Published: Apr 27, 2016

The main source of purchasing fresh produce for the Metro Group is Spain. “We think it is important to buy products directly from the growers, so that it is as fresh as possible,”

Published: Apr 27, 2016

The Danper company became Peru's first agricultural industry to export fresh green asparagus to Shanghai, China, after having passed rigorous audits by the National Service of Agrarian Health (Senasa) and China's General Administration of Quality Supervis

Published: Apr 27, 2016

As is generally known, the weather continues to have adverse consequences for the entire agricultural sector. In the specific case of Peruvian avocados, the harvest that kicked off more than a month ago suffered an unexpected delay

Published: Apr 27, 2016

The export of apples to West Africa is very challenging this season according to Pieter von Maltitz from FreshGold, a South African company who have been supplying the African markets for 16 years. The "Energy countries' are struggling to have enough curr

Published: Apr 27, 2016

The Verna lemon campaign kicked off about two weeks ago, with a harvest volume between 50 and 65% smaller than in the 2015 season, mostly due to the heat wave recorded during the blooming and setting stages

Published: Apr 27, 2016

One way we classify consumers who buy mushrooms, noted Highline Mushrooms' Jane Rhyno at this year's CPMA conference: is to split them into heavy users and light users.

Published: Apr 27, 2016

This season, Brazil’s apple production has been smaller because of the impact of El Niño, although the crisis in the country has caused a drop in demand, which has led to increased prices that have offset this reduction.

Published: Apr 27, 2016

On 25 April, the workshop "Opportunities and challenges in the distribution of Chilean fruit" was organised by food service operators in the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, in Rotterdam.

Published: Apr 27, 2016

Buying organic is a top priority for many American parents, especially when it comes to the food they feed their children, according to new research form the Organic Trade Association.

Published: Apr 27, 2016

Farmers might want to brace themselves for another volatile week in the grain markets as the trade absorbs Monday’s Crop Progress report showing corn 30% planted, watches the hedge funds’ decisions, and keeps an eye on the weather in South America.

Published: Apr 27, 2016

It was another rollercoaster day in the grains, with sharp volatility and hefty volumes, as fund appears to be setting the agenda.

Published: Apr 27, 2016

The long term slump in sugar prices within the tightly-controlled EU market is beginning to reverse, as low imports and a small harvest bring about a tightening in supply, Commerzbank said.

Published: Apr 26, 2016

According to the Queensland Times, the cooling autumn weather has resulted in some top quality exotic fruits appearing on Queensland shelves.

Published: Apr 26, 2016

Kiwi orchards were planted in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey as an alternative to hazelnuts; Ordu Kiwifruit Growers Association president Yusuf Uzunlar reports that snowfall and cold weather in March has had an adverse effect on the local kiwifrui

Published: Apr 26, 2016

They may be super sweet, but “mikan” Japanese mandarin oranges can prevent diabetes and other lifestyle-related diseases, a Japanese research team has found.

Published: Apr 26, 2016

University of California Cooperative Extension Viticulture Farm Advisor for Tulare and Kings counties, Allison Ferry-Abee, warns that phomopsis and botrytis are two diseases to look out for, as El Nino brings rain to California.

Published: Apr 26, 2016

The Cooperative Royal FruitmastersGroup presented its figures for 2015 during the General Assembly of Thursday, 21 April. Fruitmasters invests in the future.

Published: Apr 26, 2016

As part of a campaign called ''Now in Season'', business leaders representing Australian fruit exporters are in the Philippines in a bid to boost trade between the two countries and drum up business in Southeast Asia.

Published: Apr 26, 2016

The Ukrainian berry season has started two weeks earlier this year compared to last. Fruit-Inform reports that last week, beginning 18 April, the Ukrainian berry season kicked off, with farmers starting shipments of their first volumes of greenhouse straw

Published: Apr 26, 2016

Turkey is the world leader in cherry production but third in terms of exports, hence the country is also aiming to become a leader in exporting the product.