According to reports from the quarantine office of the Novgorod region and the Republic of Mari El, Russia, 20 tonnes of Egyptian oranges were prevented entry last week because of the presence of agricultural pests, reports the Russian site "Vremya".
June is when a production peak takes place for domestic cultivation of passion fruit in the United States. The specialty crop, which is grown in Florida, is expected to have volume similar to that from the previous year.
Mango industry representatives from around Australia will tonight celebrate the biggest Australian mango crop in history as the 10th Australian Mango Conference kicks-off in style at the Darwin Botanical Gardens.
A total of 4,010 containers filled with Peruvian grapes entered the Chinese market through different ports, which started in October 2014 and extended to March this year, the Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry announced.
Less than two weeks after imported frozen berries were confirmed as the source of a vomiting bug which killed three pensioners and made more than seventy people fall ill, one of Sweden's largest supermarket chains has told The Local it has seen an increas
Chinese backpackers working as fruit pickers in northern Victoria have been grossly underpaid thousands of dollars in the latest details of migrant worker exploitation to become public.
As of Wednesday, prices of potatoes, onions, cucumber, carrots, ginger, eggplant, squash, calamansi, pechay, gabi and mushroom remained the same as compared to last week's
A drastic increase in fruit and veg sales revenue has been registered in the city of Plovdiv during the May holidays, as reported by the National Revenue Agency (NRA) after control activities undertaken by the Agency in Southern Bulgaria.
The Minister of Agriculture, Angel Estevez, led a meeting with mango producers from different parts of the country in which he announced the opening of the Expo Mango 2015 fair. Last year, this tropical fruit contributed more than $17 million dollars to t
Over the past four months, three countries have opened their doors to Indian mangoes, but the higher price and increase in freight costs are proving to be hurdles for exporters. Also, the lack of availability of ‘export-quality’ fruit, due to the recent u
It is British Tomato Week! We thought that this was a good occasion to take a look at the country of origin of the tomatoes on the shelves at the major retailers in the UK. With the help of the Price tracker reports from ProduceView we were able to analy
The Regulatory Council of the Protected Designation of Origin Cereza del Jerte (Jerte Cherry) has started certifying the first cherries of the Navalinda variety.
Canberra Mushrooms, based in Yass, called in administrators in April. A spokesman for administrator Eddie Senator would not say how much money was owed.
Tomato growers are facing severe crisis in the district due to lack of good prices for their produce since there is drastic fall in demand for tomatoes as well.
The recent heat wave registered in the Jordan Valley, with temperatures hitting record levels of more than 40 °C, has taken a toll on the area's banana plantations. Many banana growers in the northern Jordan Valley fear that the continuing heat wave could
The onion harvest kicked off last week in Doña Ana County, a whirlwind process that will continue through August. And so far, the year is looking stellar because of an unusual alignment of three big variables: onion quality; the volume of onions produced
There is a peak in radish production; with the Russian boycott removing a major contingency market the prices of radishes have not been good for weeks. Fortunately, René Cornelissen from radish nursery 'Cornelissen Fresh Food' still has plenty of other bu
The majority owners of a Co Monaghan-based global mushroom and compost business have been ordered by the Commercial Court to buy out a minority shareholder’s interest for €30.6 million.
