Published: May 11, 2016

FreshCut, based in Galicia, Spain, is fully involved in the marketing of healthy products made from fruit and vegetables, which are exported to France, Andorra and Portugal. The company, part of the group Frutas Nieves, increased its turnover by 45% in 20

Published: May 11, 2016

1.4 million Australians are at a high risk of stroke or heart attack over the next five years. And while an Australian National University researcher has pushed for prescription of life-saving medication for those at risk, health experts in Australia coul

Published: May 11, 2016

Horticultural researchers across India are focusing on preserving, developing and promoting exotic fruit varieties with neutraceutical (functional) properties, that are currently underutilised in the country.

Published: May 11, 2016

Representatives from across the U.S. and Western Cape recently attended the 2016 US Annual Planning Meeting hosted by Summer Citrus from South Africa (SCSA), formerly the Western Cape Citrus Producers Forum (WCCPF). Critical members of the global supply c

Published: May 11, 2016

Maine's small but growing peach industry has been a hit at farmers' markets in recent years. But unfortunately, that's not likely to be the case this year as around 90 percent or more of the Northeastern peach crop from Rhode Island and Connecticut to New

Published: May 11, 2016

Amid the crisis in the sector, Argentine fruit growers are trying to set foot in China. This week, Argentina sent 143,584 kilos of fruit, its second shipment of fruit this season, to the Chinese market.

Published: May 11, 2016

Comprising 113 acres and 1 million square feet of interior space, Hunts Point Market in the Bronx, New York is one of the largest wholesale produce markets in the world. Journalist Jessica Leigh Hester visited the market with Dominika Jarosz, the global c

Published: May 11, 2016

North America’s largest Golden Papaya importer is reporting continuous shortages in the Brazilian papaya supply, caused by extraordinary heat and El Niño-related drought in the previous months. The shortages are expected to last throughout July.

Published: May 11, 2016

In Xuwen County, the main pineapple production area in China, the pineapple price had fallen to the lowest point in nearly 20 years. Recently, the prices had slightly improved, but local grower are still facing substantial losses.

Published: May 11, 2016

Across the country, the prices of onions have fallen at the wholesale markets due to an increase in the arrivals of supplies from major production centres, yet the retail price of the vegetable is still bringing tears to most consumers' eyes.

Published: May 11, 2016

JDC (USA, Inc.) has been supplying ‘total integrated solutions’ for large-scale onion growing and packing businesses in the United States since 2014. Its grading lines are based on a unique camera sorting system that measures the external and internal qua

Published: May 11, 2016

Right now, Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan province in China have started the onion harvest. Judging by the current market purchase price, yields can reach around 5,000 Yuan per mu (equal to 75,000 Yuan per hectare, or €10,100 per hectare), which would be a s

Published: May 11, 2016

The Mexican asparagus season is about to start, although it has arrived with a little delay due to the adverse weather conditions which affected the country earlier this year. Ervin García and Sergio Ruiz talk about the asparagus market and their company,

Published: May 11, 2016

Last season and the season before, sales of Menzi pomegranates have slumped. As a result, growers were no longer willing to continue planting and run pomegranate orchards. This has lowered pomegranate yields significantly.

Published: May 11, 2016

According to Kostas Mavroskotis, Managing Director of the Greek company Aroma Fresh Herbs, which attended the recent edition of Freskon, in Thessaloniki, the situation of fresh herbs in Greece is marked by stability.

Published: May 11, 2016

Strong demand for avocados has made for a short market for the fruit in Europe. With Israel, Chile and Spain finishing up their respective seasons, supplies from South Africa and Peru haven't been enough to satisfy current demand.

Published: May 11, 2016

This year the London Produce Show and Conference is providing delegates with the opportunity to learn how to access and supply the UK market with a tailor-made seminar programme during the afternoon of Wednesday 8 June.

Published: May 11, 2016

For some time HillFresh has been working with supplier Tropicales del Valle from Costa Rica, a supplier who has obtained an impressive place on the pineapple market in the past nine years.

Published: May 11, 2016

Last year, the Chinese and Polish government came to agreement about the export of fresh Polish apples to China. Since then, no shipments have yet been made. The process towards market access is going though its last stages, which are expected to take ano

Published: May 10, 2016

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), pecan growers have voted to establish a federal marketing order for pecans grown in 15 states. Seventy-seven percent of the producers voting in a referendum - r