NZ: Zespri sales up 16%, profit surges on license payments

Zespri was able to overcome exchange rate challenges to notch a much higher profit and boost orchard gate returns for kiwifruit growers in 2014-15.

July 23 , 2015

U.S. Appeals Court orders SEC to release Chiquita's Colombian paramilitary payment files

A National Security Archive analyst says the public will now be able to see "what might be the most important document collection ever assembled on corporate ties to terrorism".

July 23 , 2015

Australia: Costa Group IPO expected at lower end of price range

The Australian reports the Costa Group IPO has received several large orders from the U.S. and the U.K.

July 22 , 2015

State of the Market - Week 29, 2015

A greater supply led to slight negative price adjustments for imported Navel oranges in the U.S. during week 29.

July 22 , 2015

Australian produce trade to blossom with new Melbourne wholesale market

The new Melbourne Market will have four times as much on-site warehousing, with easy access to freeways and the airport for better distribution domestically and abroad.

July 22 , 2015

Tracking device helps fight against Calais truck stowaways

A British industry body is promoting a new portable device that could help buck a stowaway trend that has led to the destruction of produce shipments.

July 22 , 2015

U.S., South Africa join WTO complaint over Costa Rica's avocado import ban

As four countries take on Costa Rica at the WTO over avocado import suspensions, Mexico has called on the nation to prove it is free of sunblotch disease.

July 22 , 2015

International consumers urge Starbucks to take better stance on palm oil, deforestation

Starbucks, so often the darling of social responsibility discussions in the U.S. produce arena, has come under fire for its palm oil policy.

July 22 , 2015

Rainforest Alliance certifies first ever melon farm in Costa Rica

Suppliers to a Staay Food Group subsidiary have adopted melon growing practices that take stock of their farms' vulnerable environments.

July 22 , 2015

Shipments drop for world's largest apple exporter

Rapid geographical expansion for Polish apple exports this year could not offset a huge volume downturn brought by the Russian ban.

July 22 , 2015