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Australia:

Activity in the Hort Innovation Lychee Fund remained strong through difficult year

During 2019-20, Hort Innovation continued to track investment expenditure against the Lychee Strategic Investment Plan, while looking towards new developments…

Mr Apple fruit handing site up for sale

A housing development, rest home or childcare facility or a boutique retail hub are among future possibilities mooted for a large fruit-handling site for sale…

Strong demand for stonefruit but lack of pickers

Many stone fruit growers are facing the tough decision to not harvest some of their fruit this season as they scramble to secure enough workers to get their…

Asia Fruit Logistica ON ready to go

Asia Fruit Logistica ON, the exciting new digital format of Asia’s premier fresh produce trade show, opens its virtual doors on 17-20 November 2020. Asia Fruit…

Aussie Govt attempts to pinch Kiwi seasonal workers, offering $2000 to work in Australia

The Australian Government is attempting to pinch New Zealand's seasonal workers in a bid to strengthen their agricultural harvesting industry by offering New Zealanders $2000…

Two additional MSC vessels to be deployed to give customers more flexibility

MSC introduces cherry express service linking Chile to Asia

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to introduce an express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo from Chile to Asia, effective 18 November 2020. To reinforce the…

Newton Orchards deploys DiMuto solution to strengthen brand with local farm to fork traceability story

DiMuto, a trade technology solutions platform that provides end-to-end supply chain visibility for global agri-food businesses, has partnered with Newton Orchards to commence…

Chris Fagg - Freshpro Imports

Myanmar avocados trial in the UK

UK importer FreshPro Imports have established an exclusive agreement with MAVO the Myanmar Avocado Producer and Exporter Association along with the assistance of the British…

Juan José Pons of Ecuador’s Banana Cluster on Aldi’s announcement:

“The full weight of the ‘shared responsibility’ falls on the banana producers”

Aldi has recently announced a plan to lower their banana prices, which will result in lower prices paid for bananas to producers. Juan José Pons, the coordinator of Ecuador’s…

Covid-free spaces and solutions for the fresh produce sector

The following article was written by Gabriela Centeno with NeXplain. The global fresh produce industry was not as badly hit by the pandemic as other sectors. Some companies…

Special Wholesale markets

Nico Schaft, 888 Fruit Company, France:

"Chinese chestnut prices under pressure, but Nashi pears are very pricey"

The coronavirus pandemic is placing a lot of extra pressure on many companies at Rungis, the Parisian wholesale market. "In March, our turnover even increased by 30 to 40%,"…

Global focus citrus

Rene Bouman, FMI:

"European hospitality sectors' closure makes selling limes tough"

The lime market had a strong summer season. But, it's been under considerable pressure for several weeks now. "Volumes have decreased. There are, however, too many limes on…

“Prices for Turkish pomegranates are similar to last year”

The Turkish pomegranate season is well underway and so far the season for one exporter has been positive. More production will hopefully lead to higher revenue, and despite…

Landgard comments on allegations from Der Spiegel

"Alleged escapades at Landgard agricultural cooperative"

On Saturday, an article was published on the online Der Spiegel edition, alleging serious accusations against the Landgard agricultural cooperative: How…

The Chilean company PacLife opens an after-sales support office in China

"China is the largest market to demand modified atmosphere packaging"

Due to the South American exporters' increase in demand for modified atmosphere packaging for their fruit shipments to the Chinese market, the Chilean…

Joe Vargas of FirstFruits Marketing:

“The new Cosmic Crisp crop will be released November 23rd”

The apple harvest is in full swing, and Washington-based FirstFruits Marketing is highlighting their new Opal crop, which is their proprietary apple variety, as well as a new…

Suhaib Faroun on Medjool dates from Palestine

“We’ve managed to increase the volumes for Medjool dates this season”

The harvest for Medjool dates in Palestine has concluded, meaning the focus can now shift fully to sales. For one exporter, production has increase by about 12 per cent this…

Canadian apple production grows by 5%

The Ottawa Agricultural Affairs Bureau (FAS / Ottawa) forecasts 5% growth in Canadian apple production in the 2020/21 marketing season, despite some growing and labour…

Don Limón unveils flexible direct sourcing partnerships for corporate retailers

Don Limón – the international fresh fruit exporter-importer – is excited to announce the launch of its retail partnership programme to offer greater…

Europatat replies to public consultation on EU trade policy review

Europatat welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on the major review of the European Union’s trade policy launched by the European…

Greenyard announces profit improvement and decrease of the debt ratio

Greenyard has released its financial results for the first half of the 2020/2021 financial year. Greenyard's turnover increased by 10.3% in the first half of the 2020/2021…

Madagascar:

2020, a special year for the lychee harvest campaign

In Madagascar, lychee exporters have been living through the most important eight days of the season since November 13, the opening date for the fruit harvest. The only real…

Proseal exhibiting as part of JBT at Asia Fruit Logistica ON

The efficiency and sustainability benefits that can be achieved with the latest tray sealing solutions will be the major focus of Proseal’s participation in this year’s Asia…

SIZA said goodbye to the current Chairman of the Board and welcomes Nicholas Dicey, the new elected chair

It is with a heavy heart that this week we bid farewell to Mr Nigel Mudge, the long-standing and first official Chairman of the SIZA Board of Directors. He…

Zeph Colombatto

New urban farm to bring specialty mushrooms to store shelves in Texas

On November 14th, Texans gained access to a new realm of the mushroom kingdom with the arrival of Smallhold’s specialty mushrooms on Central Market store shelves and the…

Kanzi apple wins a series of blind taste tests

The Kanzi apple, known as “the Foodie’s Choice,” has won a series of blind taste tests and is being noticed by chefs and bakers nationwide. Originally discovered in Belgium…

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers make breakthrough in fighting agricultural plant diseases

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have made a discovery that will help combat fastidious pathogens, which cost U.S. agriculture alone billions of dollars annually. For the past…

AgroFresh’s Harvista™ solution wins Sadyogrody Award for innovative gardening products

AgroFresh, a global leader in produce freshness solutions, has announced that its innovative Harvista™ 1.3SC technology has won the Sadyogrody Innovative…

New two channel real-time logger simultaneously monitors air temperature front and back of containers

FlashLink RTL Prime 3G-2T In-Transit Logger, Model 22367, is the first of its kind. With its unique 15m/50ft external and internal sensor combination, one logger can monitor…

Chinese firms invest in mango pest control

At least three Chinese companies are investing in industrial steaming equipment to use in the phytosanitary treatment of agricultural products for export,…

Container shortage drives up leasing rates and the price of new equipment

The current global shortage of containers is strongly increasing the purchase price of new equipment and leasing rates. According to the latest container…

Egypt: Onion third most exported crop after citrus and potatoes

The Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine stated that onion exports recorded this year until November 4, 370,512 tons to be the third most…

Indian researchers develop bio-degradable packing from cucumber peel

Throwing away cucumber peels after preparing your salad could be a thing of the past. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have…

Video Operation Banana

A London surgeon recently did a remote operation in California. That was via a 5G connection. But, what was operated on? Not a human or an animal, but a banana. We don't know…

Pakistan to launch its own Alibaba

The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange is preparing to launch an e-commerce platform, much like Alibaba.com, by the end of 2020. It will connect Pakistani producers…

Philippines search for disease resistant mango varieties

The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) said it launched a three-year project to find mango strains resistant to scab and stem-end rot diseases.The…

Agrico - Abertay Uni partnership to use AI tech to predict better potato varieties

Abertay University is hoping that its new project using artificial intelligence (AI) technology could be the key to speed up the process of growing potatoes. A…

Persimmon seeds predict cold, snowy winter for middle Tennessee this year

While the official winter forecast from the FOX 17 Code Red Weather team hasn’t yet been released, local persimmon seeds are calling for a cold, snowy winter…

Michigan asks interstate freight workers to keep watch for invasive pest

State officials are asking freight carriers, warehouse workers and delivery drivers to be on the lookout for an invasive pest called the spotted lanternfly…

DSV improves warehouse operations with drone system

In a collaboration with tech innovator Verity, DSV is implementing an autonomous drone system in several of its warehouses to help manage inventory. Inventory…

Retail

Supermarket group Cactus continues to expand

ICA: Sales up 8.9% in October 2020

Thailand: Central Retail Corporation Q3 revenue decreased 11% year-on-yearCentral Retail Corporation (CRC) has achieved V-shaped recovery in the third quarter of 2020, 87% Q1…

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