Argentina: Customs worker strike suspended

The Ministry of Labor has intervened to temporarily resolve a conflict that would have seen several days of customs worker strikes this month.

July 08 , 2015

Trio of new pomegranate varieties heads for South Africa

A Spain-based variety management company is in the process of registering its Purple Queen, MR-100 and Kingdom cultivars in South Africa following commercial success elsewhere.

July 06 , 2015

SanLucar to enter "very attractive" Turkish market

An executive of a Spanish multinational says two nearby countries outside the EU have strong productive futures as a range of new crops go in the ground.

July 03 , 2015

U.S.: Sunkist launches organic California lime program

California's oldest citrus cooperative is squeezing limited volumes of local organic limes into its portfolio, with plans to expand in the future.

July 02 , 2015

Chile breaks ground on US$4.4M inspection site for southern fruit growers

A new USDA inspection site will make exports easier for southern Chilean fruit, particularly in apples, pears and blueberries.

July 02 , 2015

Israel: Hazera's onion specialist gives lowdown on decades of research

With 15% of seed company Hazera's revenues going into R&D, double-digit year-on-year onion sales growth is being seen in several regions.

June 29 , 2015

EU Court of Justice imposes greater fines on Del Monte, Weichert

A Fresh Del Monte appeal over a banana pricing cartel case has backfired.

June 26 , 2015

Syrian conflict looms over Jordan's fresh produce sector

Jordanian agribusiness consultant Wael Haddadin says growers are still looking strongly to EU, Russian and UAE markets even though a key supply route has been cut.

June 26 , 2015

Australia: Costa Group releases IPO

Australia's largest integrated produce company has dropped down its IPO value from previous expectations.

June 25 , 2015

South Africa: Lemon exports glide, orange estimates slide

From late mandarin competition in Europe to new consumption trends, Justin Chadwick gives a global citrus update on the South African deal.