The avocado market has been faced with several challenges this year. Supply of Mexico’s old avocado crop was down in the months of June and July. At the same time, harvest of the country’s new crop was delayed, causing a shortage in the market. As a result, the market was high for an
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The global blueberry industry is set to expand in the coming years as long as the sector embraces operational efficiency and 'premiumization.' North America, particularly the US, will remain the largest destination market for fresh and frozen blueberries, with Peru, Mexico, and Chile being the
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The Melone Mantovano PGI season closed positively, both in terms of quantity and commercial results. Marketed production once again exceeded 9 thousand tonnes, about one thousand more than in 2022. The cultivated areas fell by another 4-5% after
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Earlier this year, the first harvest of Savorries sweet strawberry tomatoes took place in Ontario, Canada. It’s a tomato shaped like a strawberry. “In just a short amount of time, Savorries have already made a big impact on consumers,” says Danny Mucci, Managing Partner with Mucci Farms.
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As the death toll in Israel continues to rise to over 1,200 people, with thousands more injured, among the dead are people and family members of those in the fresh produce industry of Israel who live and work on the affected Kibbutzim in the South. Farms and pack houses around the Gaza border
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A small group of domestic tomato producers is petitioning the U.S. Department of Commerce to terminate a longstanding trade agreement between the United States and importers of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. The Tomato Suspension Agreement, which has been in place in various forms since 1996 and
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Aigen, an innovative Hi Tech start-up based in Seattle (USA), has launched a remarkable project on the market: it is a solar- and wind-powered robot that monitors crops in the field, thanks to artificial intelligence, moving among the plants,
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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

Crai, a leading retailer, uses Tosca's innovative foldable crates - the world leader in reusable plastic packaging and performance pooling solutions - to transport products from the field to the
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Since 2008, FAVE's mission has been to elevate global standards of quality and productivity in agricultural production through continuous innovation. read more

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Crai, a leading retailer, uses Tosca's innovative foldable crates - the world leader in reusable plastic packaging and performance pooling solutions - to transport products from the field to the
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The European Union maintains stringent standards for accepting foreign-grown products into its market. This includes products from the Dominican Republic, a major exporter of organic bananas to Europe. While the frequency of physical controls on Dominican green beans was reduced from 50% to 30%
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Mercato Agro - Alimentare di Padova is back from Madrid with a positive feedback. "Maap continues with its successful format, i.e. a stand that gathers various co-exhibitors among leading wholesalers specializing in exports and the big retail chains, including: Fratelli Daniele, Gamma Frutta,
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The European Union maintains stringent standards for accepting foreign-grown products into its market. This includes products from the Dominican Republic, a major exporter of organic bananas to Europe. While the frequency of physical controls on Dominican green beans was reduced from 50% to 30%
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According to the Georgian Blueberry Producers Association, an agreement to export Georgian blueberries to the EU was reached with wonderland farmers at Fruit Attraction 2023, which took place last week in Madrid. The memorandum between the Georgian Blueberry Growers Association and the German
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US exhibitors are invited to display their produce in the USA Pavilion at BIOFACH, the world’s largest organic trade show, held each year in Nuremburg, Germany, the second-largest organic food market after the United States. Welcoming nearly 36,000 visitors from over 135 countries and over
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The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) is to hold the 2023 WUWM Cancun Conference, centred around the theme “The Future of Food Markets: Modernizing Wholesale and Retail Markets to Meet Customer Expectations by 2030.” The event will take place in Cancun, Mexico, from October
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