Published: Jan 11, 2017

After a long period of drought in South Africa the rain is now falling.

Published: Jan 11, 2017

On 29 December 2016, following a request from the Argentinian Union of Rural Workers and Stevedores, the National Agricultural Work Commission set a minimum of 25 kilos harvested per wage as part of the working conditions for blueberry harvesters.

Published: Jan 10, 2017

While Chile has seen an overabundance in blueberry production recently, imported blackberries are in good supply and imported raspberries are ramping up.

Published: Jan 09, 2017

What is the most expensive fruit in the world?

Published: Jan 06, 2017

Sapex is planning on beginning its pomegranate harvest in mid-February and they expect a slight increase in total volume.

Published: Jan 05, 2017

Taiwanese bananas have become so expensive that they can't be sold anymore. Quite a few Taiwanese citizens found that bananas have become unreasonably expensive.

Published: Jan 05, 2017

Israel’s citrus planted area in MY 2016/17 was 18,910 hectares (ha), 590 ha less than the planted area in MY 2015/16.

Published: Jan 04, 2017

Everyone remembers when the coconut took center stage and became the next food trend.

Published: Jan 04, 2017

Between January and October 2016, Swiss strawberry sales amounted to 112 million Swiss francs. This makes them the clear berry winners.

Published: Jan 04, 2017

Rio Grande Okra sales specializes in Clemson spineless okra, grown in Central Mexico, and has recently begun testing some Indian varieties to meet potential customer demand.

Published: Jan 04, 2017

The holidays were good for the Belgian mushroom market. According to Michel Lesage from Lesage Champignons it was a ‘pleasant period.’

Published: Jan 03, 2017

Although quality is very good, supplies are a little shorter on red potatoes this year – about 30 per cent less on average due to rain.

Published: Jan 03, 2017

The Hassan Horticulture Research Extension Station of the University of Horticultural Sciences-Bagalkot (UHS-B) is planning on introducing around 35 new varieties of potatoes in the next one to three years.

Published: Jan 03, 2017

Benefitting from the growing consumption demand in China, the Yuanxing company imported and sold 15% more fruit than in the same period last year.

Published: Jan 03, 2017

According to vegetable seller, Kashif Hameed, the use of refined poison to kill pests on vegetables is playing havoc with the lives of the people who are unaware of what is being done to them for some extra financial gains.

Published: Dec 29, 2016

This year's Peruvian mango production began auspiciously and, so far, volumes have increased by more than 20%.

Published: Dec 29, 2016

After the recent cyclone ravaged many farms in Tamil Nadu, farmers are still suffering the after effects.

Published: Dec 26, 2016

Machinery manufacturer Sormac focuses on machinery for the processing industry.

Published: Dec 26, 2016

Secretary Francisco Huergo Maurin stated that Michoacan ranked second nationally in grapefruit production, thanks to the more than 4,000 hectares it has devoted to this crop in at least 7 municipalities, in which the municipality of Mugica stands out.

Published: Dec 26, 2016

"My hometown is one of the top 100 counties in China for apple production; apples are everyone's business here.