Published: Feb 26, 2016

The Philippines is capable of growing jackfruit but does not do so on a commercial scale, which is why supermarkets and fast food chains in the country source their requirements from Vietnam.

Published: Feb 26, 2016

Australia’s custard apple season has had a later than usual start this year, with some growers still weeks away from picking.

Published: Feb 26, 2016

TaiMei Potato Industry Ltd, a Chinese potato processor belonging to Lamb Weston, has signed an agreement with American Lorain Corporation, to produce the Lorain brand of French fries in China.

Published: Feb 26, 2016

During the National Potato Conference in Dublin on Tuesday 23 Feb., Kantar Worldpanel research was unveiled which showed that the Irish potato industry has experienced simultaneous growth in terms of potato value and volume for the first time in seven yea

Published: Feb 26, 2016

Hot chip vending machines could be a potential new market for West Australia potato growers, who are currently facing the loss of the only chip manufacturer in the state. Smith's Snackfood Company announced last year that it would close its doors on its C

Published: Feb 26, 2016

Rapeseed futures will continue to outperform soybeans, as the production deficit in the global market tells, Commerzbank said.

Published: Feb 26, 2016

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March 16 Futures have been trending down in recent weeks, finishing today at 442.75 US cents per bushel, down 5.25 USc/bu overnight.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

For Israeli avocado growers around the Sea of Galilee which grows mainly Pinkerton, this has been an especially good season that brought good yields as well as strong prices.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

According to Luis Leris, head of the Technical Office of INIA in Limari and articulator of the Tres Rios Nut Producers Association, which brings together farmers from the community of Monte Patria

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new environmentally-friendly food packaging material that has the potential to double the shelf life of perishable foods.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

The 2015 stonefruit campaign was marked by stability in the entire export sector. Peach and nectarine exports amounted to 849,502 tonnes, slightly higher than the figure achieved in the previous year, when 843,310 tonnes were shipped.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Florida's strawberry prices usually start off high, with growers receiving wholesale prices in the mid-$20-per-flat range at the start of the harvest season in late November and early December.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

In January 2016, compared to the same month of the previous year, average apple prices on wholesale markets were 42% higher; meanwhile, at horticultural cooperatives

Published: Feb 25, 2016

In the first three quarters of last year, Russia imported only 194.4 thousand tonnes of pears, compared to the 305.4 thousand tonnes of the same period of 2014 and the 266.3 thousand tonnes imported two years earlier, reports FAMMU/FAPA.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

The California Avocado Commission (CAC) announced the appointment of Carolyn Becker to retail marketing director for the northwest region and the promotion of Zac Benedict to online marketing director.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Vegetables are one of Rwanda's main export items to East African Community (EAC) countries; last year, overall, exports to EAC recorded a slight drop, according to official data released on Thursday 18 February.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Many Canadian food box subscription companies have managed to keep the price of their delivery boxes steady by offering locally produced food.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Alfredo Gryciuk, the head of the National Plant Health and Seed Quality Service (Senave) said that the new requirements and procedures for the registration of importers of plants and products of plant origin would apply starting next April.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., executives reported that an oversupply of bananas in 2015 and the use of banana ships in the global drug trade have had an adverse effect on quarterly earnings, despite gains made in the growing avocado business.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

On Monday 22 February, Denmark's first supermarket selling surplus food was opened in Amager. WeFood offers a variety of foods, including fruit and vegetables, that otherwise would have been thrown out either because it was beyond its stated purchase date