Published: May 09, 2016

Last week, we focused on the pineapple sales challenges in Xuwen County in Guangdong province. How will the pineapple sales situation be in Hainan province that is close to Xuwen county?

Published: May 09, 2016

Georgia peach growers are poised to start this year's season later this month, which would put the start date about two weeks earlier than usual. Until then, domestic supplies of peaches are coming from Florida.

Published: May 09, 2016

Things seem to be going from bad to worse this season for a majority of Polish apple growers. Many growers kept a majority of their apples in storage for as long as possible this year in the hopes that prices would rise as they did last year. Now, along w

Published: May 09, 2016

The harvest of Star Ruby and Navels in the Northern region of South Africa is going to be around two and half weeks later than normal according to Gary Britz from Ele Trading.

Published: May 09, 2016

The global production of peaches and nectarines is on the rise, as revealed by figures released in September 2015. This is especially the case in China. In recent years, 'ordinary' peaches have strikingly become less popular, but the production of flat pe

Published: May 09, 2016

Sub Zero Ice Cream is serving up ice cream which include lactose-free, sugar-free and vegan options. In honor of May being Food Allergy Action Month, Sub Zero is celebrating its personal treats, which begin with one of seven cream bases, including orig

Published: May 09, 2016

Nestle is initiating new steps in support of sodium reduction, as the US Food and Drug Administration considers issuing voluntary guidelines on sodium levels in packaged food.

Published: May 09, 2016

Canadian yeast and bacteria specialist Lallemand has acquired surface and ripening cultures business from DSM Food Specialties for an undisclosed sum.

Published: May 09, 2016

Dollar General has committed to providing high quality, in-shell eggs at affordable prices to meet the needs of its customers.

Published: May 09, 2016

Wheat crop prospects in Kansas, the top U.S. producer of the grain, are well above average as crop-saving rains last month should more than offset the impact of an earlier drought, scouts on an annual tour said on Thursday.

Published: May 09, 2016

U.S. wheat futures slid 1.8 percent on Thursday to their lowest since mid-April as bearish fundamentals, highlighted by reports of strong crop prospects in the U.S. Plains and weak export demand sparked selling by investment funds, traders said.

Published: May 06, 2016

The President of the Citrus State Council of the State of Veracruz, Juan Antonio Soberon Ferrer, said that, even though there still are some pests in the citrus trees, Veracruz continues to lead the national production of these fruits.

Published: May 06, 2016

The Honduran melon sector is getting ready to export its melons to the Japanese market, after the country was certified to do so, which opens the doors to other markets in Asian countries such as Taiwan and Korea, stressed the Ministry of Economic Develop

Published: May 06, 2016

South Africa is in danger of losing its status on the international capital markets, the South African Central Bank warned. Credit rater Moody’s already downgraded South Africa’s rating in March. S&P will probably follow that example in June. This will gi

Published: May 06, 2016

In the week April 23rd-29th, the Ukrainian fresh produce price index fell by 9.2%, after a decrease of 13.9% a week before, reports Fruit Inform. As a result, the Ukrainian market has started to be clearly characterized by a seasonal decline in fruit and

Published: May 06, 2016

Mark Woodward, a Silicon Valley tech CEO, sparked outrage when he wrote a Facebook post, now deleted, threatening to aggressively harass low-income fruit vendors and “make their life miserable”. UK newspaper The Guardian reports that he now says he is “te

Published: May 06, 2016

At the end of April the largest Belgian economic mission ever went to India. A small delegation of people from the fresh produce sector also joined, including Jeroen Buyck from export company Calsa. He definitely saw opportunities in India, although he sa

Published: May 06, 2016

Birmingham has become the first Shipt market where its users can order groceries from different stores, as formerly the grocery delivery service was working exclusively with Publix.

Published: May 06, 2016

Danish shipping giant and energy group A.P. Moller-Maersk has seen a drop in profits due to low oil and freight rates; but the good news is that its not as sharp a drop as analysts feared.

Published: May 06, 2016

This year, top officials at the Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board (MSAMB) expect to export around 50,000 tonnes of pomegranates to the US market.