SOURCE: Joe Hinchliffe, The Guardian Australians can expect banana shortages and price hikes as the cleanup begins in flood-ravaged north Queensland, which grows almost 94% of Australia’s banana crop, growers say. But the good news, for consumers at least, is that any banana dramas playing out on supermarket shelves overContinue Reading
SOURCE: Andy Thomas-Stivalet, Freshplaza Banana growers and shippers are paying close attention to the potential 25 percent tariffs president Donald Trump is threatening to impose on goods from both Mexico and Canada. “We’re a producer in Mexico and we do have third-party fruit that we source from Guatemala,” says AndyContinue Reading
By Maya Averbuch, Michael Hirtzer, and Leslie Patton, Bloomberg Americans’ love of guacamole is about to be put to the test. Mexico supplies upwards of 90% of the avocados Americans eat, and President Donald Trump is likely to make them more expensive with his plan to slap 25% tariffs onContinue Reading
SOURCE: My Sinchew Pineapples grown in Malaysia are now available in France and New Zealand! Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali, chairman of Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board, said the board made encouraging progress last year, increasing the export of pineapples from 800 to 1,778 containers. “The two-fold increase in terms of containersContinue Reading
SOURCE: Proceso Digital TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Maynor Velásquez, manager of the Association of Banana Producers of Honduras, stated on Tuesday that the area devoted to banana production has decreased considerably and has been affected by consecutive floods. Currently, the harvest varies between 2,500 and 2,800 boxes per hectare. This situation hasContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sedir “This is the worst mango season ever because prices have never been so low. We always started the season with high prices and then they went down. This time, however, prices were low throughout the entire season,” stated Milton Calle Cueva, vice president of the Peruvian Association ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Tesco Brits are going bananas for exotic fruit with papaya now the fastest growing fruit in the UK. Demand for the orange-coloured fruit, which is mainly grown in tropical climates within South America, has rocketed by nearly 160 per cent in the last year. Not only is papaya beingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jahnavi T.R., The Hindu It is most likely going to be a sweet year for mango growers in Karnataka, as the weather has been conducive so far for the crop. This comes after several consecutive bad years owing to weather and pest problems. The Karnataka State Mango Development andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sebastián Vacas-Oleas, Sapiens “This is a magnificent fruit but is difficult to care for,” says Juan Chamik as he stands on a hill on his land, looking over the rainforest. As he speaks, the smell of moist foliage rises with the wind, shaking a few peach palm trees inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet Shipments up 1.57 per cent despite climatic issues hitting production, Acorbanec said. Ecuador exported 364.73mn boxes of bananas in 2024, an increase of 5.06mn boxes (1.57 per cent) on the previous year, according to Acorbanec. The association said climatic issues such as higher solar radiation duringContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mike Knowles, Fruitnet New Zealand is on course to produce around 7mn trays of avocados this season, a notable increase on the 5mn trays it harvested last year, according to industry body New Zealand Avocado. The association’s marketing and communications manager Matthew Ball told the New Zealand Herald thatContinue Reading
SOURCE: Malaymail Oranges are an essential feature of every Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration, whether as a festive treat or a symbolic gift to enliven the occasion. The Chinese community holds the belief that oranges bring blessings and prosperity for the year ahead, particularly when exchanged as gifts. “Giving orangesContinue Reading