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OVERVIEW GLOBAL LEMON MARKET

The lemon season in Spain, Italy and Turkey is ending earlier this year. The demand on the European market is high, while volumes are lower than last year. The fact that the…

Solid production of California cherries

Supplies of cherries are coming in strong from California. The peak of the early district came later than was anticipated while the peak of the late district came on earlier…

Podcast with Jeff Dunn, CEO of Bolthouse Farms

“We need a clear and unambiguous approach to worker safety"

The more plant employees are being protected, the sooner consumer confidence and thus the U.S. economy will bounce back. So says Jeffrey Dunn, chief executive officer of…

Wilfried Wollbold - Asia Fruit Logistica

"Our goal is to help reconnect the global fresh fruit and vegetable industry in Asia in 2020"

Last week the organisers of Asia Fruit Logistica announced that the trade show would be postponed until November, it had been due to take place in September in Singapore. The…

Nature Fresh secures sponsorship and naming rights of Leamington recreational complex

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Municipality of Leamington approved sponsorship and naming rights for Leamington’s recreational complex to Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre.…

Starting May 24th, 2020

Philippines to formally open market to US fresh highbush blueberries

On May 24, 2020, the Philippines will formally open its market to U.S. fresh highbush blueberries. Since the United States is the only country with official…

PMA welcomes back top industry executives for next week's Virtual Town Hall

Produce Marketing Association has announced the lineup for the May 20, 2020 Virtual Town Hall general session, titled “Executive Perspectives on Managing…

Anyone is welcome to join

Virtual Wellness Walk/Run Challenge launched for produce industry

Center for Growing Talent launches the Virtual Wellness Walk/Run Challenge, inviting produce and floral industry members to participate in a 5-week virtual wellness experience…

Baptiste Kervyn of Green Superfood on the avocado market during pandemic:

“The market has behaved in a smoother fashion than we expected”

The Colombian avocado season is winding down right now and is entering its off-season. For Green Superfood, this means that production has switched over to Brazil. Mauricio…

Idai Nature already has registers of its biotech products in the US

"The North American market is essential for us"

Idai Nature, a Spanish company at the helm of the biocontrol line within the Rovensa group, has taken a further step in its ambitious internationalization plan: the…

United Fresh

Kaitlin Wyatt on participation in United Fresh Live!

“We’ll highlight the flexibility of tray sealing and the technology built-in to every Proseal machine”

Founded in 1998, Proseal has been active in the design and manufacture of tray sealing solutions. Their core machinery range features models from compact bench-top equipment,…

Global Focus Melons / Kiwifruit

Large watermelons become a "grab-and-go" product

Watermelon Wedger cuts melons without a moving knife

A watermelon is large and heavy. That is why more and more retailers are opting to offer manageable wedges of watermelon instead of a unhandy whole fruit. And watermelon is a…

Retail

Canada's first 'urban' Superstore opens in East Village

US: Some grocery chains now require shoppers to wear a face maskGrocery chains such as Longos and Costco in the U.S. now require shoppers to wear face masks while other…

Chatchai Somwat

United States and Canada

North-America: Hard freeze affects fruit and vegetable crops

Three nights of frost or freezing temperatures have affected Michigan’s fruit crops. Experts say as a whole, Michigan’s fruit crop may have fared okay in the…

DiMare Fresh selected for USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program

"We'll be able to help growers move their surplus of fresh U.S. produce"

DiMare Fresh has been selected to partner with USDA “Farmers to Families Food Box” program. Being one of the few vertically integrated growers, DiMare Fresh…

US Berry supplier Driscoll's worries market 'just is not there'

As Berry supplier Driscoll's is getting ready for its peak season, the family-owned company is gearing up for a bumper crop with a record supply of California…

Despite slow start of China exports

'US cherries may hit the jackpot again'

The Californian cherry season has kicked off with the customary shipments to Asia, but uncertainties are prompting growers, packers and distributors to focus…

US: Lemon industry hurting under loss of food service industry

Lemon growers are seeing good production this year, but the market for choice lemons has been ruined by COVID-19 food-service industry losses, Citrus Industry…

North Carolina State Ports Authority:

‘Port of Wilmington handles record refrigerated container volume’

The North Carolina State Ports Authority (NC Ports) set a new record when the Port of Wilmington handled 1,459 refrigerated containers in April. In a…

Maximvlasenko

Consumers are starting to reach for fresh over canned and frozen

New data from tech firm and content-to-commerce grocery expert Chicory indicates that shopping habits are starting to readjust after the hoarding behaviors…

USDA releases three new peach varieties for Southeastern market

The Agricultural Research Service has released a trio of Joy peaches—Rich Joy, Liberty Joy and Crimson Joy—to enhance the southeastern fresh peach market. Rich…

Photopal604

Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services

NMC-CREES receives $1.79 mln to study pineapple cultivation

The Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services was recently awarded $1.79 million to research commercial pineapple…

Indiatraveler

National Onion Association requests direct USDA aid for American onion growers

This week, the National Onion Association sent a request to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting direct economic aid to America’s onion growers…

Vincent Eysseric, - Coolibah Herbs

“We can’t plan what we need to grow, we don’t know if there will be a market”

Australia is still in lock down, some states are seeing an easing of restrictions, but it is still far from business as usual. Vincent Eysseric, Production and Marketing…

Hannes de Waal – Sundays River Citrus Company

Excellent soft citrus & navel crops amid a slew of uncertainty

At the Sundays River Citrus Company, apart from their mainstay of lemons, they’ve started packing navels and Novas, crops formed under the most favourable…

Uncertainties remain for the year

Hapag-Lloyd gets 2020 off to a decent start despite pandemic

For the first quarter of 2020, Hapag-Lloyd recorded earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of USD 176 million (EUR 160 million), which is below the…

South Africa Fresh Deciduous Fruit Semi-annual

'Decreases in apple and pear exports expected in 2019/20, due to COVID-19 impacts'

The Western Cape Province is the largest growing region of deciduous fruits in South Africa, accounting for 72 percent of the total growing area and production. The other…

Krist Hamerlinck, Eco Veg:

"Corona crisis stimulates the consumption of organic greenhouse vegetables"

"The corona crisis has caused us a lot of inconvenience. We had to adjust the machines and the way of working, but it is also very difficult to find staff," says Krist…

TopControl

Weighing solutions save time and improve efficiency

TopControl weighing solutions enable a maximization of profits of over 50% with little personnel needed, which is important is a complex situations such as this one. "In times…

Robert Greeve, Anaco & Greeve:

"Oversupply causes too-low banana prices for the time of year"

In the Netherlands, bananas were still selling very well in the infamous hoarding week. That was just after the anti-coronavirus measures were announced. That good market…

Marc de Bruijn (Cultivar): "Situation still shaken up here in Madrid"

"Despite sky high prices, airfreight mangoes and papayas are selling like hotcakes"

After years of working in the Dutch fruit and vegetable trade, Marc de Bruijn moved to Spain a few years ago, where he works for fruit importer Cultivar, which has its…

Ángel Vallin, of ASF: "Ondine, the perfect fruit for the Finger Food segment"

"The market already has a tasty flat nectarine with pistilar closing"

So far, the market hasn't had access to consolidated flat nectarine varieties, which has resulted in very few people even knowing about the existence of this stone fruit…

40% of fruit producers will uproot their trees after the harvest

"Desperate situation for stone fruit sector in Spanish Region of Valencia"

Stone fruit producers in the Spanish Region of Valencia are dealing with disastrous results this campaign, bringing the sector's situation to unsustainable levels. So much so,…

Who consumes the most fruits and vegetables in Europe?

According to a comparative study that was carried out with the participation of 37,672 people from 21 different countries in Europe and that was published on May 13 in the…

The total value of the donation exceeds 5.76 million yuan [810 thousand USD]

Pagoda works together with 30 fruit companies from New Zealand, Chile, and China to support Wuhan

The outbreak of COVID-19 created a sense of community among the countries that "battle" the virus. Many fruit companies across the world worked closely together to support the…

"In the near future, Serbia will be recognized for its blueberries on the European fruit map"

DzodanBerry, the Serbian company specialized in the production of blueberries, will be the first fruit company to start the Digital Agriculture Antares…

Victor Jimenez Majuelo

Costa Blanca growers surrender in cheap onion war with New Zealand and Peru

Onion growers from Spain’s Costa Blanca say they have been forced to surrender in a cheap onion price war with New Zealand and Peru. The local growers say…

Vertical urban agriculture finds its niche in Brazil

Pink Farms, a vertical urban garden that was born in 2016 with the purpose of producing food at the place of consumption, is located in São Paulo, the largest…

New Zealand Budget 2020 boosts primary industries jobs and strengthens biosecurity

The New Zealand Government has invested $232 million to boost jobs and opportunities in the primary industries sector, including horticulture, as part of…

Woravit Vijitpanya

Mediterranean Exporters' Association:

Turkey branches out into Asian fruit and vegetable markets

Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable exports have increased by 25 percent, a growth that allows it to compete with 85 nations in foreign markets. While the…

Iurii Golub

Ripening bananas in the oven

Waiting for bananas to ripen is no-one’s favorite thing. Since most of the bananas purchased at the grocery store probably have a good bit of ripening to do, one can speed up the…

FreshPlaza Funny

Quarantine dad jokes