South Africa anticipates average size table grape crop despite drought

Although certain producers and areas hardest hit by the drought are likely to be "significantly impacted", SATI said the effect at a national level was "less pronounced".

October 03 , 2017

Larger fruit, lower crop expected for Spanish grapefruit in 2017-18

With fewer pieces of fruit per tree, Ailimpo expects the total harvest to be down by almost a quarter on last season.

October 03 , 2017

U.S. market opens for fresh NZ persimmons

New Zealand's persimmon exports have fluctuated around 12,800MT in recent years, with Australia the leading market.

October 03 , 2017

Driscoll's introduces smaller blueberry bucket packaging

The multinational says the development comes after much success with the larger 500-gram version.

October 03 , 2017

U.S.: Sun Pacific upgrades packing operations to Spectrim grading platform

The grower, packer and marketer of Cuties easy peelers has made an upgrade to facility capacity to keep up with growth.

October 03 , 2017

Psa pain ongoing for NZ kiwifruit industry

"I had enjoyed great success in kiwifruit farming, which was the result of a lot of hard work, innovative thinking and technological development. Psa took all that away from me," says a former grower.

October 03 , 2017

Active ingredient fogging tackles mold in fresh produce cold stores

Ozo Innovations' eloclear technology has seen adoption by some of the "larger players" in Britain and is undergoing trials in India.

October 03 , 2017

U.S.: Fresh produce companies surge up the list in Brand Love Study

Wonderful Halos has cracked the top 50 "Kidfinity" list for the first time, while the citrus brand and three others in fresh produce proved a hit with parents.

October 02 , 2017

Weather prevented U.S.-bound Argentine lemon shipments in 2017, says Federcitrus

The lemon industry in Northwest Argentina is now aiming to start harvesting fruit for export to the U.S. market in March 2018.

October 02 , 2017

Spain: Ailimpo increases 2017-18 lemon forecast

While volumes of the predominant Fino variety are set to increase year-on-year, Verna production is expected to drop significantly.

September 29 , 2017