Published: May 19, 2016

AgroFresh Solutions Inc. remains heavily reliant on the global apple harvest and its core SmartFresh product, which keeps fruit fresh longer during storage and transportation, and that exposure has hurt the company in recent quarters. Its first-quarter 20

Published: May 19, 2016

The Commercial Office (OCEX) of Peru in New Delhi reported that Peruvian avocados will be able to make their entry into India from August this year, after the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Asian nation not

Published: May 19, 2016

Oxnard-based Mission Produce today announced that Bryan Garibay has been promoted to Foodservice Sales Manager. In this role he will be responsible for managing top-level client relationships, developing new business as well as overseeing day-to-day sales

Published: May 19, 2016

According to CNA news, extreme weather conditions disrupted Taiwan mango production. And Tainan Agricultural Association mentioned that their mango export to Japan decreased by over 50%.

Published: May 19, 2016

In some parts of Maharashtra farmers are forced to sell their onions for as little as Rs 3-5 per kg. The arrival of more onions onto the market is causing further concern. Last week, onion farmers in the Aurangabad region of the state registered their pro

Published: May 18, 2016

In March, the Food and Drug Administration inspected the Pasco, Washington, CRF Frozen Foods processing plant, which has recently been possibly linked to a Listeria outbreak. According to Food Safety News,

Published: May 18, 2016

Facing the severe fruit industry crisis, Argentine fruit growers hope more of their business can depend on the Chinese markets. This week, Argentina exported 143,584 kg of fruits to the Chinese market, which is the season's second batch of exported fruits

Published: May 18, 2016

The situation of Bulgaria's 2016 cherry crop has been summarised by Zhivka Grozdeva, a member of the Management Board of the Association of Fruit Growers in Bulgaria, who spoke Sunday 15 May to FOCUS News Agency. “We hoped for good crops but preliminary

Published: May 18, 2016

It has been reported that Canberra will now allow air freight flying in from Bangladesh, as long as it transits via a First World country, indicating a relax in Australia's embargo on Bangladeshi cargo.

Published: May 18, 2016

Up until 2015, Cameroon was mostly ignored by major international supermarket retailers; as lacks the scale of Nigeria and DRC or the accessibility of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire or Senegal it has attracted little interest. Yet this is changing, in spite of the

Published: May 18, 2016

Global private equity firms are investing in Japan's thriving restaurant and food sector, as they wait for the country's notoriously slow conglomerates to restructure and reverse a slump in major deals, reports Reuters.

Published: May 18, 2016

"Because of the Russian ban, we are currently working with a Turkish supplier (Alternatif Export Import Agriculture Food Ltd Mr. Ali Özen) to export grapes on the Polish market. According to what's reported by the operator, currently the Turkish Early Swe

Published: May 18, 2016

An opportunity to shine a light on emerging writing talent at the national Cross Sports Book Awards has been taken up by Lincolnshire fresh chilled vegetable and salad specialist Freshtime UK Ltd.

Published: May 18, 2016

The price of avocados in Australia is finally dropping, and the fruit is also increasing in quality. Avocados Australia CEO John Tyas told Daily Mail Australia that prices have eased due to supply and demand.

Published: May 18, 2016

The aubergine market has to deal with the necessary challenges this year. “Productions in the Netherlands were high. Volumes from Spain still frustrated. By now the majority of retailers have switched to Dutch aubergines, but there are still supermarkets

Published: May 18, 2016

Esoko reports that the price of tomatoes has increased by twenty-one percent compared to the twenty percent it recorded last week (2nd-8th May), meaning the second time the price of the produce has increased this month. A medium size tomato tin is being s

Published: May 18, 2016

Vegetable prices in Hyderabad have gone through the roof, even at the rythu bazars maintained by the Telangana Agriculture Marketing Department, which are supposed to provide affordable produce. This is being contributed to severe drought conditions, whic

Published: May 18, 2016

Frutesa is a Guatemalan company devoted to the export of fresh fruits and vegetables, mainly various types of peas, French green beans and blackberries, since 1983. According to Luis Teo, of Frutesa, they were pioneers in the export of these products to E

Published: May 18, 2016

The Australian capsicum market is “steady and strong” as consumer demand and interest in specific varieties continues to grow. “We are finding the demand for the tri-colour capsicum pack growing on a modest scale,” Kapiris Bros Sales and Marketing Dire

Published: May 18, 2016

It was a mild winter this year in the Ukraine, followed by spring rains, so although it is too early to tell, a good garlic harvest is expected if the current situation continues.