Published: Mar 31, 2016

Although the backpacker tax is now under review, there are still concerns that if it does come into effect on July 1 this year, there will be a serious labour shortage, as Australians will not replace foreigners.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

"Peru's citrus harvest began in early March with the early varieties, such as the Satsuma variety. Production continues during the winter months with other varieties such as clementines, Minneola tangelo, Novas, W. Murcott, etc., and the citrus season com

Published: Mar 31, 2016

BelOrta sold the first Belgian raspberries of the season yesterday, Tuesday 29th March. The first five crates (12 punnets at 125 gr/punnet) were supplied by the company Rubibel.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Recently, pear prices fell sharply compared with last year as it was impacted by the overall market situation and the whole country's fruit sales are not promising at all, and their price remains at a low level.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Riveridge Produce Marketing has added Michigan asparagus to its offering; according to the company, asparagus grows well in Michigan due to the climate provided in part by the proximity to Lake Michigan. Michigan is the second largest grower of asparagus

Published: Mar 31, 2016

The project manager at UABCS, Dr Alfredo Beltrán Morales, of the National Research System (SNI) of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), explained that the development of the project required testing of the techniques in organic farmin

Published: Mar 31, 2016

The fruit industry is booming in Hangzhou. This week, a large ribbon-cutting ceremony has taken place to celebrate the import of 50 tons of pineapples by sea from Taiwan. Taiwanese Shengfa Fresh Agricultural Products participated in the ceremony.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Over the past decade, almost every year has brought a record breaking amount of banana imports to the UK, which consumes the most bananas in the European Union.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Rising demand, higher-yields and consumers opting for value-added products, are set to boost growth of the global mushroom market. The market is divided into into shiitake, button

Published: Mar 31, 2016

For the week March 18-25, 2016, the Ukrainian fruit and vegetable market was characterized by an increase of 7.2% in prices of traditional vegetables and potatoes, according to Fruit-Inform.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

After the Chinese Spring Festival, vegetable prices did not decrease as usual. On the contrary, the price of vegetables in general doubled compared to the same period last year.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

In light of a number of recent processed food safety scares, a North Coast macadamia processor has invested heavily in steam-pasturisation prior to packaging, a world first. Macadamia Processing Company (MPC), a 100 per cent grower owned co-operative at A

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Brazil's political and economic situation has brought most of the country's sectors to a halt, although in the agricultural sector, the biggest problem this year has not been the political uncertainty, but the weather

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Consorfrut Poland, set up in May 2004 in Krakow as an importer and distributor of fruit and vegetables from all over the world has aimed to become a leader in the supply of Chilean produce mainly table grapes.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

When speaking to one of the major retailers in the Russian market, they confirmed that they don't have any plans to offer the green citrus fruit anytime soon.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

This week, Shanghai Huizhan wholesale market started to sell a cabinet of Chilean cherries, which triggered a buying boom.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Mondelez Australia is now selling Oreo Thins in Australian supermarkets.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

Campbell’s Soup Company has announced it will be completing a packaging transformation by mid-2017 in response to consumer concerns.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

China is introducing a new tax which will impact Australian food companies that rely on selling their products online.

Published: Mar 31, 2016

According to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) annual honey report, honey production in 2015 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 157 million pounds, down 12% from 2014.