Pending El Niño is of concern to Ecuador’s dragon fruit industry

Organic greenhouse grown strawberries will complement field category

Earlier this year, an article was published about the expansion plans of Nature Fresh Farms into the organic greenhouse strawberry category in Ohio.…

Pending El Niño is of concern to Ecuador’s dragon fruit industry

Just three months ago, FreshPlaza reported dragon fruit supplies in Ecuador exceeded demand and prices had collapsed as a result. “Ecuador harvests…

More small limes and fewer large limes than last year

The supply of limes right now looks fairly similar to last year. “The concentration on small fruit is higher than last year and the large fruit is…

Call for termination of Tomato Suspension Agreement

The Florida Tomato Exchange filed a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce to terminate the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement because it has failed to…

H-2A visa fees increased June 17

The U.S. Department of State fees for petition-based non-immigrant visas for H-2A temporary foreign workers increased on June 17, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA)…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement seasonal perishable products - weekly update

Movement of asparagus from Peru through South Florida ports of entry is expected to increase

Movement of asparagus from Peru through South Florida ports of entry is expected to increase. Trading moderate. Prices higher. 11-pound cartons bunched…

Former president of Abrafrutas Luiz Roberto Barcelos:

“Brazilian fruit needs to conquer new markets”

Former president of Abrafrutas Luiz Roberto Barcelos has stated that Brazilian fruit needs to conquer new markets. Otherwise, it will not be able to expand its…

Drought could mean a shortage of pumpkins across the Tri-States this fall

Although October is still many months away, the ongoing drought may put a damper on the pumpkin yield this fall. Pumpkins are one of many crops suffering from…

USDA

National Retail Report - specialty crops

Significant price increases for fruit this week included seedless grapes, blackberries, raspberries and yellow peaches

Retailers focused on graduation and Fathers' Day celebrations this week by offering a wide array of festive produce favorites. Avocados, sweet onions,…

Town loses electricity supply as packers hope to resume by Wednesday

Citrusdal community bands together to get back on their feet after flood

Rain is still falling over Citrusdal where food has had to be flown in by helicopter to stranded inhabitants after the town's entrance road was washed…

Panama set to export first official commercial dragon fruit shipment to Europe

Panama is set to export their first officially certified commercial dragon fruit (pitahaya) shipment by air to Europe later this month (June 2023). “At…

BASF:

“The new Ronvine tomato is a high-tech variety, resistant to ToBRFV”

BASF Vegetable Seeds (Nunhems® brand) has developed the Ronvine, a new seed variety for grape tomatoes that is resistant to the Tomato Brown Rough…

Nicofruit confirms the same areas for the next campaign

"We owe a debt of gratitude to our 27 strawberry growers."

With only a few days to go before the strawberry season in the Basilicata region comes to an end, Francesco Nicodemo would like to express appreciation…

BAPL

Supermarket Sales Data

Aldi remains the largest customer of BAPL apples in the UK

At almost 3,200 tons, Aldi is still the largest customer of BAPL apples in the UK, followed by Tesco and Sainsburys. Here’s the same monthly data presented as a…

Adem Kulauzovic - Domino

"These solutions reduce the risk of coding errors and protect businesses from the risk of recalls"

Fresh produce companies must be compliant with the latest government legislation when it comes to labelling their produce. In some regions, this…

Waddington Europe first to supply full range of easier-to-recycle punnets that use less plastic

European thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington® Europe, a division of Novolex®, has become the first to supply a full range of soft-fruit…

TEG's monthly Road Transport Price Index :

Record road freight prices for May, as government support helps the sector reduce emissions

The TEG Road Transport Price Index has revealed an overall price-per-mile increase of 1% in May, despite inflation finally hitting single digits at…

New machines to handle over 1 million weekly packs for UK company

Stourgarden, a UK company that started in 1995 and now handles more than one million packs of onions per week, has recently purchased Newtec’s weighing…

Bournemouth University studies prove:

Focusing on enjoyment can motivate people to eat more fruit

Researchers from Bournemouth University recommend that health professionals and schools could encourage more healthy diets by emphasizing that eating fruit can…

Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture talks to Citrusdal farmers

The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer addressed the Olynfenboschkraal Farmers’ Association in Citrusdal on 13 June 2023. The…

This year's edition of the Moroccan International Soft Fruit Festival focuses on nurseries

The International Soft Fruit Festival in Morocco, organized by the Moroccan Interprofessional Federation of Soft Fruits (Interproberries - Maroc), with…

EastFruit

Egypt intends to increase orange exports to India

Egypt has exported record-breaking volumes of oranges to India in the first half of the current MY 2022/23 (October-September), as reported by…

EastFruit

Moroccan lettuce exports to France reach record high in Q1 2023

Morocco continues to increase its fresh lettuce exports to France, with the volumes in the first three months of the current year reaching record high,…

Prices, production, quality

Sweet cherry market in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

The cherry season is beginning in Eastern Europe, in Georgia it is in full swing, and in Central Asia it is already coming to an end. However, mid-June is the…

Turkey to start selling governmental stocks of hazelnuts; exporters are not happy

As EastFruit’s readers should know, Turkey has a substantial amount of unsold hazelnuts stocked. TMO, a governmental body, which buys and sells hazelnuts from…

Matthew Luckhurst appointed as new Managing Director of APM Terminals Bahrain

APM Terminals Bahrain, the operating company of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has announced the appointment of Matthew Luckhurst as the new Managing Director for…

350,000 tons of vegetables produced in Karnal, but storage capacity is only 30,000 tons

Karnal vegetable farmers cannot hold their produce for a long time or wait till the prices are good, as there are not sufficient cold storage facilities and…