Tomatoes produced by companies certified by the Consorzio di Tutela Pomodoro di Pachino IGP are now on McDonald's salad menus'. This was announced by the President of the Consortium, Sebastiano Fortunato, who last March, in the presence of Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, promoter
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Salix Fruits, an importer and exporter of fresh fruits, achieved a milestone in its history by participating for the first time in The Global Produce and Floral Show 2023 as an exhibitor. This prominent trade event took place in Anaheim, California, USA and provided Salix Fruits with the
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Organic lemon production in North America’s key Fall supplying regions, Mexico, and California, is down this year. “Mexico is suffering from financing issues as well as water problems, causing supplies to drop,” says Gene Loudon with Dovex. A lot of growers in the Tamaulipas region have
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Despite being one of the world’s largest producers of oranges, Morocco has significantly reduced its exports of this product. According toEastFruit, only 30 thousand tons of oranges worth 13.7 million dollars were imported from Morocco to foreign countries in 8 months of 2023. For comparison,
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Supplies of avocados from Mexico are good and steady. “I just received the numbers from our sourcing team and there’s going to be about 1,400 loads available this week from Mexico so supplies look really good,” says Rob Ybarra, executive vice-president of Villita Avocados. Supplies are
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Actinidia are among the plants that in fruit growing require the most protective structures to ensure profitability for the farmer. Obviously, the planting costs are among the highest in the fruit-growing scene: suffice it to consider that for an arbour planting at the
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Electrolysed water has a biocidal action on certain genera of fungi and oomycetes harmful to nurseries, such as Alternaria, Botrytis, Colletotrichum, Fusarium, Phytophthora, Pythium, Rhizoctonia and Verticillium. read more

Yesterday, orange juice prices rose to the highest since future contracts started trading in New York in 1966. The reason for this rise was the limited production outlook in the United States, Brazil and Mexico, which boosted investors' interest in the product. read more

As a crop, pumpkins are ubiquitous year-round, growing on every continent except for Antarctica. But the fleshy orange fruit is actually native to North America, originally growing in Mexico. Once small and bitter, they were selectively bred to achieve their sweeter taste and larger size. Their
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The Panama Canal Authority said late on Monday that the it will further reduce daily ship crossings in the coming months. This is due to a severe drought. Booking slots will be cut to 25 per day starting November 3 from an already reduced 31 per day, the Panama Canal Authority said in a client
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Mexican producers and exporters are seeing good stable pricing of avocados in the US market says Itzi Peña, from Alejandrina Avocados, who are a group of producers and exporters from Mexico. read more

Despite the start of the peak season, there was no strong recovery in cargo movement. The supply-demand balance softened due to an increase of newly built vessels, and short-term freight rate levels did not sustain their upward trend. The profit after tax for FY2023 Q2 was US$187 million,
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Organto Foods Inc. today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Mexico based Alpasa Farms S. De R.L. de CV. This strategic partnership aims to facilitate expansion of each company's operating platforms by leveraging their respective strengths and capabilities, with a
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With avocado consumption in North America continuing to grow, the produce industry has witnessed an expansion in avocado capacity in recent years. This includes acreage development, diversification of growing regions, as well as expansion of packing and distribution facilities in an effort to
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During the closing ceremony of the event, he detailed that 2,600 business meetings were held, 1,600 more than in the 2022 edition (1,000) and 580 exhibitors, both national and foreign, were present. Likewise, more than 20 thousand visitors were received, of which 1,200 were from abroad. read more

According to Diario Financiero, the lawsuit, filed at the Chilean Court of Defense of Free Competition, lists practices such as deliberate cargo delays and unjustified charges by MSC, which allegedly affected 994 containers on more than 20 different routes, representing some 16,000 tons of fruit. read more

Italian almond cultivation is in the midst of a crisis, a complex dynamic that risks leading a historic sector straight into the abyss. Between Sicily and Apulia, the main almond-producing regions, there is a risk that more than 50 thousand hectares will be abandoned or uprooted. read more

Growers across Jammu and Kashmir are experimenting with persimmons as a new fruit crop. According to Naveed Hamid, Chief Executive Officer of SKUAST-K’s Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship Centre, persimmons hold immense potential as a cash crop. read more

More than 1,500 tonnes of fertilisers that were not regular in their composition were seized yesterday morning by the ICQRF (Central Inspectorate for Fraud Repression) Tuscany and Umbria and the Forestry Carabinieri of the Agri-food and Forestry Environmental Police Investigative Unit of
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