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Snow and freezing push back Oregon asparagus season

Snow and cold temperatures have pushed back the start of the Oregon asparagus season. “There’s just more wintery weather than we normally see at this time of year. We do get…

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Bravo Sales and Administration Officer

Florida-grown mango and dragon fruit program launches

One Florida shipper is hoping its new state-based program will offer new opportunities for Florida mango and dragon fruit growers. Seasons Farm Fresh based in Miami is…

Mark Masten, Joolies: “USA date sales going well, it feels like Ramadan is back”

Californian organic medjool dates brand to be launched across Europe soon

The Californian organic medjool dates producer and exporter Joolies, is set to launch their fun brand across Europe soon. They are also seeing very good medjool date sales in…

Making local tree fruit a number one choice for Ontario consumers

It will soon be easier for Ontarians to buy local apples and other tree fruit when grocery shopping. Ontario Apple Growers is receiving cost share funding from the Ontario…

John Deere forms joint venture with GUSS Automation

Deere & Company has formed a joint venture with GUSS Automation, LLC, in Kingsburg, California. GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) is a pioneer in semi-autonomous orchard and…

IFPA Fresh Field Catalyst names winners

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) has announced 12 winners of the Fresh Field Catalyst program. The winning companies will be invited to take part…

Fusion Marketing celebrates 25 year milestone

Fusion celebrates a major milestone as the company reflects on 25 years specializing in the supply side of the retail chain providing clients with the tools…

Boosting the nutritional bounty of carrots and onions

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are looking to beef up your salad. Not with complementary slices of tender chicken, steak or other meat but…

President Biden bans Russian vessels from US ports

US president Joe Biden has decided to ban all Russian-affiliated vessels from calling at the US ports, joining the European Union, the United Kingdom and…

The first to digitize grower contracts into one supplier management system

CropTrak adds digital contracting and settlement for end-to-end financial capability

Today, CropTrak publicly released a platform update that expands its capabilities to provide multi-stakeholders complete visibility of the financial transactions across their…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

Sarwat Radwan, AKL Exofresh, about the first shipments

"Pleasing market position for early watermelons from Morocco"

Classic summer fruit is now gradually arriving on the market, including watermelons, which are currently imported mainly from Africa. The supply from Senegal is now slowly…

Global Focus South Africa

Western Cape Agriculture extends MOU with commodity organisations

Officials from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) and Commodity partners met last week to extend their Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) for another three…

Determining detention charges to be ‘unreasonable’

Federal Maritime Commission fines Hapag-Lloyd

The Federal Maritime Commission has fined Hapag-Lloyd $822,220 in civil penalties for 14 violations of the US Shipping Act. Investigations found that the…

Michigan fruit crops face near-record cold in the next few days

Meteorological data indicates that a near-record cold is coming to Michigan in the next few days. Christie Apple, an agronomist specializing in fruit crops,…

Certhon Group

High-tech greenhouse company looks to increase presence in Oceania through robotics

An international greenhouse solutions company hopes to expand its presence in Australia and New Zealand with the latest automation projects for fruit and vegetable production…

China’s Zero-Covid policy to restart US West Coast port congestion

Lockdowns in Shanghai and elsewhere are resulting in another backlog of goods, waiting to be moved within China and around the world. Last year, a backlog of…

Food prices are hitting record highs in Florida

Food prices are hitting record highs in Florida as the state face extended shortages. The rest of the US is facing similar hurdles. Core inflation is running…

Egypt has its eyes on Brazilian market for the export of garlic

“The customs taxes for Brazil are only 13 per cent of the garlic price”

The Egyptian garlic season is in full swing and the Brazilian market could play a major role this season. One exporters states that the low customs taxes on Egyptian garlic…

Unifrutti reopens Sicilian blood orange trade route to Japan

Unifrutti Group, producer and distributor of fresh produce, in partnership with the freight forwarder Nippon Express, is reopening the trade route of Sicilian blood oranges to…

'100%' packaging solution for fresh produce supplier

100% Pure New Zealand is the country’s long-standing marketing slogan. And Best Berries are growers and suppliers of 100% pure fresh strawberries and raspberries in New…

Statistical Institute of Jamaica reports increased export revenues

Jamaica earned just over US$1.4 billion from exports in 2021; 15.2 per cent more than the 2020 outturn. STATIN Director-General Carol Coy has stated that the…

India prepares procedure to clear re-imported Russia-bound stuck containers

Several thousands of Indian goods laden containers, which were bound to Russia but ended up stuck in various European and West Asian ports, are now returning…

Vanessa Bersuat, Biogaronne:

“The strawberry campaign will be more spread out due to the frost”

For Biogaronne, the strawberry season started more than 3 weeks ago. “This weekend marked the first production peak for the Gariguette. At the moment, we have two producers…

Patrick Sperl, Cobana Ltd & Co. on apples from overseas

"Logistical problems with ocean freight are pervasive at the moment"

In week 16, Cobana & Co. received the first batches of Royal Gala apples from New Zealand. For many years, the Hamburg-based fruit importer has been a specialist in apples…

Peru’s blueberry market access to Israel getting one step closer

Exports of blueberries from Peru to Israel (as a new market) are getting one step closer. The all-important phytosanitary review process to mitigate the risk of pests is…

Serious arson damage on some farms

Labour strike halts citrus packing in Sundays River Valley

Since last Thursday no citrus – lemons and the first soft citrus at the moment – have been packed in the Eastern Cape’s Sundays River Valley as an illegal strike, accompanied…

Trading update for Q1 2022 and 2022 full year guidance adjustment

Mærsk realizes financial performance for Q1 of 2022 with a revenue of USD 19.3 bln

A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (APMM) has realized a financial performance for the first quarter of 2022 ahead of previous expectations with a revenue of USD 19.3bn,…

Horticultural harvest labour

"Outside of the nationals nobody has a plan"

Australia’s stonefruit growers have lost up to $70 million as a result of not having enough workers to pick, process and pack the fruit, according to the…

Elite Global Fresh Trading brings high quality UAE blueberries to new international markets

Elite Global Fresh Trading (EGFT), a subsidiary of Yas Holding’s Food & Agriculture division, Elite Agro, and a prominent UAE trader of fresh produce, has…

PNGMPHS joins partnership with Santos and the Fresh Produce Development Agency

Vital partnership with fresh produce development agency grows

Papua New Guinea’s successful landowner catering company, PNG Mining and Petroleum Hospitality Services (PNGMPHS) has joined partnership with Santos and the…

Shortage of pallets increases warehousing costs

Pallet availability and the resulting costs related to demand exceeding supply are a thing now, since Russia went to war against Ukraine on February 24. Prior…

Gilfresh primed for more growth after investment in new production facilities

Co. Armagh food company Gilfresh Produce has invested in new facilities and technology that will allow it to increase production to meet rising demand for…

Mexico is the world's second-biggest exporter of broccoli and cauliflower

Mexico positioned itself as the world's second-biggest exporter of broccoli and cauliflower, with a 19.2% share of the world market, only behind Spain. From…

Mangoes lead Peruvian air shipments in the first two months of 2022

Peru has exported14,890 tons of products by air in the first two months of the year, i.e. 3% more than in the same period of 2021. 68% of this volume…

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Sources: SpartanNash attracts acquisition interest

US: Tops promotes Jeff Cady to VP of Produce and FloralTops Friendly Markets has promoted Jeff Cady to the position of VP of produce and floral as part of Shared Services…

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