According to the Minister of Agriculture, there has been an increase in heated greenhouse acreage thanks to producers switching from other products to cucumbers (395 hectares, +1%/2015).
Rainfall in Ecuador has pushed prices up. According to an exporter, US companies are not willing to pay those prices and are switching to imports from other Latin American countries.
When a joint public-private partnership launched the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) 2.5 years ago, collaborating growers and the University of Arizona (UA) decided it’s No. 1 priority was to identify more management techniques fo
The top fruit season is coming to an end. It was going well for pears for a while, but as of two weeks ago the market situation has taken a turn for the less positive.
This fruit weighs on average 20kg and is not as easy to sell as other tropical fruits because of its weight, stated Martin Francis, the manager at Francis Trading BV.
The season of cherries from Shandong Province has just arrived. Compared to last year, the cherries this year are smaller and the percentage of those with good quality is relatively low.
Following the various amendments to the General State Budget discussed so far, an increase in the budget to subsidise the transport of goods to or from the Canary Islands has been announced and will go from covering 70% to 100% of the cost of transport.
CarbAmericas, importer of fresh fruits and vegetables, transitions into asparagus from Central Mexico this week and will continue shipping from the region through early September.
After three whole years of slump in the market, local banana growers are now enjoying a big harvest. Since the Chinese new year, the price of bananas from Yunnan has been rising.
Potatoes were the most sold vegetables on the Australian market, with nearly twice as much tonnage than the nearest product, for the year ending June 2016.
Canadian-grown eggplant and okra have replaced about 800,000 kg of imports over the past several years, creating a research-to-grower-to-market success story.
