Peru consolidates its position as the world's leading blueberry exporter

The majority of blueberry exports in 2024 went to the United States, the Netherlands and Hong Kong. These three accounted for 85% of total exports to the world.

March 11 , 2025

Agronometrics in Charts: Strong outlook for Mexican mango season despite slow start

Early Ataulfo mangos from Oaxaca have been predominantly larger in size, but as Chiapas and Michoacan ramp up, more smaller-sized fruit will be available.

March 11 , 2025

New Zealand's pear season: "The development of Piqa has really shifted the market"

New Zealand's Apples and Pears CEO Karen Morrish, spoke with Freshfruitportal.com about this year's pear season estimates and the country's shiny, red pear variety taking up the industry by storm.

March 11 , 2025

Mexican avocado supplies down, Colombia doubles shipments

The global avocado market continues to show significant variations in volumes, prices and geographical distribution, intelligence firm Avobook noted in its week 10 report.

March 11 , 2025

Passion Fresh CEO: "There's definitely been a development of women’s roles in the fruit industry and in the business world”

The executive spoke with Freshfruitportal.com about her experience as a leader and a woman in the fruit sector.

March 11 , 2025

Climate change threatens banana export industry

The report Socioeconomic Constraints to Climate Change Adaptation in a Tropical Export Crop shows that, in just over half a century, 60% of the regions currently producing bananas will struggle to grow the fruit.

March 11 , 2025

Farmers call on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to prioritize diversifying ag production

Signed by farmers and ranchers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, the letter highlights the growing importance of diversifying the crops that American farmers grow, and the markets they access to help strengthen farmers' profitability and resilience, while ensuring Americans' access to healthy and affordable foods.

March 11 , 2025

Mission Produce achieves record revenue in 2025 fiscal first quarter financial results

The report attributes the record number to the marketing and distribution segment responsible for a hike in average per-unit avocado selling prices and avocado volumes sold.

March 10 , 2025

Ohalo® Launches the Ohalo Strawberry Consortium

Ohalo® announced the formation of the Ohalo Strawberry Consortium, a collaboration with strawberry industry leaders that aims to revolutionize strawberry breeding, making better-tasting strawberry varieties available for the first time ever as truly uniform true seed.

March 10 , 2025

Verité promotes a free web-based tool to manage recruitment costs in the U.S.

One of the biggest challenges for growers in the United States each season is ensuring they correctly pay all the costs associated with hiring foreign workers. Here we show you how this tool works and manage your recruitment expenses.

March 10 , 2025