Symbio Polska, a producer of organic foods, has strongly increased sales in both the fourth quarters of 2015 and throughout 2015 as a whole; however, the company still recorded losses.
According to Dutch fresh produce news site, GFActueel.nl, The Greenery has sold NorthBank Growers to APS Salads. The Greenery had owned NorthBank Growers since 2012.
With the signed TPP agreement and eliminated tariffs, the trade of import and export foods such as fruits and vegetables between the twelve member states of the agreement will reach new heights in the near future.
Polymer Logistics, the developer of the wood grain reusable plastic container (RPC), is opening a wash and distribution center in Northern Illinois and in Coastal Georgia to meet customer demand for its crates and other transport packaging assets.
Growing tropical fruits in the snow looks like an impossible task, but the adventure of some entrepreneurs in the Japanese island of Hokkaido has proved to be a success. The coveted mangoes cultivated in this area, with a designation of origin, are sold f
Colombia continues gaining ground in the global avocado market; a market in which it competes against Peru, South Africa, Chile, Israel, and Kenya. Last year, Colombia’s avocado sales increased by 188%.
Andrew Brown, claims to have lost 30 pounds in just over 40 days, while still eating as much as he likes; albeit only potatoes. The Australian man—who weighed 333 pounds at the start of the year—says he decided to go on a spud diet after recognizing his “
By the end of 2015 capsicum exports had reached 271.8 million dollars, i.e. 19% over the previous year, thanks to the increase in demand of canned and dried capsicum. According to the Exporters Association (Adex), this trend would continue this year and e
Supply of Brazilian mangoes is currently limited, both in Brazil and in the Netherlands and Carlos Andre Faria from the European sales office of Sun City in Bleiswijk, NL, does not expect the situation to change before late March.
Prices for green beans from Florida have been high as rain has soaked the state's fields and limited production. That strong market is expected to last until there's a respite from the rain and growers can catch up with demand, though that may not happen
Up until this month, most of the domestic strawberry offerings in Israel came from greenhouses. But now that open field supplies are ramping up for the season, increased availability of fruit has driven down prices.
The Indian grape harvest started early this year with initial demand from Russia, which has remained steady, it is not yet peak season but packing for Russia has been going for around 2 months already.
South African grower and exporter Freshgold are known as the African people as most of their export goes to the African countries, uniquely the company is much less focussed on traditional markets.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index fell in January, slipping 1.9 percent below its level in the last month of 2015, as prices of all the commodities tracked by the index fell, with sugar and dairy products registering the st
Sugar production in Brazil’s key Centre South district will rise next season, but by less than many investors believe, influential industry spokesman Antonio de Padua Rodrigues believes.
When it comes to the global wheat trade, some exporters are thriving this year even amidst record supply and reduced demand, though not all participants are so lucky.
Up until last year, prices of food and crude oil had moved largely in tandem, according to Bank of New Zealand, flagging a “strong relationship” between the two.
The recent hike in avocado prices has led to the cafe Cuckoo Callay in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Newtown updating their chalkboard sign outside to read ‘No avocados kept on the premises overnight’.
On the final day of the Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon, Ron Offutt, founder and Chairman Emeritus of the R. D. Offutt Company, the United States’ largest producer of potatoes, spoke about his business success
