Published: May 19, 2014

CSO-Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli in Ferrara updated 2013 data concerning Italian foreign trade. Exports reached 3.6 million tons (-8% with respect to 2012) for a total of €3.8 billion (+4%).

Published: May 19, 2014

The past six months have been busy for Tom Amery and the team at The Watercress Company, after a visit to The Netherlands in September new contacts have been made and the supply to Europe is increasing.

Published: May 19, 2014

The Uruguayan citrus sector aims at placing between 8,000 and 9,000 tons of fresh fruit in the United States throughout 2014.

Published: May 19, 2014

Produce Investments, the British potato supplier, today struck a £15 million deal to buy the largest grower of Jersey Royal spuds.

Published: May 16, 2014

Chile's International Citrus Seminar, which was attended by more than two hundred and fifty producers and exporters, among other national and international actors of the citrus sector, was held on Wednesday April 7th.

Published: May 16, 2014

This year the mild weather has led to a normal, possibly 1-2 week early season, with good flowering conditions (except for Greece where rain in April meant they lost their head-start).

Published: May 16, 2014

Coming off the success of its current Bistro® Salad Bowl line, Ready Pac Foods Inc. is taking the fresh single serve segment to the next level with even more produce-based, pantry load, complete meal solutions.

Published: May 16, 2014

Chiquita’s shipping operations will return to New Orleans after a nearly 40-year hiatus.

Published: May 15, 2014

"In normal years, Sicilian carrots are popular abroad between April and late June, but things didn't go that way this year," says Massimo Pavan, deputy chairman of the PGI Ispica New carrot consortium and sales manager for Pef srl.

Published: May 15, 2014

Growers fear substantial losses this year to an otherwise healthy mango crop from back-to-back storms mainly in lower Sindh region.

Published: May 15, 2014

Both the volume and diversity of Korea’s imported fruits have grown in the past decade since the country first began signing free trade agreements in 2003, the Korea Customs Service said Tuesday.

Published: May 15, 2014

Ayco has entered into a pineapple venture with one of the largest pineapple growers in Costa Rica.

Published: May 15, 2014

PMA Fresh Connections Rotterdam, held on 29 April, was the first networking and education event organised by PMA in Europe.

Published: May 15, 2014

Citrus exports from Peru totaled US$ 2.9 million during the first quarter of this year, posting 85.3 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, Peruvian Association of Exporters (ADEX) has said.

Published: May 15, 2014

Ireland-based fresh produce firm Fyffes has reported adjusted pre-tax profits of €15.8 million for the first three months of the year, up 18.4% on the same time last year.

Published: May 14, 2014

Some smallholder farmers like Benard Mugume - who for many years grew bananas - have switched largely to pineapples.

Published: May 14, 2014

The Russian monitoring service Rosselkochoznadzor recently blocked the entry of 18.7 tonnes of Turkish strawberries, as reported by the Russian news agency Interfax.

Published: May 14, 2014

Brazilian exports to the Russian market could increase this year due to the trade sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union on Russia.

Published: May 14, 2014

Chiquita Brands International is scheduled to let state port officials know by Friday whether the company plans to leave.

Published: May 14, 2014

Patriot Berry's Morningstar Farm will be supplying Dole for the next five consecutive years. The farm is looking to yield between 30,000 - 35,000 pounds a year over coming years.