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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

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Regional shifts for banana supplies in North America

Supplies of bananas in North America are currently moving “like a chess game.” So says Anthony Serafino of Exp Group, LLC based in North Bergen, NJ. He notes that following…

Plastic-free packaging meets Australian Home Compost standard

CKF, Inc. has expanded its international accreditations for responsible end of life disposal of packaging by meeting the Australian Home Compostability standard, AS 5810…

Smaller sizes on pears are tight on supplies and strong on pricing

Pear supplies down slightly for 2020 and consumption trends of the fruit are strong. Randy Hartmann of Bellevue, WA-based Pacificpro notes the total Northwest pear crop is…

Promotional partnership aims to boost avocado consumption during college basketball season

Avocados From Mexico is teaming up with Mission® Foods for the second consecutive year for the return of "Taco Tip Off." The promotional program celebrates the college…

Tahiti lime volumes out of Brazil to increase in April

The weather in Brazil last year has resulted in slightly lower volumes of Tahiti lime during the start of this harvesting season. Breno Casquet of ActuaTrade shares: “The…

Georgia grower expands retail promotion supporting scholarships

G&R Farms is excited to continue the “Growing America’s Farmers” (GAF) program with regional and national retailers looking to not only grow sales, but support…

PACA reparation cases now available in online industry database

Blue Book Services’ Claims Activity Table (CAT) was recently enhanced to include active PACA Reparation complainants. “The CAT gets thousands of views from…

Josh Leichter appointed as CEO

California grower-shipper announces partnership with private investment firm

With a move that will help the company continue its growth, Pacific Trellis Fruit announced its strategic new partnership with Arable Capital Partners, a private investment…

USDA

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

US: Road closures and power outages contributing to shipping delays and increased truck shortages

Extreme weather across much of the Midwest and Northeastern U.S. is curbing consumer demand for many produce items. Road closures and power outages across Texas, temperatures…

Export of Peruvian asparagus is expected to increase by 16% in 2021

The 2021 harvest of Peruvian asparagus is estimated at 370,000 tonnes. This is an increase of 5% compared to the previous season. In 2019, the asparagus harvest amounted to…

Special Asia

SancoPack steering over 100 containers of mangoes in 2021 preserved by LytoFresh™

Lytone Enterprise, Inc. announced a partnership with SancoPack, a company providing solutions for growers and exporters of fresh produce from Vietnam for over 20 years. As…

Global Focus Organics

Organic food provider adds Fairtrade organic mangoes to portfolio

Organto Foods Inc. an integrated provider of organic and value-added organic fruits and vegetables, announced that after a successful market test, it has added Fairtrade and…

Retail

Dreamstime

Meijer’s Rivertown Market in Detroit is searching for 2,000 items

Debut for FMI’s Supermarket Employee Day

US: Meijer’s forthcoming small format seeks hyperlocal productsMeijer’s fourth small-format store, Rivertown Market in Detroit, is searching for hyperlocal products - 2,000…

Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance

PMA joins FACA steering committee

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has joined the steering committee for the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA), a coalition focused on defining and…

Fresh foods supplier expected to emerge stronger - despite pandemic

Country Fresh takes additional steps to reorganize in advance of proposed sale

Country Fresh Holding LP announced today that its Canadian subsidiaries, Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc., Tiffany Gate Foods Inc. and TGF Acquisition Parent Ltd.…

USDA estimates record harvest of American and Turkish pistachio nuts

The global pistachio harvest for 2020/21 is up by almost 40% to a record 985,000 tonnes as harvests in the United States and Turkey enter the first year of the rotational crop…

USDA Farm Labor Survey

2021 Adverse Effect Wage Rate finally revealed

With the release of USDA’s Farm Labor Survey on February 11, farmers that utilize the H-2A program finally know the minimum wage they must pay their H-2A workers in 2021.…

Jim Ertler - Premium Fresh

Warm spring and cool summer sets up good Tasmanian onion season

The Tasmanian onion harvest is going well, a very warm spring set the crop up nicely. “We are having a cool summer and the crop is coming along well with good volumes and…

Chilean fruits orchard badly damaged by the heavy rainfall

Modified atmosphere packaging essential when shipping to far off markets

In the past few days, the Guangzhou Jiangnan wholesale market has gradually recovered but is still moving very slowly. Despite this, more than 3,000 containers full of…

DeccanEdibles

Indian company diversifies into seedless watermelon for premium retailers

DeccanProduce, having supplied and exported fresh table grapes, pomegranates, mangoes and fruit pulps from India to Europe, CIS countries, the Middle and Far East, is now…

Turkish apple season coming to an end

“India and Far East have been strong importers of apples this year”

India and the Far Eastern countries have been strong importers of their apples and contracts are already being put in place for the next season. With the current season coming…

Oranfrizer

Fewer orange imports to Italy in 2021

After a slow start of the Italian orange campaign, FreshPlaza analyzed the first half of the season with the help of one of the leading players in Italy - Nello Alba, CEO of…

Turkish cherries could still be shipped to China this season

“It’s my hope the issues surrounding the Chinese markets will be fixed soon”

The Turkish cherry season is coming up soon, and there’s still no certainty regarding the Chinese market. Turkish officials are in discussion with their Chinese counterparts…

In any growing location in the world

“WeatherAsset works for any crop, providing access to 20 year historical climatologies, daily updates"

For fresh produce businesses, increasing weather variability is a growing area of uncertainty - presenting risks to crop productivity and quality, impacting established…

Coöperatie Hoogstraten connects grower and consumer thanks to vision and RFID technology

Coöperatie Hoogstraten was looking for a tracking system linking the cardboard punnets and trays for its strawberries to the pallet carrying them. The company opted for a…

Hyperspectral imaging: the stuff of science coming to an automated food line near you

Vision can be deployed in a number of different ways on a food processing line to tell if food is safe to eat and meets the quality standards demanded by…

In the future, three corn cans from Bonduelle will be held together using cardboard

Vegetable company removes plastic around the cans

The vegetable company Bonduelle is now removing plastic from multi-packs of canned corn. Instead, the cans are held together with small cardboard bands made of…

Hot water circulating in 15 hectares of tunnels beneath the ground

Video Italian organic asparagus grown with the help of underfloor heating

"The idea is essentially the same as with underfloor heating. Thanks to a series of pipes, warm water circulates around 45 to 50 centimetres under the ground, which makes the…

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