Published: Mar 03, 2016

Beginning next month, the Indian government will buy 15,000 tons of onions from farmers in Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, to create a buffer stock, which will be utilised for market intervention in the event of price increases if supplies later become tighter.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Brazil imported 15,000 tons of product and prices remained high on the wholesale market. As a result of the lack of onion supply, Brazil had to increase onion imports in January by more than eleven times when compared with the same month last year.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)'s Outlook 2016 agricultural commodities report, paint a somewhat bleak picture for Australian potato and tomato growers.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Since January, the price of bananas in the world market have been increasing and this is expected to continue over the next six months. However, low production, which is the result of El Nino, and the entry of other countries like Ecuador

Published: Mar 03, 2016

The supply of Canary tomatoes isn't at too high a level at the moment. "The plants on the Canary Islands, but also Morocco and Spain, have done their job well. Now the night temperatures are significantly lower

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Spanish fresh and refrigerated cucumber exports have set a new export volume record, according to data from the statistical service Estacom (Icex-Agency Tax), with code 0707 of the Tariff Integrated of the European Communities (TARIC).

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Freshway Foods plan to introduce new fresh-cut root vegetables at the upcoming Southern Exposure food show. The new value-added root vegetables are said to save time and money versus processing whole produce in-house.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

The demand pull from the upcoming St. Patrick's Day is contributing to rising cabbage prices in the United States. With supermarkets locking down supplies, the product that's left on the open market is commanding higher prices.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Celery supplies are lagging due to a late harvest that some are blaming on the warm winter temperatures in the Golden State.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Despite some challenges at the beginning of this year's pomegranate season in California, David Anthony from Ruby fresh said that, overall, the crop was pretty much the same size as the season before.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

According to Aysel Oguz of the company Eren Tarim, lemon prices in Turkey currently stand at more than 1.10 Euro per kilo. She affirms that, due to the impact of bad weather

Published: Mar 03, 2016

The sales of Egyptian oranges started slowly this year. "The expectations on the market were high. Because the price of Spanish and Moroccan oranges at the start of the Egyptian season were high, everyone expected the market to be easier," says Joey Deen

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Last summer one of Chelan Fresh’s storage facilities went up in flames. The year before forest fires also caused damage. “The chance of forest fires is always present on the West Coast

Published: Mar 03, 2016

States could no longer require labeling of genetically modified foods under legislation approved by a Senate panel.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

Wheat futures hit a new six-year low on Tuesday, after US government data showed winter wheat crops coming out of dormancy in good condition, while corn and soybean prices are still facing the prospect of strong South American exports.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

The issue of non-bioengineered ingredients and what rules should be in place regarding labeling of such products led to lively discussion at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 92nd annual Agricultural Outlook Forum held Feb. 26 at the Crystal Gateway Ma

Published: Mar 03, 2016

In China, fruits and vegetables are easy to perish during transport and in transient storage, which increases the operating cost of fresh food retailers like supermarkets and stores.

Published: Mar 03, 2016

A study published in the Journal of Food Science reveals what happens to food and its microstructure when it is fried. A University of Illinois food scientist set out to examine food’s uptake of oil during frying and how that oil gets distributed througho

Published: Mar 03, 2016

An article published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDCs) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows that almost one-third of U.S. adults consume at least one sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) a day.

Published: Mar 02, 2016

The annual Citrus Showcase will be held in Visalia on Thursday 3 March. At this years conference, growers from Florida and Texas will recount their struggles against the citrus killing disease Huanglongbing (HLB) carried by the Asian citrus psyllid.