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Opinion: Air travel demand and the cargo impact
Keith Nehring, senior product development manager at C.H. Robinson, examines some of the mid to long-term impacts of Covid-19 on the air freight market.
May 06 , 2020
Agronometrics in Charts: The effects of Covid-19 on Florida's blueberry season
It's been a complicated few weeks for the U.S.'s earlier blueberry production region, as Colin Fain explains in this analysis illustrated with charts.
May 06 , 2020
South Africa's blueberry production soars in 2019-20
The South African Berry Producers Association (SABPA) said the 53% year-on-year increase was testament to the growing investment in, and demand for, the country's berries.
May 06 , 2020
Empaque Don Jorge opens amidst heightened demand & Covid-19
PRESS RELEASE El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico – Empaque Don Jorge I (EDJI) opened last week for the season. EDJI is the hometown packhouse of El Grupo Crespo family’s two brands, Crespo Organic & RCF, and Latin America’s largest hydro-thermal packhouse. Originally built by Roberto Crespo Fitch in the early 1970’s, the packhouse was recently revamped […]
May 06 , 2020
Prima Wawona empowers stone fruit retailers with key category data
PRESS RELEASE Fresno, CA — Prima Wawona (prima.com), the largest stone fruit producer in the U.S., has partnered with a leading fresh produce strategic insight and research company to provide retailers with key stone fruit category data. These insights help retailers identify areas of growth and opportunity within the category and allow Prima Wawona to develop programs specifically tailored to […]
May 06 , 2020
U.S.: Fresh produce retail sales up by nearly a quarter
The sales figures for the week ending April 26 mark a substantial jump over the previous week - which was competing with Easter week in 2019 - and also the highest figures since the end of the demand peak in mid-March.
May 05 , 2020
Chinese JV aims to add value to seedless grape category
U.K.-based Hochfeld International hopes that through its deal with China's Zhuang ‘an it will be able to significantly increase exports to the growing market.
May 05 , 2020
Q&A: How has Covid-19 affected the fresh produce sector in the UK?
Promar International's John Giles says the pandemic has shown 'how fragile our fresh food supply chains are; but they have also shown us how resilient they can be too.'
May 05 , 2020
Invasive Asian giant hornets spotted in U.S. for first time
Beekeepers in Washington state have reported piles of dead bees with their heads ripped off, an alarming sight in a country with a rapidly declining bee population.
May 05 , 2020
Is Integrated Pest Management the future of agriculture?
“The lack of incentives for adopting IPM is probably the strongest barrier”, says Surendra Dara of the University of California's Cooperative Extension.
May 05 , 2020
