Published: Nov 03, 2015

Brazil presented Frutas do Brasil, which reflects the attributes of Brazilian agriculture, as part of the seventh edition of Fruit Attraction, the International Fair of Fruit and Vegetables held by IFEMA between October 28 and 30.

Published: Oct 29, 2015

Portuguese Rocha pears exported to Brazil in 2014 doubled, reaching a total of 51,834 kilos. This is according to figures published by the American government on October 9th. Brazil's total import of pears rose by 10% in 2014, from 189,696 kilos to 208,34

Published: Oct 14, 2015

When recently new UNECE standards for fresh produce came into effect in Europe, Euroconte was one of the first companies to anticipate and ready its export figs to comply.

Published: Oct 10, 2015

Sugar futures recovered to set a seven-month closing high despite an industry report showed output from Brazil’s main producing region growing a little faster than investors had expected.

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

“Limes are the most interesting products of Mexico for us,” states the wholesales trader Roberto Argentieri from the company Salvatore Ferrauto in Munich. The fruit wholesaler is situated on the Munich market and has imported the limes from Mexico for sev

Published: Sep 14, 2015

Sugar futures, which soared more than 3% in the last session, eased on Thursday amid some doubts over the ability of the bullish factors such as Brazilian rains to extend the rally, given an overhang of large global supplies.

Published: Sep 14, 2015

The second district senator and chairman of the International Relations Committee, Mercosur and Integration, Walter Soto, initiated an action plan that aims at defending the position of producers of pears and apples from Mendoza in light of the new requir

Published: Sep 14, 2015

Supplies of both Brazilian and Mexican limes are a lot lower than the past weeks, but interestingly enough, this doesn't result in higher prices on the market yet.

Published: Aug 31, 2015

ABN Amro sounded a bullish note on prospects for cocoa and coffee futures, and for sugar too, although said there was “limited” potential for a substantial recovery in prices of the sweetener.

Published: Aug 24, 2015

Sugar prices managed to eke out a gain Thursday after the currency of Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer, moved higher against the dollar.

Published: Aug 24, 2015

The Government, through the Central Market, is trying to lower the price of onions, which in recent days was around $40 per kilo. To compensate for the lower production due to excessive rains,

Published: Aug 24, 2015

Yesterday, the Union of Banana Growers Associations from Chapare (Unabana) received a certification that their product was free of pests and met all the conditions for export. Unabana is looking to export their bananas to the Brazilian market.

Published: Aug 19, 2015

There is movement again in the onion export sector, "Senegal is going to open back up again, although the exact date is still not known, and everyone is busy preparing containers to send that way.

Published: Aug 17, 2015

Aug 13 Copersucar, Brazil’s biggest sugar trader, quietly parted ways with its biggest milling group in May, the CEO of the milling group, Grupo Virgolino de Oliveira (GVO), said on Thursday, reflecting a deepening crisis in the global sugar market as pri

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Sao Martinho, issuing a downbeat forecast for sugar prices, revealed a raised reliance on tapping the futures curve, and a depreciating real, for underpinning takings in the sweetener.

Published: Jun 19, 2015

Amid a conflict with fruit and vegetable producers in the Southern provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén, the Brazilian government announced the reopening of pear and apple importation from Argentina yesterday.

Published: Jun 15, 2015

Don’t be fooled by the name. Brazil’s so-called little crop is going to be bigger than ever, flooding an already oversupplied global corn market and further pressuring prices.

Published: Jun 11, 2015

A study published in the International Journal of Consumer Studies shows that the top causes of food waste in homes include buying too much, preparing in abundance, unwillingness to consume leftovers, and improper food storage.

Published: Jun 11, 2015

Brazilian Centre South mills ramped up cane processing, but switched more of the crop into ethanol, leaving sugar production lower than a year before, data from cane industry group Unica showed.