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U.S. grape storage numbers approach last year's levels, but remain far below 2018
As of Oct. 15, there were 11.1m boxes in storage, according to the USDA's Western Fruit Report Grape Cold Storage Summary.
October 21 , 2020
U.S.: Retail fresh produce sales remained strong in September even as shopping patterns normalized
A joint report by 210 Analytics, the PMA and IRI found that fresh produce sales were 10.7% higher year-on-year during the four September weeks, generating a total of $5.04bn.
October 21 , 2020
AgriPlace Chain grows rapidly across Europe
AgriPlace Chain has been built specifically for companies in produce to reduce the work involved in collecting and sharing information for all the supply chain members in the industry.
October 21 , 2020
Southeastern Grocers makes IPO filing public over two years after bankruptcy
The Florida-based operator of supermarket chains Winn-Dixie and Bi-Lo intends to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SEGR", it said in a regulatory filing.
October 20 , 2020
Ecuador's Ag Ministry to set minimum banana price in coming days
After a meeting of the Ecuadorian Consultative Council for Bananas last Friday ended without a consensus on a minimum price that exporters must pay to growers for next year, the decision is now in the hands of Agriculture Minister Xavier Lazo.
October 20 , 2020
Agronometrics in Charts: Berry prices in the U.S. market
This week we're going to check out how prices of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries have been behaving in the U.S. market compared to previous seasons.
October 20 , 2020
Florida launches platform to report violations of Tomato Suspension Agreement
The Florida Tomato Exchange says TomatoMonitor.com is an important tool for the industry to self-monitor the agreement between Mexican fresh tomato producers and the U.S. Government.
October 20 , 2020
California assures promotable table grape supplies through December
An industry representative says that this time of year there are often suggestions from grape growers in other countries that California production will fall short of what is needed to supply the U.S. market through December.
October 20 , 2020
GreenTech Live: The earth in a greenhouse, labor scarcity and geothermal energy
PRESS RELEASE GreenTech Live & Online on 20, 21 and 22 October inspires the global food and flower production industry with topics such as ‘What if we place the earth inside a greenhouse’, ‘Labour scarcity and a happier workforce’ and ‘Greenhouses facilities powered by renewable energy’. At GreenTech’s first virtual edition, this and more is presented on […]
October 19 , 2020
Don Ricardo reaffirms its commitment with the sustainable water usage and gets the Blue Certificate
PRESS RELEASE Don Ricardo is the first grower – packer – exporter of table grapes in Perú to get the BLUE CERTIFICATE (in Spanish CERTIFICADO AZUL), granted by the ANA (Peruvian National Water Resources Authority, part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation) with the support of the Swiss Government, as a result of demonstrating […]
October 19 , 2020
