Australia: Costa's shares slide amid lower avocado, berry demand

The share price of Australia-based Costa Group dropped by 39% on Thursday after the company said that sales of key commodities over recent weeks have been lower than forecast.

January 11 , 2019

Canada: CPMA introduces Corporate Culture Awards

CPMA has teamed up with Waterstone Human Capital to give members the opportunity to participate in their corporate culture exercise.

January 11 , 2019

Plant hormones can be used for space farming, study finds

The necessity for food production to sustain human space exploration has led to a need for researching plant hormones which can be used to achieve this.

January 11 , 2019

China: Chilean cherries set record for most pieces of fruit in a line

The feat was carried out in Shanghai, and involved 24,638 individual cherries placed in a continuous line to form the image of two large cherries.

January 10 , 2019

U.S.: E. coli outbreak 'appears to be over', says CDC

The FDA says that Adam Bros. Farming, a company believed to be responsible for supplying infected lettuce, has not shipped romaine since Nov. 20.

January 10 , 2019

State of the Market - Week 1, 2019

Blueberry and cherry prices fell week-on-week in the U.S., while limited Mexican avocado supplies led to price increases for that commodity.

January 10 , 2019

Mexican avocado industry concerned over fuel shortage in run-up to Super Bowl

While the impacts on the avocado industry are so far said to have been minor, if the shortage lingers it could create more serious problems.

January 10 , 2019

Japan and Australia team up for year-round fruit production project

The two countries will contribute farmland, personnel and technology for the project, which is also aimed at encouraging businesses to participate in the unique farming structure.

January 09 , 2019

India: Mahindra inaugurates table grape packhouse in Nashik

The facility can pack 90MT of grapes per day and is described by the company as being a "one of its kind" in India.

January 09 , 2019

Australia: Northern Tasmania declared fruit fly free, one year after outbreak

The lifting of strict biosecurity controls around Northern Tasmania re-opens the door to domestic trade, but export markets are yet to recognize the new status.

January 09 , 2019