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Pandemic exposes fault lines in Australia's fruit industry

The drastic labour shortages caused by Covid border restrictions cannot simply be solved by replacing backpackers with local workers “Whatever happens, this is…

'NSW Smart Places Acceleration Program'

NSW announces AU$45 million program to accelerate smart places development

The New South Wales government has announced a new AU$45 million initiative, under its Smart Place Strategy, aimed at accelerating the development of smart…

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Chief Executive Officer

Sourcing from Australia, New Zealand, and Chile

Winter import cherry program continues expanding

While cherries have generally been thought of as a summer fruit, United Apple’s import program is making new crop cherries available this month. “We have offered a Chilean…

New Zealand, Japan, and Brazil

New export destinations for Egyptian oranges

Orange exports are set to rise to 1.5 million tons in the 2020/2021 season. In 2019/2020, it was 1.37 million. That's according to the US Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in…

NZ strawberries super cheap at the moment

Strawberries are super cheap at the moment and the industry is calling on people to buy up large, while they are at their best. The reason this is happening,…

UNSW Sydney research

Biodegradable packaging from banana plant waste

Two researchers at UNSW Sydney are looking into a way to turn banana plantation waste into packaging material that is both biodegradable and recyclable.…

Europe closes borders to UK - is fresh produce still moving?

This weekend, an increasing number of European countries banned travellers entering from the United Kingdom. On Sunday ferries were also stopped for passengers and the…

Smurfit Kappa’s BanaBag®

Sustainable recyclable banana bag gains popularity in Latin America

Banana producers often use plastic bags to cover the banana bunches on the plants for protection. The plastic material of these bags, however, doesn’t fit in well with…

Jan Strijbos, Prins Verpakkingstechniek:

"The packaging configurator makes finding the right packaging a lot easier"

A new packaging configurator can be found on the Prins Packaging Technology website. “We notice that when customers request a packaging machine, they sometimes do not really…

Coenraad Fraenkel – Agrimotion Consulting

Future farmers will insist on data-sharing among service providers, predicts consultancy

“I can well see how farmers in five year’s time will insist on interaction between data providers, service providers and consultants visiting their farms,” says Coenraad…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: October

Citrus and tropical commodities were predominant in the headlines in October of this year. Starting with bananas, global banana production was expected to increase to 129…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Daniël Penturij, Explosive Foods, the Netherlands

"Despite the strange year, we're expecting good sales this Christmas"

Two to three years ago, most people didn't know what a pitahaya was. But, this exotic fruit is becoming increasingly well-known in Europe. Dutch importer, Explosive Foods,…

Efrain Saucedo Nuñez van Fruta del Huerto:

"Dutch lime market finally recovers"

It's recently been an enormous struggle on the lime market. "We've been through an exceptionally long, bad time. The market has been dismal for 11, 12 weeks," says Efrain…

Average crop of California avocados anticipated for 2021

Looking ahead to 2021, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) is predicting a slightly smaller California crop. Photo: California Avocado Commission The Commission notes that…

Artes Politcnica from Italy: watch the videos

Good results by covering the cherries with nets instead of plastic film

Cooperative company Sanifrutta is leader in fresh fruit processing and packing. In its establishment in Costigliole Saluzzo (Piemonte, Northern Italy) the owner Eraldo Barale,…

Op Giaccio Frutta

Excellent peach and strawberry campaign

2020 has been a good year for Producer organization Giaccio Frutta located in Vitulazio (Caserta), as it has seen an increase in turnover of 7% despite the pandemic. Antonio…

COAG denounces irregularities in the payment of tariffs on Moroccan agricultural products

"Spanish and French ports are an uncontrolled gateway for fruit and vegetables from third countries"

The Coordinator of Agricultural Producer and Livestock Organizations (COAG) has submitted a formal complaint to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), claiming to have…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 51

Blueberry shipments from Chile are increasing

During week 50, 10,380 tons were exported, although this volume is bulky due to those containers from week 49 that could not be shipped and therefore were attributed to…

New irrigation systems combat drought

Moroccan citrus yield to grow by 32% in 2020/2021

In 2021/2021, Moroccan citrus yields are expected to reach 2,3 million tons. That's an increase of 32% compared to the previous season. This increase is based…

The first maritime shipment of Chilean cherries arrives in China

As reported by the Chinese media Produce Report, the season's first sea shipment of Chilean cherries arrived in Hong Kong on December 12. This first shipment…

Market conditions are weak, but Cambodian bananas do well

Looking back on the Chinese market for imported bananas

The Chinese banana market has been weak since the outbreak of Covid-19. Many banana varieties are reasonably priced, but there is no market for them. While Southeast Asian…

Illias el Mrini, Med Green Import, the Netherlands

"There's a lot of Moroccan supply, but demand's lagging"

The 2020/2021 Moroccan fruit and vegetable forecasts have improved dramatically. Citrus production has risen by 29% this year. That's according to the Moroccan Ministry of…

Tomato cultivation in the desert

South of Dakhla, in Morocco, the Agida farm is developing an unusual model of greenhouse cultivation. It is an Economic Interest Group (GIE) created in 2017 on the initiative of the…

Chile is getting closer to developing its own cherry varieties

The INIA-Biofrutales Cherry Genetic Improvement Program is getting closer and closer to obtaining the first cherry varieties that are 100% developed in Chile.…

Bryan Douglas, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

"Cargo space still scarce for fruit and vegetables"

With Christmas fast approaching, fruit and vegetable sales will again climb 'a little' in Belgium and the Netherlands. People like to serve something special,…

Looking at growth prospects for exports of premium varieties

San Miguel starts a new grape season

After great results were achieved with mandarins and avocados from Peru, San Miguel starts the 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season with great expectations. There…

Retail

Carrefour and Tesco buying alliance is being restricted

Dutch supermarket wants to turn facial recognition system back onA year after shutting off its facial recognition system under regulatory pressure, a Dutch supermarket wants…

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