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Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Greenhouse Manager - Cleburne (TX) USA

Sales Manager

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Sales Agents / Representatives - Germany

Lead Grower California USA

Produce Construction Manager - USA

Sales Manager / Director - West Coast primary, USA

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Head grower & Indoor farming-/hydroponic specialist - Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland

Mucci Farms discusses product innovations, year-round program and expansion

With just a few days to go until Fresh Summit kicks off, most of the preparation work has been done for exhibitors. “We’ve had a lot of fun preparing for a completely…

OVERVIEW GLOBAL MANGO MARKET

With the season coming to an end in Mexico, Brazil and Spain are currently the main mango suppliers. Exports from Egypt, which mainly serves the Eurasian market, and Ecuador,…

International Banana Convention

Preparing for TR4: How the disease has spread and important steps to take

One of the topics addressed at the International Banana Convention this week was one that is very important and detrimental to the industry: TR4. Altus Viljoen, who is a…

Volume tight on Mexican blackberries

Supplies of blackberries from Mexico are currently on the slim side. “It’s very low supply right now, mainly because of the rain last week,” says Jorge…

Arctic® apple launches in convenience market with apple slices

Okanagan Specialty Fruits®, developer and grower behind the Arctic® apple, has announced the launch of Arctic apple slices to the convenience store market.…

Plantai

New app for automatic fruit counting and citrus crop estimating

Plantai, a Brazilian startup, announced this month the launch of the very first application of the market that provides citrus crop estimates based on photos taken from a cell…

Pharr International Bridge hosts “Start of the Produce Season 2020-2021”

A celebration for the “Start of the Produce Season 2020-2021” was held on October 8, 2020 at the Pharr International Bridge, which seems appropriate for a bridge that crossed…

SmartWash Circle of Excellence

Recognizing top-performing US-based processing plants

SmartWash Solutions, a company founded on advancing process control systems to improve food safety and mitigate wash line cross-contamination, is highlighting…

BBQ and Sea Salt & Vinegar

Wonderful® Pistachios to launch two new No Shell flavors in Spring 2021

In Spring 2021, Wonderful® Pistachios will launch two additions to its successful Wonderful Pistachios No Shells product line—BBQ and Sea Salt & Vinegar, both…

Strong season anticipated for California citrus

California’s citrus domestic season has begun to ramp up, and the Bee Sweet Citrus team is anticipating a strong season. "Throughout the fall and winter months, consumers can…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

Grower talks about more than just onions at PMA’s Fresh Summit

A level playing field. That’s just part of the appeal for one grower to participate in this year’s Fresh Summit show being held October 13-15, 2020. “We’ve always participated…

Summer Citrus from South Africa to sponsor global reception at Fresh Summit

Though borders in South Africa remain closed due to the pandemic, Summer Citrus from South Africa is happy to take part in this year’s virtual Fresh Summit as…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Quality issues for Polish apples

“I’m not sure if the apples will survive storage in cold chambers for long”

The search for good quality will be the most important task for the Polish apple traders, so says an exporter. Although volumes are okay, despite the weather conditions this…

Washington state expecting a smaller apple crop

Washington state, the nation’s leading producer of apples, is expecting a smaller crop yield this year. Washington produces 65% of the fresh apples grown in…

Retail

Instacart: New service to support seniors with shopping online

Dollar General has rolled out its newest retail store concept

Canada: Goodfood announces launch of Goodfood WOW, a new unlimited same-day grocery delivery serviceGoodfood Market Corp. (“Goodfood” or “the Company”), a leading online…

Superfresh Growers adds MLK Day as a paid holiday starting 2021

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day of service to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King. Many companies observe MLK Day, but don’t take it off as it’s not the…

Moxxy Marketing hires Christina Fuentes as Project Coordinator

Moxxy Marketing has hired Project Coordinator Christina Fuentes to support an expanding East Coast team. Based at her home office in Miami, where she works…

Hurricane Delta - Update on US Gulf Ports

Hurricane Delta is expected to grow in size as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast, where dangerous storm surge and hurricane-force winds are likely beginning today. This is…

USDA files action against Florida company for alleged PACA violations

U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Farm Fresh Packers LLC for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural…

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

A.M. King starts construction of cold distribution center for Combs Wholesale Produce Co.

A.M. King has begun construction of a USDA-certified, greenfield distribution facility for Combs Wholesale Produce Co. The 40,000-sf structure, when complete,…

Sending Brazilian mangoes to Europe

Brazilian packaging company offers extended shelf-life and reduced transportation costs

Increased fruit consumption worldwide to strengthen immunity in the pandemic; devalued real; climatic conditions that allow multiple harvests per year. All of these factors…

Ocean Spray CEO responds to TikTok "Dreams" meme

The CEO of fruit juice company Ocean Spray has responded to a popular TikTok meme that combines the classic Fleetwood Mac song “Dreams” with goodness of cranberry juice.…

Gills Onions - Oxnard, California

Gills Onions moves from 2020 harvest into 2021 planting

Incredibly, 2020 is actually going into its final months. And our friend Megan Jacobsen with Gills Onions in Oxnard, CA, told us the end of this year’s onion…

Treasure Valley company

US family firm creates Real Idaho Potato Chips

Some years ago, Treasure Valley brothers Marc and Kyle Nehring put their heads together, setting out to create an authentic, savory potato chip made from real…

Civiltronics project measures the areas of high damage risk due to shocks and vibration

Smart avocado reveals the bumpy ride after harvest

In some packhouses, avocados fall as far as 300mm as they are tipped from the bin into the water bath at the start of the packline, a university research project has found,…

Contribution from young vines will swell crop volumes

High expectations of possibly delayed new table grape season

"We're going to have our hands full this year," says an Orange River grape grower; like many in the South African table grape industry they wholeheartedly embraced cultivar…

Ethiopia faces critical shortage of spraying aircraft to combat locusts

The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has issued a statement saying it needs more additional aircraft to spray the fields in the face of the fast spreading…

Ramaphosa: ‘South African agricultural transformation is a presidential imperative’

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted access to agricultural land for subsistence farming and commercial production as a national priority.…

Garry Sandercock - Propak Industries

Automatic systems which can reduce labour and plastic

Increasing automation while reducing plastic usage is a very valuable service and if you can do this while also increasing the use of recyclable materials then its a definite…

Burdekin region of Australia

North Queenslander fined $65,000 over worker death linked to heat stress

An Australian watermelon grower has been fined $65,000 in connection to the death of a backpacker who collapsed with heat stress while picking fruit in the…

Western Australia's food supply could be in peril by Christmas

The Western Australian agri industry has warned the cost of fruit and vegetables could increase up to 60 per cent and food supplies could be under threat by…

High-flavor tomatoes to stand out from the crowd

The number of highly-specialized tomato productions along the southern Sicily coast is increasing. They are often grown by medium-small businesses wanting to stand out from…

Enrique Fuentes, of Hijos de Alberto del Cerro:

"No clear lemon consumption patterns marked by COVID-19"

The Spanish lemon campaign is around the corner and as of next week, large distribution chains are expected to cut the supply programs of the southern hemisphere and start…

PerfoTec and Oerlemans Packaging Group team up

Extended shelf life of fresh produce through collaboration

PerfoTec and Oerlemans Packaging Group will work together to further optimize the properties of sustainable packaging for fruit, vegetables and flowers. The machine…

And more news on a starting citrus season in Spain

Spanish citrus fruit harvest for the 2020/2021 season estimated at 6.93 million tons

Good recovery of the growing capacity, the not cleared uncertainty regarding the USA and the UK markets and a "COVID effect" which increases the domestic consumption are some…

'This innovation protects apple and pomegranate trees'

Apple and pomegranate are two of the most common crops globally. The high consumption and the competition on the market require a massive production, aware of all the risks…

The European Parliament refuses to ratify it in its current state

New blow to the EU-Mercosur agreement

On October 7, 2020, the plenary session of the European Parliament approved a report on its Common Commercial Policy, which included an amendment in favor of…

Costa Rica's banana sector reports more than $ 9 million in losses due to blockades

The blockades in Costa Rica, which began last week, have already caused the banana industry more than ¢ 5.6 billion (US $ 9.31 million) in losses. On…

Chilean entrepreneur grows cherry tomatoes in the driest desert in the world

Pietro Alberti, an entrepreneur from Arica, received the support of the Luksic Foundation's Impulso Chileno program to launch an ambitious project: growing…

Argentina

The frosts in Mendoza affect peaches, d'Agen plums, and almond trees the most

The recent frosts in the province of Mendoza, which registered temperatures as low as -4° C, caused losses that still haven't been quantified in the region's…

Remote installation software and hardware new auction system

The corona crisis forces companies to offer innovative, creative solutions. This is no different for Aucxis. For the first time in their 35 years of existence, they have…

Allowing exports up to 10,000 tons

Indian government eases onion export policy

Today, the Indian federal government amended its export policy for onions in order to allow the shipment of up to 10,000 tons of two types of onions up to…

Xianfeng Fruit and ClemenGold jointly build citrus brand in China

China is a big consumer market for citrus and how to meet the increasing demand for high-quality citrus throughout the year has become a problem for Chinese…

Maersk’s first block train from China arrives in Georgia

Maersk’s intercontinental rail product portfolio expands, with the recent introduction of a block train solution connecting China and Georgia, the first such product…

Spain

Sacoje has been producing bimi in Murcia for 7 years

The Murcian agricultural cooperative Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Sacoje), based in the Lorca district of La Hoya and a member of the Federation of Agricultural…

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