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

Brazilian banana and apple trade with EU slips

Lower shipments to the EU pushed down Brazil's export balance for bananas earlier this year, offset somewhat by a sales uptick to Argentina and Uruguay.

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

Australia: Costa Group CEO to win big from IPO

The Herald Sun has reported Costa Group CEO Harry Debney could receive at least AUD$7.5 million when the produce firm goes public.

July 09 , 2015

Argentina: Customs worker strike suspended

The Ministry of Labor has intervened to temporarily resolve a conflict that would have seen several days of customs worker strikes this month.

July 08 , 2015

NZ: Spider discoveries prompt Mexican table grape withdrawal

The Ministry of Primary Industries is working with all New Zealand retailers to take Mexican grapes off the shelves.

July 08 , 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

Russian MP seeks to ban junk food advertising

Vasiliy Shestakov of Putin's United Russia party is promising a bill to ban ads for foods with high sugar, salt or saturated fat levels.

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

Strong season for Chilean lemons despite small fruit sizing

Representatives of Chilean companies Cabilfrut and Propal discuss the dynamics of the 2015 lemon campaign thus far.

July 08 , 2015