Published: Jun 01, 2015

Fruits are increasingly becoming ‘unaffordable’ as the prices have skyrocketed by 40-45% particularly in metros and major cities due to unseasonal rain over the last few months, reveals a paper by ASSOCHAM.

Published: Jun 01, 2015

Zespri International launched a new variety of kiwifruit, in tune with the Indian palate, at a small event held here recently.

Published: May 29, 2015

US - According to the top US veterinary officer, the worst bird flu outbreak in US history may be over by July, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Published: May 29, 2015

EU - The mood continues to be optimistic on the European pig slaughter market, as many market quotes rose slightly again

Published: May 29, 2015

Several factors can affect pork belly quality and, subsequently, bacon quality and it is up to all parties in the production chain to come together to ensure ultimate meat quality.

Published: May 29, 2015

While there's a lot of talk of "eat your kale" and "substitute bread with quinoa" and nearly every other person worth their skinny waistline is sipping green smoothies in the morning, many root vegetables are being overlooked.

Published: May 29, 2015

The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) is holding a congress in Budapest between 27 and 29 May;

Published: May 29, 2015

Airport plan could mean new markets

Published: May 29, 2015

Holt Logistics Corp. has announced it has secured two separate but related business agreements that will bring two additional weekly shipments from South and Central America to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia.

Published: May 29, 2015

2015 is a good year for Vietnamese fruit exports- notably lychees, star apple, dragon fruit and longan to the USA, Australia, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand.

Published: May 29, 2015

Strategic partners Tolsma-Grisnich and Kiremko recently supplied a turnkey project at Ningxia Yujing Food Co. in China.

Published: May 28, 2015

Milk processor Westland Milk Products has upped its price prediction for the 2015/16 season, bucking the general trend of price cuts seen in the global dairy sector.

Published: May 28, 2015

Russian food health authority Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted a foot and mouth disease ban imposed on a Colombian region since 2009.

Published: May 28, 2015

Prices for garlic in Canada have been stable for the last few years due to shortage in domestic supplies.

Published: May 28, 2015

Pentecost brought hardly any increased demand for asparagus this year. This is the conclusion that asparagus seller Rick Mengers, from ZON fruit & vegetables, has come to.

Published: May 28, 2015

The producers of garlic are far from having the amount of hectares they had in times of success, as their production began to systematically decrease since 2008 and this vegetable disappeared from many fields.

Published: May 28, 2015

The government on Tuesday said there was no quantitative restriction on the export of potato.

Published: May 28, 2015

The new Spanish onion season started in late April in Andalusia, where about 80% of the country's total production takes place. In early May, the first Spring onions from Murcia and Valencia also arrived.

Published: May 28, 2015

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI), Juan Manuel Benites, announced that, starting July, the country would be able to export Hass avocado to the Chinese market. The initial projections say they will export between 10,000 and 1

Published: May 28, 2015

They are two of the hottest trends amongst foodies and the diet conscious – blitzing in a food processor or spiralising vegetables to create less calorific replacements for carbohydrates.