Published: May 09, 2016

Canadian yeast and bacteria specialist Lallemand has acquired surface and ripening cultures business from DSM Food Specialties for an undisclosed sum.

Published: May 09, 2016

Dollar General has committed to providing high quality, in-shell eggs at affordable prices to meet the needs of its customers.

Published: May 09, 2016

Wheat crop prospects in Kansas, the top U.S. producer of the grain, are well above average as crop-saving rains last month should more than offset the impact of an earlier drought, scouts on an annual tour said on Thursday.

Published: May 09, 2016

U.S. wheat futures slid 1.8 percent on Thursday to their lowest since mid-April as bearish fundamentals, highlighted by reports of strong crop prospects in the U.S. Plains and weak export demand sparked selling by investment funds, traders said.

Published: May 06, 2016

The President of the Citrus State Council of the State of Veracruz, Juan Antonio Soberon Ferrer, said that, even though there still are some pests in the citrus trees, Veracruz continues to lead the national production of these fruits.

Published: May 06, 2016

The Honduran melon sector is getting ready to export its melons to the Japanese market, after the country was certified to do so, which opens the doors to other markets in Asian countries such as Taiwan and Korea, stressed the Ministry of Economic Develop

Published: May 06, 2016

South Africa is in danger of losing its status on the international capital markets, the South African Central Bank warned. Credit rater Moody’s already downgraded South Africa’s rating in March. S&P will probably follow that example in June. This will gi

Published: May 06, 2016

In the week April 23rd-29th, the Ukrainian fresh produce price index fell by 9.2%, after a decrease of 13.9% a week before, reports Fruit Inform. As a result, the Ukrainian market has started to be clearly characterized by a seasonal decline in fruit and

Published: May 06, 2016

Mark Woodward, a Silicon Valley tech CEO, sparked outrage when he wrote a Facebook post, now deleted, threatening to aggressively harass low-income fruit vendors and “make their life miserable”. UK newspaper The Guardian reports that he now says he is “te

Published: May 06, 2016

At the end of April the largest Belgian economic mission ever went to India. A small delegation of people from the fresh produce sector also joined, including Jeroen Buyck from export company Calsa. He definitely saw opportunities in India, although he sa

Published: May 06, 2016

Birmingham has become the first Shipt market where its users can order groceries from different stores, as formerly the grocery delivery service was working exclusively with Publix.

Published: May 06, 2016

Danish shipping giant and energy group A.P. Moller-Maersk has seen a drop in profits due to low oil and freight rates; but the good news is that its not as sharp a drop as analysts feared.

Published: May 06, 2016

This year, top officials at the Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board (MSAMB) expect to export around 50,000 tonnes of pomegranates to the US market.

Published: May 06, 2016

Measures to improve the quality of Kenyan mangoes are beginning to bear fruit, hence the African country has set its sights on the lucrative European Union market for exports.

Published: May 06, 2016

Staff from the International Potato Center travelled to Jodhpur, India, as part of a project to find new areas of India in which to pilot potato programs. Jodhpur's arid landscape, the water table, and the warm days that fed into cool evenings were remini

Published: May 06, 2016

Thursday April 28 construction commenced at breeding company De Groot en Slot in Broek op Langedijk by the directors Martin Slot and Jeroen de Haas.

Published: May 06, 2016

The 2015/2016 garlic campaign is about to come to a close, with prices that remain competitive and stable due to the low stocks available at the moment. "This month, we will finish the campaign with about 18 million kilos sold and we'll start the new seas

Published: May 06, 2016

2.03% more exports than last year; that would be the result achieved by Ecuadorian banana traders this year. Despite the weather and natural conditions that have loomed in Ecuador in recent weeks, the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE) conf

Published: May 06, 2016

Matthew Jones of Reynolds presented a presentation about the company and the trends in tomatoes during the Tomato Conference in April. According to Jones the price is still king for foodservice customers when it comes to tomatoes. “Yet we also notice that

Published: May 05, 2016

Online food delivery company Foodpanda’s recent survey findings indicate that Indian households, particularly non-coastal regions of Hyderabad and Bengaluru, provide brisk online sales over Kolkata and states like Goa.