Nature's Pride to roll out Apeel avocados in Europe

Pilots of avocados treated with the plant-derived, shelf-life-boosting technology are expected to start mid-year in select retail stores in Europe, subject to EU regulatory approval.

February 04 , 2019

Limoneira enters into JV with Argentine citrus company

The deal will see the acquisition of hundreds of hectares of farmland and the creation of a new subsidiary in the world's top lemon exporting country.

February 04 , 2019

Revamped TPP to bring opportunities and challenges to Latin America

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership entered into force at the end of last year, and looks set to affect Mexico, Peru and Chile in different ways.

February 04 , 2019

Gene editing used to fight virus hiding inside bananas

The banana streak virus can not only be spread from plant to plant by insects like most plant viruses - it also integrates its DNA into the banana’s genome.

February 04 , 2019

Australia eliminates banana freckle disease

The fungal disease, which hinders the growth of the plant and causes spotting on the fruit making it less appetizing and harder to sell, was recently eradicated from the Northern Territory.

February 01 , 2019

Octinion's strawberry-picking robot in world's first commercial launch

The Belgium-based company describes the technology as "crucial for the sector" and says it will launch harvesting robots for other crops in the coming years.

February 01 , 2019

IBM blockchain platform used to ship mandarin oranges to China

The trial was carried out by Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL), which said the technology reduced the administrative process of transferring the title deed from several days to just one second. 

February 01 , 2019

Dutch propose post-Brexit solutions to fast-track perishable exports to U.K.

The country currently ships around US$1.4 billion of fruit and vegetables to the U.K. annually - equivalent to 50,000 trucks crossing the channel every year.

February 01 , 2019

Washington apples to receive US$8.5M in trade mitigation funds

The Washington Apple Commission says it will use the funds to build export markets to reduce the effects of increased tariffs on growers.

January 31 , 2019

Avocados from Mexico releases Super Bowl commercial

Weeks 2 and 3 saw record export volumes to the U.S. market, with expectations for 120,000MT to have arrived since the start of the year.

January 31 , 2019