State of the Market - Week 41, 2018

The U.S. blueberry market was dominated by Peruvian fruit in week 41, but supplies from other origins were slowly increasing.

October 19 , 2018

UC Davis strikes major deal with GPG for strawberry variety sublicensing

The University of California has entered into a master agreement with U.K.-based Global Plant Genetics to sublicense new strawberry varieties in selected countries within Europe, the Mediterranean, and South America.

October 18 , 2018

Valvilla Produce: Socially responsible production from farm to table

Mexico-based company Valvilla Produce is aiming to become a global supplier of avocados under the model of "doing things right".

October 18 , 2018

Australian Govt backs RapidAIM tech trial to fight fruit flies

Real-time monitoring technology and automated traps are part of a new trial in Australia designed to tackle fruit flies.

October 17 , 2018

Ecuadorian banana industry slams Aldi for planned price cut

A letter signed by 32 associations says the German-based discount retailer's plans to cut banana pricing by US$1 per box is not feasible.

October 17 , 2018

Australia: Waste-cutting sweet potato flour helps farmer win rural women's award

It all started with bananas, but now Natural Evolution is using its patented technology to other crops to cut food waste and produce gluten-free flour.

October 17 , 2018

Argentina's All Lemon hails successful end to 2018 season in U.S.

The recent season saw more than 10,000MT of Argentine lemons exported to the U.S. as well as the first-ever shipments to Japan.

October 17 , 2018

Blueberries in Charts: With prices at their highest so far this year, will they continue to rise?

Blueberry volumes in the U.S. market over recent weeks have been very similar to 2015, but what can we expect to happen during the rest of the year?

October 17 , 2018

APS18 preview: Tim York to speak on how to profit from omni-channel proficiency

Markon’s Tim York, one of the speakers at the November show, discusses the foodservice, retail and produce supply chain and 'providing customers the same products via offline and online' seamlessly.

October 17 , 2018

USA Pears and National Mango Board team up for conditioning effort

The Pear Bureau Northwest said that mangoes make for a logical fit because they have a similar opportunity to pears.

October 16 , 2018