CMI Orchards announced that Brett Reasor will be joining New Columbia Fruit Packers, LLC (Columbia Fruit) as its new CEO from 1 March 2023.  read more

In 2022, around 6,100 farms in Germany harvested a total of 3.8 million tonnes of vegetables. This was 12% less than in 2021 and 2% less than the average for the years 2016 to 2021. In addition to a lower area under cultivation, the reasons for this were, among other things, the heat and
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Javier Mosquera launched his basil cultivation project on the island of Tenerife with OPFH Montaña Roja almost a decade ago. “Unlike other origins in Europe, in the Canary Islands we produce basil 52 weeks a year thanks to the advantage of our climate,” Javier stated. “That's why our
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In a tragic incident, at least seven migrant laborers hailing from Jammu and Kashmir were killed and more than 30 sustained injuries after a compressor exploded in cold storage in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Friday. The laborers had come to Meerut to pick potatoes in the cold storage.
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Assosementi, the national association representing more than 150 seed companies in Italy, presented last week at the Chamber of Deputies Road to Quality, an innovative project that guarantees the traceability of the production process from seed to finished product.
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The main obstacle to international agricultural trade in Iran is the economic sanctions that prevent Iranian producers from receiving payments. Yet this situation has lasted long enough for Iranian companies to learn how to adapt to it, assures Amirhossein of the exporter Bezhit. read more

According to data from the Statistical Observatory of Bananas (OEB), the main Middle Eastern destinations for the country's bananas between January and December 2022 were Turkey with a 33.38% share, Saudi Arabia with a 23.34% share, and Iraq with 18.52%. read more

Over 7,000 trucks laden with goods, including perishable items have been stranded at the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border for the last five days due to the closure of the crossing point by the Pakistan government. Director Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), Zia-ul-Haq
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In the current imported fruit market, peaches, plums and grapes are the main categories. In terms of domestic fruits, blueberries, citrus and pineapples make up the bulk of the available produce. The arrival volume and price of fruit on the market are generally stable this week. read more

Kenya's shilling, Uganda's shilling Ghana's cedi and Zambia's kwacha are expected to weaken against the dollar in the week to Thursday. At the same time, Tanzania's and Nigeria's currencies are forecast to hold steady. read more

New Zealand horticultural exporter Zespri is expecting up to a 40 percent dive in its profit this year. The company has also confirmed to green kiwifruit growers that they will not receive any more significant progress payments for fruit picked last autumn. Zespri has a global operating revenue
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There have been almost no exports of fresh persimmons from Uzbekistan over the past week, apart from single shipments of several tonnes. This means the end of the season for exports of last year’s Uzbek persimmons, EastFruit analysts report. read more

No sooner have most domestic vegetable products said goodbye to the harvest season than it is in top form: Kale, a vegetable that is also known regionally as brown cabbage, tall cabbage, winter cabbage, curly cabbage, Lippische Palme, Oldenburger Palme, Friesische Palme, moss or even feather cabbage.
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Affinitus, a provider of business management software solutions for the fresh produce, foodservice, and horticulture industries, announces that South West premium food service provider, Goosemoor Foodservice, has implemented the Chefserve ERP solution. read more

The Board of Directors of Mercamadrid S.A., whose majority shareholders are the Madrid City Council (51.13%) and the public company Mercasa (48.63%), has analysed the management of the company in 2022, which closes a year with important advances in the transformation of the company.
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Around 18 million cartons are expected for export in 2023. That would be an increase of almost 2 million cartons or 10 % more than last year, reports South Africa correspondent Fred Meintjes. The harvest is not only bigger, but the marketing prospects are also much better than last year.
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Hawke's Bay growers trying to clear silt from their properties have gone from fighting the dust to fighting the mud, as rain is now hampering clean-up efforts. On Brydon Nisbet's Puketapu apple orchard, the rain that felt over the last 48 hours has turned dried out areas of silt back into muddy
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At the end of 2022 and for the third consecutive year, Lambayeque's agro-exports grew steadily, driven by agro-industrial companies installed on new land belonging to Irrigación Olmos. General manager of Pro Olmos (an association that brings together the companies installed on new land in
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Agriculture is not spared from rising prices for production inputs such as energy, diesel, fertiliser, fodder, but also machinery and capital goods. In the past year, these have increased by around 10 %. This corresponds to additional expenditure for farming families in the
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UNICA GROUP SCA held its general assembly last week with the participation of the governing councils of the 16 cooperatives that make up the group and in a face-to-face format, where the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account (audited for the 2021-2022 Campaign) and the Management Report were approved. The
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