Strikes force Chile to halt fruit harvest Send to a friend Growers in Chile’s V (Valparaiso) and IX (Araucania) regions will stop harvesting on Friday due to the lack of storage facilities available, as a result of strikes in the key shipping port of San Antonio. This message was communicated by Fedefruta president Cristian Allendes [...]
Thai tropical fruit company launches suit against British activist
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Thai tropical fruit company launches suit against British activist Send to a friend Thai fruit processor Natural Fruit Company Limited has sought THB300 million (US$10.2 million) in libel damages from a British human rights lawyer for “broadcasting false statements to public media”. Defendant Andy Hall was a co-author of a report published by human rights [...]
“Blaubeere aus Chile” promotions bolster German blueberry sales
April 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“Blaubeere aus Chile” promotions bolster German blueberry sales Send to a friend The Chilean Blueberry Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture undertook an intense campaign to promote their country’s blueberries this season in several European countries, under the slogan “Blaubeere aus Chile” (in German) or “Blueberries from Chile.” The program has sought to increase the [...]
Zespri to appeal Shanghai customs case
April 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Zespri to appeal Shanghai customs case Send to a friend New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri has announced it will appeal a customs case that ordered a US$804,450 fine and sentenced China manager Joseph Yu to five years in jail. The Shanghai court case relates to the alleged underpayment of customs duties for kiwifruit, involving importer [...]
United States: FDA approves lab to free detained fruit
April 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
United States: FDA approves lab to free detained fruit Send to a friend After gaining recognition from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), California’s AGQ Labs is working to release fruit that is detained upon arrival to the country. According to a report by AGQ Labs, these detentions can be caused by the presence [...]
Philippine mango production to grow in 2013
April 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Philippine mango production to grow in 2013 Send to a friend Philippine mango growers are aiming to raise their production by 24.5% to 955,823 metric tons (MT) in 2013, website BusinessMirror.com.ph reported. The country’s Department of Agriculture (DA) has set a goal of reaching 1.1 million MT worth of output by 2016, having recently granted [...]
State Security calls made over Chilean port strikes
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
State Security calls made over Chilean port strikes Send to a friend Chile’s National Agricultural Society (SNA) has called on the government to enact article 11 of the State Security Law, in a bid to free around 1,600 containers of fruit stuck in the port of San Antonio. The Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX) has [...]
Greek kiwifruit company looks toward new markets, stronger varieties
March 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Greek kiwifruit company looks toward new markets, stronger varieties Send to a friend Even in the midst of the European economic crisis, Greece’s Zeus Kiwi has its eye on a stronger, more productive national kiwifruit industry. General manager Christina Manossis spoke with www.freshfruitportal.com about keeping ahead of the trends and satisfying even the most demanding [...]
Chile: no resolution found for port strikes in San Antonio
March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Chile: San Antonio port strike causes delays in Valparaiso
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Chile: San Antonio port strike causes delays in Valparaiso Send to a friend Strikes in the Chilean port of San Antonio have led to delays in the still operating port of Valparaiso, as the industry looks for ways to make the Marketing Orders of the U.S. and South Korea on time. For South Korea, Chile [...]
Chile: Retorno de paros portuarios “por solidaridad” causa desconcierto en empresas y exportadores
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Chile: Retorno de paros portuarios “por solidaridad” causa desconcierto en empresas y exportadores Enviar a un amigo Movilización es liderada por sindicatos de la Unión Portuaria de Chile, creada en 2012 como organismo paralelo a la Confederación de Trabajadores Portuarios de Chile (Cotraporchi), que rechaza el paro. Como preocupante calificó ayer el vicepresidente ejecutivo [...]
Desarrollan investigación en maracuyá dulce en la Amazonía
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Desarrollan investigación en maracuyá dulce en la Amazonía Enviar a un amigo Fruta de gran tamaño y resistente a las principales enfermedades que atacan a este cultivo El Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de Ecuador (INIAP) está evaluando una Passifloraceae, conocida como maracuyá dulce, en su Granja Experimental Palora, ubicada en el cantón Palora [...]
Predictions fall further for NZ kiwifruit
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Australia: weather, beetles slash China-bound grape projections
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Australia: weather, beetles slash China-bound grape projections Send to a friend Australian growers will likely send far fewer grapes directly to China than expected before harvest this year, but an industry representative says pre-clearance inspections have been positive and demand is high. Australian Table Grape Association (ATGA) CEO Jeff Scott told www.freshfruitportal.com the season was [...]
Ecuador probes sweet yellow passionfruit variety
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ecuador probes sweet yellow passionfruit variety Send to a friend Ecuador’s National Institute of Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIAP) is evaluating the possibilities of sweet yellow passionfruit cultivation in the province of Morona Santiago. The work underway at INIAP’s experimental farm in the Palora area aims to test the viability of this non-native fruit. Agronomist [...]
Federación Agraria advirtió que el país va en camino a otra liquidación de stock
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
ARGENTINA - Dicha posición fue expresada en Rosario por la Comisión Interna de Ganadería Bovina de la entidad federada, en el marco de un pedido por avanzar con una política ganadera que permita evitar “una nueva crisis” en la actividad bovina. La Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA) expresó este martes su “preocupación” por [...]
Peru comes up just short of mango forecast
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Peru comes up just short of mango forecast Send to a friend Peru did not quite meet the season’s mango forecast of 100,000 tons (MT), but the Andean nation did keep close, reaching 95,000 MT for the year. In an interview with www.freshfruitportal.com, Juan Carlos Rivera, general manager of the Peruvian Association of Mango Producers [...]
NZ parliament debates impacts of Zespri smuggling case
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NZ parliament debates impacts of Zespri smuggling case Send to a friend A fraud case involving kiwifruit marketer Zespri was raised in New Zealand parliament yesterday, revealing the company’s Asia manager Yu-Jan Chen had a detention order placed on him by Chinese authorities. New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters asked the acting trade minister [...]
Chilean port strikes put millions of fruit boxes at risk
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Chilean port strikes put millions of fruit boxes at risk Send to a friend The Chilean fruit industry risks losing US$50 million in lost orders if port strikes across the country are not resolved today, according to the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX). In a statement, ASOEX president Ronald Bown Fernández said the key port [...]
Waitrose expands horticultural offering
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Waitrose expands horticultural offering Send to a friend British grocer Waitrose is expanding further into the horticulture sector with the addition of 6,000 gardening products for flowers, fruits and vegetables. The new Waitrose Flower Garden shops will include 850 different fruit trees, herbs, flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds, and 80 gardening tools and care products. The web component, Waitrosegarden.com, [...]
Waitrose expands horticultural offering
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Waitrose expands horticultural offering Send to a friend British grocer Waitrose is expanding further into the horticulture sector with the addition of 6,000 gardening products for flowers, fruits and vegetables. The new Waitrose Flower Garden shops will include 850 different fruit trees, herbs, flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds, and 80 gardening tools and care products. The web component, Waitrosegarden.com, [...]
Costco Wholesale Canada: from convenience to cocktail cucumbers
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Costco Wholesale Canada: from convenience to cocktail cucumbers Send to a friend A fruit or vegetable grower can be as productive as they like but without a successful shelf presence this can all be in vain for the end product. At the Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) Fresh Connections China event in Shanghai last week, participants [...]
Costco Wholesale Canada: from convenience to cocktail cucumbers
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Costco Wholesale Canada: from convenience to cocktail cucumbers Send to a friend A fruit or vegetable grower can be as productive as they like but without a successful shelf presence this can all be in vain for the end product. At the Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) Fresh Connections China event in Shanghai last week, participants [...]
Longwu import market, Shanghai
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Longwu import market, Shanghai
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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PMA Fresh Connections China
March 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Discussing life “after the fruit” with filmmaker Nancy Ghertner
March 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Discussing life “after the fruit” with filmmaker Nancy Ghertner Send to a friend Hailing from rural New York, filmmaker Nancy Ghertner has a long history interacting with U.S. agriculture and the migrant community that comes with it. In 2000, she began a decade-long project to find out exactly what life is like for farm workers in [...]
Cherry-plum hybrid ready for marketing in E.U., Turkey
March 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Aiming high for Peruvian avocados in 2013
March 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Aiming high for Peruvian avocados in 2013 Send to a friend Peru’s avocado industry has experienced strong growth over recent years, gaining a name for itself on international markets that have shown increasing demand for the Peruvian fruit Through the Hass Avocado Growers Association (ProHass), Peru has defined an action plan to continue strengthening global [...]
HK “gray market” to Chinese mainland on the way out
March 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
HK “gray market” to Chinese mainland on the way out Send to a friend Fruit and vegetable exporters could eventually lose the “gray market” option of shipping to Hong Kong to reach the Chinese mainland, according to I Love Produce president Jim Provost. Provost, whose associated company Lantao imports fruit such as grapes and apples [...]
Industry takes in “rhapsody of color” in Chinese produce
March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Industry takes in “rhapsody of color” in Chinese produce Send to a friend From well-ordered wet markets to plush points of sale with pretty packaging, a selection of three very different Shanghai produce outlets was put under scrutiny today by leading industry representatives from around the world, as a precursor to the Produce Marketing Association’s [...]
Peruvian lúcuma exports to grow by at least 60% in 2013
March 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Peruvian lúcuma exports to grow by at least 60% in 2013 Send to a friend Peru’s native lúcuma fruit is gaining traction in both local and overseas markets, with its flesh often used as a pulp or flour to infuse its flavor in cakes, pies, yogurt, ice cream and even nutritional supplements. Prolúcuma president and [...]
Dominican Republic: citrus growers struggle to fight locusts
March 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dominican Republic: citrus growers struggle to fight locusts Send to a friend Dominican citrus farmers face an ongoing struggle with locust swarms that have brought the devestation of Huanglongbing (HLB) to the areas around Hato Mayor and El Seibo, www.listindiario.com.do reported. For five years now, around 500 local producers have suffered severe financial loses as they struggle to [...]
Chile y Argentina analizan una mejor coordinación para envíos de granos
March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Chile y Argentina analizan una mejor coordinación para envíos de granos Enviar a un amigo En el marco de la XXV Reunión Ordinaria del Consejo Agropecuario del Sur (CAS), que se está desarrollando en Hotel Panamericano en Argentina, el Ministro de Agricultuta, Luis Mayol, sostuvo una reunión bilateral con su par de Argentina, Norberto Yauhar, [...]
Season kicks off for Spanish “Cherries Glamour”
March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Season kicks off for Spanish “Cherries Glamour” Send to a friend A new season has started for the Spanish production of “Cherries Glamour” grown in the province of Lérida. Greenhouse grown, these cherries have a unique exclusivity of being grown from Mar.15 to Apr. 25 in a lucrative market window. S.A.T EDOA is the company [...]
Californian grape industry aims for another record year in 2013
March 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Californian grape industry aims for another record year in 2013 Send to a friend After a production of 101.5 million boxes in 2012, the Californian Table Grape Commission believes the state can beat its record again in the coming season. The commission’s president Kathleen Nave attributes the rise to the shift in late season varieties, [...]
Uruguay turns focus to international citrus branding
March 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Uruguay turns focus to international citrus branding Send to a friend It took 20 years for the U.S. to approve citrus from Uruguay, Latin America’s second top citrus exporter. Now, following market approval earlier this year, the nation is working to promote its national brand “Uruguay Natural”. In a conversation with www.freshfruitportal.com, Uruguayan Ministry of [...]
Year’s first organic Mexican mangoes depart for U.S.
March 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Steady growth to continue for Peruvian mandarins in 2013
March 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Steady growth to continue for Peruvian mandarins in 2013 Send to a friend The Peruvian mandarin export industry has consolidated its position significantly over the last three seasons, growing from 36,425 metric tons (MT) in 2010 to 47,000MT last year on the back of demand from key destinations like the U.K., U.S. and northern Europe. [...]
NZ: postharvest operator puts cash on the line for G3 kiwifruit conversions
March 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NZ: postharvest operator puts cash on the line for G3 kiwifruit conversions Send to a friend New Zealand postharvest operator Direct Management Services (DMS) has offered cash incentives for growers to make the switch to Psa-tolerant gold kiwifruit variety G3. DMS director Paul Jones tells www.freshfruitportal.com the company assessed the variety’s performance over three years, [...]
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