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Dominican avocados one of ten new fruits authorized to enter China

The General Administration of Customs of China has announced that China is granting import permits for ten new fruits in 2020. This is a slight decrease as…

Mexican avocado continues to break export records

Mexican avocado exports continue to break records. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, between January and November 2020, Mexico exported…

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Mexican citrus exports to the United States decline

The President of the Persian Lime Product System, Cesar Cortes Bello, told the press that the start of 2021 will present difficulties for producers and packers…

Peruvian mango shipments fell at the end of 2020

According to the Peruvian Association of Mango Exporters (APEM), Peru exported 29,497 tons of mango fresh from the start of the 2020/2021 mango season in week…

"Chinese market for imported ready-to-eat avocados is growing every year"

Chinese market demand for avocados is growing every year. This 'super food' is becoming increasingly popular with Chinese consumers. More and more countries have obtained…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 04-01-2021)

Week 53 Hass supply from Chile to the EU amounted to 106,000 4-kg cartons

In the last week of 2020 (week 53), the Hass supply from Chile to the EU amounted to a final 106,000 4-kg cartons, bringing the year total to 19.275.000 cartons. Avocado shipments…

Procitrus

Peru's citrus fruits are getting closer to the Indian and Vietnamese markets

Sergio del Castillo, general manager of the Association of Citrus Producers of Peru (Procitrus), said they expected to open the Indian and Vietnamese markets…

Peru: Agri-sector grew between 1% and 1.2% despite the 2020 pandemic

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) has stated that the agricultural sector registered a growth between 1.0% and 1.2% in 2020,…

New avocado study outlines costs and returns of high-density plantings

Growers considering producing avocados in San Diego County with high-density plantings now have help to determine the economic feasibility. A new study on the costs and…

PMA virtual town hall

New year, old problems: A look at the state of food safety

This week’s PMA virtual town hall took a look at how food safety problems and possible solutions might continue to evolve in the new year. The panel was led by Max Teplitski,…

Special Latin America

Ronald Bown Fernandez, Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX)

"2020 was a year of great challenges, but the fruit industry was able to respond and adapt to them"

The president of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX), Ronald Bown Fernandez, took stock of the sector's work in 2020, a year marked, mainly, by the COVID-19…

Global Focus Grapes

Jan Lievens - UTE

No delays in getting grapes to high humidity precooling: the way to avoid dry stems

The table grape industry’s problem with dry stems is well-known, says Jan Lievens, of UTE Applied Postharvest Technologies, but it is also wholly avoidable, he believes. He…

Chinese export of agricultural mesh bags increased during the pandemic

Automated packaging is becoming more and more popular in the Chinese agricultural industry, with a growing number of packaging facilities and farms investing in automated…

Desirée Hecker, Managing Director of newly founded Montosa Germany LLC:

"Making Spanish mangoes and avocados better known throughout Germany"

Spanish supplier of exotics, Frutas Montosa, will have its own independent German LLC from January 15th onwards. It will be based in Brunsbüttel. From there, consumers will be…

Why mulching films are important

Cultivation techniques that use mulching films are widespread all over the world due to their significant advantages for yields and quality. To better understand which are the…

Recovery and development of quince cultivation in Spain

Quince is a minority crop in Spain, produced mostly for processing into traditional quince paste, which is why it is produced by the same companies that manufacture quince…

New Grab-N-Go bags for hot peppers see popularity in niche markets

This year, importer Delina Fresh has been seeing an interesting growth in the Latin and Oriental markets in the United States. The company imports a wide variety of products…

Shane Talling - Veg-UK

“We are not seeing any problems yet”

The UK and Europe are now just a few days into the new Brexit era and things in the trade are still calm, there have been a few reports of orders being delayed…

Indian government invests in rejuvenating apple orchards

The Indian apple harvest for the 2020/21 (July-June) marketing season is estimated at 2.3 million tonnes. This is 3% below the previous year due to the winter…

Watermelons see mediocre demand in offseason

With watermelons in offshore season, supplies right now are looking average. “We’re buying out of Mexico right now and it’s been okay. The quality is hit and miss,” says Sav…

TomaTech breeders

ToBRFV resistant varieties available for planting season

TomaTech announces the launch of its range of commercial Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistant varieties, available immediately for this coming season. Intermediate resistance…

Smart big bags measuring temperature

With the pilot 'smart big bags' HZPC uses the internet of things to share knowledge and get a better grip on the delivery process of seed potatoes. Between December and April,…

"Bruised apples a thing of the past with this weigher"

Manter has expanded the range for weighing hard fruit with the M1 SF. With this belt weigher system, sorted fruit such as apples can be weighed effortlessly, at a relatively…

USDA sanctions California company for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Poblano Fresh Produce Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural…

Fresh grapes are a natural source of both vitamin K and flavonoids

A recent study published in the scientific journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found that a lack of adequate vitamin K levels was associated with poor…

Earnest Eats launches new snacking avocado line

Earnest Eats®, creator of superfood breakfasts and snacks, today launched a new line of Snacking Avocados, a clean-ingredient snack made with slices of real avocado that are…

Potatoes help support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ recommendation for increased nutrient-dense vegetable consumption

“It’s official: the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans have yet again confirmed the importance of eating more vegetables such as potatoes that provide…

Will your next meal be 3D-printed?

What may sound like science fiction when it comes to plant-based food creation is now a reality. From 3D-printed steaks to fish being grown in a lab from a…

Matsutake mushrooms, a Japanese delicacy that can cost up to € 2,000/kg

Matsutake mushrooms are one of the most coveted products in Japan, and they are gaining more and more culinary followers in Spain. A kilo of these mushrooms…

Winner of 9th annual "Snack Contest" will go on sale in limited quantities

Japan: Snack brand Calbee sells vegetable cube snack

Snack brand Calbee from Japan is known for its wide range of potato chips, potato stick snacks like Jagabee and Jagarico, as well as their Kappa Ebisen shrimp…

23 states chose potatoes

Survey finds out which vegetables are most beloved in each state

The team at Gurney’s Seed & Nursery Co. decided to do conduct a survey to discover the vegetable preferences of Americans in each state. The team surveyed over 4,500 Americans…

University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan

Vitamin C and Vitamin E may lower the risk of Parkinson’s

People who include high levels of vitamin C and E in their diet may have a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study from University of…

Both a radish and a root vegetable – the watermelon radish

Who has heard of the watermelon radish? The people who have, love that it’s a radish and a root vegetable; it is derived from the heirloom Chinese Daikon…

Funds will support genomics research for $3 billion crop

Seed industry grants $5 million for research into downy mildew on lettuce

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, will use the genomics of lettuce to combat a pathogen that causes losses in the $3 billion industry each year. The…

Retail

Dreamstime

InRetail has acquired Makro stores in Peru

Profit outlook raised by Sainsbury's after stellar Christmas

Britain's Asda urges lockdown shoppers not to stockpileBritish supermarket group Asda urged its customers to shop considerately and not buy more than they normally would after…

FreshPlaza Funny

That's not 2 metres gentlemen!