swing and demand seems to be strong at the moment. According to one Turkish exporter, the hot weather did lead to slightly smaller sizes…

PMA virtual town hall

Predictive analysis: How it is used in the industry to drive business

This week’s PMA virtual town hall focused on the rapidly growing field of predictive analytics, which helps companies draw from past data trends to make informed decisions…

Slimmer ginger supplies cause prices to spike

The ginger market in North America continues to see shifts from countries supplying the market right now. China, a significant ginger growing country, has seen pressure on its…

Mucci Farms announces 200 acre North American expansion

Mucci Farms announced major expansions in Kingsville, Ontario and Huron, Ohio totalling 206 acres over the next two years. These investments support their ongoing emphasis on…

Davilal appoints new sales manager and production manager

At the end of October 2020, Laurent Ligonnière will quit hisposition as production manager after 10 years within thecompany. We wish him a lot of success in his new…

NFU says urgent action is needed to implement seasonal workers scheme

The NFU is urging government to provide immediate clarity on how fruit, veg and flower businesses will be able to recruit seasonal workers next year. The call comes as a new…

AgroFair pays voluntary Covid-19 compensation premium to its banana growers

AgroFair has decided to pay $ 0.05 per box of bananas as a voluntary contribution to our producers for unexpected costs they have incurred due to the Covid-19…

Marcel Verdellen, Satori:

"Global ginger shortage is driving prices up"

Current global ginger supplies are limited. That's leading to sky-high prices on the market. "China has little ginger available. Their harvests are more than…

First virtual TOC Americas conference

Pandemic pushes Latin American economies to 30-year lows

According to economists at the first virtual TOC Americas conference, the overall Latin American economy has been set back almost 30 years as a consequence of…

Canada: Southern Alberta producers happy with potato harvest

Potato growers from Alberta are pleased with this year’s harvest. They also seem to be finding ready markets for their product with local food processors, says…

Canada: Millions of apples rotting in Okanagan orchards

The ground of some orchards in East Kelowna -British Columbia- is covered by soon-to-be-spoiled apples. In 50 years of farming, apple grower Julius Kish said…

Mangoes from Brazil and Spain do not sell in Vashi APMC due to pricing

Agriculture Produce Market Committee Vashi received its first imported consignment of mangoes early this week. The mangoes, which arrived from Spain and…

Irish Farmers' Association

Domestic Potato Market Report

Ireland's domestic consumption and retail demand remain buoyant

Ireland's domestic consumption and retail demand remained buoyant as week two of the second ‘National lockdown’ began. With all restaurants forced to close their doors and…

ASPROCAN: "There are very few deadlines and opportunities left"

Minister Planas will defend maintaining the EU aid to the Canary Islands' banana sector

The future of the Canary Islands banana sector still depends on the final decision that Brussels adopts on the funds of the new CAP after the discussions in which the Council…

Market and Crop Update for October 29, 2020

Everything is going well for Walla Walla sweet onion and hybrid programs this week

MARKETIdaho-E. Oregon:Herb Haun with Haun Packing in Weiser, ID, told OnionBusiness on Oct. 28 that demand is still good. “We can tell by the number of…

Maine potato farmers expect lower revenues for smaller crop

The rain that poured across Aroostook County in late September was too late to save the region’s potato farmers from a smaller harvest. Reportedly, it will be…

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports expected to recover after nine-month slump

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports are showing signs of recovery after a slump in the first three quarters of the year. According to Dinh Gia Nghia, deputy…

Retail

Amazon.se has officially launched

Whole Foods Market partners with Infarm

Dutch ecommerce top 6 remain unchangedThe 6 biggest online stores in the Netherlands in 2019 are still the same 6 as in the year before. Bol.com remains the biggest ecommerce…

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