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California grower sees opportunities for celeriac

Ever heard of celeriac? The root vegetable is slowly but steadily gaining popularity in the North American market. It all started a couple years ago with the request from the…

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Farm Manager - India

Tight market for Mexican limes

Supplies of limes currently from Mexico are tight. “We had a significant amount of rain back in January so the weather conditions messed up the bloom,” says Alex Landin of…

Navigating the transition on ginger growing regions

Ginger supplies are transitioning between growing regions and good-quality ginger is more scarce currently. China: Kian Fattahi with Global Farms Enterprises in Los Angeles,…

Event will not take place this year

Asia Fruit Logistica rescheduled to 2022

Asia’s premier fresh produce trade show cannot take place in September this year because international business travel remains severely limited. The severe limitation…

Northwest Cherry Growers’ first crop projection

Over 237,000 tons of cherries forecast in 2021

Late last week, Northwest Cherry Growers released it first crop projection of the year. The early estimate places the 2021 crop at 237,992 tons. Northwest…

Brand advocates build awareness of California avocados

Bloggers, chefs, dietitians and other personalities are valued communicators for the California avocado marketing program. They work with the California Avocado Commission…

California stone fruit season kicks off with organic cherries and apricots

Fruit World, a family-owned grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit is now shipping its organic cherries and organic apricots. “What a difference one year makes,”…

Penn State and USDA research:

CRISPR/Cas technology could enable early diagnosis of devastating citrus disease

Penn State and U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists have used cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas technology to develop a diagnostic test that could enable early diagnosis of citrus…

Date distribution expands to the East Coast and Europe

Joolies, known for fresh organic California Medjool dates, has expanded distribution to the U.S. East Coast and into Europe, including the UK. In the U.S., Joolies can now be…

New vessel services link Ports of Oakland and Seattle with China and Taiwan

As global trade booms, the container shipping industry is introducing another new vessel service at the Port of Oakland. The Port announced yesterday that…

Statement on expanded drought proclamation in California

The California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) commends yesterday’s drought proclamation from Governor Gavin Newsom announcing the addition of 39 California…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

O.P. Agricola Campidanese

Delayed start of the season for melons and watermelons

The first "L'Orto di Eleonora" melons and watermelons have been available for the past two weeks. Sales started off slowly and have increased only in the past few days: "It…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable

Five years after introducing see-through wood building material, researchers in Sweden have taken it to another level. They found a way to make their composite 100 percent…

Retail

Dreamstime

Uber and Gopuff have announced a strategic partnership

Giant Tiger plans to increase its store count to 300 across the country

US: Sprouts sticks to game plan in lapping Q1 pandemic impactCycling COVID-fueled gains from a year ago, Sprouts Farmers Market posted decreased sales and earnings for its…

United Potato Growers of Canada

Canadian potato storage holdings May 1 2021

Total Canadian potato storage holdings 12.5% below 3-year average on May 1st

Total Canadian Potato Storage Holdings on May 1, 2021 are 12.5% below the 3-year average, or almost 4,000,000 hundred weight less. Eastern Image: United Potato Growers of…

National Agricultural Statistics Service

West Coast major non-citrus crops in 2020: Prices down

West Coast commodities again dominated US utilized production of non-citrus fruit and nut crops in 2020. However, according to a federal report issued this…

Peru closes the table grape campaign with a 17% growth

The closure of the Peruvian table grape campaign shows positive results. The Association of Producers and Exporters of Table Grapes of Peru (PROVID) stated…

Andean countries support a global alliance against Fusarium TR4

The Inter-American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA) stated that the Ministers and high Agriculture authorities of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,…

USDA

For the second time in 25 years

Annual US food spending dropped in 2020

For the past 25 years, U.S. food expenditures generally followed several predictable trends. Most notably, annual total expenditures and the share of food-away-from-home…

Indian capsicum exporters focus on domestic market due to pandemic

“We’ll have to wait for the right time to start exporting again”

Indian fruit trader Triangle Farms has a focus on colored capsicum, and is working on exporting their produce again once the pandemic is under control, says Mohan Urs, COO of…

BerriesZA expects a 10,000 tonne increase in blueberry exports

The export estimate for the upcoming blueberry season has just been finalised: BerriesZA, the South African berry industry, expects to export 25,000 tonnes of blueberries this…

Analyticsinsight.net

Top 5 agricultural robots that rule the world

The impact that automation has left on each and every sector is commendable. We have got used to automation so much that getting done with certain tasks manually doesn’t just…

Manvert silikon increases firmness, reduces cracking, dehydration and weight loss and tackles stress

High concentration silicon, the great ally for quality and postharvest in fruit

The interest in silicon-based products is growing on the market, as their benefits have been widely studied and proven in all types of crops. In fruit trees, high…

University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

UF/IFAS & Northern Territory of Australia will collaborate on fruit and crop research

The UF’s Board of Trustees, on behalf of the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead have signed an agreement with the Northern Territory…

Budget 2021-22

Federal Government to boost biosecurity, land management and workforce issues for agriculture industry

The Australian government has committed around $850million in funding in an attempt to drive competitiveness, growth and resilience in the agriculture sector. In the Federal…

BerryWorld Group

“We firmly believe that a strong varietal approach is key to drive value and differentiation in the berry market"

BerryWorld® currently source berries from approximately 30 countries to ensure the continuous supply of berry varieties 52-week a year. The Group owns growing operations in…

"Ricircola" project

Plastic is lacking and is increasingly expensive, so recycling it makes even more sense

Recycling plastic is nowadays considered an environmentally responsible action. It will soon become essential, and not only to respect the environment. The Ricircola project,…

APM Terminals agrees divestment of APM Terminals Rotterdam to Hutchinson Ports

APM Terminals (APMT) and Hutchison Ports are pleased to announce that Hutchison Ports Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports, has signed an agreement to acquire the…

"First container of mangoes from Ivory Coast is in"

Fresh Flow has received the first container of mangoes from Ivory Coast. "We now receive containers every week at Europe Retail Packing in Poeldijk. The color…

Tomra also announced appointment of Regional Sales Director for Latin America

New CEO announced for Tomra

Norway-headquartered, global sustainable technology company, Tomra Systems ASA has said that current president and CEO, Stefan Ranstrand, will be replaced by Tove Andersen by November…

Ocean Network Express expands its refrigerated container fleet

Ocean Network Express (ONE) continues to expand its currentrefrigerated container (reefer) fleet by adding another 27,500 new units (including 850 units equipped with advanced…

Mecaflor

Video New strawberry plant cutting machine cuts 19,500 plants per hour

Cutting young strawberry plants, easily, fast, clean, uniform, and without noise. With these requirements, Mecaflor, a French manufacturer of machines and accessories for the…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Ecuador see £0.44: 42% drop from last week

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…

UK: Pound Sterling rises against Euro and USD

The Sterling’s rise of more than 1 pc against the dollar to a two-month high was matched by a similar appreciation against the euro. This means the pound is…

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