Last year, several European retailers indicated they wanted to stop flying in fruit and vegetables from overseas. That was a considerable switch for haricot verts and legumes, which were solely flown in. But, according to Mike Looije of FV Seleqt in the Netherlands, that change was made fairly
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Following a recent report that detailed 2022 sales of fresh organic produce grew by 3 percent, while volume declined by –3.7 percent, where does that leave the outlook for 2023 on organic produce? As one organic shipper notes, many factors affect consumer behavior to purchase organic produce. read more

International fresh produce companies Vanguard International and RK Growers (RKG) have entered into a strategic partnership to continue to grow their businesses globally. read more

"People want pure, fair, preferably unprocessed potatoes. Yet, at the same time, they demand convenience," says Leon van den Oord. "At Jac van den Oord Potatoes, we've captured these seemingly contradictory trends in our new Convenience Potatoes line. A new addition to our wider product range." read more

SMARTKAS, a Dutch agtech enterprise that designs, builds, owns and operates smart farms, is pleased to announce its partnership with BerryWorld. read more

Orange growers in Florida are facing what's forecast to be their smallest crop in 90 years. The state is expected to produce 18 million 90-pound boxes of juicing oranges this year, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast last month. That's less than half of last year's crop and a
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The fresh fruit and vegetable market one of the most important in world trade. Global sales are forecast to grow strongly in the coming years and Statista projects that revenue from fresh fruit will exceed US $665bn by 2027. MSC issued the following statement on the matter: read more

Pallet Earth is changing the way the world moves, challenging the world's traditional supply chain infrastructure and the use of wooden pallets with its new generation of sustainable and trackable pallets. read more

The nearly 100 per cent slashing of the budgetary allocation for the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) in India’s federal budget has left apple growers worried. The MIS is vital for apple growers as government enterprises HPMC and Himfed procure almost the entire stock of “C” grade apple
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Some produce varieties travel long distances to meet counter-season demand before being consumed. Lately, global trade of fresh produce has been challenging. “It has been incredibly hard to export fresh produce with the headwinds the industry has been facing,” says David Nelley with The
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According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), there was an increase in the value of Egyptian exports to Romania, reaching $369.7m during the first 10 months of 2022. This can be compared to $252.7m during the same period in 2021, an increase of 46.3%. read more

Samoa’s Cabinet is set to resume sending off workers to the Recognised Seasonal Employment (RSE) scheme, which was suspended for all of January. This was confirmed by Acting Prime Minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio, who said the Cabinet has endorsed the continuation of the regional seasonal
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Onion stocks are down in Europe in a time of disruption across the major origins of this crop. In New Zealand, floods have washed away onion fields, and many CIS countries, such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, have banned onion exports for the next few months to maintain
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A large representation of the Spanish federation of wooden light weight packaging and components Fedemco Executive Committee , visited the Aidimme Technological Institute. read more

"We have shown that we are customer-oriented and flexible. And I am convinced that these core values will only become more important in the future. But if we want to maintain and increase our market share, we have to get more and more creative. Our ambition is to be the best in class
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Hybrid potato breeding technology company from The Netherlands Solynta and FreshCrop Limited, Kenya’s largest producer of seed tubers, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of hybrid true potato innovation in Kenya. By joining forces, the companies will work closely to
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In January 2023, Georgia has imported the highest volume of onions for January at least since 2014. Wholesale prices have gone up – which was expected. Key suppliers of onions were Georgia’s immediate neighbors. EastFruit’s analysts have researched both the statistical data and
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. read more

Florida congressional leaders say the federal government must protect the state’s seasonal crop exports. US Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott re-introduced the Defending Domestic Produce Production Act. The Republicans’ bill would grant seasonal fruit and vegetable growers the ability to
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At interpack 2023 MULTIVAC will be presenting itself as a supplier of integrated solutions for packaging and processing. In Düsseldorf the MULTIVAC Group will be showing its comprehensive range of equipment and services for food, medical and pharmaceutical products over a total of four
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