Colombia's Q1 Hass avocado exports beat 2014 total

Colombia's agriculture minister believes the country's avocado exports could eventually be on par with bananas, coffee and flowers.

July 13 , 2015

Italy: MedAndes service to move to Genoa

A shipping merger finalized with CSAV last year has resulted in a service operated by Hapag Lloyd and Hamburg Süd moving ports.

July 10 , 2015

The U.S. and Switzerland agree to organic equivalency

The Obama administration has now signed its fifth organic equivalency agreement, adding Switzerland to the list.

July 10 , 2015

Italian group targets kids with stick-on edible faces for apples

An apple-focused Italian consortium says its novel approach to increasing fruit consumption amongst kids has been a commercial success.

July 10 , 2015

NZ: Opposition calls for outright ban on grape imports

The Labour Party and the New Zealand Wine Growers Association have raised questions about what other biosecurity threats could arise if spiders could slip through the cracks.

July 10 , 2015

IG International launches Aussie Fremont mandarins in India

Ironbark Citrus CEO Susan Jenkin believes India will become an important market for her company's mandarin exports.

July 10 , 2015

Italy: Olive tree cull aims to combat bacteria breakout

Italian authorities and farmers have continued eradication efforts against a deadly olive-killing disease in the country's southeast.

July 10 , 2015

Chilean apple exports take a dive in H1

The process of varietal conversion combined with weather factors this year to cut shipments for one of Chile's leading export crops.

July 09 , 2015

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