Austria: Organic sales continue upward trend

Per capita expenditures of organic sales are one of the highest in the world. Organic food products have developed from a niche market to having a significant market share.

January 18 , 2024

Washington State AG lawsuit delays Kroger- Albertsons merger

January 17 , 2024

Agronometrics in Charts: 2023 - Year in Review

The somewhat atypical inflation figures are anticipated to prompt a decline in interest rates in 2024, facilitating a sought-after "soft landing" for the U.S. economy.

January 16 , 2024

Driscoll's expands its presence in Mexico

The nursery has two irrigation containers, a drip irrigation system, and substrate, which promote water savings, improve plant quality and automate irrigation.

January 16 , 2024

Bankrupt Prima Wawona to liquidate assets

The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 13, in a bid to facilitate the sale of the company.

January 16 , 2024

U.S. online grocery sales drop again

It’s the second year in a row that the order frequency of active monthly users (MAUs) declined.

January 15 , 2024

Chile launches pilot program for grape exports under Systems Approach

Members of the industry and exporters see this as a great opportunity to test out the system and see how it could be implemented in other regions of the country, as well as other export markets like the U.S.

January 12 , 2024

Maersk closing north-south transits through Panama Canal

The Pacific loop will drop off northbound cargo at Balboa for the land bridge service via rail to Manzanillo, where the Atlantic loop will retrieve the cargo and resume waterborne service. 

January 12 , 2024

Chilean cherry shipments to the U.S. to drop 30%

Last season, Chile shipped around 3.3 million boxes of cherries to the U.S. So far this season, around 1.8 million boxes have arrived, and the total projection for this season is about 2.3 million. 

January 12 , 2024

Aldi stops offering plastic shopping bags

The plan announced in 2022 as part of the company's sustainability goals, will prevent nearly 4,400 tons, roughly 9 million pounds, of plastic from going to landfills annually.

January 11 , 2024