Earlier this month, Sun World International took to New York City to officially debut its Autumncrisp® brand grapes’ global consumer marketing campaign. "The result was overwhelming enthusiasm and the birth of a viral grape sensation!" said Jennifer Sanchez, Sun World’s vice president of
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Despite autumn having long crossed its equator, Belarusian market stalls are still piled with fresh berries. While cranberries and grapes remain the main seasonal berries in late October, a journalist raid on Komarovsky market in the capital revealed a supply of fresh strawberries, blueberries,
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The cold and wet weather led to a much later start of the herb season at Johannes Adams' business in Düsseldorf. "The heat during the summer was also rather suboptimal for the herbs. But we can be glad that we were not affected by further flooding or longer periods of heat," says Adams. "Next
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In February, Cyclone Gabrielle caused the Ngaruroro River in the eastern North Island to burst its banks. Consequently, it smashed through Riverside Cherries’ 10-hectare apple orchard, also affecting 7 hectares of cherry trees. The Twyford business lost all the apple trees and half a hectare
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In October, 13 Australian growers and industry representatives travelled to the UK and EU as part of the ATMAC European Study Tour to investigate commercial and compliance drivers such as food safety, farm sustainability and ethical farming certification schemes. Some of the schemes the group
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

Corsican clementines have been back on the shelves for about a week. For Les Domaines de la Taste, harvesting began two weeks ago: 300 tons are expected (200 tons organic and 100 tons in conversion) for the early clementines, and in November, the harvest of common clementines should reach 1,200
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Bayer has chosen Capogreco Farms as its new exclusive partner for the Australian production and sale of OrangeCandy® melons, for domestic and export markets. read more

Fruits and vegetable farmers and exporters have urged the Kerala government to issue a ‘Nipah Free Certificate’ to Calicut International Airport to help re-start exports that were halted in the wake of the Nipah virus outbreak in early September. read more

The agricultural industry faces challenges that threaten business stability and global food security. A ProducePay survey identified the six primary concerns affecting growers, distributors, and traders throughout the agricultural supply chain in 2023. These concerns are weather
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In an attempt to boost the New Zealand industry once again, one of the world’s largest post-harvest operation, located in Tauranga, is dropping its green kiwifruit packing prices. This drop has been made possible thanks to Mount Pack & Cool’s (Mpac) foresight and investment program
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Kashmiri apples are witnessing a huge demand spike, with rates going up by 50 percent compared to last year. However, growers claimed that the production this year has reduced by 40 percent due to problematic weather. President of the Parimpora Fruit Mandi, Bashir Ahmad Bashir, said that Grade A
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Latvia: Coalition considering 12% VAT rate on fruit and veg read more

After Apifood, Vergers Cancel, Boyer and Le Vieux Pointet from France entering the Lovita® project, as well as Fruites Font from Spain in 2021, it is now Portugal's turn to join the club with stone fruit specialist producer-distributor Timóteo. This partnership was announced on October 5th at
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Star of the autumn season, French table grapes, whose production is mainly concentrated in southeastern France (the Vaucluse department accounts for 65% of the national production), ended up with volumes “slightly lower than initially forecast, due to the hot summer,” explains Alexandra
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In Austria, potatoes were planted on about 20,400 hectares this year. This means a loss of 15 percent of the cultivated area over the last three years. In terms of yield, there was also a loss of 10 to 15 per cent. This makes imports necessary. The starch content is satisfactory, at 20 per cent.
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More than 2,500 private individuals and farmers already deliver their nuts to the Nussland cracker in Dollbach, Lower Austria, year after year. "This year the frequency will certainly be lower," Nussland boss Julia Taubinger says regretfully about the meagre harvest in an interview with NÖN.
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Organic citrus in California might see a slightly later start to its season. For Creekside Organics, which partnered with Capay Organic in January 2021, it’s in the midst of converting more than 100 acres of land from conventional land to organic land in Porterville, California along with the
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Despite the cost of living crisis, the price of a bunch of bananas in British supermarkets is no higher today than it was three decades ago. Every country in the world with cheaper prices than the UK has its own producers of the fruit. read more

The Avocado Society of Kenya in collaboration with other regional and international organizations in the fruit and vegetable value-chain in Africa and beyond are pleased to announce to the third International Africa Avocado Congress (2024 Avocado Fruits & Vegetables Africa). read more