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Assistant Grower - Snowflake (AZ) USA

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Agronomist / product expert fertilizers

Managing Director - Staff Position & Operational Business

Senior Grower Manager | Soft Fruit | California

Product Manager - Hann. Münden, Germany

Full Time Sales Representative - New York, Pennsylvania, Maine & Connecticut, USA

Stone Fruit Sales Category Manager - Europe Division

Demand for onions now increasing steadily, especially from Russia

The Egyptian onion season is blooming and according to one exporter the produce is very promising this year, since its start in February. The demand is expected to be…

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Jacques du Preez - Hortgro

Container shortage looms over perfect fruit harvests

After a tough few years due to drought, this season it was all meant to go well: record harvests on every fruit category managed by Hortgro after near-perfect growing…

Westfalia Fruit Group celebrates 150th birthday of founder Hans Merensky

March 16, 2021 marked the 150th birthday of Dr Hans Merensky, the founder of the Westfalia Fruit Group. Dr Merensky was a famed geologist, a humanitarian and…

South African papayas: Easy to produce, tricky to market

According to papaya producer Giovanna Secco, who is based out of Mpumalanga province, South Africa, papaya production poses few challenges. However, with high…

Free organic ginger from Uganda for Kipepeo customers

"Desired effect of fair trade actually reached the producers"

Importer of tropical ripe fruit Kipepeo bio & fair LLC has been committed to fair trade in the tropical fruit sector for more than 20 years. In February, Kipepeo's Ugandan…

Joanne Wells - Main Range Orchard

"We estimate that we have saved up to 50% in labour costs by installing the system"

Main Range Orchard, situated in Young in New South Wales grows cherries on approximately 25 hectares. The cherry season runs from mid- November to early January depending on…

Eosta makes counters available that allow retailers to show their impact

Kajsa Ollongren happy with organic avocado that saves 17.6 litres of water

"Since eight o'clock this morning, our organic avocados have saved 73,771 liters of water." That was the message on a 3 x 5 meter ticker board on the morning of Tuesday 16…

Grapefruit suffering during lockdown

With the closure of the H&R channel, grapefruits are going through a difficult period. At the moment, wholesale prices hover between €1 and €1.30/kg (Bologna market) depending…

Frank Berning (MyLord Allemagne) on the French apple season

"Revenues above previous year's level due to big share of larger calibers"

French apple exports are still going at full speed. "We have been able to sell about 80 percent of our conventional crop so far and will probably be able to complete this…

Sensors for Summerfruit project off to a strong start after first production season

A project aimed at understanding and measuring fruit quality in the Australian stone fruit industry has undertaken its first main production season of research. It is being…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Brinkman

Maximize yield with the right advice and equipment

Brinkman Australia a division of global horticultural specialists Royal Brinkman, supplier of professional horticultural products and services are bringing growers across the…

Global Focus Bananas

Fyffes commits to reducing food loss in its own operations by 80% by 2030

About a third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste each year, representing about 7% of total greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Food and…

Joseph Sbrocchi of Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers:

“We expect a near 7.5% increase in greenhouse acreage before the year’s end”

Copadel

“At the moment, prices are very low”

Based in the French town of Châteaurenard, Copadel grows and sells, from its own production and in collaboration with other local producers from the Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse…

Fridjof Ploog (Ploog Vegetables) on this year's cabbage season

"Despite difficult season, we are looking ahead confidently"

The German cabbage season has now reached its second half; domestic white and red cabbage is still in sufficient supply, but the prices remain weak. This tends to create a…

10 hectares of strawberries and more to come

The story of a young worker from Albania who became an entrepreneur in Italy

His name is Ermal Gjuzi, he is 29 years old, from Albania, and has been living and working in Scanzano Jonico (Matera) for 10 years now. "I came to Italy as a worker, because…

TomaTech research team continues its work and is optimistic about the future

New tomato varieties in the fight against ToBRFV

The Italian company TomaTech is making great progress in the fight against ToBRFV. Starting next season, commercial varieties with intermediate resistance will be available.…

Chris Rose - Asplins Producer Group

UK soft fruit season gets off to a slow start, labour is still a concern

The UK soft fruit season is getting slowly underway, a little later than last year due to a week of snow followed by dull days. “The first glasshouse…

Global Women Fresh (GWF)

A global award for women involved in the fruit and vegetable sector

"Global Women Fresh, the international network for women in the AGF sector, has launched two new awards to celebrate the role of women in the sector. The Woman…

U.S. pistachios see export sales growth despite sizeable tariffs

As U.S. pistachio growers look ahead to another sizeable crop this coming late summer, plans continue to stimulate demand for pistachios on the export market as well as…

British Columbia cherry growers optimistic about the season ahead

Following a challenging 2020 season that included labor issues, COVID-19 and a small crop, British Columbia cherry growers are cautiously hopeful for the 2021 season. Sukhpaul…

Costa Group teams with iTrazo to launch digital traceability platform

Australia’s Leading Avocado grower and marketer, Costa Group has teamed up with trace technology leaders iTrazo TraceTech to develop a Digital Traceability platform for their…

China’s leading agriculture platform, unveils plans to become the world’s biggest grocer

Pinduoduo is one of the fastest-growing consumer internet companies in China, achieving close to 800 million active buyers in just six years. It is also the country’s biggest…

Henk van der Meij, Hars & Hagebauer: "Room for further growth"

Dutch wholesale firm relocates

After a good decade at their previous location, Hars & Hagebauer have moved. This wholesale company, however, remains in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands. Their new offices are in…

Farmhouse International: short, sustainable chains through international cooperation

Since 1 January 2021, Yex and the grower cooperatives, Avor, SPOT and FV SeleQt fall under a new holding company: Farmhouse International. This international cooperation with…

Quality inspection tool for agri food, the high-speed 3D scanner

The High-Speed 3D Scanner of Wageningen University & Research can help growers, traders, packers, transporters, objectively assess the quality of their products as far as size…

Fresh herbs demand amid instabilities concerning possible restrictions or relief

The Dutch based establishment, Europe Retail Packing B.V, has been experiencing, alongside the entire fresh produce industry, the immense obstacles created by Covid19's social…

AVA-ASAJA aims to give visibility to the profitability crisis affecting citrus growers

A symbolic "cremà" brings attention to the uprooting of 2,000 Valencian fields over the last year

The Spanish city of Valencia would normally be celebrating its Fallas festival this week, but with the festivities canceled due to COVID-19, AVA-ASAJA has aimed to give…

March 26, 2021

Announcing the first annual Cherry Quality Summit

Hazel® Technologies, Inc. is launching its first-ever virtual Cherry Quality Summit. The one-hour event will be held on Friday March 26th and features keynote speakers from…

Peruvian produce company to adopt shelf-life extending coating for avocados

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a produce freshness solutions company, announced that Peruvian produce leader Camposol has decided to adopt the company’s VitaFresh™…

New Macquarie University research

Study boosts link between diet and depression

Evidence is building that fruit and vegetables play a vital role in good mental health, say Macquarie University researchers. Young people should eat plenty of…

German imports of Spanish tomatoes have fallen by 23.36% in the last five years

The data that Hortoinfo has produced from the Estacom statistical service shows the fall in exports of Spanish tomatoes to important European markets, such as…

Alliance for Food and Farming says lists are hurting consumers

Concerns about recurring 'Dirty Dozen' lists

Peer reviewed research and a survey of registered dietitians has shown the potential negative impact on fruit and vegetable consumption among consumers caused by the so-called…

Retail

Dreamstime

Supermarket group Shoprite Holdings reported a 10.4% rise in half-year earnings

Picnic has teamed up with Belgian hypermarket chain Cora to conquer France

Italy: SPAR expands its retail footprint in SardiniaFratelli Ibba Group, a well-established retail organisation, has joined SPAR in Italy, growing the brand’s presence in the…

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