Published: Oct 08, 2015

CMI recently hosted seven national food writers for an in-depth press tour of Wenatchee Washington, the “Apple Capital of the World”. The purpose of the three-day tour, held from September 24-27, was to educate top-tier writers on how Ambrosia™ apples...

Published: Oct 08, 2015

John Dollisson, Chief Executive Officer of APAL, recently visited growers around Australia along with Chair Michele Allan, and followed up on many of the issues raised.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

As the Peruvian citrus season comes to a close, blueberries are arriving and grapes are on the way. FreshPlaza spoke to Rob Cullum from Pacific Produce to take a look at the various seasons.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Fresh on the heels of the Chinese market opening for all varieties of apples from the US last spring, nine Chinese importers are visiting Washington and Oregon to learn more about the apple and pear industries.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

APEDA officials said there is no illegal export of cow meat as production and exports are strictly monitored.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Food manufactures are under ever-increasing pressure from consumers and retailers to improve food quality and safety against a backdrop of growing cost pressures and tighter margins.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

On the 16th of September, Zespri board members Nathan Flowerday and Paul Jones visited Chenggu county to research the local kiwi industry.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Turkey’s Chamber of Agriculture Union (TZOB) chairman Semsi Bayraktar, expresses the need to reduce imports by increasing the production of garlic

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Exotic fruits from Malaysia are becoming popular in Norway because of their good quality, according to the Malaysian Agricultural Representative Office at The Hague.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

It is still too early for Florida grapefruit, but South African grapefruit is still on the market. There is not much on the import market in Brussels, "This is mainly due to the fact that Belgians have a preference for Florida grapefruit,"

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Following an exceptional production last year, figures from the AILIMPO on the 2015/2016 lemon season confirm data published in July that shows production decreasing by -23%/2014.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

The devaluation of the Brazilian Real continues. This week, it depreciated by another 2%, down to 4.05 units per dollar. Over the last twelve months it has lost more than 70% of its value.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

The president of the Association of Exporters (ADEX), Eduardo Amorrortu, stated that Peru only had a 0.2% share in the world's food consumption.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Swaziland exported around 10 tonnes of sweet potatoes to Johannesburg. There was also a huge demand for fresh sweet potatoes during the months of January, October and December in Botswana which was not met.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

While the previous weeks were pretty busy in the cabbage trade, it's a lot quieter this week. Prices of Danish cabbage ranged from 27 to 30 cents, those of red cabbage from 31 to 33 cents for the various sizes.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

The courgette campaign is starting in Almeria with good quality produce, although prices continue to drop.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

One of the villages likely to be wiped out by the Machilipatnam port project is this tiny village 3 km from the town.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

The Australian grapefruit harvest is well underway in the Southern states – South Australia, Victoria and NSW. Fruit size is ‘ideal’ peaking on count 40 (100mm), according to Ben Cant of Impi Citrus.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Around 10% of our pomelos are exported overseas, to Europe, Russia, Canada and other markets. The remaining 90% is sold on the Chinese market.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Lemon imports from Chile and Mexico are complementing supplies from California, though good demand has made for strong prices. Those prices are likely to come down later this month as production in California's desert regions ramp up.