TFNet News Compilation (Page 193)

The leap in avocado prices has caused much consternation among those in the industry, but Australian consumers can now relax, as the prices which skyrocketed as high as $7 this year, should soon drop back to their usual $2 or $3. This is due to fruit from Queensland soon hittingContinue Reading

Six months ago, Rob and Krista Watkins opened their state-of-the-art $3.8 million factory at Walkamin on the Atherton Tablelands, and launched Natural Evolution Foods. Now the north Queensland creators of ground-breaking banana flour, have a major national distribution deal, an office in the United Kingdom and are making a forayContinue Reading

by Kelly den Herder, Fresh Plaza   The Fava group is Brazil’s largest distributor of bananas at domestic level. With 43 ripening rooms and a volume of 950 tonnes per week, it supplies the largest supermarket chains in the country. “We have bananas all year round, because Brazil is a veryContinue Reading

On Friday 12 February, a Nagpur-based company, Merchandise Venture Private Limited, exported a sample container of bananas to Iran. The company states that it is the first ever shipment of this fruit grown in Vidarbha to a foreign destination.   Dharmendra Sharma the company’s CEO said this was the sampleContinue Reading

by Fresh Plaza,   The banana production in Uraba, intended for export to the U.S. and Europe, will fall by at least five million cases in the first half of the year.   This warning was raised by Juan Camilo Restrepo, president of the Association of Banana Growers of Colombia,Continue Reading

by M P Saravanan, News Today Net     Right from the days of former Chief Minister-writer C N Annadurai, sevvazhai (red bananas) have been out of reach for the common public. Refer his story by the same name Sevvazhai, where a farm coolie raises a red banana plant in hisContinue Reading

by Jenifer Jost, Off The Grid News   If you have south-facing windows and extra space inside, growing tropical fruits in pots is a viable option for diversifying your food sources, even during the winter.   While some varieties have been developed to withstand winter outdoors as far north as zoneContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   The February forecast for this season’s Florida citrus crop remained steady for oranges and dipped slightly for grapefruit, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).   The report estimates a 69m-box season for Florida oranges, a number consistentContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Aselection of the world’s leading avocado producing nations has moved to form the first global entity for the offering, known as the World Avocado Organisation (WAO).   The new body will promote the consumption of avocados across Europe, Asia and other parts of the world throughContinue Reading

by Gabrielle Easter, Fruitnet   Avocados are in short supply in New Zealand following last year’s bumper crop and a cold spring that have seen export volumes drop by 40 per cent.   The smaller volume of avocados has seen prices jump on the domestic market, though despite the increase inContinue Reading

by Arlie Felton-Taylor, ABC Rural   Growers on the western Darling Downs are finally picking and sending watermelons to market after a horrific season.   Late last year multiple hail storms wrecked a significant number of crops, with some growers facing a total wipeout in some paddocks around Chinchilla.   Grower IanContinue Reading