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“We are seeing a bit of normality in this season’s harvest”

The English carrot harvest is going well with a good mix of sizes. “We are seeing a bit of normality in this season’s harvest,” said Alan Hunt from English grower and…

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Technical Manager - Fresno (CA) USA

Tony Saglietto, Peruzzo Group:

"Fine de Calabre clementine has the same organoleptic qualities as the Fine de Corse"

"The Fine de Calabre is a clementine that looks a lot like the Fine de Corse, but costs less than half the price," says Tony Saglietto, director of the Peruzzo group. "These…

Migros implements import and maturity planning tool FIPS from activeIT in Austria

“Traceability particularly important for bananas certified organic or fair trade”

Around 20,000 tons of bananas are ripened annually at the ripening facility of Migros Lucerne in Dierikon, Switzerland. The fruit's journey begins in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru…

Zweer van Aalsburg, FruitMasters, the Netherlands

"Top fruit sales continue steadily"

Top fruit sales are currently continuing steadily in the Netherlands. Usually, many of our growers' Polish laborers go home for the holidays. That makes for a lot of sorting…

Verdant Technologies™ granted European patent

Verdant Technologies™, a recently launched technology company focused on product life extension for perishable products, announces that the European Patent Office had granted…

Strong demand for produce continues, air freight remains a challenge

“From a product point of view, it’s business as usual for us,” says Chris Sarantis with Montreal-based Canadawide. “However, from an operational point of view, it definitely…

Strawberry season starts at Frankort & Koning B.V.

"Retail immediately started promotions upon the arrival of the first Egyptian strawberries"

While in Northern Europe the first frosts have arrived, around the Mediterranean the strawberry season is already at full speed again, despite difficult weather conditions. Leon…

Survey on the size of Belgian potato stocks

In Belgium, the Bintje accounts for just 6% of the total national potato yield

For the 24th year in a row, Fiwap, Carah, PCA and Inagro have conducted a survey on the stocks of 208 Belgian potato growers. 1. The Bintje drops from the top WalloniaBased on…

Russia bans tomatoes and peppers from Turkey due to pepino mosaic virus

According to a statement made by Rosselhoznadzor, shipment of tomatoes and peppers from Antalya and Izmir was banned. As the justification for the decision, it…

Moldavian apple export price falls due to lack of quality and demand

Leading up to the holidays, some Moldovan horticultural enterprises made an attempt to increase sales of low-quality apples for export to Russia. Yet, the…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: April

In April, the industry was still early into adjusting to what life in the pandemic is like. This includes an increasing interest in citrus. In the Southern Hemisphere, lemons…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

The Nederlands remains its top export market

Chilean avocado exports down by almost a half in January-September 2020

In Chile, farmers have planted many avocado varieties. These are mostly destined for the domestic market. However, Hass avocados now grow on almost 90% of the total 30.143 ha…

Kenya and UK sign trade deal

Kenya and the United Kingdom on Tuesday formally signed a trade agreement ending an era of doing business through protocols of the European Union, from which London will be…

Hapag-Lloyd raises earnings forecast

On the basis of a better-than-expected business performance in the current fourth quarter, it was decided today to raise the earnings forecast for the Group updated in…

AHDB: Results from 2020 brassica trials in Scotland

A series of trials have been conducted over the brassica-growing season at AHDB’s Strategic Centre for field vegetables - brassicas based at East of Scotland Growers (ESG) in…

MSC to launch special service for Panamanian melons

One of Panama’s main export products are watermelons and melons. The country is mostly known for its yellow honeydew melons, as well as watermelons with seeds and seedless.…

OF&G welcomes news of the recognition of all six UK organic control bodies by the EU

OF&G (Organic Farmers & Growers) welcomes the news of the recognition of all six UK organic control bodies by the EU. This will allow UK organic produce to…

This year's Bulgarian pear harvest was the largest ever

In 2019/2020, the total top fruit and grape harvest in Bulgaria fell by seven percent. The apple harvest was 13% lower than in 2018/2019. This reduced yield…

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Jan Potgieter – Grow BothaRoodt

Shortage of Saladette tomatoes on South African market

The shortage of tomatoes now developing on the market, after a month-long glut, is masked by low demand, says Jan Potgieter, tomato specialist at Grow BothaRoodt agency in…

Video Valstar: the Sustainable Series

Much work has been done in recent weeks at Valstar. This Dutch greenhouse vegetable specialist has put together a video series. It's about the much-discussed topic of…

Russia bans import of apples and tomatoes from Azerbaijan

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has said it will ban the import of tomatoes and apples from…

Growing market presence for Granada's subtropical crops

The province of Granada's most exotic products, grown in its Costa Tropical, are reaching more and more consumers. In addition to avocados and mangoes, other…

Spanish horticultural sector hit again by low profitability

The low prices at origin of fruits and vegetables are putting the profitability and future of the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector in jeopardy. A kilo of…

Increasing demand for apprentices in fresh produce sector

Management Development Services (MDS), which provides a graduate training programme for the fresh produce sector, has seen a surge in demand for degree-level…

Building fresh produce brand recognition and food education through direct connections with consumers

A new online food directory linking customers with agricultural producers is seeing more at-home consumers showing an interest in learning more about where their fresh produce…

"The apricots look amazing compared to others on the market floor"

Some good returns for Victorian stonefruit producer in "saturated" apricot market

A major Victorian stonefruit grower is hoping for the good prices to continue throughout summer, with orchards producing some great quality fruit so far this season. Prima…

Leveraging pandemic shopping trends: New meal occasions, meal fatigue and ecommerce

At the second educational session held by SEPC’s Virtual Garden, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics offered a diverse and in-depth view of shopper behavior during the…

Greater supplies of assorted greenhouse tomatoes

Supplies of greenhouse tomatoes are up. “Overall, supply has been greater this year compared to last. Our production in Canada ran three to four weeks longer than the previous…

Tobi Seeobst:

Getting apples to hibernate

The end of the harvest season is not slowing down the appetite for fresh fruit in any way. To ensure that Tobi can deliver crisp, juicy apples and pears all year round,…

California kiwifruit grower partners with Hazel Tech

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-funded technology company delivering new solutions for the fresh produce industry to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and fight food waste,…

Seeka confirms sale of Australian kiwifruit orchards

Seeka Limited (NZX-SEK), a listed New Zealand produce handler, advises that the sale and lease back of approximately 100 hectares of its Australian kiwifruit…

AgroFresh expands rollout of AgTech innovation with Australian fruit grower Montague

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. announced that Montague, one of Australia's largest fruit growers, will utilize FreshCloud Quality Inspection to drive a…

FMC Chairman addresses export container availability

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Michael A. Khouri told an international audience that he takes seriously reports that ocean carriers are not supplying…

Fourth Quarter financial results

Alico, Inc. increases quarterly dividend by 100%

Alico, Inc. today announces financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, the highlights of which are as follows: For the…

Record SweeTango apple sales

According to Nielsen scan data, SweeTango is among the top three managed apple varieties this season, notable for a variety that is still seasonal. Growers and packers with…

California herb grower experiences surging sales

While COVID-19 continues to change the landscape of consumer behavior, including holiday traditions and family gatherings, data suggests the herb category is surging in sales…

Canadian Star Produce added to Sun World's panel of licensed importers

Sun World International LLC., has added a Canadian importer, Star Produce, to its panel of licensed importers. Their appointment brings the company’s panel of…

AU: Pickers flock to cherries

Cherry Growers Australia federal president, Tom Eastlake, states with conviction, the cherry industry has a valuable reputation when it comes to workers. "We don't want it or have it…

Winning bid of $31,000 for box of cherries

2020 South Aussie Cherry King crowned

To celebrate the 2020 South Australian cherry season, South Australia’s independent fruit and vegetable retailers went head to head in an auction bidding war…

60 mln crates of Chilean cherries destined for China

More than 60 million boxes of Chilean cherries are destined for China this season, as the fruit becomes a symbol of growing trade ties between the two…

Latam Cargo launches flights to Qatar

Catering to demand from Chile’s fruit harvest season, Latam Group has started operating flights to Qatar for the first time. The service was launched on November 30 and the…

First export volume of Chinese pomelos set sail for US

On December 3, the first volume of honey pomelos, weighing 120 tons, left from Pinghe, Fujian for the United States, marking the first export of this fruit from Pinghe and…

Himachal Pradesh apple growers ask for MSP

Lending support to Indian farmers’ protests, the apple growers of Himachal Pradesh too have raised the demand for a minimum support price for their produce.…

The Vege-Polisher™ improves appearance of fresh vegetables

More than 850 of Wyma’s Vege-Polisher™ have been sold since the mid 1990s, into 40+ countries. Rotary brush technology was invented by Wyma in the 1990s. "We…

Air New Zealand set to expand international cargo operations

Air New Zealand will expand its international air cargo operations following the launch of the second phase of a government supply chain support scheme. The…

Fresh blueberry supplies expand as U.S. consumers develop a taste for year-round blueberries

Blueberries are the second-most produced berries in the United States, after strawberries. Over the past 10 years, the total supply of fresh blueberries available for American…

Willem van der Does, BG Door International

"Mobile pre-cool unit provides rapid re-cooling"

Rapid re-cooling of fruit and vegetables is becoming increasingly important to buyers, says Willem van der Does of BG Door International. That includes products from…

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