During the past week, a large portion of the eastern United States experienced hot conditions, with temperatures approaching 100 degrees in many areas.
A subsidiary of the Alibaba Group has signed a purchase deal for at least 800,000 durians from Thai farmers' cooperatives in three eastern provinces, for next year, at above market prices.
The Taiwanese United Daily News reported that Taiwanese dragon fruit entered its production season this month, but production and marketing are out of sync.
Korean potato production is expected to increase to 530,000 metric tons (MT) in Calendar Year 2018, as potato farmers respond to higher prices caused by low supply in CY 2017.
Australian finger limes, also known as finger orange, finger lemon or lemon caviar, is a wild fruit native to Australia, mainly distributed in Queensland and NSW in the northeast regions.
Dubbed "Gokusen" bananas (goku meaning extreme and sen meaning compilation), Dole is selling some fancy bananas, that they claim are "36.5% sweeter, 33.4% more fragrant and 40% better textured than regular bananas”.
The province of Ciego de Avila is developing more than 600 hectares of pineapple with the maximum of cultural attention to continue increasing the production of one of its main fruit products.
Bananas are one of the most popular fruits in the world. However, storing them before their arrival on market shelves can negatively affect their taste and smell.
Jean Philippe is Commercial Director at Méchinaud. This French company, located in the Nantes region, offers small amounts of high quality fruits and vegetables.
