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OVERVIEW GLOBAL MELON AND WATERMELON MARKET

The melon supply is currently shifting from Brazil to Senegal. The Central American melon season has started much too late. Normally, the first volumes arrive in early to…

Michael Franks - Seeka

"SunGold 7-10 days advanced, Hayward same as last year"

The New Zealand kiwifruit harvest is about to begin and grower and post harvest company Seeka have been harvesting kiwiberry for a few weeks now and are on the home straight…

"Retail prices are expected to remain high for this financial year and into the next"

Forecasts show that there is no short term end for Australia's horticulture labour shortages

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) says while the horticulture industry will suffer significantly from labour shortages, there are…

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Lechelle Earl - Onions Australia

Good domestic demand for Australian onions

While the northern and eastern states of Australia have finished the onion harvest the south is in full production. South Australian and Tasmanian onion harvests are in full…

Ngāi Tahu Holdings takes stake in Rockit Global Limited

Ngāi Tahu Holdings has taken a 6 percent part of miniature apple producer Rockit Global Limited. Ngāi Tahu Holdings chief executive Mike Pohio says the…

Costa announces agreement for acquisition of Sunraysia region KW Orchards citrus farm

Costa Group Holdings Limited, Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables, advises that it has signed conditional agreements…

Murray River Organics sells Gol Gol citrus property for $5 million

Murray River Organics Group has sold its Gol Gol citrus property for $5 million. The sale includes $4.75 million for the property and a further $250,000 for…

Pukekohe target Potato Tuber Moth

Two Pukekawa trials are showing some early promise for potato growers when it comes to greater control of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (PTM).…

Hawke’s Bay apple growers pulling out trees due to lack of harvest laborers

Hawke’s Bay apple grower and owner of Yummy Fruit Company Paul Paynter has been pulling up trees and dropping orchard leases as he is faced with not having…

Bringing automation to nut harvesting

The macadamia market is constantly growing: indeed, the nutritional virtues it provides makes the macadamia nut a fruit very much in demand. "The success is such that today…

Special Australia / New Zealand

"There are stories being told about you - but who is telling that story?"

Melbourne fruit retailer believes that embracing a digital strategy is the future of fruit and veg marketing

When a local Melbourne grocer was getting tired of the "same old advice" that was constantly being given to him on how to sell fruit and vegetables, he decided to think…

Global Focus Bananas

Thomas Hug (Bananen+Frucht AG) on the global banana market

"Importing bananas yourself is a risk that doesn't pay off"

Bananen + Frucht AG is a modern service provider with its own ripening facility at Zurich's Engrosmarkt. "We sell around 3,500 tons of bananas per year," says Thomas Hug, the…

Sila Louw with Oppy in South Africa

“Our strength is to sell produce from Africa directly to North American retailers”

Oppy recently opened an office in South Africa and discusses the journey of setting foot on the African continent, combined with the immense opportunities the country offers.…

"Everybody should remain calm and reasonable in the face of this temporary prohibition on Taiwanese pineapple export to China"

Thailand and Malaysia expand pineapple exports to China this year

The General Administration Customs China (GACC) recently announced that the import of Taiwanese pineapples will temporarily be halted from the first of March onward. The PRC…

"Sales of delicate tomatoes remain unaffected by the pandemic"

Delicate tomatoes can be used in cooking as a vegetable, but also eaten as a snack. These small tomatoes contain 1.7 times the vitamins of regular tomatoes. The outside is…

The Italian Pieve di Rivoschio Association asked the authorities for help in dealing with the emergency

Chestnuts and marrons are now facing the threat of the chestnut tortrix

A small consortium, the Associazione Marrone dolce di Pieve di Rivoschio (Sarsina) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, has asked the local and regional authorities for help in…

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The weather affects fennel crops

Over the past few years, fennel crops have been going through many crises in the various cultivation areas - the planning schemes operators (producers, traders and…

Tessara Berrisys: Big difference in arrival quality of blueberries

Tessara’s launch of their Berrisys product for blueberries came at exactly the right time, when many blueberry exporters from South Africa were looking at a sea freight…

Crop update South American mango growing regions

The National Mango Board (NMB) projects the total volume of mangoes shipped to the United States over the next two months to be 34 percent higher year-over-year. The 2021…

Mission Produce enters the mango category

Mission Produce, Inc., well-known for sourcing, producing, and distributing fresh Hass avocados, has announced its year-round mango program. The program will incorporate…

Private online trading platform for fresh produce launches

Fresh produce can ‘trade smarter’ through the release of the industry’s online marketplace. ProduceIQ is a business-to-business platform for qualified growers and buyers to…

Eurostat, Comext

DG agri dashboard - Citrus fruit

Current EU weighted average orange price €5 above 2019/2020 average

2019/2020 EU imports of saw a new high regarding oranges, at about 950,000 tonnes. the same was true for small citrus fruits, with imports coming in at about 410,000 tonnes. The…

Musang King harvested for the first time in Thailand

MAFTA is a Thai fruit trade association that brings together young and experienced entrepreneurs in the industry. The organization is committed to gathering the strength of…

Filipino banana exports and production both declined

It is reported that the export volume of bananas from the Philippines in 2020 was 3.595 million tons, showing a year-on-year decrease of 18.3% from 4.403…

Purchase prices of pineapples from Xuwen, China top in recent history

Recently, mainland China suspended the import of pineapples from Taiwan, which is undoubtedly very good news for growers in Xuwen, Guangdong. It is reported…

Retail

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Deliveroo plans to list in London

Jerónimo Martins has posted a 25% drop in fourth-quarter net profit

Romania: Retailer Profi adds 31 new stores to its chain in Jan-FebRomanian supermarket and convenience store chain Profi, controlled by the investment fund Mid Europa…

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