Published: May 05, 2016

As previously reported here, CRF Frozen Foods of Pasco, Washington, instigated a voluntary recall of 15 frozen vegetable items over concerns of a possible listeria contamination.

Published: May 05, 2016

Spanish producers have reacted to the information revealed recently by a study regarding the market presence of Spanish apples compared to imports in Spanish stores.

Published: May 05, 2016

Australia wants to increase the consumption of its stonefruits and table grapes in the Philippines, and convenience stores have been established as an appropriate market for doing so.

Published: May 05, 2016

The berry sector in the province of Huelva aims to export about 25,000 tonnes of blueberries to European markets this season, which is almost its entire production, given that the domestic market absorbs only two percent.

Published: May 05, 2016

BelOrta also participated in the economic mission to India at the end of April. Filip Fontaine, BelOrta’s manager, is happy about the visit and thought the Indians were just like the Flemish. “We understood each other: our thought pattern was similar. It

Published: May 05, 2016

Meridian Growers announced the addition of Amy Hochderffer to the Meridian Growers team. Amy brings over 25 years of experience in the dried fruit and nut industry specializing in domestic sales and private label business.

Published: May 05, 2016

Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers has announced a new resource to help food hubs improve their financial performance. Food hubs, which are businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution

Published: May 05, 2016

Through their Farmers Market Metrics initiative, FMC has been working to make data collection and communication easy and intuitive by developing training materials and web tools that are tailored to your specific mission and capacity.

Published: May 05, 2016

Retailer Aldi has announced that it will buy all of its bananas from sustainable sources by the end of 2016. The range will be sourced from either Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms.

Published: May 05, 2016

Rallis India Ltd’s share has gained 2% after the company reported sales growth, following three consecutive quarters of declining growth. Sales in the March quarter increased 9% on higher exports at the Tata group firm. With the recent gains, the stock

Published: May 05, 2016

As summer is just around the corner, the listing season of some fruit varieties, such as apple, grapefruit and other citrus fruits, is gradually coming to an end, which offers huge market opportunities for avocado and its price nearly doubled within two w

Published: May 05, 2016

Mangoes are one of Senegal's key agricultural exports. The fruit is grown organically in the country, which exported around 16,000 tons of mangoes to mainly Europe and Asia last year. Now, the Senegalese authorities consider mango exports an important sec

Published: May 05, 2016

According to the price list of the Council of Murcia for week 17 (from 25 April to 1 May, 2016) published by Ailimpo, Verna lemon prices have gone up by 3 cents compared to the previous week and are sold for between 1.00 and 1.15 Euro per kilo at origin,

Published: May 05, 2016

Iran wants to take over Turkey’s position on the Russian market. Tanzania also sees opportunities for export. President Putin recently visited Uzbekistan, where trade relations were on the agenda to be discussed, among other things. The Armenian apricot h

Published: May 05, 2016

Due to the cold weather in Europe business was still rather slack at the start of the season. “We started with limited volumes, but demand is not very high yet. It is worth noting that bigger sizes are already available at the beginning of the season comp

Published: May 05, 2016

The Indian apple market is evolving into a more organized sector. New players are entering this nascent market every year. Global biggies like Del Monte, Capespan, Univeg have formed joint ventures with Indian companies to explore new opportunities. Mr. K

Published: May 05, 2016

Usually, prices are low when volumes are high, but for the current lime market in North America, both prices and volumes are exceptionally high. The market is coming down, however, and it's expected that good volumes through the summer will bring prices d

Published: May 05, 2016

U.S. grain and soybean futures dropped Tuesday as the U.S. dollar rose and favorable spring planting weather graced the U.S. Midwest. Wheat prices fell to the lowest level in more than two weeks, buffeted by a firmer dollar and signs that the nation’s

Published: May 05, 2016

The best rally for corn prices in 10 months meant U.S. farmers were frantic to sell from the mountain of grain they’d been hoarding. Growers have been stockpiling supplies following a string of bumper harvests, waiting patiently for a rebound in prices

Published: May 05, 2016

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