The Top Seven

These are FreshFruitPortal.com's top seven stories of the week.

September 28 , 2024

Betrimex signed Memorandum of Understanding to export coconuts from Vietnam to China

September 27 , 2024

Camposol and its unions reach collective bargaining agreement for 2024-2027

These agreements guarantee significant improvements for our workforce while ensuring the company's long-term stability and sustainability.

September 27 , 2024

Is Mexico the top avocado consumer globally?

A study by Mexico’s Autonomous University (UNAM) suggests that while global trade in avocados has been highly favorable for the Mexican industry, the rate of demand outpaces the volume of production.

September 27 , 2024

Agronometric's new global blueberry tool to visualize the data

The new Degree of Certainty (DOC) tool, designed to measure and visualize the reliability of blueberry exports and import data, now forms part of Agronometric's Global Trade Data (GTD) Platform.

September 27 , 2024

Crownless pineapples: A more sustainable, convenient option?

Global tropical fruit producer Fyffes evaluated the consumption habits and knowledge about pineapples among more than 1,000 consumers in the United Kingdom and Ireland as it prepares to launch its crownless offer.

September 27 , 2024

The United States port shutdown would not complicate Chilean fruit shipments

Iván Marambio, president of Fruits of Chile, said that, so far, the sector does not foresee problems with the transportation of Chilean fruit.

September 27 , 2024

Ocean Mist Farms proud to participate in Annual Relay for Life event

The leading grower/shipper of fresh artichokes in North America, took part in the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life event last weekend in Salinas, California. In less than 50 days since joining the cause, Ocean Mist Farms climbed to fifth place in charitable rankings out of 77 participating teams.

September 26 , 2024

Global banana company, Chiquita, unveils new disease-resistant banana variety

Chiquita, in partnership with KeyGene, MusaRadix, and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), is proud to announce the introduction of Yelloway One, a revolutionary banana hybrid resistant to Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and partially resistant to Black Sigatoka.

September 26 , 2024

HLB quarantine reaches 830 acres in California

APHIS is expanding the citrus greening quarantine area by 86 square miles following the discovery of the contaminated samples from residential property.

September 26 , 2024