Needles found in Western Australian strawberry punnet in NZ

The Australian strawberry industry has been dealt another blow after the needle tampering scandal spread to a punnet of fruit in New Zealand over the weekend.

September 23 , 2018

Costa Rica: Strike causes heavy losses for pineapple, banana industries

A severe strike in Costa Rica over the last two weeks has affected the banana and pineapple industries, with the latter suffering multi-million dollar losses.

September 23 , 2018

Solidarity against strawberry sabotage: Community lifts Aussie grower spirits

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has echoed calls from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging people to eat more (carefully cut) strawberries, and some growers are already noticing a shift in consumer sentiment. 

September 21 , 2018

Next round of U.S.-China tariffs to come into effect on Sept. 24

Included in the tariffs on Chinese goods are some 200 agricultural items such as berries, mushrooms and mangoes.

September 20 , 2018

U.S.: Local produce segment where organic was 15 years ago, says BrightFarms

A representative of the rapidly expanding greenhouse company says that "we haven’t even scratched the surface" of the locally grown produce sector's potential.

September 20 , 2018

U.S. pricing reflects greater orange imports from Chile, South Africa

By mid-August, both origins were fetching prices that were on average around 30% lower year-on-year.

September 20 , 2018

Cherries drive 18% rise in Chilean fruit exports so far in 2018

Cherries have also now overtaken table grapes as the O'Higgins region's most heavily planted fruit crop.

September 17 , 2018

Dole sells U.S. headquarters for US$50M

The move comes a few weeks after Ireland-based multinational Total Produce acquired a 45% stake in Dole.

September 14 , 2018

NZ plant material destruction order causes fallout with major U.S. research facility

In June MPI ordered nearly 50,000 apple and stonefruit trees originating from the U.S. to be contained or destroyed.

September 14 , 2018

U.S.: More than 500 affected in cyclospora outbreak linked to McDonald's

More than 500 people have been affected across 15 states and New York City.

September 13 , 2018