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Thursday, January 21, 2021
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Regional Sales Manager - Root, Switzerland

Horticulture Specialist - Guelph (Ontario) Canada

Technical Director - Brussels, Belgium

Senior Maintenance Engineer - USA East coast greenhouse facility, location negotiable

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Technical Service Manager - remote, US based

UK trade deregulation welcomed ahead of steep South African soft citrus growth

The South African fruit industry is awaiting official confirmation of the news yesterday that citrus trade with the United Kingdom would be deregulated, some citrus exporters…

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Arjan Verhagen -Halls

"We have quality-conscious German wholesale clients for our airfreight mangoes”

South African producer, exporter and European Marketer, Halls, is primarily known for its specialisation in avocados. This group, however, extends other exotics product lines…

Leon de Kock – Grape Alliance

Retail grape sales turn over as normal, but which market could close next?

Grape Alliance managing director Leon de Kock says the company can see supermarket orders from Europe and the UK coming in stronger as they pick up the slack with their Hex…

Transformation goals set by South African stone and pome fruit producers

Members of the South African stone and pome fruit industry have made a collective pledge, along with other South African fruit organisations, to set ambitious…

Cabinet Secretary warns that Kenyan fresh produce reputation is at stake

The Kenyan government has warned its growers that the nation could lose losing its reputation in the fresh produce export markets unless producers maintain the…

Rwanda wants to work with UAE to expand horticultural exports

According to Rwanda’s Ambassador to Dubai, the former is looking to engage the United Arab Emirates in order to expand its horticultural exports. Reports by…

Mark Wright - Davis Worldwide

“It is no exaggeration when I say this has been the most challenging time in all my years in the industry"

Davis Worldwide is an Anglo-Dutch company who import and export fruit and vegetables year-round, many of the products are highly perishable. Since the Brexit deal came into…

Mikaël Vandewiele, Gamma-Wopla:

"It is impossible to produce the best food without ensuring optimal transport conditions"

The fruit and vegetable sector gives a lot of thought to the primary packaging of goods: What type of packaging and material best meet the needs of the product being packaged,…

Smooth sailing for Polish apple exporter

“Signed agreements with supermarket chains give us financial stability”

Polish apples have been filling gaps left by the lower production of the Dutch and Belgian regions. Demand has been relatively slow overall, but thanks to solid agreements…

Manuel Kölbl (Früchte Kölbl) on challenges in the fresh produce trade

"Inflationary price rallies in day-to-day operations and immense commodity shortages"

The fresh produce trade is seeing some exciting times: In parallel to the ongoing Corona problem, the weather in Spain and southern Europe has led to supply bottlenecks and…

Special Latin America

Brazilian fruit distributor celebrates 30-years in business with continued expansion

Currently, Brazil has multiple products in season, including sweet potatoes, ginger and limes. Brazilian company Tropical Fruit Group, who supply each of these products is…

Global Focus Grapes

Geoff Green, Capespan:

"Delays lead to unplanned shortages on the grape market"

“For Europe, South Africa is by far the most dominant region for seedless grapes. Between October and the end of December, the relative volumes of seedless grapes are: Peru…

Roberto Bortolotti, "We cannot expect courgettes to be sold at the same price as in summer"

Fair prices for seasonal vegetables

"Monday, 18 January, was an amazing day for the quantities sold at the wholesale market in Bologna," said Roberto Bortolotti, operator at Bologna's fruit and vegetable market,…

Michael Kowalski (Rust Gebr. LLC) on the situation in the Hanover wholesale trade

"Sales in commercial kitchens could be maintained somewhat"

For traders at the wholesale markets, 2020 was undoubtedly a very exciting year due to corona. The first half of 2021 will also be dominated by the crisis. Many…

Farmable app finds favor with orchard consultants

"Data collection is one thing, but it also needs to be communicated in a meaningful way"

The agricultural sector is still one of the least digitized compared to other industries - not only in Germany but globally. This is also evident from a recent McKinsey…

Chris Marshall - Linwood Crops

"We are taking out all the variability so that when it is cooked in a certain way it will always have the same result”

Linwood Crops have been in the potato business for a long time and according to Managing Director Chris Marshall they know a bit about potatoes! The Linwood team from QA to…

Pazazz apple sales kick off in high gear with start of the new year

The Pazazz premium apple is ready to shine now that the new year has arrived. This apple is a later harvested variety that is grown in Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New…

Harvest video of 2020 Arctic® apple harvest

Okanagan Specialty Fruits® (OSF), the developer and grower behind the Arctic® apple, has released a video capturing the 2020 harvest. Filmed this past fall, the video includes…

Interview with Giovanni Lutri, producer from Scicli (RG)

Smart Hydroponic Grow System increases production by 40%

One of the main problems affecting growers is the loss of soil vitality. Coir is applied to deal with this but, as irrigation strategies are often unsuitable, this technique…

US organic produce sales up 14 percent in 2020

Buoyed by a fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, 2020 organic produce sales finished with a 14.2-percent increase over the previous year. This outpaced…

New partnership to improve India’s fresh produce exports

Otflow® was launched three years ago with one single objective: to improve the inefficient airflow of reefer containers during shipping. Together with the University of…

T&G announces new Chief Financial Officer

T&G Global announced that Doug Bygrave will become Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 March 2021. Doug will succeed Bastian von Streit, who is returning home…

Germany increased tomato imports from Morocco by 246.1%

According to data from Hortoinfo based on the Euroestacom statistical service (Icex-Eurostat) data for the January-November period of the last five years,…

Platano de Canarias unaffected by storm Filomena

Even though storm Filomena caused supply issues in Spain, it didn't affect the supply of Platano de Canarias. According to Pablo Tornero, from Solocanarias,…

Spain

Agricultural entrepreneur who paid workers just 10 Euro a day arrested in Murcia

The Spanish National Police have arrested a 53-year-old agricultural entrepreneur in Murcia, who has been brought to justice as the alleged perpetrator of a…

Sustainable citrus project

Spain's citrus sector saved 676 million liters of water

Up to 37 farms in Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Murcia, and Andalusia have joined Coca-Cola's Sustainable Citrus project, which aims at helping Spanish citrus producers…

Spanish water reservoirs at 50% of their capacity after the latest rains and ahead of the thaw

Spanish water reservoirs are at 50% of their total capacity after the rains recorded over the last week and ahead of the thaw and new rains that the State…

Dynamar Shipping Information and Consultancy

Report states that 2019 saw new record concerning refrigerated trade

In its 11th annual reefer analysis, Dynamar Shipping Information and Consultancy has stated that worldwide volumes of refrigerated trade reached a new high of…

Retail

Dreamstime

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Migros: Sales rise 4%

Holland: Albert Heijn increases market share to 35.0% in 2020: NielsenDutch retailer Albert Heijn increased its market share to 35.0% in 2020, driven by strong demand for home…

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