Published: Apr 03, 2014

Vietnamese watermelon merchants have incurred huge losses as the price of watermelon has plunged and some fruit have become rotten due to a long waiting period for their transport to Chinese markets.

Published: Apr 03, 2014

Columbia Marketing International (CMI) reports that organic apples continue to be in high demand fuelled by record sales in U.S. supermarkets.

Published: Apr 03, 2014

A group of banana workers blocked the entrances and exits of the Legislative Assembly yesterday for at least an hour.

Published: Apr 03, 2014

FirstFruits Marketing of Washington, exclusive North America distributor of Opal® brand apples, is pleased to announce that Opal apple is now Non-GMO Project Verified.

Published: Apr 03, 2014

Tic Tac, the mouth freshener from Ferrero, is now available in Peach Passion, a new variant combining peach and passion fruit.

Published: Apr 02, 2014

The cucumber harvest will soon start in the German state of Brandenburg, the 'Berliner Zeiting' reports on its website.

Published: Apr 02, 2014

Winter is officially over, and it’s time to celebrate! Fresh California Avocados are back in the marketplace, and will be available through Labour Day to brighten spring and summer menus.

Published: Apr 02, 2014

Organic Trade Company Holland is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the 1st of April, 2014.

Published: Apr 02, 2014

According to the expert on agricultural issues and president of Information, Fernando Cilloniz Benavides, Peru will export 200,000 tons of table grapes in the 2014-2015 campaign and have revenues for nearly $550 million dollars.

Published: Apr 01, 2014

The South African citrus season is under way with early lemons achieving high prices.

Published: Apr 01, 2014

While table grapes from Egypt are not yet available, high prices in Europe and good weather has Egyptian growers and shippers looking forward to this year's export season.

Published: Mar 31, 2014

Food and support services company Compass Group Plc. said that it expects organic revenue growth for the first half to be just over 4%, with an increase in the operating profit margin of around 10 basis points.

Published: Mar 31, 2014

According to data from Euroestacom, the Kingdom of Morocco has increased tomato exports to the European Union by 124.3 percent in volume and by 136.55 percent in value when the exports of 2013 are compared with those of 2004.

Published: Mar 31, 2014

Asparagus has been available in Germany for the last two weeks, which is about two weeks earlier than last year.

Published: Mar 31, 2014

Perle du Nord is France's only national chicory brand.

Published: Mar 31, 2014

Eurofruit reports that there are rumours in the market that Dole is planning to fully or partially take over Banacol.

Published: Mar 31, 2014

Kiwifruit growers have taken another step along the recovery pathway from the vine-killing disease Psa, with gold kiwifruit volumes forecast to rise in 2014 after two years of decline, Zespri’s Chief Executive Lain Jager says.

Published: Mar 28, 2014

This week, U.S. multinational company, Del Monte Fresh Produce Brazil, stated that their decision to stop the production of bananas for the international market wasn't definite.

Published: Mar 28, 2014

Nine per cent of vegetables produced in Australia each year are exported, but the industry is desperate to do more.

Published: Mar 28, 2014

In this second part you can read why the NY based greenhouse grower is not restrained when it comes to making investments, while colleagues in the Netherlands are undergoing one of the most difficult times in the history of Dutch horticulture?