Calavo delivers 'all-time record performance' in Q2

Calavo also said that it posted higher revenues, gross profit, operating income and adjusted net income in the initial six months of the year, with an especially strong performance in its Fresh segment.

June 06 , 2019

Leading fruit breeders form alliance to fight rising IP infringement

Four of the world’s top fruit breeders are joining forces to stop ongoing attempts to appropriate proprietary plant material and infringe their Intellectual Property rights, representatives of the firms announced at the inaugural Global Grape Summit.

June 06 , 2019

Q&A with Honeybear Brands: 'We're probably experiencing our busiest year in four decades'

We caught up with Don Roper of the U.S.-based apple developer, supplier and grower, to hear this year's plans for the varieties the company works with, current retail and consumer trends, and what can be expected from the company in the future.

June 06 , 2019

Inaugural Global Grape Summit draws large international crowd

The first-ever edition of the Global Grape Summit which took place in the U.K. capital on Wednesday was a roaring success, receiving widespread praise from attendees and drawing a large international crowd of important industry actors.

June 06 , 2019

Ecuador's banana exports to EU fall in Q1

Ecuador's law currently guarantees a minimum banana price for producers, which has made its category "much more expensive" than its competitors' in the EU market.

June 06 , 2019

Monsanto dealt first Australian lawsuit over cancer-linked Roundup

The Australian lawsuit against Bayer's Monsanto follows several of its court losses in the U.S., which have taken tens of billions of dollars off the corporation's market value, says Reuters.

June 06 , 2019

T&G ships U.S. blueberries to Vietnam for the first time

T&G says it expects to export multiple pallets of Orchard Road blueberries to Vietnam every week during the season, which lasts until September.

June 05 , 2019

Mexico to export record-breaking table grape volume by end of June

Initially, Mexico's table grape campaign saw a late start and a light crop, yet volume is expected to more than triple at the end of June, said AALPUM.

June 05 , 2019

Q&A with El Ciruelo's Rupert Maude: A crystal ball for the table grape industry

Rupert Maude, commercial director of Spain-based fruit company El Ciruelo, is about to take the stage at the inaugural Global Grape Summit as part of the London Produce Show and Conference, where he will be a panelist on the session called Fast-Forward to 2029.

June 05 , 2019

Greenyard profits at upper end of guidance following challenging AY

Along with reporting its financial results, Greenyard says it expects its Transformation Plan to result in an increase in adjusted EBITDA of US$22m in the 2019-20 accounting year.

June 05 , 2019