California avocado growers seek ways to protect groves from heat

Heat damage has become an issue of concern to many of the state's avocado growers, and evaporative cooling with overhead sprinklers is the most widely used method of lowering the temperature of the canopy and fruit.

June 25 , 2021

Australian table grape company fined for misleading consumers about fruit origins

An Australian table grape company that supplies fruit to domestic and international markets has been fined by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for misleading customers about the origins of its product.

June 22 , 2021

New Zealand releases 11 blueberry varieties for growers

Three of the varieties - which are all large and export-oriented - are from the organization’s own breeding program and eight licensed from Fall Creek Farm & Nursery in the U.S.

June 17 , 2021

AGRI Developments expands into Filipino Hass avocado production

The development has been created to meet rapidly growing demand for Hass avocados within the Philippines as well as regionally across Asia, the company said.

June 17 , 2021

Australians enjoy A$1 avocados amid record production

A record avocado crop in Australia has sent local markets prices down to just A$1 (US$0.77), just a couple of years after prices hit A$9 (US$7) in the summer of 2018.

June 16 , 2021

Greenyard sells Prepared Netherlands division for $21M

Greenyard has announced that it will sell its Prepared Netherlands division to Polish private equity investment firm Cornerstone Investment Management for €17 million (US$21 million).

June 14 , 2021

Permanent round table raises hopes for Dominican Republic’s banana industry

Banana Link International Coordinator Alistair Smith outlines developments that point to greater social dialogue and a brighter future for the many Haitian migrant workers on the country’s plantations.

June 10 , 2021

Carrefour and Tesco to end purchasing alliance

French supermarket group Carrefour and its British peer Tesco said they would not extend a purchasing alliance heralded originally as a potential way to trim costs.

June 09 , 2021

First Chilean lemons sent to Asia and U.S.

As of week 21, Chilean lemon exports are 16 percent higher year-on-year, amid expectations for a slightly larger crop than last year.

June 04 , 2021

Rouge River Farms acquires Magnolia Packing

"Not only does the Magnolia green bean packing operation already complement our corn program at Rouge River, but this year we’ll be able to offer a year-round green bean program upon opening our new packinghouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley."