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Zespri and Pagoda promote new red kiwi fruit in Chinese market

Zespri and Pagoda have jointly organized a festive ceremony to celebrate the introduction of Zespri's new red kiwi fruit onto the Chinese market. The ceremony took place on…

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“Favorable weather conditions for cherries in Turkey”

The Turkish cherry season is about to kick off. One exporter has invested heavily for this new season, upgrading and adding machinery to increase their packing capacity. While…

Demand for exotic mushrooms a lot better than in 2020

“Steadier demand from our customers than this time last year.”

The exotic mushrooms are selling rather well. One exporter has tripled its volumes compared to the same period last year. However, the current year is still filled with…

Table grape grower remaining upbeat with strong demand during COVID-19 affected season

While the widespread impacts COVID-19 has provided many challenges for a Victorian table grape grower over the past 12 months, he is still expecting an average crop for this…

Azerbaijani company to export tomatoes to Belarus and Ukraine

Azerbaijan’s Agro Norm company has signed contracts with a Belarusian company and a Ukrainian supermarket chain for the export of tomato products worth…

Rising price of Thai durian and mangosteen is strong as ever

The Thai-China Daily reported on the 28th of March that Chinese market demand for Thai durian and mangosteen pushed their prices up. And even though the…

Temasek co-leads US$30 mln funding in EAVision agricultural drone startup

Agricultural drone startup EAVision Technologies has raised US$30 million in a Series C funding round led by Temasek, Chinese state-sponsored fund Citic and…

Smart fruit vending machine boom on the horizon

As an important daily consumer category, fresh produce is becoming the focus of an increasing number of companies, and there is little doubt about the bright…

Banana market in China not dire despite news reports

"No one wants them even if they are marketed at 0.2 yuan per half a kilo.” News that bananas from Xuwen were marketed at very low prices spread like wildfire,…

APEDA Chairman dr. Angamuthu on state of Assam:

‘Northeast can be an organic hub for exports’

Owing to the potential of Assam as well as the Northeastern region to surface as export hub for both agricultural and allied products, the Agricultural and…

Special South Africa

Freedom Day in South Africa

South Africa marks Freedom Day, the anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1994, today, as citrus exports get underway (up to week 16, 4.6 million 15kg cartons of…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Transporting less air, more vegetables

New, sustainable, customized snack veggie packaging

In the Netherlands, several types of new packaging have been developed by Verstappen Advanced Packaging, Bakker Barendrecht, and their vegetable growers. The focus is on…

Lebanon suffers SR126 mln losses due to Saudi import ban

The Saudi decision to ban the import of fruits and vegetables from Lebanon has had both direct and indirect impacts. The decision will contribute to Lebanon…

Losses to Indian fruit growers due to snowfall and hailstorms at Rs 810 mln

The losses suffered by Indian apple and other fruit growers in the recent snowfall and hailstorms are going to be very high. Even as the assessment for the…

Pakistan can increase foreign revenues by boosting citrus exports

Last week, Pakistan’s kinnow industry saw neighboring Iran lifting restrictions on the import of Pakistani kinnow. Pakistan is one of the top citrus producers…

Saudi Arabia presents global electronic platform for dates

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is launching a global electronic platform for dates; it is a way to introduce international investors to the various types of the…

Chilean mandarins could see smaller sizing this season

Preparations are underway to ship Chilean clementines. “The early Chilean deal looks very good, with an increase in volume by five to 10 percent from the…

Vietnam: Reducing logistics costs to strengthen agricultural competitiveness

The Mekong Delta contributes about 90 percent of rice production, 65 percent of aquatic products and 70 percent of fruit production for Vietnam’s exports.…

Australians get a taste for New Zealand's feijoa

The New Zealand feijoa season typically runs from early march through to the end of May / early June. This season did however start a bit earlier and an earlier finish is…

Oregon asparagus farm TikTok video goes viral

Being faced with labor shortage during the asparagus season, Oregon produce company Owyhee Produce decided to make a video on the popular video-sharing app TikTok. The idea…

Update on low temperatures in the Midwest

Weather fluctuations’ affect on apple growers still to be determined

While it’s still early in their seasons, two U.S. apple-growing regions have been contending with significant temperature shifts. Michigan recently saw two cold mornings with…

DSV Panalpina acquires Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics business

Two years after the acquisition of Swiss-based Panalpina, the Danish transport and logistics company is once again announcing a large acquisition: Agility Global Integrated…

Michoacán avocado company responding to demand with direct-sourced, bagged options

As avocado demand continues to rise and retailers look forward to Cinco de Mayo and summer sales boosts, growing Mexican players in the marketplace offer…

Sweden's leading apple brand

Continued growth for Pink Lady

The steady growth of Pink Lady® in Sweden continues. In four years, sales volumes of the Pink Lady® apple in Sweden have increased by an average of 25 percent per year, and the…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Current average week prices of bananas at £0.70 for Colombian bananas

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

Four orchards join foreign investors in Goulburn Valley agreement

Four family-owned orchard businesses in Victoria's Goulburn Valley are merging into one company, backed by foreign investments. The Ontario Teachers' Pension…

Indonesia renews its recognition of the Argentine sanitary control system for another 3 years

On April 23, the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture informed the Argentine Embassy in Jakarta of the adoption of Decree 263/KPTS/KR050/M/04/2021, which renews…

Emirates SkyCargo supports NZ food export leadership during pandemic

During the pandemic, as global supply chains were disrupted due to the suspension of passenger flights, Emirates SkyCargo provided much needed air cargo…

Puts the farmer in a very difficult situation

Concerns about Coop's new giant packing plant

Coop intends to combine the packaging and storage of potatoes in one large warehouse near Gardermoen. The farmers' team is afraid that means the nail in the…

CO2 emissions are minimized when the herbs are only transported up from the cellar

Herbs in the basement below the restaurants

Danish Refarmed, led by Camilla Enge, will take a stand against long and CO2-emitting supply chains. Their vertical farm will send fresh herbs directly up from…

Peru: Non-traditional agri exports account for 17.6% of overseas shipments

Peru’s non-traditional agro-export sector has shown strong signs of recovery, accounting for 17.6% of Peru’s total shipments overseas in the first two-month…

The harvest will start on May 15

Garlic producers from Cordoba are optimistic about the start of the harvest campaign

Cordoba's garlic campaign will start in the middle of May. According to Miguel del Pino, the president of the national garlic sector and the Asaja Cordoba…

Svegro started a pilot project for AI-controlled cultivation in the greenhouse on Färingsö outside Stockholm

"The pilot project was very successful"

For six months, a large study on basil was carried out together with the consulting company Codon Consulting. The experiments could, among other things,…

7 out of 10 are willing to pay more for Swedish products

More and more people are finding it easier to identify the origin of their food. According to a new survey conducted on behalf of Svenskmärkning, 40 percent…

Emerging smart technology makes farming blueberries cheaper and more environmentally friendly

The wild blueberry market has developed into a multimillion-dollar industry in North America, with consumers pushing up demand as they seek out the prized berries for a range…

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