Warmer temperatures and extra acreage leads to “glut” of tomatoes
There’s an oversupply of tomatoes right now. “It’s an oversupply that’s almost a glut,” said Bob Spencer of West Coast Tomato, LLC, noting it’s affecting all varieties of tomatoes.

Prices for melons in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
  Name Variety Size Packing Price USD Cantaloup BR 5s 5 kg

"The sizing of the fruit looks to be a bit bigger this season, this is a good thing for the US market"
This year South Africa will celebrate the 25th year of exporting citrus fruit to the US. The harvest is just getting underway and Miles Fraser-Jones, VP of New Business Development at Sierra

Ramon Alcedo appointed as new director of Fairtrasa Peru
Fairtrasa is proud to announce the appointment of Ramon Alcedo as the new director of Fairtrasa Peru S.A. Fairtrasa Peru is part of the Fairtrasa Group, a vertically integrated global organic

Prices for kiwi fruit in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
    Name Variety Size Packing Price USD KIWIFRUIT Yellow Flesh GR 39s 3 kg containers N/A

FPAA celebrates Spring Policy Summit 2023
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) hosted its Spring Policy Summit on 14-15 March, bringing together industry leaders, policy makers, and experts to discuss critical issues

Poste Italiane launches fresh produce delivery service
MLK Deliveries, a subsidiary of the Italian postal service Poste Italiane, has partnered with Italtrans logistics company Mazzocco to launch a courier service that delivers fresh produce and other

NIAB publishes annual review of fruit work
NIAB has published its first annual review summarising all the fruit-related research and demonstration projects it is currently engaged in. The NIAB Fruit Annual Review 2023 includes results of

Mango prices in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
  Name Variety Size Packing Price USD Mango Palmer 5s 4 kg

Cooperation between France and Italy to save organic apples
With 193,000 and 227,000 tonnes respectively, Italy and France are the two largest producers of organic apples in the European Union, accounting for 64% of the 658,000 tonnes of European

Drake Hall inmates use fruit to create hooch
HMP Prison Drake Hall is a women's closed prison, located near the village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. Inmates there have been brewing illegal hooch from fruit and vegetables,

Defra unveils draft border plan
The government has published its long-awaited post-Brexit border plan. The UK government, working with the Scottish and Welsh governments, unveiled its draft Border Target Operating Model (TOM)

AgroFresh makes executive appointments
Post-harvest specialist AgroFresh has announced four key appointments to its leadership team enhancing its capabilities in global operations, information technology, digital solutions and global