Published: Sep 01, 2015

Dissatisfaction with its direction and performance are cited as the reasons kiwifruit company DMS has sold its shareholding in rival company Seeka.

Published: Sep 01, 2015

Supplies of imported mangos are fairly light, and demand for smaller sizes is strong in the western part of the U.S. Demand on the East Coast is better, and prices for fruit from South America are robust.

Published: Sep 01, 2015

Spain expects a significantly smaller mandarin and orange harvest in the 2015/2016 campaign. In Valencia, high temperatures (above 40 degrees Celsius) during the fruit setting, combined with frequent hailstorms, have resulted in a drop of between 20 and 2

Published: Aug 31, 2015

Harvest of sweet potatoes in North Carolina starts around Labor Day. “This year’s crop looks promising with higher supplies and better quality than last year,” says Ronnie Mercer with Wayne Bailey, Inc.

Published: Aug 31, 2015

Chilean kiwifruit imports are commanding prices in line with what was expected for this time of year. But the steady market could strengthen in the coming weeks.

Published: Aug 31, 2015

This season has been a particularly good season for South African grapefruit, but it has been an extremely odd one, according to Stephan Scillers of Soleil Sitrus...

Published: Aug 31, 2015

FAL Healthy Beverages Pty Ltd has recalled Coco Joy Pure Coconut Milk Banana Flavour, Chocolate Flavour and Coffee Flavour, from independent retailers in SA and WA due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (dairy).

Published: Aug 31, 2015

Minnesota and Iowa were home to the earliest chicken farms to have been affected by the disease.

Published: Aug 31, 2015

Pearl Agriculture has started to export Lecithin/Soya Lecithin Powder Feed. With this, the company has recorded exports worth Rs 40 million till date and looking to take it to Rs 1,000 million in the near future.

Published: Aug 28, 2015

Fruit distributor Fyffes said earnings continued to grow strongly in the first half of the year, and group revenue rose almost 9 per cent as it said it was still targeting the increased earnings target ranges announced earlier this year.

Published: Aug 28, 2015

Harvest of Idaho Russet potatoes started in early August. “It’s a little bit ahead of schedule, but hopefully, we can continue to harvest without any disruptions through the middle of October

Published: Aug 28, 2015

This season has been a particularly good season for South African grapefruit, but it has been an extremely odd one, according to Stephan Scillers of Soleil Sitrus, as the pre season first started with a lot of talk and planning between producers

Published: Aug 28, 2015

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's fourth quarter Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.

Published: Aug 28, 2015

A recovery in global markets gained steam Thursday after concerns about slowing growth in China triggered a rout earlier this week.

Published: Aug 28, 2015

Hopes of dairy prices extending their recovery, after their strongest performance in four years at GlobalDairyTrade, received a knock as both FrieslandCampina and Rabobank warned over the need for further evidence of production curbs.

Published: Aug 28, 2015

U.S. new-crop soybean and corn prices are expected to drop as much as $1-$2 per bushel below production costs in the coming months as near-record domestic output adds to bulging world supplies, industry officials said on Thursday.

Published: Aug 28, 2015

Products labeled with a Fair Trade logo cause prospective buyers to dig deeper into their pockets. Participants were willing to pay on average 30 percent more for ethically produced goods, compared to their conventionally produced counterparts. The neuros

Published: Aug 27, 2015

According to recent projections compiled before the recent China stock exchange meltdown, Chinese grocery had been set to grow by a third between now and 2020 and reach US$1.5tn per year, according to the UK’s Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).

Published: Aug 26, 2015

A global conference titled “Maximizing Quality Production through Milling Technology” and aimed at satisfying the food and feed security of nearly nine billion people by the year 2050 was held in Hyderabad recently.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

Tassal has posted its 2015 end of financial year results reporting a 21.8 per cent net profit increase.