Will border closures and flight reductions impact produce imports?

Airfreight rates skyrocket

Will border closures and flight reductions impact produce imports?

Job Offers:

"There's no shortage, but the perception of shortage is enough to drive up prices"

Shadehouse cucumbers bounce back post Sonora weather

technical suppliers deal with new reality

"Remote access a necessity during travel restrictions"

"Don’t fear eating your fruits and veggies"

Truckload of bell peppers, tomatoes stuffed with 'historic' amount of meth

Nogales customs officers claim record methamphetamine seizure

"I didn't think I'd ever see a shortage, at least at the store level, of potatoes in Idaho"

Potato shortages in Idaho

Today's important COVID-19 news in the fresh produce sector

Corona-Update: Uncertainty for Zespri's Europe-bound kiwifruit crop

Weather has not been favorable for Mexico's first watermelon crops

"Uncertainty affects Chinese garlic export"

Special Australia / New Zealand

Global Focus Grapes

Retail

The Ecuadorian banana cluster, a solution to the challenges the sector currently faces

Mexico's blueberry harvest starts

Global situation causes reefer market to soar to 5-year high

Colombia

Green SuperFood diversifies its portfolio with Tahiti lime, passion fruit, and papaya

Calogero Montana - Gruppo Montana

"Maybe some products will not be available, but we will continue working nonetheless"

Rene Noordam, Dominican Gold Fruit:

"We now have supply of air freight pineapples from the Dominican Republic under control"

"The price of many fruits and vegetables has gone up again"

Spanish supermarkets stock up again after massive buying

Monitoring banana yellow Sigatoka by UAV

“The Greek government has been handling the situation very effectively”

Should borders be raised for Moroccan strawberry temps?

Professor Kerry Walsh, CQUniversity Australia

Australia: Non-invasive testing of dry matter in mango with F-750 meter

Claire Malgorn, Savéol:

“We now offer a range of seven cardboard trays for export”

Dolav Germany GmbH focuses on large producers and processors with Alto 1400

"New large box is especially suitable for use under difficult conditions"

GNA's answer to the growing demand for easy resealable packs

RL40: linear system for filling and closing trays

Frank Vermeersch, Agrofair

"This corona crisis is causing a rise in banana demand"

Is there a threat of an acute shortage of seasonal workers?

Coronavirus slows down German vegetable harvest

South African export farmers and hunting industry under stress

“We are bracing for the impact and are putting plans in place to try to mitigate the risk and effects”

Price of Spanish blueberries continues to fall

Spanish scientists discover how the tomato was able to increase its size by 100 times

Situation at Chinese ports normalising since late February

Container lines cancel China ports reefer surcharges

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