Published: Jun 01, 2015

Government enforcement teams are closing the net on the last of the growers holding out against the National Banana Freckle Eradication campaign.

Published: Jun 01, 2015

European researchers and companies that are busy dealing with the potato blight Phytophthora infestans, will start working more closely with others throughout the world. The first step towards working together took place during the European network's bien

Published: Jun 01, 2015

Though Canada doesn't have any domestic tropical fruit production, the popularity of tropical imports has increased in recent years. More exposure to tropicals and improved quality of fruit has contributed to that growth in popularity.

Published: Jun 01, 2015

In the 2013/2014 campaign, Galia melon producers in the province of Almeria increased their net profit from this fruit's cultivation by 122% compared to the previous season, according to calculations made by Hortoinfo based on data from the Prices and Mar

Published: Jun 01, 2015

The Repsol Guide devotes a large section to the melons produced in Villaconejos, a municipality in Madrid, rated for their High Gastronomic Quality and considered the sweetest and juiciest in Spain. Now this fruit's seeds are also planted just 20 metres f

Published: May 29, 2015

Researchers trying to understand the genetic basis of this girth have uncovered a way to make other fruits larger as well.

Published: May 29, 2015

According to Frits Popma, of Popma Fruit Expertise, using crates instead of boxes could help the sector generate a considerable profit.

Published: May 29, 2015

Technicians confirmed that the quality of the fruit is suitable to meet consumer demand and the requirements for marketing.

Published: May 28, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that China’s agriculture regulatory agency has allowed access for all U.S. apple varieties, according to a news release today from Northwest Fruit Exporters.

Published: May 28, 2015

The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Tuesday seized and destroyed about 17,000 kg mangoes from a local trader, who used the banned calcium carbide for ripening the fruit. The civic body has claimed that it was the biggest raid in Gujarat.

Published: May 28, 2015

Rising consumer interest in eating tropical fruit is generating new demand for state-of-the-art ripening systems that can deliver ready-to-eat supplies without compromising the high quality standards expected from the category.

Published: May 28, 2015

Although organics are still only four percent of the U.S. food market, sales have been increasing about 10 percent a year for the last few years.

Published: May 27, 2015

The Vice President of the Agriculture Committee in the European Parliament (EP), Clara Aguilera, has asked the European Commission (EC) to introduce additional aid measures for the fruit and vegetable sector given the continuing impact of the ban on these

Published: May 27, 2015

Chile is the last stop for Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Latin America. As the first Latin American nation that signed a free trade agreement with China, Chile is trying to consolidate the bilateral cooperation in agricultural exports, finance, an

Published: May 27, 2015

Tunisia's Inter-professional Fruit Group (GIFruits) is organising next May 27 an event to showcase the country's early fruits on the celebration of Tunisia's Day at Expo Milano 2015.

Published: May 27, 2015

Around 8,100 hectares of watermelons have been planted in Almeria this spring, almost triple the 3,000 hectares devoted to melons.

Published: May 27, 2015

The global production of onions is still increasing. However, international trade has all but stagnated since 2010, concludes a new report from Fruit & Vegetable Facts. The (commercial) onion cultivation has grown to over 85 million tons. Over the last de

Published: May 27, 2015

Cherry exports from Australia have been solid this past year, with Victorian output increasing 110%, and a 30% increase overall, according to the 2014/15 Export Market Intelligence report.

Published: May 27, 2015

Elios Group is an agricultural cooperative founded in 2007 and based in northern Greece, near Sparta. It has 20 members, mostly devoted to the production of pomegranates, but also to Kontoula pears and some peaches, nectarines and citrus.

Published: May 27, 2015

Despite economic troubles in Europe and the closing of the Russian market to European goods, French apple exporters were able to finish off the season relatively well.