Ample avocado supplies, even with California’s late start
There are strong supplies of avocados in the marketplace right now as the industry gears up for Cinco de Mayo, a notable high avocado consumption holiday. “There are excellent supplies of

Japan: Retailer to adopt cross-category GGN label on select vegetables
AEON rolled out the first products with the cross-category GGN label today in AEON, AEON Style, and Daiei supermarkets in the Kantō and Kinki regions of Japan. Products that are now available

California rains means strong pricing on celery
Supplies of organic celery will be limited until likely Mid-June. “The historically cold and rainy winter in California has caused significant supply issues of celery for the industry including

Asda has expanded its core grocery partnership with Deliveroo in the UK
Australia: From humble orange orchard to online produce empire, Alpha Fresh is a multigenerational story of hard work and family In 1952, Frank Iannelli started an orange farm in the small

Weather delays potato planting in the UK
Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. For instance, Peter and Euan Grewar, who grow a huge 650ha area of potatoes in northern

8th Agrotrade to be held in Monticello San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile
Viveros de Chile will host Agrotrade Chile 2023, the international convention and fair’s 8 th edition, which on May 24 will bring together farmers from the south-central area of Chile at Hotel

Georgian retail chains can save $2.2 million on bananas alone by switching to pooling!
According to Fedir Rybalko, international consultant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Georgian supermarkets are not yet using many promising opportunities to

Ian LeMay to lead California Table Grape Commission
Ian LeMay will succeed Kathleen Nave as president and chief executive of the California Table Grape Commission. The leadership change will take place in 2025, following Nave’s retirement. LeMay

Important protection measures for blueberries during the flowering period
Blueberry bushes, depending on the variety and region of Poland, are in the pre-flowering period. The advancement of plant development in some regions sometimes even indicates an acceleration of

Fertilising raspberries - new opportunities
The rising price of mineral fertilisers, encourages interest in products that offer the opportunity to make better use of the nutrients they contain. Such fertilisers are on offer from ICL, which

The most important blueberry diseases we should combat during flowering
As blueberry flowering is fast approaching, it is worth thinking about good disease protection now. The two most important for blueberries are grey mould and anthracnose. How to prevent infection

The ABC of raspberry biosecurity in tunnels
The ever-decreasing number of active substances registered for pest control, coupled with increasing customer demands for the number of active substance residues in the fruit offered for sale,

Strawberries, lack of labour changes production
That there is a shortage of labour is no mystery, but every year the situation is becoming more and more critical, at least to hear the operators in the sector who live with the difficulty of

Boom in orders of Italian asparagus from Europe
"Demand for asparagus has increased by 40% during the last week alone, with average prices of €4/kg. Most of our produce is commercialized in Scandinavia in 250 and 500 gram bunches. Asparagus

Maersk to mark the launch of greener vessel
To celebrate the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol, AP Moller-Maersk has announced that it will host a week of festivities on 18-21 September in Copenhagen. The 2,100 TEU

Change of season, beware of waste
Fruits and vegetables are one of the many (among the most important) components in the management of a fruit and vegetable department and represent on average about 5-6% loss in value on an annual

When to start fertigation in blueberry plantations?
During recent meetings and phone calls, many blueberry growers ask me questions: Should I start blueberry fertigation already? or When to start blueberry fertigation? Let me be brief - NOT

"I was very pleased with my new Pellerano mulcher"
After he was handed it just a few days ago, Vincenzo Bilotta, an agri-business owner from Lamezia Terme (Calabria, Italy), could not resist the temptation to immediately try out his new Versilia

Who loves Moroccan watermelons the most?
EastFruit continues a series of articles on the horticultural market in Morocco. The country is confidently increasing exports of several categories of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables,

“In the past couple of years we have doubled our capacity to ripen fruit on site”
While many importers receive their fruit already ripened, Irish importer Donnelly Fresh Food does this on site in Dublin. Fruit such as avocados, mangoes, kiwifruit and stone fruit are ripened in

Chile and New Zealand seek closer fruit ties
A Chilean trade mission led by Asoex president Iván Marambio visited New Zealand this month to learn more about its fruit production and export processes and forge a closer collaboration between

Raspberry bio-stimulation - algae and amino acids
There are about two weeks left until the raspberries grown in tunnels on the farm of Mr and Mrs Jakubiak and Mr Lewandowski, where the semi-final meeting of the Raspberry Factory 2023 - summer

Agricola Lusia presents I Succosi at the fair
I Succosi,the only juicing oranges with guaranteed juiciness, the result of an important project developed by the Veneto-based company Agricola Lusia, will be the protagonists at the company's

Peru has increased blueberry export volume 20-fold
Since November 2016, Peru has added eight new countries to its list of blueberry importers. This has increased the volume of blueberry exports by 20 times, reaching 31 countries in the 2022/23