Published: Oct 20, 2015

Global trade is an important area of focus for PMA members, this is why nearly a dozen global trade experts from the fresh produce, agriculture and trade industries will convene for two education sessions at PMA’s Fresh Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, this mo

Published: Oct 20, 2015

There's a cautious mood on the onion market at the moment. "The overseas export of onions isn't going great yet, and export figures amount to around 20,000 tonnes a week.

Published: Oct 20, 2015

Delicious Mushroom Produce SL is a young company specialised in the marketing of fresh mushrooms for retail. It designs and creates modern and visually appealing formats that motivate customers to purchase mushrooms that are not popular in the market, thu

Published: Oct 20, 2015

A former Chicago Board of Trade director, and floor trader, urged smaller limits on the derivatives positions that can be held by grain speculators, cautioning over volatility caused by hedge fund deals.

Published: Oct 20, 2015

A former Chicago Board of Trade director, and floor trader, urged smaller limits on the derivatives positions that can be held by grain speculators, cautioning over volatility caused by hedge fund deals.

Published: Oct 19, 2015

Israel's ministers of finance and agriculture have decided that the agriculture sector will be exempt from paying a tax on foreign labor employed in agricultural operations, as of 2016.

Published: Oct 19, 2015

The Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-Asaja) has denounced that around 26,000 producers in the Region of Valencia will no longer receive direct aid under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) due to the entry into force of the new distribution criteria ap

Published: Oct 19, 2015

On Thursday, the government said it would acquire 26 kanals (1 kanal= 510 m2) of land for expansion and upgrading for the Baramulla fruit market.

Published: Oct 19, 2015

Kuehne & Nagel International AG’s third-quarter operating profit rose 9 percent as the freight forwarder shifted to more lucrative U.S. sea-cargo markets, prompting the company to strengthen its profitability target for 2015. The stock rose to a five-mont

Published: Oct 19, 2015

R&D made Siropack Italia become a leading company in the packaging and punnet sector at an international level.

Published: Oct 19, 2015

In the past Kraaijeveld was a European exporter 'par excellence'. This year things have changed with the commissioning of the former Greenery building in Maasland...

Published: Oct 19, 2015

Fresh produce companies that will visit the Anuga food fair in Cologne, Germany in the next few days are welcome to come by the 'Die Käsemacher' stand (10.1 C039).

Published: Oct 19, 2015

The pineapple market is currently facing shortages. Due to the bad weather conditions in Costa Rica earlier this year, supplies are incredibly low. The bigger players on the market are just able to meet their long-term commitments...

Published: Oct 19, 2015

As part of a plan to diversify exports advanced by the Government, Colombia firmly began moving its business to sell pineapple to several countries, including the United States.

Published: Oct 19, 2015

A few days ago, the public company National Storage Unit (UNA EP for its acronym in Spanish) signed annual contracts of banana purchase/sales, at the current minimum support price ($ 6.55), with 10 associations of small producers.

Published: Oct 16, 2015

The blueberry grown in Mexico gains ground and is being sold like hotcakes in the export markets.

Published: Oct 16, 2015

The harvest of organic pears has turned out very low this year. This will likely lead to increased imports.

Published: Oct 16, 2015

On the 1st October 2015, national apple production was estimated at 1.62 million tons, a 6% increase compared to the 2014 harvest and within the 2010-2014 average. Acreage has also increased over the year, by 1%, reaching 37.6 thousand hectares.

Published: Oct 16, 2015

Consumers in the U.S. and around the world are showing increased concern about how their food products are sourced including whether vegetable and grain products are free of pesticides and/or made grown without the use of genetic modifications;

Published: Oct 15, 2015

The world's oceans are teeming with life, but rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a collapse in the marine food chain from the top down, researchers in Australia said Monday.