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Teamleider Veredeling - Rijsenhout

Head Grower - Telangana, India

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Ontario growers positive following recent temperature drop

Ontario growers are breathing a sigh of relief following last week’s drop in temperatures and wet snow. On apples, Cathy McKay, the Ontario Apple Growers chair and an apple…

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Teamleider Veredeling - Rijsenhout

Pricing and demand picked up on Mexican eggplant

The Mexican growing season on eggplant is beginning to wind down. “The eggplant season started out a little oversupplied. Growing conditions were very favorable this year…

Gold Nugget mandarins see inconsistent demand

Supplies of California Gold Nugget mandarins are still plentiful. “The fruit is great quality this year. It’s eating really well and there’s nice sizing, too. It’s a good…

iTradeNetwork brings on new CTO

iTradeNetwork, a global provider of supply chain management solutions for the food and beverage industry, announced Rick Haggart as its new chief technology officer. Rick comes to iTradeNetwork with more…

Hazelnut Growers of Oregon looking for joint venture opportunity

Hazelnut Growers of Oregon (HGO) and its parent company, Wilco, have announced they are seeking a partner with a track record of building great brands to form…

Financial results Q1 2021

Strong truckload business drives profit growth for C.H. Robinson

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. First Quarter Key Metrics: Total revenues increased 26.3 percent to $4.8 billion.…

US driver shortage worries agri trucking firms

The current pandemic is driving more and more truck drivers out of their cabs, which is causing haulers and food processors to fear there won't be enough…

PEI Potato board launches “Spudchat” podcast

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is excited to share with potato farmers and industry partners the launch of a new podcast, Spudchat. This weekly podcast is…

FDA

Indian and Chinese shipments refused entry as well

Taiwan: US avocados and grapefruits seized at border due to contaminants

Several large shipments of avocados, grapefruit and apples from the US were recently seized at Taiwan's border after being found to contain excessive levels of pesticides and…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Matthias Kinzel, Strauss Verpackungsmaschinen Ltd:

"New banding machine increases capacity for rhubarb"

Even with tried-and-tested processes, there sometimes are still opportunities for innovation. And just because something works, doesn't mean you have to rest on your laurels.…

Special South Africa

Stefan du Plessis – Elandsrivier Boerdery, Lohan Marais – Icon Fruit

Cape Fire™ pears maintain their unique selling point in a difficult colour year

Notwithstanding a difficult colour year, the late blush pear Cape Fire™, harvested after Forelle, has maintained its steadfast solid colour and demonstrating its reliability,…

Retail

Dreamstime

Full Circle Home announced its partnership with Farmbox Direct

Amazon is expanding garage grocery delivery

Canada: Organic Garage finalizes its transition to a decentralized distribution model; anticipates savings of $1mln annuallyOrganic Garage Ltd. (“Organic Garage” or the…

Spring Policy Summit 2021 kicks off monthly webinar series

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) held its annual Spring Policy Summit on April 21st -23rd. The selection of panelists covered some of the…

With three challenging years behind them

Manitoba potato growers cautiously optimistic about 2021

Hard-pressed Manitoba potato growers are hoping for a normal crop this year after three consecutive years of adverse weather, unharvested acres,…

Monash University

Monash University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robotic harvester plucks an apple every 7 seconds

In order to relieve some of the stressors caused by the labor shortage in the Australian fruit picking industry, researchers have cooked up a creative partial solution to this…

"We will see a network effect emerge as more buyers and sellers use the platform"

Australian company set to launch digital marketplace to help modernise fruit and vegetable sales

Australian Agtech company, Optomni has today announced the upcoming launch of a new innovative digital marketplace for fresh produce, allowing buyers and sellers to trade in…

New Zealand export industries fear extended Chinese audits

New Zealand export industries are nervous as new safety audits by Chinese authorities seem to stretch from the seafood industry to the apple industry. Pipfruit…

Second Trade, Investment and Industry Dialogue

Philippines restated call for Australia to allow banana exports

The Philippines has restated its request for Australia to grant market access for fresh Cavendish bananas and to lift the anti-dumping measure imposed on the…

EastFruit

Some fear the fruit will disappear

Bananas becoming more expensive everywhere

The global market for bananas has experienced a number of shocks: some media outlets are even musing on an imminent complete disappearance of the fruit. Also, banana prices…

Rolf Weber (Global Producers) on the approaching conclusion of the Costa Rican campaign

"Melon season economic and financial success despite higher costs"

This year's melon season in Costa Rica will end on schedule with seedless watermelons and several varieties of mini watermelons in week 19. This will be followed by the last…

Apoexpa launches European-wide campaign

Murcia's stone fruit season starts with bad weather and moderate optimism when it comes to prices

The stone fruit campaign has kicked off in the Region of Murcia with some delay compared to the previous season due to the weather recorded in recent weeks. This factor will…

World’s best food photographs served up

A tender and subtly powerful image for our times, Taste, by Chinese photographer Li Huaifeng, has won the overall prize of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2021, the…

Spanish stone fruit season takes off at Wilko Fruit

"Our Dutch clients love nectarines, non-locals prefer peaches"

The Spanish stone fruit season had already started a fortnight ago at WilkoFruit. Then this Dutch fruit wholesaler got its first greenhouse cherries. "We buy our cherries from…

Fruit industry tycoons team up

Joy Wing Mau and Dole establish strategic cooperation

Dole, one of the largest fruit and processed fruit product companies in the world, and the Joy Wing Mau Corporation Limited (Joy Wing Mau), one of China’s leading fruit…

At least 1,000 lost this year already

Thousands of containers are falling off ships every year

In recent months, cargo worth tens of millions of dollars has fallen off ships as the industry suffers the sharpest surge in lost containers for seven years.…

COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces 2021 First Quarter Results

Cosco Shipping Ports Limited, the world’s leading ports operator, today announced the first quarter results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the 3…

Vegetable compound might reduce diabetes-related kidney damage

New research conducted suggests a compound that gives some cruciferous vegetables their pungent taste could help to reverse diabetes-associated kidney…

New GGN Label - A Cross-Category Consumer Label to Make Responsible Farming Visible

GLOBALG.A.P. c/o FoodPLUS GmbH launched its consumer-facing initiative, the GGN label, during an online event on 27 April. International stakeholders from the…

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