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Juan José Pons of Ecuador’s Banana Cluster on Aldi’s announcement:

“The full weight of the ‘shared responsibility’ falls on the banana producers”

Aldi has recently announced a plan to lower their banana prices, which will result in lower prices paid for bananas to producers. Juan José Pons, the coordinator of Ecuador’s…

Joe Vargas of FirstFruits Marketing:

“The new Cosmic Crisp crop will be released November 23rd”

The apple harvest is in full swing, and Washington-based FirstFruits Marketing is highlighting their new Opal crop, which is their proprietary apple variety, as well as a new…

North Carolina sweetpotato harvest wraps up and market sees good demand

Most sweetpotato growers in North Carolina are in the final days of their harvest. While the harvest started and ended a bit later than usual this year, the quality and sizing…

Canadian apple production grows by 5%

The Ottawa Agricultural Affairs Bureau (FAS / Ottawa) forecasts 5% growth in Canadian apple production in the 2020/21 marketing season, despite some growing and labour…

US: Fresh blueberries and some frozen blueberries affected by new EU tariffs

On Nov. 10, the European Union imposed an additional retaliatory tariff of 25% on a range of U.S. agricultural products. This new tariff affects both fresh…

Organic Grower Summit Roundtable 2020 announced

While the Organic Grower Summit will not be held as a live in-person event this year, a virtual keynote event featuring leaders of three of the nation’s most…

Kanzi apple wins a series of blind taste tests

The Kanzi apple, known as “the Foodie’s Choice,” has won a series of blind taste tests and is being noticed by chefs and bakers nationwide. Originally discovered in Belgium…

Zeph Colombatto

New urban farm to bring specialty mushrooms to store shelves in Texas

On November 14th, Texans gained access to a new realm of the mushroom kingdom with the arrival of Smallhold’s specialty mushrooms on Central Market store shelves and the…

Hazel Tech announces partnership with Fruits n’ Rootz

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

Lipman Family Farms launches inaugural "Day of Good from the Ground Up"

Lipman Family Farms celebrated its first annual "Day of Good from the Ground Up" to support local communities across its network in the United States, Mexico and Canada. From…

Special Wholesale markets

Nico Schaft, 888 Fruit Company, France:

"Chinese chestnut prices under pressure, but Nashi pears are very pricey"

The coronavirus pandemic is placing a lot of extra pressure on many companies at Rungis, the Parisian wholesale market. "In March, our turnover even increased by 30 to 40%,"…

Global focus citrus

Rene Bouman, FMI:

"European hospitality sectors' closure makes selling limes tough"

The lime market had a strong summer season. But, it's been under considerable pressure for several weeks now. "Volumes have decreased. There are, however, too many limes on…

Retail

Walmart: Cookshop

Forager has added to its network several independent grocers in new markets

Canada: FoodX partners with Meridian to meet online grocery demandA grocery e-commerce software provider, which works with the world’s largest retailers and boasts Whole Foods…

Covid-free spaces and solutions for the fresh produce sector

The following article was written by Gabriela Centeno with NeXplain. The global fresh produce industry was not as badly hit by the pandemic as other sectors. Some companies…

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers make breakthrough in fighting agricultural plant diseases

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have made a discovery that will help combat fastidious pathogens, which cost U.S. agriculture alone billions of dollars annually. For the past…

Ag exports to US need support of overseas Vietnamese companies

Strengthening the connection with overseas Vietnamese businesses in the US is seen as a good opportunity to link and develop distribution channels of specialty products of…

AgroFresh’s Harvista™ solution wins Sadyogrody Award for innovative gardening products

AgroFresh, a global leader in produce freshness solutions, has announced that its innovative Harvista™ 1.3SC technology has won the Sadyogrody Innovative…

USDA restricts PACA violators in California, Florida and Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they…

Florida citrus packers: 'South African imports pose risk'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) announced it is authorizing the importation of cold-treated fresh citrus from…

Michigan asks interstate freight workers to keep watch for invasive pest

State officials are asking freight carriers, warehouse workers and delivery drivers to be on the lookout for an invasive pest called the spotted lanternfly…

Lettuce losses could cause shortage across U.S.

Lettuce crop losses in California could affect availability and prices at Texas grocery stores and restaurants and highlights the fragility of the nation’s…

New two channel real-time logger simultaneously monitors air temperature front and back of containers

FlashLink RTL Prime 3G-2T In-Transit Logger, Model 22367, is the first of its kind. With its unique 15m/50ft external and internal sensor combination, one logger can monitor…

Persimmon seeds predict cold, snowy winter for middle Tennessee this year

While the official winter forecast from the FOX 17 Code Red Weather team hasn’t yet been released, local persimmon seeds are calling for a cold, snowy winter…

The Chilean company PacLife opens an after-sales support office in China

"China is the largest market to demand modified atmosphere packaging"

Due to the South American exporters' increase in demand for modified atmosphere packaging for their fruit shipments to the Chinese market, the Chilean…

“Prices for Turkish pomegranates are similar to last year”

The Turkish pomegranate season is well underway and so far the season for one exporter has been positive. More production will hopefully lead to higher revenue, and despite…

Two additional MSC vessels to be deployed to give customers more flexibility

MSC introduces cherry express service linking Chile to Asia

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is pleased to introduce an express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo from Chile to Asia, effective 18 November 2020. To reinforce the…

Chris Fagg - Freshpro Imports

Myanmar avocados trial in the UK

UK importer FreshPro Imports have established an exclusive agreement with MAVO the Myanmar Avocado Producer and Exporter Association along with the assistance of the British…

Suhaib Faroun on Medjool dates from Palestine

“We’ve managed to increase the volumes for Medjool dates this season”

The harvest for Medjool dates in Palestine has concluded, meaning the focus can now shift fully to sales. For one exporter, production has increase by about 12 per cent this…

Greenyard announces profit improvement and decrease of the debt ratio

Greenyard has released its financial results for the first half of the 2020/2021 financial year. Greenyard's turnover increased by 10.3% in the first half of the 2020/2021…

Don Limón unveils flexible direct sourcing partnerships for corporate retailers

Don Limón – the international fresh fruit exporter-importer – is excited to announce the launch of its retail partnership programme to offer greater…

Landgard comments on allegations from Der Spiegel

"Alleged escapades at Landgard agricultural cooperative"

On Saturday, an article was published on the online Der Spiegel edition, alleging serious accusations against the Landgard agricultural cooperative: How…

Madagascar:

2020, a special year for the lychee harvest campaign

In Madagascar, lychee exporters have been living through the most important eight days of the season since November 13, the opening date for the fruit harvest. The only real…

Newton Orchards deploys DiMuto solution to strengthen brand with local farm to fork traceability story

DiMuto, a trade technology solutions platform that provides end-to-end supply chain visibility for global agri-food businesses, has partnered with Newton Orchards to commence…

Asia Fruit Logistica ON ready to go

Asia Fruit Logistica ON, the exciting new digital format of Asia’s premier fresh produce trade show, opens its virtual doors on 17-20 November 2020. Asia Fruit…

Indian researchers develop bio-degradable packing from cucumber peel

Throwing away cucumber peels after preparing your salad could be a thing of the past. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have…

Proseal exhibiting as part of JBT at Asia Fruit Logistica ON

The efficiency and sustainability benefits that can be achieved with the latest tray sealing solutions will be the major focus of Proseal’s participation in this year’s Asia…

Plátano de Canarias signs an agreement with Iberia to distribute the Spanish banana on long-haul routes

Thousands of bananas fly each month to international destinations like New York. “In-flight bananas that are the result of a collaboration agreement between Plátano de…

Container shortage drives up leasing rates and the price of new equipment

The current global shortage of containers is strongly increasing the purchase price of new equipment and leasing rates. According to the latest container…

Egypt: Onion third most exported crop after citrus and potatoes

The Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine stated that onion exports recorded this year until November 4, 370,512 tons to be the third most…

Pakistan to launch its own Alibaba

The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange is preparing to launch an e-commerce platform, much like Alibaba.com, by the end of 2020. It will connect Pakistani producers…

Video Operation Banana

A London surgeon recently did a remote operation in California. That was via a 5G connection. But, what was operated on? Not a human or an animal, but a banana. We don't know…

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