The decision affects water supplies for 25 million people as well as irrigation for one million acres of farmland. The announcement was made in order to give farmers more time to determine what crops they will plant this year, and in what quantities.
Federal Victorian MP, Sharman Stone, has raised concerns that the lack of federal government funding for fruit processors SPC Ardmona in her seat of Murray will also increase food safety risks and is demanding that imported foods be subjected to the same
Kinnow exports are likely to take a hit this season as exporters fear a shortfall of $10 million as a result of lack of research and improvement in quality and variety.
By the end of 2012, the worldwide blueberry acreage reached 100,000 hectares, which represented a 123% increase compared to the year 2005, when there were 44,880 hectares
Ecuador exported 253 million boxes of bananas, 5 million more than in 2012. This amount, however, didn’t meet the producers’ expectations, as they thought there would be a higher increase in sales during 2013.
According to Sierra Exportadora’s CEO, Alfonso Velasquez Tuesta, Peruvian blueberry exports amounted to U.S. $13,087,362 in 2013, 2.71% more than in in 2012.
Sales of Kanzi apples are still increasing, also in the second phase of the season. The CEO of Greenstar Kanzi Europe, Urs Luder, talks enthusiastically about the various campaigns started in the most important European markets.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Suriname and UNIVEG announced today the completion of the privatisation process of SBBS (“Stichting Behoud Bananen Sector”).
The world’s first and third largest kiwifruit exporting nations have formed a strategic alliance to develop international awareness and provide promotional support for their fruit.
The Naveline orange campaign, the most popular citrus variety by far in the Region of Valencia, with 44% of the total production, is going through a disastrous moment that is causing multimillion losses to producers.
Celso Castillo, Promega's sales manager, wanted to assure that none of the recent criticism of the avocado producers from the Mexican state of Michoacán by the international press refers to his company.
French cauliflower production will not exceed 316,000 tonnes in 2013-14, the Minister of Agriculture states in a recent Agreste publication. This is 8% less than the previous year.
Fruit harvest in the Czech Republic grew by 8 percent year-on-year to 149,205 tons last year, but in a ten-year comparison it dropped by almost 20 percent
Jordan's export of fruit and vegetables to Syria has increased to reach 700-800 tons per day, Minister of Agriculture Akef Al Zoubi said on the 20th of January.
