Q&A with Honeybear Brands: 'We're probably experiencing our busiest year in four decades'

We caught up with Don Roper of the U.S.-based apple developer, supplier and grower, to hear this year's plans for the varieties the company works with, current retail and consumer trends, and what can be expected from the company in the future.

June 06 , 2019

Ecuador's banana exports to EU fall in Q1

Ecuador's law currently guarantees a minimum banana price for producers, which has made its category "much more expensive" than its competitors' in the EU market.

June 06 , 2019

Monsanto dealt first Australian lawsuit over cancer-linked Roundup

The Australian lawsuit against Bayer's Monsanto follows several of its court losses in the U.S., which have taken tens of billions of dollars off the corporation's market value, says Reuters.

June 06 , 2019

T&G ships U.S. blueberries to Vietnam for the first time

T&G says it expects to export multiple pallets of Orchard Road blueberries to Vietnam every week during the season, which lasts until September.

June 05 , 2019

Q&A with El Ciruelo's Rupert Maude: A crystal ball for the table grape industry

Rupert Maude, commercial director of Spain-based fruit company El Ciruelo, is about to take the stage at the inaugural Global Grape Summit as part of the London Produce Show and Conference, where he will be a panelist on the session called Fast-Forward to 2029.

June 05 , 2019

Greenyard profits at upper end of guidance following challenging AY

Along with reporting its financial results, Greenyard says it expects its Transformation Plan to result in an increase in adjusted EBITDA of US$22m in the 2019-20 accounting year.

June 05 , 2019

U.S.: Mexican avocado prices jump after Trump's tariff threat

One gauge of the Hass variety from Michoacan, the heartland of Mexican avocado production, increased 3.7% on Monday - its highest price since August 2017, says Bloomberg.

June 04 , 2019

Jupiter awards Sahyadri Farms exclusive ARRA table grape production rights in India

The development follows February’s announcement on exclusive ARRA production and marketing rights being awarded to the Jupiter Group by Grapa Varieties.

June 04 , 2019

Oranges in Charts: Florida's volumes fall while Chile's rise

June 04 , 2019

CRISPR-Cas technology precisely improves plants

The CRISPR system is more exact than the typical selective breeding method, and can be used to make adjustments that are similar to spontaneous natural changes, say Wageningen scientists.

June 04 , 2019