"A number of factors": NZ apple exports forecast lower despite earlier optimism

The USDA has forecast that New Zealand's apple exports will end up around 14 percent down year-on-year despite earlier expectations of a near-record season.

May 24 , 2021

Costa Rica criticizes U.S.'s APHIS for inclusion in new TR4-related restrictions

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on Thursday that it was prohibiting imports of certain plant parts of all banana and plantain species from numerous countries, including Costa Rica.

May 24 , 2021

Australian table grape growers losing millions in potential extension of trade war - report

Australian growers say containers of fresh table grapes that would normally clear China's customs authorities in one or two days have been delayed by up to 20 days, sometimes without refrigeration.

May 21 , 2021

U.S. avocado consumption to continue setting records - Rabobank

According to a market update from Rabobank, shipments reached an all-time high in January of this year at close to 320 million pounds, up about 33 percent year-on-year.

May 21 , 2021

Global fresh produce trade volumes trend downward

Global volumes of produce trade have seen a decline since the peak was reached in 2018, down to 87 million tons of global trade in 2020, a tendency explained as an overall deceleration in the growth of booming categories, which has now been accentuated by pandemic disruptions over the past season. 

May 21 , 2021

Mexican avocado association APEAM wins national export award

The Association of Avocado Producers and Packers of Mexico (APEAM) received the award on Thursday morning during a ceremony headed by Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo, Federal Secretary of Economy.

May 21 , 2021

South Africa: "Excitement and cautious optimism" for citrus season - Vanguard

The multinational fruit supplier says that all regions, with the exception of the Eastern Cape, are showing an increase in overall citrus variety volumes.

May 21 , 2021

Cold temperatures in Europe helps boost Spanish strawberry pricing

Cold weather is allowing the Spanish strawberry harvest to continue at full capacity, offsetting the losses that were seen during the spring months.

May 20 , 2021

Canada backs down from pesticide ban, but adds restrictions

Canada’s pesticide regulator said on Wednesday that farmers could keep using the chemical imidacloprid to control crop-destroying insects under stricter conditions, softening an earlier proposal to ban it.

May 20 , 2021

PortMiami brings in record volumes of Peruvian asparagus

May 20 , 2021