Published: Oct 10, 2015

Worldwide, demand for lemons is on the rise, partly because of a focus on positive health effects. Importers in Europe look back on the overseas season with satisfaction. The harvest around the Mediterranean has started with the Turkish lemons entering th

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Global dairy prices jumped for a fourth straight auction on dwindling milk supply in New Zealand, helping the currency in the world’s largest exporter reach a six-week high.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

World food prices rose in September for the first time in 18 months, pushed up by higher sugar and dairy prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Portuguese company GL S.A. produces and sells fresh fruit juices and smoothies under the 'so natural' brand. Owner Douglas Gilman says that drinking fresh fruit juice is the easiest way to consume the daily portion of fruit.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

A team of British researchers found that school children are better able to concentrate and memorize information after having consumed wild blueberries.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Sales of premium fruit are growing rapidly in China. Popular are Red Delicious apples from the US, durian from Thailand, Mexican avocados, Vietnamese dragon fruit and imported kiwifruit.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Americans drink close to a billion gallons of orange juice every year and more people purchase orange juice than any other 100 percent fruit juice on the market. But do Americans know where their orange juice comes from?

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Export markets provide a new source of income and market diversity for growers

Published: Oct 09, 2015

The main crop of the Fuji apple will be harvested later than October. However, some early Fuji varieties have come on the market earlier. Market participants predict that total production will increase by 10% this season.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

The campaign of 2014/2015 passed almost without a hick, into the new season. The old stocks could virtually be cleared completely, so that there was no pressure to market the products of the new harvest.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

The Romanian Liberal MEP Daniel Buda kicked off a campaign to encourage the consumption of domestic products called: "Eat Romanian products, eat healthy!" In Bistrita, a team of young liberals led by Doris Moldovan...

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Vietnam is creating a new horizon on the German market, especially when the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Union takes effect.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

The price of vegetables continues to rise in the Obour wholesale market.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Banana bacterial wilt is infecting Uganda’s banana farms, hurting farmers’ incomes and depriving the population of an important source of carbohydrates.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

“Commercial movement of tomatoes is slower in summer due to all the backyard harvests,” says Sam Maglio with Maglio Companies.” Now that we are heading into fall and homegrown supplies are starting to come down, the industry will see demand picking up aga

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Tozer Seeds America’s new mini sweet pepper line called the Sweetie series has experienced tremendous growth and been praised by growers for their uniformity and heavy yield since the series’ debut in May.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Harvest is nearing completion for the Northwest pear growers of Washington and Oregon. Over the next months, ten pear varieties will be at their peak, putting a fresh crop of Northwest-grown pears within easy reach now through next spring.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

Domestic supplies of squash are largely coming from Georgia after rain cut into production in North Carolina. Growers in Michigan and Ohio, who would normally be shipping squash this time of year, pulled out early, so lower yields in Georgia have caused p

Published: Oct 09, 2015

With the start of the Brazilian melon season, the South American country is the largest supplier of the subtropical cucurbit in the world. However, recently an extended period of drought has negatively affected the harvest.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

“The Chinese persimmon season runs from August until December. Annually we produce 80,000 tons. We grow persimmon on 4,000 hectares (60,000 mu) in Fujian, Yunan province,” says Liu Jingle of JinTaiHua Agriculture Products. The company sells persimmons und