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Grower, Vine Crops - Richmond (KY) USA

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Assistant Head Grower - Mason City (Iowa) USA

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Banana growers call for urgent Government assistance

Australian banana growers who have lost up to 100 per cent of their crop to cyclonic winds are calling for urgent assistance from the Queensland and Federal Governments.In a devastating…

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New Zealand expects largest ever kiwifruit harvest

New Zealand’s 2021 kiwifruit harvest has kicked off with the first commercial crop being picked this morning in Gisborne and more kiwifruit to be picked across New Zealand…

NZ: Moving tomatoes into next-gen tech

Waybeyond has launched a purpose-built mobile Crop Registration app for tomato growers, digitizing a time-consuming manual data process. “Those in the tomato business will be…

Citrus Australia welcomes Queensland Government’s decision to extend on-farm quarantine program

Citrus Australia welcomes the Queensland Government’s decision to extend existing quarantine arrangements for workers under the Pacific Labour Scheme and…

Australians could see grocery bills go up 29%

Australians could soon see their supermarket bills rise by nearly a third as the severe worker shortage continues to cripple the agriculture sector. According…

Driscoll’s Miles and Brie Reiter discuss past, present and future of their business

In a recent interview with Food Tank, father-daughter J. Miles Reiter and Brie Reiter Smith of Driscoll’s, the world’s largest berry company, spoke about…

Zespri launchess red kiwi in China with Pagoda

Recently, Zespri revealed the launch of their red kiwifruit variety in the Chinese mainland market. Pagoda has been chosen as their exclusive partner in this…

ARRA program answers passion demand in grape market

Innovation and dedication are the core forces behind the creation of a great table grape, according to the team behind the ARRA breeding program. “We work tirelessly towards…

Deputy Director General of FAO will be present

First Southern Hemisphere Fresh Fruit Trade Congress- "Keeping the world supplied"

With the aim of bringing the fruit industries of the Southern and Northern Hemisphere closer together and to allow better planning for the coming year, SHAFFE…

Vanguard South Africa

Update on South Africa’s apple and pear crops

"South Africa’s main apple and pear production areas in the Western region had an excellent winter season with ample rain, snow and cold units," says Neil…

Special Australia / New Zealand

MAF RODA

Chris Bray - MAF RODA NZ

"Ease of integration and design means customers only need to deal with one company"

More and more companies are investing in robotics and automated packhouse machinery, this may be to tackle labour shortages or cope with growing production volumes. MAF RODA…

Global Focus Bananas

Robert Adams, President of One Banana Co.:

“From March 2020 to date, we have donated 1,248,900 bananas”

Banana company One Bananas has their own sustainable farms in Guatemala, Ecuador and Peru. Robert Adams, President of One Banana Co. says: “Late last year, eastern Guatemala…

Wouter Snippe, WeGrowOrganic:

“We want to be able to supply Dutch organic onions year-round”

There's a lot of construction underway at WeGrowOrganic in the Netherlands. This company supplies products like organic onions and potatoes. It's building a new processing and…

Fruit Cleaning Service offers alternative for soft fruit with a quality problem

Soft berries and strawberries that are too soft or have a mould problem, a container of blueberries with a cooling problem or raspberries whose shelf life is not optimal -…

US: 2021 organic apple and pear import program kicks off

This year Bridges Produce celebrates 15 years of importing organic apples and pears from South America. “We have grown our Southern Hemisphere apple and pear program steadily…

Limpopo hot pepper grower looks to export

In their first year of planting chillies, Waltela Maree of Zandrivier Boerdery in Vaalwater, Limpopo, says the bumper crop of hot peppers has almost taken them by surprise.…

A new name on the fruit stage: Vrugteboom

“All of the reactions we’ve had from our clients across the world have been positive, and sometimes they ask us what the name means,” says Stijn Koesen, managing director of…

Virtual town hall

How PMA helps increase diversity and inclusion in the produce industry

The discussion at this week’s PMA virtual town hall centered around diversity and inclusion, and the steps that PMA has taken to support members in increasing the diversity…

Growing regions and varieties of mangoes shifting

Volumes and varieties of mango supplies are beginning a transition from Peru to Mexico. “Peru is shipping Kent mangoes and arrivals from Peru are expected until the second…

A couple of Brazilian lawyers quit their jobs in Belo Horizonte to grow shiitake in Nova Lima

They are both lawyers. She had a company in Belo Horizonte, where she worked with her mother. He also worked in the state capital of Minas Gerais; in a large law firm. Gisele…

Across global product offering

Tropical grower embraces shelf-life extending technology

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-funded company providing new technologies to extend the shelf life of produce and fight food waste, and AMR Agro, a tropical grower in the…

Westfalia’s Mozambican litchi programme brings the sweet taste of success

In a victory for more than 200 smallholder growers, Westfalia Fruit is celebrating a bountiful 2020 litchi season in Mozambique.The returns from the 2020 bumper crop are…

JBT Corporation acquires label inspection/verification systems provider

JBT Corporation, a global technology solutions provider to segments of the food and beverage industry, has acquired AutoCoding Systems Ltd, a provider of…

Hema Fresh and Chinese city Sanya join hands to develop mango market

On February 26, a ceremony took place in Fufan Mango Center in Tianya District, Sanya City, to celebrate the strategic cooperation with Hema Fresh. This is the…

Andhra Pradesh growers expect bumper mango harvest this year

Andhra Pradesh fruit growers are expecting a bumper mango harvest this year. Growers hope to export at least 4,000 tonnes of quality mangoes to the Middle East…

Researchers develop an AI system that allows greenhouses to operate without human intervention

This technology is a step forward for future space missionsOne of the challenges to colonize other planets and establish human settlements, starting with the…

Switzerland: Grob Gemüsebau fights for geothermal energy project

Pilot project with thermal water to be approved for the long term

Water is necessary for vegetables to thrive. Grob Gemüse AG in Schlattingen has yet yet another function for water: thermal water from deep underground is used to heat their…

PlayStation

Sony files patent for ‘banana’ as PS5 controller

A new PlayStation patent appears to have a literal banana as a PS5 controller. GamesIndustry.biz has noted that Sony has recently filed a patent for this new controller…

Retail

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Sainsbury’s plans to cut an additional 500 jobs

Mercadona has shared profits with its entire workforce

Online shopping, private brands boost Israel's Shufersal profitShufersal, Israel’s largest supermarket chain, reported a 2.6% rise in quarterly profit, boosted by a jump in…

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