Fyffes’ executive chairman David McCann and his close knit executive team may share a special $1m (€740,000) bonus if they can push through the €750m-plus merger deal with rival fruit giant Chiquita.
Isaí Gómez, a Mexican apple grower, bitterly recounts the events of last season. Around this time last year, hope prevailed in Mexico’s high-desert apple country.
Horticultural body, AUSVEG has raised concerns over the roll out of the new Health Star Rating System as a number of vegetables tested by the lobby group did not receive the full five-star rating.
Inventure Foods has launched Rader Farms Fruit PLUS Vitamins, a fortified whole frozen fruit product, a move which advances the company’s frozen fruit category.
Champagne may have a reputation for commanding some of the highest grape prices in the world, but the region has been overshadowed after a single bunch of Japanese grapes sold for over £3,000.
Indian farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. This year, the same trick has backfired.
According to Relaxnews, the yellow Charente melon has an extremely low price this year, dropping 20% to €1.30/a piece compared to €2.40 the same week last year.
Turkish cherry producers are currently aiming to export to China, where according to the president of Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association (UYMSİB), Dr Saleh Bush, the fruit is truly appreciated.
Despite a dip in production from the two largest orange-producing regions in Brazil, the fresh orange crop for the 2014-2015 season is expected to be larger than the one from the previous season.