Australia: Costa Group sees revenue growth across produce categories in H1

Australia's top produce grower and marketer notched a 31.9% year-on-year spike in EBITDA in the first half of 2015-16.

February 24 , 2016

NZ: Scales Corp profit more than doubled in 2015

The holding company of New Zealand's largest apple grower-exporter well exceeded IPO forecasts and the previous season's results in 2015.

February 24 , 2016

California ag water woes alive and kicking despite El Niño. Is policy to blame?

A group of experts and growers from California discuss El Niño, policy and the impacts on fruit and vegetable production.

February 24 , 2016

Russian retailer reps go on Chilean roadshow

Faced with challenges from import bans on many countries, sourcing managers from Russia's largest retailer Magnit have touched down in Chile.

February 24 , 2016

U.S.: Fresh Del Monte profit plunged in 2015

An impairment charge hammered Del Monte's 2015 profit, but net sales were up despite an "extraordinary" industry oversupply of bananas.

February 23 , 2016

U.S. northeast sees imports of watermelon swell, grapes plummet

The warmer winter seen in northeastern U.S. has significantly impacted demand, but for some fruits supply has been a problem.

February 22 , 2016

High-fiber foods in early life reduce breast cancer risk, Harvard study finds

A recent scientific finding in the U.S. is good news for growers of veggies rich in fiber like broccoli, artichokes and peas.

February 19 , 2016

German drug bust finds €6M of cocaine in Ecuadorian banana boxes

Fruit company employees in the German port of Bremerhaven made an unexpected discovery recently.

February 19 , 2016

Australian fruit joins long list of Russian import interceptions

Russia continues to intercept and destroy banned European fruit on almost a weekly basis, but seldom do we see Australia come up in the country's food safety watchdog announcements.

February 19 , 2016

Q&A: SanLucar's multi-faceted approach to raising fruit consumption, standards

Being on the move in new growing regions while maintaining strict quality and social standards does not make for easy business.

February 18 , 2016