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OVERVIEW GLOBAL ORANGE MARKET

After a year of high demand for oranges, fueled by the coronavirus, 2021 has started with slightly less positive market conditions. Prices are under pressure due to the high…

"This project reframes the role of technology into climate adaptation"

The technology pilot projects helping farmers adapt to climate change and gain economic benefits

A digital agriculture pilot being run by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries is already giving horticulture farmers the confidence to change their operations…

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Full steam ahead for iceberg lettuce and other export vegetables research

Queensland Government researchers are using simulated sea freight conditions to improve the performance of vegetables exported by ship during the coronavirus pandemic.…

Picking platforms prove their worth in the race to get fruit off trees

T&G Global is pulling out all the stops to harvest apples this season, welcoming eight new state-of-the-art automated picking platforms as part of its commitment to provide a…

Agriculture.gov.au

Australia: Stopping Giant Snail risks at the border

Biosecurity has helped ensure Australia remains free of one of the world’s worst invasive pests, with a number of Giant African Snail interceptions made at the border last…

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Woolworths shoppers puzzled by bizarre sign

Woolworths shoppers have been puzzled after they spotted a bizarre sign at a local store. Queensland shopper Ryan saw a sale sticker next to bunches of asparagus in the fresh…

Australia: Macquarie raises bid for citrus orchard owner Vitalharvest

Macquarie’s real estate business has upped its offer for citrus orchard owner Vitalharvest. This action pushes shares in the farming investment trust higher as…

Supply issues beginning to hit home

New Zealand supermarkets running low on some foodstuffs

New Zealand supermarket shoppers are feeling the effects of the global pandemic on the country’s food supply. According to Foodstuffs spokeswoman Antoinette…

New heights for Bay of Plenty kiwifruit

Bay of Plenty kiwifruit land has been fiercely sought after since the PSA crisis tapered off in 2015. That trend is increasing further as rural property’s most heavily…

Lucien de Wit, LuBaFresh:

"Indian grape prices fall, despite lower supply"

The first Indian grapes arrived at LuBaFresh three and a half weeks ago. After a great start with high prices, prices have shown a downward trend in the last week. "This is…

Special Australia / New Zealand

“We believe Australia will be a sizeable market for Indian pomegranates”

Indian pomegranates have been making their way to New Zealand for over five years. Although volumes were lower during the lockdown period, export levels are getting closer to…

Global Focus Bananas

Christophe Vandenbroeck, Vandamme, Belgium:

“It was an eventful year”

"When the first lockdown began, we struggled to get the volumes we needed," says Vandamme's Christophe Vandenbroeck. This Belgian company sells roughly 80,000 boxes of bananas…

HerbERT drying container see first time use at Schwammerlprinzen LLC

"Our process contributes significantly to reducing food waste"

The innovative HerbERT drying process has already proven itself at many producers and processors of fruit, vegetables and herbs at home and abroad. The drying system of…

Uwe Sakowski, Josef Stapf Großmarkt LLC:

"After a brief lull, demand for citrus has recovered"

After a week of spring-like temperatures, winter has caught up with Germany again - and correspondingly, demand for citrus remains high. "Because of the higher temperatures,…

GNA solution

Complete weighing, filling and packaging line

This is a complete solution to create perfectly packed products, whose qualities are fully preserved: we are talking about the weighing, filling and packaging line of the…

Cold chambers have opened with higher prices for the apples

Polish apple season coming to an end, demand slowing down

For one Polish exporter of apples, the final week of the season is just around the corner. Demand from Egypt has already slowed down a lot, and despite the cold chambers…

Container shortage causes bottlenecks, as cold stores run full and grape intakes are limited

“We’re loading 40% of the fruit we usually do this time of year”

For the first time ever grape growers were limited in their deliveries to cold stores as the facilities ran full of not only grapes, but also stonefruit, apples, pears, the…

Launch of the new MiniGu brand of mini-cucumbers

MiniGu®, a mini cucumber brand from the Almeria-based company Ecoinver, has just been launched with the support of Enza Zaden and its EasyQs® line. "The launch of MiniGu has happened…

United Fresh BrandStorm

Developing and marketing sustainable packaging

Yesterday marked the final day of the United Fresh Produce Association BrandStorm event. One of the final webinar discussions of the day looked at sustainable packaging. Led…

Laser Food, the Valencian company's laser marking, has been recognized for contributing to the protection of the environment and providing economic profitability to the agents…

Scientists make the first anatomical atlas of 'Diaphorina citri', the insect responsible for HLB

Scientists from the University of Granada have made the first anatomical atlas of a tiny 3-millimeter insect called Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid…

Inlcuding reactions by FPC and Freshfel

Government confirms six-month postponement on EU import checks

On 31 December last year, the UK left the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union. This was the biggest change in the UK’s trading relationships for decades. The…

The first laboratory for in vitro cultivation of dates was installed in Tarapaca

The first laboratory for the in vitro cultivation of plants was installed in the Tarapacs region, within the framework of a project that seeks to contribute to…

Price of Cambodian mangoes continues to plummet

Affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic, the price of Cambodian mangoes continues to fall. Due to a lack of market, growers have suffered heavy losses. Mong Reththy, an…

Market demand for import bananas has room to grow

There is a shortage of top-quality bananas in the Chinese market

Last year the Chinese banana market was chaotic. The bananas were reasonably priced, but there were no buyers. After a year of chaos, the Chinese banana market…

The first sea shipment of Ecuadorian pitahaya to Europe departed from the port of Posorja

The first container of Ecuadorian pitahayas exported by sea to the European market was shipped from DP World Posorja. The shipment of the yellow pitahaya…

The Plant Health Service confirms the presence of the pest in an orange farm in Mula

South African "cotonet" detected in Spanish Region of Murcia

On March 9, the Plant Health Service of the Region of Murcia announced the detection for the first time of South African "cotonet" (Delottococcus aberiae) in…

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FairPrice is testing the use of autonomous robots

Jumbo is testing a smart shopping cart

Unions call strike at Amazon's logistic operations in Italy on March 22Unions in Italy said they had called on workers at Amazon’s logistics operations in the country to go on…

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