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Bayer faces second U.S. trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk

The federal trial comes six months after the company’s share price was rocked by a US$289 million verdict in California state court.
February 25 , 2019

Chilean kiwifruit production to drop this season

However, an industry representative noted that Greek kiwifruit volumes are much lower than the previous season, which should lead to improved market conditions.
February 25 , 2019

LGS Specialty Sales reports "strong" Moroccan W. Murcott season

Following the completion of a successful Moroccan clementine season, the company is expecting a steady supply of W. Murcotts through the end of April.
February 25 , 2019

NZ: Fourth fruit fly found in Auckland

New Zealand authorities have found a second Facialis fruit fly in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Ōtara, with two Queensland fruit flies also having been detected.
February 22 , 2019

State of the Market - Week 7, 2019

The U.S. market saw declines in blueberry and stonefruit prices in week 7, but the white seedless table grape market was performing well.
February 22 , 2019

Peruvian avocado season could be impacted by transport, port worker strike

The Exporters' Association says the upcoming avocado season could be "seriously affected" if the widespread strike that began earlier this week is not resolved soon.
February 22 , 2019

U.K. and Ireland retailers warn of 40% tariffs on food in no-deal Brexit

The scheduled withdrawal on 29 March comes at a time in the year when the U.K. imports a lot of fresh, out-of-season, produce.
February 22 , 2019

India unlikely to divert table grape volumes to Europe despite Russian entry issues

An Indian exporter and a Netherlands-based importer do not expect the major delays at Russian ports to result in additional challenges for the European table grape market, which is currently under heavy pressure.
February 22 , 2019

Mincetur and PromPerú awarded the Non-Traditional Exporter prize to Camposol

PRESS RELEASE Camposol has been recognized as the Non-Traditional Exporter of the year, a prize granted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur, in Spanish) and the Peruvian Commission for the Promotion of Exports and Tourism (PromPerú, in Spanish) within the framework of the Exports 2018 event, which was attended by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and […]
February 21 , 2019

U.S., China working on multiple memorandums for trade deal

The MoUs would reportedly cover areas including agriculture, non-tariff barriers, services, technology transfer and intellectual property.
February 21 , 2019

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