Published: Aug 26, 2015

An outbreak of hepatitis A linked to packets of Nanna's frozen mixed berries and subsequent product recall has blown 88 per cent off Patties Foods' full year net profit.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

Portuguese Fruit processing company Frulact has announced that it plans to expand it operations in North America, and open up shop in Kingston, bringing 50 permanent jobs in the process.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

Spain expects its mango production to be 50% lower than that of 2014, according to sources in the sector consulted by FreshPlaza. In addition to the abundant fruit drop during the flowering period...

Published: Aug 26, 2015

The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI), Juan Benites, stated that Peru had sent its first official shipment of 21.5 tons of Hass avocado to Japan.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

The Ministry of Agricultural Development (Mida), via Resolution N °-OAL-135-DM-2015, banned the entry and transfer of imported plant products of potatoes and onions for human consumption in the areas of agricultural production.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

Farm Star Living, a national lifestyle brand promoting the farm to everything movement and a healthy lifestyle, is showcasing the delicious onion variety Sweetie Sweet®, grown by onion experts Peri & Sons Farms.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

A new two year research project will harness the latest aeronautic industry technology to develop testing tools that will help crop store owners to optimise the efficiency of their premises.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

A review of the Israeli peppers industry, conducted by the research, economy, and strategy division of the Israeli ministry of agriculture, has painted a rather dramatic picture of the current state of the industry.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

Due to the changeable weather this summer and the continuing dry spell, the vegetable harvest will be good but a few weeks later than usual, as members of the Farmers' Saeima told LETA.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

Vegetables from cabbage to cauliflowers have been hit by the worst attack of aphids in ten years.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

These are good times for Granada's tomatoes, specifically for five of its varieties: Huevo de Toro, Corazón de Cabrito, Rosa, Caqui and Ortega. Members of Graeco, Salvemos la Vega and the Seminar of Gastronomic and Oenology Studies (SEGE), together with r

Published: Aug 26, 2015

Costa Rica’s National Chamber of Pineapple Producers (Canapep) expects to end the year with $100 million worth of lost pineapple exports, and growers are blaming climate change which they say has been affecting the country’s agriculture sector since 2013

Published: Aug 26, 2015

A new Spanish apple campaign has kicked off with an interesting gap in the market, given the small volumes of fruit from other origins.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

“Seald Sweet was one of the first in the summer citrus deal in the US market. We have been growing these programs in the US since they began, a little over 15 years ago,” says Kim Flores with Seald Sweet International.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

Onion growers and industry leaders are concerned about the level of competition, as well as mislabelling of foreign onions on the supermarket shelves. “The biggest threat to the supply is from now until October, as cold stores supplies start to dwindle,”

Published: Aug 25, 2015

After years of delays and resistance from retailers, Melbourne's wholesale fruit and vegetable market will open in its new location at the end of the month.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

Tomato processor SPC has thrown its support behind the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission’s (ADC) investigation into the flooding of the Australian market of Italian produced canned tomato product, dismissing claims that the ADC has contravened WTO rules.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

Supplies of eggplant have not been able to keep up with demand this summer, and, as a result, prices have been high. While prices could fall next month as plantings mature, the market could still remain strong.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

The hailstorms registered last week in Murcia have taken a toll on the Galia and Cantaloupe melon campaign, currently at the final stages.

Published: Aug 24, 2015

There has been a sharp jump in the number of recalls of organic food product, new data shows.