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Retail Sales Manager - Summerland (British Columbia) Canada

Supply Manager - Category Team (Berries Figs & Pomegranates) Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane (Australia)

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Farm Manager - Ethiopia

Greenhouse Construction Manager - California (United States)

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Head Grower Manager - Avon Facility (OH) USA

Lead Glasshouse Engineer - Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

OVERVIEW GLOBAL MANDARIN MARKET

The demand for oranges rose sharply this year due to the coronavirus. One would expect that mandarins would also benefit from this higher demand, but that wasn't the case. In…

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Henry Hayes - Tzaneen Blueberries

“We exported only 54% of our blueberry crop”

Tzaneen Blueberries will stop harvesting their 2020 blueberry crop tomorrow, an unusually late ending for them but one in which rain during harvesting “played havoc” with…

Libya: Kremia fruit and vegetable market ready for reopening

Yesterday, the Management of Kremia Fruit and Vegetable Market, Tripoli and Libya’s premier wholesale market located in the Kremia area off the Swani-Kremia road, announced…

Final rule allowing access for all growing regions still awaited

South African citrus exports to US increase by 63.4%

Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the authorisation of imports of South African citrus into all…

South Africa: New Harvest winner finds success

As the son of a farmworker, Sewis van der Horst managed to work his way up to become a farmer in his own right and an exporter of quality fruit. Last year, he was crowned the…

South Africa agricultural employment holds in Q3 - 2020

In the third quarter of 2020, South Africa's primary agricultural employment improved by 1% from the previous quarter to 807,882. This slight quarterly recovery corresponds…

Tunisia experiences difficulties in marketing citrus harvest

The Tunisian 2019/2020 citrus harvest is encountering difficulties with regard to domestic marketing, similarly to date, apple and pomegranate's, due to the…

COAG Andalucía asks for implementation of prior import certificates

Drop in prices in Spain due to the entry of horticultural products from Morocco

The Andalusian Coordinator of Agricultural and Livestock Organizations (COAG) has denounced that, in the middle of the fruit and vegetable campaign, the entry…

European Union tariff on US goods affects sweet potatoes, grapefruit and more

The European Union has imposed $4 billion in tariffs on US goods this week in response to the WTO conclusion that aerospace company Boeing has benefitted unfairly from state…

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Shipping fruit and vegetables around the world

Even in times of Covid-19 the transport of fruit and vegetables has to continue, no matter how difficult this may sometimes be. "The strongest points of our company are our…

Special Wholesale markets

The Rungis market awaits Sicilian produce

FreshPlaza talked to Calogero Montana from the international Montana Groupe, with various branches in Italy and France, for an overview of the dynamics of the European fresh…

Global focus citrus

“Mandarin season in Turkey has been a total disaster”

The Turkish mandarin season has been terrible according to one Turkish exporter. Next to weather challenges, he states that the Turks are losing markets in Europe and the…

Eric Moerdijk, Monie:

"Limited supply of small Dutch red onions"

It's a little less hectic on the Dutch onion scene now. Exports are, however, continuing well. "There were some uncertainties at the start of the season. But, so far, exports…

Jorge García, of García Ballester: "Some Chinese customers have already started showing interest in the oranges"

Demand for clementines is starting to pick up, but prices are low for the small sizes

The citrus campaign is moving forward in Spain with slightly more early-season clementines than in the unusual previous season, when the production was historically low,…

National Fruit Fly Council - Phytosanitary Irradiation

"By maintaining our domestic biosecurity, we are protecting our own farmers, and the fruits that they grow"

One of Australia's leading contract sterilisation and decontamination processors has highlighted the importance of the country maintaining its fruit fly free areas, warning…

Good movement on Pacific Northwest pears

Pear supplies out of the Pacific Northwest look similar to last year’s volume. “On a longer average, the crop is lower than what we usually see. But it is in line with last year’s…

Brexit and bananas – could supermarket shelves be laid bare?

Brexit could seriously threaten the supply of bananas from Ghana to UK supermarkets, and cause thousands of job losses for plantation workers in the West African nation, warns…

PMA

New virtual meetings planned to update industry on current state of produce safety

Produce Marketing Association has announced a pair of virtual meetings to discuss the current state of produce safety in the industry which includes discussion…

Assomela, updates on the 2020/21 Italian apple season

Golden apple variety in decline, while Gala trends towards saturation

The first updates on the production and market situation were examined during the first Assomela Marketing Committee meeting of the season, discussed on 10 November.…

New Heirloom Apple Discovery pack showcases eco-friendly packaging

A network of Eco-certified orchards in the northeastern US is taking their commitment to environmentally progressive practices to a new level with the introduction of an…

Mission Produce joins Eurosemillas in international avocado platform, Green Motion

Mission Produce has strengthened its global leadership by joining Eurosemillas in Green Motion. Green Motion is an international platform that broadens the varieties and…

Vanguard shares California citrus update

The California citrus growing season is well underway and Vanguard International shares an update straight from the orchards on lemons, navel oranges, and the…

FAO's Food Outlook: Developing countries buoy global food trade

Global trade in food products has proven remarkably resilient during the pandemic, with developing countries even managing to increase export revenues,…

Plates will sprout if you plant them in soil

Colombian biodegradable plates made from pineapples

A company in Colombia is making eco-friendly plates out of the tops of old pineapples. Amazingly, these plates, made by Lifepack, contain seeds that can sprout in soil. The…

The future of the Canarian banana is debated in Brussels

"The aid can account for 35 to 40% of the producer's income"

The latest ongoing negotiations on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the next seven years will be crucial to maintain the Canary Islands' banana production, an activity…

Retail

Solar push for Tesco

Sonae eked out a 1.6% rise in Q3 net profit on robust sales

Ireland: Aldi on-demand Deliveroo service reaching 1.5mln shoppers Supermarket retailer Aldi is expanding its on-demand home delivery partnership with Deliveroo to more than…

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