U.S.: Situation eases for stranded farmworkers at Mexican border

After a computer glitch caused delays for hundreds of Mexican seasonal farmworkers entering the U.S., a labor association has confirmed the majority are now through.

June 24 , 2015

Q&A: Naturipe CEO "bullish and optimistic" about berry future

"In my mind we're only going to see more blurring of the traditional retail channels for fruit," says Naturipe CEO Dwight Ferguson.

June 24 , 2015

Calais port shutdown leads to 'perfect storm' for lorry drivers targeted by migrants

The marketing director of English produce trader Moorhouse & Mohan says orders have been cancelled or postponed due to a port conflict in France.

June 23 , 2015

Monsanto trying to buy Syngenta 'on the cheap', says chairman

Syngenta chairman Michel Demaré has rebuffed Monsanto's takeover bid on Youtube.

June 23 , 2015

Australia: Costa hopes to raise AUD$600M in July IPO

It is expected Costa Group will sell 60% of its shares to the public in an IPO next month.

June 23 , 2015

Greater bee diversity needed as 'insurance policy', say U.K. scientists

A U.K. researcher says while honeybees could previously pollinate most of the country's crops, now there are only enough to manage a quarter.

June 22 , 2015

Film Review: Fear No Fruit

It is very easy to take the abundance of fruits at our fingertips for granted, but a recent documentary looks at how one woman helped broaden U.S. consumers' palates for the better.

June 19 , 2015

France: Monsanto's Roundup banned from garden centers

A few months after the United Nations called glyphosate 'probably cargcinogenic', France has banned the sale of a popular herbicide product to amateur gardeners.

June 18 , 2015

Greenpeace urges EU action on pesticide use

A recent Greenpeace study found 70% of pesticides in samples taken across the EU had a 'very high overall toxicity to humans and wildlife'.

June 17 , 2015

Ghana port development to 'increase access to global markets'

APM Terminals has partnered with two other organizations to invest US$1.5 billion in a new deep-water port aimed at putting Ghana at the 'forefront of African global trade'.

June 16 , 2015