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More transplant onions for Ontario this summer

Transplant onion plantings are increasing in Ontario for 2021. “The transplants arrived the other day and we’ll start planting by the end of the week,” says Avia Eek of Eek…

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Commercial Specialist

First Apple Summit touches on apple quality and consumer trends

Summer promotional opportunities. Sustainability and consumers. Increasing consistent quality. These were a few topics discussed at the first Apple Quality Summit 2021, hosted…

Asparagus supplies and pricing shifting

With Mexico wrapping up its key asparagus growing region while foodservice outlets are opening back up in the U.S., the market on asparagus is in a state of change. James Paul…

San Miguel Corporation

'We started a new avocado campaign'

From Peru, it is expected to export more than 9,000 tons of Hass avocados, the most demanded in the market. In addition, this year other varieties have been added to…

Drugs found in shipment of strawberries

CBP Field Operations executes double play, intercepting over $8 million in narcotics

Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility were busy recently with the interception of…

South Florida Container Terminal ready for gateway growth

South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT) is nearing completion of its three-year modernization project to prepare for future growth. The project focused on…

IBO Summit 2021 takes place from August 23rd to 25th

The International Blueberry Organization (IBO) and the Association of Blueberry Producers & Exporters from Peru (PROARÁNDANOS) are responsible for organizing…

USDA

U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement Seasonal Perishable Products Weekly Update

'Avocados from Mexico crossing through Texas expected to increase slightly'

Seasonal changes have led to a shift in the commodities of interest for this report. Asparagus, tomatoes, and bell peppers of both domestic and imported origins remain widely…

Japanese shipowner hopes Ever Given cargo owners will share Suez damage cost

The Japanese owner of the Ever Given, the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March, halting billions of dollars in maritime…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

FreshPlaza May Special - Melons and Kiwifruit

This month FreshPlaza will be will be highlighting Melons and Kiwifruit in our special. Are you an importer of either kiwis or melons or do you export any of these products?…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Packaging company offers tailored solutions for greenhouse grown leafy greens

In recent years, supplies of greenhouse grown leafy greens have gone up in rapid pace. Although this is a global trend, the growth rate is highest in the United States.…

Retail

Dreamstime

Weis Markets: Rollout of a $135mln cap ex program

Farmstead expands to Texas

US: Instacart announces expansion of EBT SNAP payment to 3 new retailers for same-day grocery delivery and pickupInstacart, the leading online grocery platform in North…

Frank Costa has passed

"Costa Group is saddened to learn of the passing of Frank Costa AO. Frank was a great Australian who through his leadership and vision helped build the Costa Group into the…

Australian avocados marketing update 2021

Key Highlights May marks the launch of the new brand positioning and messaging for Australian Avocados This strategy has been developed from the overarching Avocado…

Avocado farming on the rise in Africa

East African and Nigerian avocado farmers are eager to enter the growing avocado export market. However, environmental concerns cast a shadow over the crop in…

Moroccan grape season will soon be in full swing

"We have an ambition to be the reference of grapes from Morocco”

Morocco produces grapes for both the fresh produce sector as well as for wines. According to Fatiha Charrat, commercial and marketing director for Delassus, plantations for…

Rowan Vickery - FruitOne

"Citrus markets now starting to feel a bit of pressure"

The first new season lemons from FruitOne arrived on the Canadian market in the first week of April. The company has been shipping lemons to this market for more than fifteen…

WAPA releases overview of the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear stocks

Poland has significantly more apples in stock than it did in 2020

WAPA has released the latest update on the apple and pear stocks in the Northern Hemisphere. Looking at the volumes of stocks, Poland has a significantly larger amount in…

New apricot, nectarine, flat nectarine and Paraguayo varieties

"Climate change affecting Europe requires the breeding of new adapted varieties"

The Region of Murcia's stone fruit campaign has already started with small volumes, quality fruit and higher Brix levels than those of the first batches of last year, when…

Small Robot Company launches first commercial robot

Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced its first commercial robot, ‘Tom’. The Tom monitoring robot is now delivered to…

Piet van Vugt runs herb business with his four kids and son-in-law

"Diversified client base proved vital last year"

Van Vugt Kruiden has many clients in the hospitality industry. This Dutch company was, therefore, greatly affected by the corona crisis last year. "But fortunately we have a…

The CMA CGM Group announces the order of 22 new vessels

The CMA CGM Group signed with CSSC Group an order for 6 LNG-powered containerships with a capacity of 13,000 TEUs (Twenty-foot equivalent unit), 6 LNG-powered containerships…

Bok choy at the International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Michael Hopkins has had a successful harvest of Amara mustard and “extra dwarf” bok choy in space. The plants were grown for 64 days. Michael Hopkins “I was not…

They could start at least 5 new projects this year to grow blueberries, avocado, mango, and citrus

Peruvian agribusinesses' interest in acquiring land in Colombia increases

According to Pilar Lozano, the commercial attaché of the Colombian Embassy in Peru and director of Procolombia for Bolivia and Peru, Peruvian agribusiness…

From February to March 2021

Demand for Taiwanese pineapples in Hong Kong grows 135 times

Following the ban on Taiwanese pineapples in mainland China, exports of the fruit to Hong Kong in March surged 135 times compared to February. Just 13 tons of…

Major expansion planned for Mindanao avocado & jackfruit production

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is planning a large-scale expansion in the production of avocado and jackfruit. For this, it is eyeing 200,000…

Airasia farm & Agriculture Ministry intent on helping Malaysian farmers

Both AirAsia Group Bhd’s business-to-business e-commerce platform ‘airasia farm’, and Malaysia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) are intent…

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