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End of the 2020-21 Chilean blueberry season has arrived

With 598 tons exported during week 10, the end of the 2020-21 season of blueberries from Chile has arrived, with some minimum volumes still to be exported. This campaign…

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South Korea opens its market to Colombian Hass avocados

The Colombian Ministry of Agriculture announced that South Korea had opened its market for Colombia's Hass avocados. This opening was possible thanks to the…

Mexico's banana production increased by 2.9%

Mexico is the world's 12th biggest producer of bananas in the world and its banana production increased by 2.9% in 2020, totaling 2,469,000 tons and 274…

90 percent of Baja California berries shipped to US

The Mexican state of Baja California is the third producer of berries nationwide; 90 percent of its production ends up on US tables. Data from the Ministry of…

SAG certifies last shipments of Chilean blueberries of the season

Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service has reported it is certifying the last shipments of fresh blueberries of the season. Of the total exported by the…

"Cherry Express" connects Chile and Hong Kong in 23 days

It is reported that since the start of the cherry export season, TPS (Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso) has transported 170,000 tons between November 2020 and…

New partnership to bring longer lasting avocados to retail shelves

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, has announced that through a partnership with Apeel,…

Fighting HLB disease with finger limes?

Could finger limes be part of the solution in Florida’s struggle with the HLB disease affecting its grapefruit? Dr. Manjul Dutt thinks possibly so. Dutt, a research assistant…

Chefs maximize the versatility of cress

It can sit on the plate next to a steak as a punchy side salad. It can be whirled into a pesto. It can be lightly sautéed along with fresh spring vegetables and tossed into a…

Shortage of shipping containers is mostly solved

Export price of Chinese garlic stabilized in the last two weeks

The market price of Chinese garlic was on the rise prior to the Chinese Spring festival [12 February, 2021], and began to fall afterwards. In the last two weeks the market…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Freshcare introduces new QR code security

Freshcare is introducing QR codes on certificates across all its Standards to add a greater level of security and allow users to access real time up to date information on a…

Global Focus Bananas

Strong market for Dominican organic bananas right now

Banana volumes coming out of the Dominican Republic are currently lower than usual, says Jose Bernard of Coopabando, a cooperative of small organic banana producers. “While…

inotec LLC focuses on innovative labeling technology for the food industry

"RFID labeling is rapidly gaining traction in the food industry"

Strict specifications and legal guidelines; total precision and exacty hygiene are important in the food industry. Inotec LLC, headquartered in Neumünster, Germany, can look…

Fruit and vegetable growers in flood affected New South Wales waiting to see full impacts of the disaster

Fruit and vegetable wholesalers are hoping that the impacts from the flooding in Northern New South Wales remain minimal to supply. In what the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian…

Victory for hydroponic growers

Judge rules: This lettuce can be organic

Good news for the organic growers of the US. Or at least, for the organic hydroponic growers of the US. The U.S. District Court in San Francisco has affirmed the legality of…

Maersk points to year-on-year increase in reefer supply to their SA customers

Little sign of let-up in reefer equipment shortfall as citrus season starts

South African fruit exporters feel particularly vulnerable to the vagaries of global trade at the moment as they see ships, not prepared to wait outside a congested South…

Lizette Farm Store, the Netherlands:

"You can no longer do without an asparagus peeling machine"

Thirteen years ago, Eric and Lizette de Loo bought an asparagus peeler, almost by accident. They were one of the first to do so. It was exciting at first. But they now have…

SCEA Hermant invests in TOMRA 3A sorting machine

SCEA Hermant has invested in a TOMRA 3A sorting machine to optimize the quality of potatoes and onions sold at fresh markets For two years, SCEA Hermant carefully considered…

SA berry industry body relaunched as blueberry export growth soars

Data shows a significant increase in South African blueberry exports for the 2020/2021 season. Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic last year,…

Fieldwork Robotics raises £675,000 to accelerate development of harvesting robots

Portfolio company Fieldwork Robotics has raised £675,000 through an equity fundraising from existing and new investors.The proceeds will be used to support…

Honoring Farmworker Awareness Week through Fair Trade choices

In observance of National Farmworker Awareness Week, Wholesum celebrates another successful year with its Fair-Trade program, which empowers farmworkers, brings equity to the…

PMA celebrates Virtual Town Hall anniversary and returns to SXSW

In March of 2020, life as we knew it came to a stop. Despite being weeks out from a series of in-person events that were quickly postponed, Produce Marketing…

Hazel Tech® welcomes new account executive

Hazel Tech® announces industry veteran Stacey Lessel has joined the company as an AgTech account executive. Lessel joins Hazel Tech following 18 years of…

Annual policy summit focuses on advancing the imported produce industry

Following Tomato Week 2021, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) has shifted focus to the upcoming Spring Policy Summit 2021 (SPS21). This year…

Bangladesh

Rangamati farmers delighted by early pineapples

Generally, pineapples are cultivated between June and July, but for the last few years, the fruit has been cultivated during January and February. The hill…

Tahiti: a farm producing fruit and vegetables all year round

In Taravao, French Polynesia, a farm produces fruit and vegetables all year round using a method of cultivation above ground: aquaponics. This method is based…

Maraldi Sementi

Video Pioneers in the research on wild rocket

Before the Sele plain (Salerno) became the most important hub in Europe for agricultural productions destined to the fresh-cut industry, Maraldi Sementi was already studying…

IVIA and the Dareton Primary Industries Institute of Australia will collaborate to research citrus and persimmon

The Plenary of the Consell has approved a collaboration agreement between the Valencian Institute of Agrarian Research (IVIA) and the Dareton Primary…

SP Soluciones Agricolas quadrupled its sales of coconut fiber substrate in 2020

Hydroponic strawberry cultivation in Huelva increases because of the lack of labor

Huelva strawberry producers have opted more and more for hydroponic cultivation in recent years in response to various factors, including the lack of labor and…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Average week price £0.80 for bananas from Cameroon

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

How beneficial are dates for men?

Research does not show that eating dates provides any sexual health benefits for males. That said, the fruit’s high nutrient content may promote general…

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Amazon loses market share in FranceEven though Amazon saw its sales in France increase significantly, the e-commerce giant could not fully benefit from the Covid-19 pandemic.…

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