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Head of Sales - LA (California) USA

Head of Agronomy: Research & Development - Berlin, Germany

Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

Grower - Philippines

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Food Safety and Quality Director - South Bend (IN) USA

Commercial Manager - United Kingdom or The Netherlands

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Recyclable and biodegradable plastic produce pouches that don’t compromise clarity or strength

The industry demand and the global need for more sustainable packaging solutions has put packaging companies to work on finding ways to offer more environmentally friendly…

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Head of Sales - LA (California) USA

Onions and cabbage crops may recover from the Texas freeze

As assessments of Texas crops continue more than a week after the state was plunged into an unusual deep freeze causing significant state-wide damage, it’s becoming clear that…

Low markets on ample pineapple supplies

Supplies of pineapple are plentiful right now. Juan Hernandez of McAllen, TX. -based Sunrise Produce LLC. (Chula Brand) notes that pineapple shipments are currently coming…

District Ventures leads $10 million investment in Plant-Based Technology Company

District Ventures Capital has announced an equity investment of $5 million in Outcast Foods ("Outcast"), an innovative food technology company that diverts food waste from…

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement Seasonal Perishable Products Weekly Update

Last week’s winter weather continues to impact US markets nationwide

Last week’s severe winter weather across much of the United States continues to impact markets nationwide. Limited consumer demand for produce items is keeping prices low and…

Geopolitical strategist keynote speaker for citrus showcase

California Citrus Mutual will host the 2021 Virtual Citrus Showcase on Thursday, March 4. The event will feature famed author and geopolitical strategist Pete…

Citrus Research and Development Foundation's HLB spending summarized

Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Chief Operating Officer Rick Dantzler on Feb. 23 detailed CRDF spending on efforts to solve HLB. According to…

Adjusted 2020-2021 forecast for California avocados

The California Avocado Commission has updated the forecast for its fiscal year 2020-21 to 292 million pounds, which is an eight percent reduction from its pre-season crop…

T&G reports its 2020 Annual Results

"Our strong underlying results demonstrate our strategy and performance is delivering"

T&G Global today announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2020, which show the Group delivered strong growth in a year of uncertainty. Chief Executive Gareth…

Winners named for new grapes display contest

Tarrytown, NY-based fresh fruit importer, Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. has named winners in its first ever Sunrays® grapes display contest. The contest ran across retailers under the…

Global Focus Bananas

FreshPlaza March Global Focus on bananas

FreshPlaza's March Global Focus is on bananas. Are you involved in the banana trade? How has the market been affected by the pandemic? Is there increased demand for bananas or…

Special Australia / New Zealand

FreshPlaza March special - Australia and New Zealand

FreshPlaza will be will be highlighting Australia and New Zealand in our March special. Are you an importer of fruit, vegetables or services from Australia or New Zealand or…

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Dreamstime

Walmart and Eko are expanding Walmart Cookshop

Sprouts Farmers Markets: Sales growth of 15%

US: DoorDash revenue jumps in first quarterly results since IPOFood delivery company DoorDash Inc reported an over three-fold rise in quarterly revenue in its first results as…

Growers ask Texans to support local products after winter storm losses

Texas grocery store shelves have begun filling up again. However, for the state’s agriculture industry, recovering from the winter storm will take time. Also,…

Georgia's peach crops thrive in chilly winter temperatures

While cold temperatures are actually harmful to many crops, peach trees actually benefit from the chilly temperatures. Fort Valley Area Peach Agent Jeff Cook:…

Washington State University

Washington State University

Jake Blauer joins WSU’s potato research group

Jake Blauer is the newly hired post-harvest potato physiologist at Washington State University. Blauer says that being raised on a farm, seeing global hunger…

Taiwan: Consumers crazy about imported stone fruit, demand for ‘super fruits’ steadily increases

Imported fruits are one of the main characteristics of Carrefour (C4TW) that distinguish the store chain from other retailers in Taiwan. Mrs. Penny Chang is the manager of…

Overall review of the Chinese asparagus market in 2020 and its prospects in 2021

With the unprecedented market fluctuations that took place in 2020, Walker Brothers, Inc. in collaboration with China Shandong Yuncheng Jiuyuan Agricultural Technology Co.…

Triangle Farms brings cultivation techniques to India

"We're not looking for high-tech, we're looking for the right tech"

Building greenhouses in India presents a unique challenge, more so than in the US or Europe, states Shrihari, co-founder of Triangle Farms, who is currently realising their…

China’s leading agricultural platform Pinduoduo spearheads farm-to-table push with online matching

American farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters started a food revolution in 1971 with the opening of her restaurant, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. She championed the…

India: World's costliest mushroom cultivated artificially for the first time

The Directorate of Mushroom Research, led by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research-run has achieved a rare feat of successfully cultivating world’s…

Despite the pandemic, Costa Rica's banana exports increased by 7% in 2020

Costa Rica's National Banana Corporation (Corbana) stated on Thursday that, despite global restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of banana…

IQonsulting

Crop and Export Report 2021, Week 8

Chilean blueberry exports maintain high volumes with 4,297 tons exported in week 07

The exports from Chile maintain high volumes for the date, with 4,297 tons exported in week 07, where 3,857 tons dispatched to North America, 268 tons to Europe and 106 tons…

WAPA releases overview of the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks

Italy and Poland holding the most apple stocks in Europe

WAPA has released an overview of the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks, showing the stocks based on country and variety. In Europe, Italy and Poland are holding the most…

Venus Sphera was born as a collaboration of Coop Bilanciai and Agricola Don Camillo. Video below.

Weighing and labelling round products is now easier

Working together is the starting point for great ideas, and this is exactly what happened between the Italian Cooperativa Bilanciai and Agricola Don Camillo. The weighing and…

Greenfield project

Receiving, handling and storage in Russia

Together with a leading processor a greenfield project was developed, where receiving, handling and storage will be supplied in several phases in Russia. The storage facility…

Garlic Solutions expands its range with ‘Black Garlic’

Garlic Solutions, a supplier of unpeeled and peeled garlic cloves in Europe, has recently added 'Black Garlic' from Spain to its range. Black Garlic is…

Scant supply, many quality issues for import strawberries around Valentine's Day

Strawberry trading usually increases as Valentine's Day approaches. Not this year. The market was difficult in week 6 when Valentine's Day was celebrated. The…

Walnut sector concerned about sale of imported products as if they were Spanish

The walnut sector integrated into FEPEX has verified that, since December of 2020, the imported walnuts have been marketed as if they were of national origin and at prices…

For Agriplast hi-tech innovation at the heart of eco-friendly agriculture

Appropriate investments can reduce environmental impact

The challenge for the coming years is to combine development and environmental sustainability, as set out in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. Technology…

Foodbank teams with Australian grocery retailers to speed food relief using quality control technology

A global food supply chain quality solutions company has helped Australian supermarkets streamline fresh produce donations to a major charity during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Zero plastic in supermarkets might not be realistic

According to Countdown spokeswoman Kiri Hannifan, striking a balance between reducing plastic in the produce aisles and limiting methane emissions from food…

Sea vegetables could be the future of produce

In recent times, green sea vegetables, such as sea lettuce, red sea vegetables, such as nori and dulse, and brown sea vegetables, such as arame, hijiki, kombu…

‘Ugly produce’ can be marketed more efficiently

Researchers have discovered that when grocery stores take a direct approach to sales of misshapen produce, advertising it as ‘ugly produce’, consumers are more…

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