All Production & Trade articles – Page 1082
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ArticleEarly start for California grapes
The Californian grape season out of the San Joaquin Valley got underway earlier this month with the first shipments of Flame Seedless from the Bakersfield area.
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ArticleDole wrestles weaker European currencies
US giant continues to explore separations of businesses as Q2 revenues, adjusted EBITDA and comparable income fall
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ArticleMixed results for Chinese imports
Chinese importers are reflecting on a good season for Chilean grapes and apples, and hoping for a better year for South African citrus
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ArticleSales boost for Costa Rican pineapples
The Central American nation’s second most important agricultural crop has made further export gains in the first half of 2012
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ArticleEarly start for California grapes
It’ll be early, big and beautiful – the Californian grape season looks set to provide the trade with a bumper, 100m-carton crop
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ArticleSouth African import market set to grow
Country leading the way in southern Africa when it comes to development of market for imported fruit and vegetables
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ArticleIrish soft-fruit exports hit by weather
The chairman of the Irish Soft Fruit Growers’ Association has said supplies of berries to the UK and Irish markets may be severely restricted by the end of August.
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ArticleRain decimates British cherry crop
Industry experts fear cherry volumes could be down by as much as 50 per cent after the British season started three weeks later than usual.
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ArticleSolid demand tipped for Peru asparagus
The Peruvian Asparagus Importers Association (PAIA) anticipates increasing consumption and demand in the US
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ArticlePortugal turns to pear export markets
Despite forecasting a fall in production, lower domestic demand means the country is aiming to ship more pears overseas
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ArticleGrowth for Peruvian citrus
Mandarin exports from Peru are on course to grow steadily during the 2012 season on the back of solid demand
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ArticleFresca and Newmafruit join BSF
Industry body British Summer Fruits has announced two new members.
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ArticleIndian grapes in need of rainfall
Grape growers in Maharashtra are looking to the skies as concerns grow monsoon rains may not come to the state this year
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ArticleCitrus group DNE forms global business
Florida-based citrus exporter brings global sales and marketing together under control of single commercial entity
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ArticleCherry demand outstrips EU supply
Prices said to be holding up well in under-supplied European market, as UK aims to double production in next few years
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ArticleEcuador declares banana emergency
The Ecuadorian minister of agriculture, Javier Ponce Cevallos, has declared state of emergency for the banana sector in the country.
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ArticleFPAA responds to US-Mexico spat
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas believes that the US and Mexico must avoid a tomato trade war to avoid negatively affecting a broad spectrum of industries
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ArticleUS entry for RSA avos some way off
Opening up the US market for South African avocados will take some time given all the legal and administrative hurdles
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ArticleStar Produce adds distribution centre
The state-of-the-art facility in Canada will handle deliveries of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables to western North America
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ArticleMexico decries US “protectionist” action
The agreement which sets a minimum price for Mexican tomatoes sold on the US market is apparently under threat following calls from Florida to terminate the deal