Countries
Argentina: Fruit workers, growers at odds
One group of workers takes over an irrigation system, while producer talks with another yields no agreement.
October 15 , 2010
New Zealand’s Mr. Apple future uncertain as sale looms
New Zealand apple grower and exporter Mr. Apple –one of the country’s largest- will be sold by its parent company but finding a local buyer is considered by local media to be a hard sell at best.
October 14 , 2010
Chilean apples at the center of UK morpholine alarm
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has sounded the alarm against imported apples treated with morpholine, a processing additive. Industry advocates blasted the measure.
October 13 , 2010
New Zealand growers call on government for tighter regulation
Apple and Pear growers in New Zealand’s Tasman region have called on the country’s central government to tighten its control over the export industry, as is the case for kiwi.
October 08 , 2010
Principal New Zealand kiwi packers to merge
New Zealand’s Eastpack ltd and Satara Co-operative Ltda, two of the country’s largest Kiwi packers will merge their operations thus creating the country’s largest grower-owned post-harvest cooperative
October 08 , 2010
Turners & Growers ships first kiwis grown outside New Zealand
New Zealand-based kiwi grower Turners & Growers Ltd. shipped its first load of kiwis grown outside the country in its continuing resistance to Zespri control of kiwi export
October 08 , 2010
Peru’s 2010 avocado exports already top 2009 shipments
Higher European demand, new markets spur 19.7% rise in revenue to $79.7M
October 05 , 2010
Chile’s fruit exports expected to reach U.S. $3.1B in 2010
Returns on exports rose 5% over 2009, but the volume shipped dropped, mostly due to a big fall in table grape shipments, a Chilean fruit growers association said.
October 05 , 2010
Chilean apples get good buzz in Russia
Interest in marketing Chilean apples in Russia is growing as import volumes and the perception of quality grows, Chile's state investment promotion agency Prochile said in a statement.
October 04 , 2010
Peru: Water use for asparagus unsustainable, report says
Dwindling groundwater supply endangers profitable asparagus business, U.K. group says
September 15 , 2010
