Panama Canal delays threaten Chilean grapes and Ecuadorian bananas

Spot banana business out of Ecuador and the specialized reefer-centric Chilean grape season are especially vulnerable to the delays. 

November 16 , 2023

USDA enhancing U.S. specialty crop sector competitiveness 

USDA is encouraging U.S. specialty crops stakeholders to submit comments on how USDA can better support and meet the needs of the industry.

November 13 , 2023

A very brief look at the 100-year-old problem of the shortage in agricultural labor

Texas International Produce Association President & CEO Dante Galeazzi discusses workforce challenges in the produce industry.

November 08 , 2023

Maersk to cut 10,000 jobs

The Danish company, which owns the world’s second largest fleet, will be “intensifying” cost-saving measures.

November 08 , 2023

It’s not the nice ginger story that needs telling

Through trial and expensive error, Rodrigo Bedoya and his friends became the first exporters of fresh organic Peruvian ginger to the U.S. and Europe.

November 07 , 2023

U.S. food insecurity continues upward trend

A recent report by the USDA’s Economic Research Service indicates that food insecurity rose in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022.

November 06 , 2023

Peruvian avocado exports to the U.S. down in 2022-23

ProHass President Juan Carlos Paredes tells FreshFruitPortal.com that the “many close ties between importers and Mexican producers”, and the U.S. consumers’ year round supply preference as some of the woes encountered this season by Peruvian exporters.

November 06 , 2023

Walmart announces “re-grand opening” of 117 remodeled stores

In a statement, the company said this will be the largest single-day rollout of re-grand openings in the history of Walmart.

November 01 , 2023

Colombian avocados build U.S. expansion

Colombia plans to become the world’s second avocado largest producer by 2040, surpassing Chile and Peru, which currently lead South America’s avocado industry.

October 27 , 2023

Mexican mango region declared fruit fly free

The declaration is valid for 24 months, during which time growers must continue to monitor and control the pest in order to prevent the fly population from increasing. 

October 26 , 2023