Export spike for early season U.S. cherries

South Korea, Japan and Canada imported substantially more U.S. cherries in the first months of this year's deal.

July 13 , 2015

Citrus greening disease hits California

The second ever detection of Huanglongbing disease in California has appeared in Los Angeles County.

July 10 , 2015

Italy: MedAndes service to move to Genoa

A shipping merger finalized with CSAV last year has resulted in a service operated by Hapag Lloyd and Hamburg Süd moving ports.

July 10 , 2015

The U.S. and Switzerland agree to organic equivalency

The Obama administration has now signed its fifth organic equivalency agreement, adding Switzerland to the list.

July 10 , 2015

Italian group targets kids with stick-on edible faces for apples

An apple-focused Italian consortium says its novel approach to increasing fruit consumption amongst kids has been a commercial success.

July 10 , 2015

Italy: Olive tree cull aims to combat bacteria breakout

Italian authorities and farmers have continued eradication efforts against a deadly olive-killing disease in the country's southeast.

July 10 , 2015

China: Kingo teams up with Tmall.com to sell super-sized Washington State cherries

Sage Fruit's Peter Verbrugge has appeared on a Chinese e-commerce site to plug the benefits of Washington-grown cherries.

July 09 , 2015

Uganda: Banana growers worried by declining yields

Farmers in a Ugandan district say they need access to better information and more productive cultivars.

July 09 , 2015

State of the Market - Week 27, 2015

South African Navel oranges registered higher prices than Californian fruit in the U.S. during week 27.

July 08 , 2015

Australia: AHEA applauds Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper

With initiatives that tackle market access, competition, red tape, pests and water security, a recent strategic agriculture paper in Australia has received a positive response from industry.

July 08 , 2015