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This article comes as a modification to the previous Lemons in Charts, and shows that Mexico and Chile have more than doubled their exports to the U.S. over the last eight years.

The estimated pear crop would be 7% up on the five-year average and 26% up on 2017.

PRESS RELEASE Chicago  — Hazel Technologies, a USDA-funded company developing new shelf-life extension technologies for fresh produce, announces a new partnership with AMR Agro, one of the largest packers and exporters of green-skin avocados in the Dominican Republic. The partnership will initially focus on one of Hazel’s most recent innovations in post-harvest quality technology, Hazel® Avocado. […]

PRESS RELEASE Philadelphia – AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGFS), a global leader in produce freshness solutions, today announced the official launch of its FreshCloud™ platform, a data-backed, insights-driven solution for monitoring produce quality through the supply chain. With a decades-long history of innovation and scientific know-how in fruit and vegetable freshness, AgroFresh’s insights and expertise now […]

PRESS RELEASE DAVIS, CA – BioConsortia, Inc., innovator of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and yield improvement, announced the promotion of Dr. Hong Zhu to Senior Vice President of Research and Development. Dr. Hong Zhu will lead the next phase of expansion of BioConsortia’s Advanced Microbial Selection (AMS) technology platform, including discovery pipelines, product […]

Walmart is tightening its alliance with China's JD.com - one of the country's two biggest B2C online retailers and in which Google recently said it would invest US$550 million.

The promotion is touted as the biggest of its kind of China, and comes amid plans for the two companies to increase their collaboration in the future.

Jason Fuller of Sun World says the overall San Joaquin crop looks to be around a record-level this year, following a sluggish campaign from Mexico and Coachella.

Gonzalo Matamala of Chile's largest nectarine exporter, GESEX, said the fruit had not performed as well as expected last season amid heavy competition with Australia and Chilean cherries.

The facility, which is slated to open in November 2019 near Dubai airport, will provide farm fresh produce to air cabin tables.