Argentine company plans US$50M lemon investment

Argentine business La Moraleja SA plans to invest US$50 million in infrastructure and plantings to double its lemon exports over the coming decade.

May 20 , 2011

Staay Food Group buys stake in Costa Rica pineapple farm

A Dutch firm has bought a stake in Costa Rican pineapple business Agricola Agromonte S.A.

May 19 , 2011

High demand for small NZ apple variety

A New Zealand producer has teed up an apple that is 1.5 times the size of a golf ball.

May 17 , 2011

Chile: blueberry export growth highest to U.S. West Coast and Netherlands

Chile's blueberry exports to the U.S., the Netherlands and Asia rose dramatically in 2010-11.

May 13 , 2011

Australian supermarkets fined for false fruit labels

Australian supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths have been fined for not labelling imported fruit from Israel and the U.S. correctly in two Sydney stores.

May 12 , 2011

Chilean fruit growers to protest over exchange rate

Chile's fruit industry has made no secret of its discontent over exchange rates and now plans to hold a peaceful strike on May 20.

May 10 , 2011

Different varieties to open 'new chapter' for Chilean kiwifruit

Chile has ramped up its kiwifruit portfolio with three different varieties.

May 09 , 2011

Aussie cherry grower to be charged with fraud

More than US$45 million of Australian ag businessman Paul Rennie's assets have been frozen by a Federal Court judge.

May 06 , 2011

Rural Mexico faces 'deepest crisis in 40 years'

Insufficient inputs and scarce credit are not helping rural Mexico overcome its agricultural difficulties.

May 05 , 2011

Dominican Republic HLB outbreak leaves 5000 unemployed

Citrus greening disease presents a serious threat to Dominican Republic growers, with 34,000 plants already destroyed.

May 04 , 2011