Colombia's Q1 Hass avocado exports beat 2014 total

Colombia's agriculture minister believes the country's avocado exports could eventually be on par with bananas, coffee and flowers.

July 13 , 2015

Citrus greening disease hits California

The second ever detection of Huanglongbing disease in California has appeared in Los Angeles County.

July 10 , 2015

NZ: Opposition calls for outright ban on grape imports

The Labour Party and the New Zealand Wine Growers Association have raised questions about what other biosecurity threats could arise if spiders could slip through the cracks.

July 10 , 2015

IG International launches Aussie Fremont mandarins in India

Ironbark Citrus CEO Susan Jenkin believes India will become an important market for her company's mandarin exports.

July 10 , 2015

Chilean apple exports take a dive in H1

The process of varietal conversion combined with weather factors this year to cut shipments for one of Chile's leading export crops.

July 09 , 2015

Brazilian banana and apple trade with EU slips

Lower shipments to the EU pushed down Brazil's export balance for bananas earlier this year, offset somewhat by a sales uptick to Argentina and Uruguay.

July 09 , 2015

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