Argentine lemons: Later season and lower volumes expected

An industry representative also spoke about his expectations for the ongoing worker strike in Tucuman, as well as Spain's "aggressiveness" with citrus exporting countries around the world.

May 07 , 2021

Mexico: Forest fires, potential strike threaten lemon harvests

Mexican lemon production is being threatened by drought and forest fires, which have destroyed almost 1,000 hectares of the crop

May 06 , 2021

Argentina: Lemon export season at risk as Tucuman worker strike continues

As the protests continue disrupting the Argentinean lemon harvest, there seems to be no sign of a solution to the current wage dispute.

May 06 , 2021

Refrigerated container rates up by a quarter in Q1

Drewry’s Reefer Container Freight Rate Index, a weighted average of reefer freight rates across the top 15 reefer intensive trade lanes, jumped 26% in the first quarter, on a seasonal uptick in cargo demand and rising bunker surcharges.

May 06 , 2021

Bayer loses fight over insecticides EU blamed for killing bees

The ruling covers three active substances - imidacloprid developed by Bayer CropScience, clothianidin developed by Takeda Chemical Industries and Bayer CropScience, as well as Syngenta's thiamethoxam.

May 06 , 2021

Del Monte adds to board of directors, touts diversity

With the new additions, women now make up 38% of the Fresh Del Monte Produce Board of Directors, holding three of the eight board seats.

May 06 , 2021

GoogleX co-founder helps Precision AI raise $20M to reduce herbicide use

Herbicide spraying is one of the least efficient agricultural activities, with over 80 percent wasted on bare ground and another 15 percent falling on the crop.

May 05 , 2021

U.S. potato sales drop after a year of unparalleled growth

Potato sales between January and March of this year have finally caught up to the changed buying habits that the pandemic brought about.

May 05 , 2021

Australian table grapes facing heavy delays entering China

Jeff Scott, chief executive of peak body the Australian Table Grape Association, said the "abnormal" and "unforeseen" delays at multiple ports in southern China have been occurring for the past four weeks.

May 05 , 2021

Del Monte's Q1 net income more than triples despite lower sales

Del Monte provides a breakdown of the primary drivers of the variance in gross profit in its fresh and value-added products and banana segments, which both performed strongly in the quarter.

May 05 , 2021