Enza Zaden finds high resistance to the devastating tomato virus ToBRFV

The company’s researchers believe this gene is like no other currently known in the field, and offers “high resistance” to ToBRFV, also called tobamo after its genus.

October 05 , 2020

Walmart sells Asda for $8.8B

U.S.-based Walmart has agreed to sell its wholly-owned U.K. supermarket chain Asda - one of Britain's 'Big Four' grocers - to private equity group TDR Capital and the founders of petrol station operator EG Group for £6.8bn ($8.8bn) on a debt-free and cash-free basis.

October 02 , 2020

Drought could impact Peru's upcoming mango season

Peru's mango export volumes could be heavily affected by the ongoing drought in the country, an industry representative has said.

October 02 , 2020

U.S. Trade Representative requests ITC investigation into blueberry imports

Robert Lighthizer has issued a request to the International Trade Commission (ITC) to initiate a Section 201 global safeguard investigation into the extent to which increased imports of blueberries have caused serious injury or threat thereof to domestic blueberry growers.

October 02 , 2020

Del Monte Fresh Produce launches e-commerce and same-day delivery in Dallas

Consumers in Dallas can now visit www.myfreshdelmonte.com to place their orders of fresh produce to be conveniently delivered straight to their door, with over 200 SKUs available.

October 02 , 2020

Naturipe Foods expands, strengthens executive team

The newly formed Vitafoods joins Munger Farms to lead Naturipe Foods into the future with an additional estimated volume of 70 million pounds of available product.

October 02 , 2020

CMA CGM suspects data breach following cyber attack

The world's fourth-largest container shipping company, first reported the incident on Monday, saying it had shut down access to its online services after malware targeted its peripheral servers.

October 01 , 2020

Agricom Chile appoints new CEO as founder retires

Westfalia Fruit International Ltd has announced that Hans Eben has taken on the role of CEO at its fully owned subsidiary Agricom Ltda, one of Chile's leading avocado exporters.

October 01 , 2020

Q&A with Dutch Ambassador to Chile: Lessons to be learned from how the Netherlands manages water

The Netherlands, a nation that has a lot of experience in modernization in horticulture and that, through its ambassador, Harman Idema, is collaborating to tackle the drought in Chile.

October 01 , 2020

New magazine launched for fruit export industry in Chile and Peru

Visión Frutícola, which will be distributed to executives of leading fruit export companies in Chile and Peru, seeks to bring to light the trends affecting the fruit industry, providing analysis of commercial topics and revealing the visions of industry leaders from around the world.

October 01 , 2020