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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…

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Head Grower - Telangana, India

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…

Healthy life and premium fruit go hand in hand

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…

WA government gives green light for Tongan seasonal workers

The WA Government has given the green light for a charter flight of 150 Tongan workers to arrive in WA in late May to help ease the state's horticulture and…

Northern Territory

License for 40 gigalitres of free irrigation water under fire

Plans to transform an outback cattle station into one of Australia's biggest horticulture developments seem to be under fire right now. The owners have asked…

Queensland: Bicolour sweet corn trials give great results

Sweet corn varieties are being trialed in Queensland; these could turn out bring some color into the market. The company behind the trials of the Cabo and…

Coles automates fresh produce replenishment through AI-based cloud platform

Australian supermarket chain Coles has made an agreement with Relex Solutions to use a cloud-based AI platform to change the way it replenishes its fresh…

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…

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…

Apple brand partners with media outlet for virtual brunch event

Envy™ apples are joining the food and lifestyle media outlet Kitchn in celebrating the best of brunch as part of Kitchn’s first-ever Brunch Fest virtual event. Kitchn…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

USDA Summary Findings Food Price Outlook, 2021

Fresh fruit prices increased 0.7 percent from February to March 2021

In 2021, food-at-home prices are expected to increase between 1.0 and 2.0 percent, and food-away-from-home prices are now expected to increase between 2.5 and…

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Turkey: Alibaba raises stake in TrendyolAlibaba is raising its stake in Trendyol to 86.5%. The major ecommerce platform from Turkey received an additional 330mln dollars…

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