State of the Market - Week 11, 2017

Chile shipped its first Granny Smith apples of the season to the U.S. in week 11.

March 22 , 2017

Concern grows in Spanish produce industry as Brexit talks draw closer

Spain's leading produce association highlighted exports to its third-largest market rose 14% in value terms year-on-year in 2016.

March 22 , 2017

Indonesia in focus for Aussie fresh produce exports

AHEA says pears and lemons largely driven the growth in Australia's third-largest market, which is also a big receiver of oranges and mandarins.

March 21 , 2017

Italy: Amazon Prime Now delivers new line of Fratelli Orsero exotics

The Italian group’s new premium exotics line includes avocado, mango and papaya.

March 21 , 2017

Bananas the main fruit crop victim from Peruvian torrential rain

While floodwaters have prevented many growers from accessing fields to pick fruit, if conditions don't improve soon it could take some farms up to six months to recover.

March 21 , 2017

U.S.: More women coming through university, leadership programs

It may not appear to be a "sexy industry overall", but the PMA's Alicia Calhoun says more and more women nowadays are realizing what they can bring to produce businesses.

March 21 , 2017

Delays expected for Australian citrus crops in 2017

The head of Citrus Australia expects the 2017 crop could be larger than last year, when Navel supply couldn't keep up with overseas demand.

March 21 , 2017

"Tsumaya O Bulele": Maluma South Africa launched for avocado marketing

Production is ramping up for the group's eponymous variety in South Africa, but the new voluntary marketing club may include other cultivars in the future.

March 20 , 2017

G20 cuts protectionism rejection pledge

What has been a standard commitment at past G20 Summits was absent in a communiqué released Saturday, likely as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policy.

March 20 , 2017

U.K. minister dismisses pleas for seasonal farmworker scheme

Calls from the agricultural sector to reinstate the scheme in the wake of Brexit were rejected by the minister, who said there was no need at the moment.

March 20 , 2017