Published: May 03, 2016

“Canadian fresh produce consumption trends are in line with global trends,” says George Pitsikoulis with Canadawide. “In general, people eat more fresh produce and one of the key drivers is ethnic diversity.

Published: May 03, 2016

India, the world’s second-largest sugar producer, may harvest the smallest crop in seven years after drought cut cane planting.

Published: May 03, 2016

Export sales of corn jumped to a marketing-year high of 2.16 million metric tons in the week that ended on April 21, up 80% from the prior seven days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a report this morning.

Published: May 03, 2016

U.S. corn dropped on Monday, hit by forecasts of a return to dry weather that should help planting in parts of the United States. Soybean prices edged higher on production losses in Argentina, while wheat was little changed.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

Sales of pre-chopped fruit and vegetables are on the rampage, reports news site buzzfeed.com. Grocers are said to have tapped into one of the most detested activities among home cooks: chopping fruits and vegetables. As a result the pre-chopped fruit and

Published: Apr 29, 2016

A mango dehydration plant recently installed in the municipality of Tapachula started marketing and exporting dehydrated mango to the United States and Europe.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

On Thursday 28 April, Australia's peak citrus industry group, Citrus Australia, and Research and Development Corporation Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) welcomed South Korea’s decision to accept Australian imports of blood oranges.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

The first Moldovan strawberries can already be purchased at the market. Stalls are also increasingly filled with domestic vegetables, whose prices, according to traders, are at a similar level to last year.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

In late April Honeybear Brands of Minnesota is bringing in its largest crop, 250,000 cases, of Honeycrisp apples to the East and West coasts of the US, from Chile.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

80 percent of the food Bulgarians put on their table is imported, and consumers pay a high price for such products. This was announced by the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture in the National Assembly, Rumen Hristov, to Bulgaria ON AIR.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

500 tonnes of fruit and vegetables from the market-place in the Bulgarian municipality of Parvenets, near Plovdiv, were inspected in a day by the National Revenue Agency (NRA).

Published: Apr 29, 2016

ZimTrade has announced in a statement that it is coordinating with smallholder farmers to supply the Namibian markets with fruits and vegetables such as bananas, avocados, potatoes and butternuts.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

Drought has caused a scarcity of fruit and vegetables on Swaziland's local markets, hence prices are up by almost 80 percent. Market vendors report that farmers have had very little to harvest, as scarce rains caused more crops to dry up before harvesting

Published: Apr 29, 2016

A local official in Jeddah has said that Saudi Arabia needs a food pricing index similar to that of the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ensure that prices are reduced in line with global trends.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

Last week, Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi's national agriculture market (NAM) came into action. The aim of the project is to create a nationwide electronic platform where farmers from across the country can sell their produce to buyers over online m

Published: Apr 29, 2016

High summer temperatures have been worrying mango growers and exporters in Karnataka State; the rising heat has not only affected fruit size but also brought production down by around 200,000 tons.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

The Fujian Free Trade Zone is celebrating its first anniversary. In the month April, 30 tons of fruit from Taiwan have been imported. This is 70% of total imports.

Published: Apr 29, 2016

In March 2016, the social media sphere lit up with questions concerning the safety of consuming an avocado seed. It all began after a blogger shared a post and video about eating an avocado seed and other bloggers, food websites and online magazines weigh

Published: Apr 29, 2016

Vegetable prices in the border regions in North Korea, and to a lesser degree, further inland, have soared. This jump in prices is contributed to a number of factors: unseasonably cold weather, sanctions jitters and excessive mobilization for the upcoming

Published: Apr 29, 2016

Nomad Gida Tarim grows almost 500 acres of asparagus in Eskisehir’s Saricakaya district. The company have now made their first exports to Holland.