Brussels' main wholesale market closed down in wake of terror attacks

The Mabru wholesale market in Brussels closed earlier today in the wake of the terror attacks on the Belgian capital's airport and metro systems.

March 22 , 2016

New route cuts 10 days from Chile-India shipping

"Now we can do a lot more Chilean kiwifruit, more Chilean grapes and more Chilean stonefruit," says IG International's Tarun Arora.

March 22 , 2016

U.S. and Cuba reach agricultural agreement breakthrough

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced several measures aimed at fostering "further collaboration between the U.S. and Cuban agriculture sectors".

March 21 , 2016

China: Mission Produce, Lantao and Pagoda sign avocado JV

A new partnership in China aims to build the leading avocado brand in the country for the years to come.

March 18 , 2016

Consortium demands Spanish strawberry growers protect nature reserve

A consortium including retailers such as Albert Heijn, Edeka and M&S have called for an end to strawberry production practices it claims are damaging wetlands.

March 18 , 2016

Russia blocks 300MT of produce re-exported from Belarus

The full force of Russia's import ban on sanctioning countries and Turkey could be felt in the first half of March.

March 17 , 2016

New U.S. food safety rules to require 'preventative controls' from exporters

As if produce didn't have enough acronyms, there is another that fruit traders to the U.S. will have to become familiar with or risk losing business - PCQI.

March 17 , 2016