Published: Apr 15, 2016

Asian export ties were strengthened this week when the Indonesian Quarantine Agency granted Country of Recognition for South Africa’s food safety control system, thereby increasing the export potential for South African deciduous fruit.

Published: Apr 15, 2016

A Collective of Northern NSW farmers co-operatives will make up the Federal Government’s newly established National Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Co-operatives.

Published: Apr 15, 2016

The Moroccan government has started importing a “large” amount of onions from outside the country in order to combat the rising price of the staple vegetable, according to a report by Medias24.

Published: Apr 15, 2016

Essex County farmers and food processors are reaping the benefits of the ongoing condiment firestorm sparked last month when food giant French's entered the ketchup market.

Published: Apr 15, 2016

In the Budapest Wholesale Market, a kilo of potatoes grown by domestic producers cost between 100 and 180 HUF* on week 13, which is significantly higher than the average price recorded a year ago.

Published: Apr 15, 2016

Since the start of this week, onion prices in China have come down heavily. In Shenyang province, North of Beijing, prices dropped 30%. Yunnan red onion prices have come down from 6 Yuan per kilogram to 2 Yuan, whilst white onion prices dropped from 4 to

Published: Apr 15, 2016

The current culinary trend is sustainability. And all the start-up companies show that there is an increasing demand for well-prepared, sustainable produced food of high quality.

Published: Apr 15, 2016

South Africa has been exporting its fruit to the European markets for many a year, with the UK often being the lynchpin of this effort. As though, with many of the other leading fruit producers and exporters around the world

Published: Apr 15, 2016

The Chinese domestic mango season starts in April. Mango prices have surged lately, and are now as high as 8 to 12 Yuan per kilogram (€1.10 to €1.65).

Published: Apr 15, 2016

Tormaresca has officially released a 100% Negroamaro Rosato called "Calafuria" that is now available on and off premise nationally.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

Dimethoate, an insecticide widely used to protect crops such as cherries, could be harmful to humans, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises EU policymakers, said on Tuesday.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

India is likely to witness a 50 per cent drop in the import of Washington apples during the current season ending July 2016, due to a decline in production, according to a top official from Washington Apple Commission.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

The government of Pingguo County in Guanxi Province in the South of China, has announced it will start investment in a five year plan to boost dragon fruit production in the area.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

Thirty-five-year-old entrepreneur, Sharon Ninsiima hopes to make bananas even more valuable, by turning their stalks into paper bags. At her workshop in the capital, Kampala, Sharon feeds banana stalks into a machine that extracts the fibre, which will be

Published: Apr 14, 2016

The UK has refused to support an EU plan to increase school visits to farms and encourage youngsters to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

Recent declines in nut prices, notably for almonds and walnuts, have made the jobs of California's rural appraisers a lot more challenging.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

In February 2016, compared with the same month a year earlier, average apple prices on wholesale markets were 37 percent higher, for exporting companies, they were 38 percent higher, and in horticultural cooperatives they increased by 40 percent.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

Last year, New Zealand exported a total of 1,266 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables, compared to 1,071 million tonnes in the previous year, reports FAMMU/FAPA based on "Factsheet New Zealand".

Published: Apr 14, 2016

In the first three quarters of last year, Russians imported a total of 4,791 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables, of which 3,816 million tonnes corresponded to fruits and the other 975 thousand tonnes to vegetables.

Published: Apr 14, 2016

With a broad assortment of fruits and vegetables and clientele primarily consisting of Dutch wholesalers and exporters, Best of Four has built itself a unique position in the landscape of Dutch growers associations.