Fruits News (Page 175)

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   After a bumper year for both production and export volumes in 2015, New Zealand kiwifruit shipments are expected to enter a short-term period of consolidation in 2016, according to a USDA Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report.   Total production (all varieties) climbed to 475,000 tonnesContinue Reading

by Yzza Ibrahim, Fresh Plaza   The market for citrus fruits in Poland completely changed in early March in terms of demand and prices compared with February. Ahmed Abdelhady of Citrozone, says that he expects high prices at the end of the season for all sizes due to shortages and alsoContinue Reading

  Nearly 90% of international trade from Africa happens by sea, yet a lack of infrastructure and long ship waiting times continue to hamper productivity for the African maritime sector. A wave of new investments is set to change this and drive growth over the medium term, according to aContinue Reading

  Until now, Liquidseal was only known in the flower sector. The company makes environmentally friendly post harvest products that extend shelf life. In addition to the recipes developed by the company for use on lily bulbs and cut roses, an application for fruit is now available as well.  Continue Reading

  Carica papaya is the scientific name of the papaya, a fruit little known in the Spanish province of Almeria, although in recent times it has attracted more attention after being the focus of various seminars. Since 2012, the University of Almeria, together with the Cajamar Foundation, has launched an experimentalContinue Reading

  Avocados From Mexico (AFM), the No. 1 selling avocado brand in the U.S., celebrated their year-round love of music with their first-ever appearance at South By Southwest (SXSW), and in the process, dominated SXSW-related social buzz. According to data from the social media monitoring company Keyhole, AFM’s #GuacNRoll activitiesContinue Reading

by Nichola Watson, Fresh Plaza   As the South African avocado harvest gets underway, we can see from the table that the export volumes have not changed much since 2010, but the figures do not tell the full story. Avocados have an on-year and an off-year. 2013 for example was anContinue Reading

by Miranda Saunders and Elloise Farrow-Smith, ABC North Coast   A macadamia processing plant near Lismore has cracked a world-first for nut treatment. The pasteurisation machine at the Alphadale company MPC reduces levels of micro-organisms through non-chemical methods.   “The pasteuriser treats food in a way that reduces the levels ofContinue Reading

  The controversial Resolution No. 37/16 of Senasa caused concern among citrus producers and packers, because of the restrictions embodied in the document, which prevented the free movement of unprocessed fruit between the Argentine Coast and the northern part of the province of Buenos Aires, in order to prevent theContinue Reading

  A mission of the European Union (EU) will travel to Uruguay in April to assess whether the action plan being carried out by the country against the Blackspot citrus disease (caused by the fungus Guignardia citricarpa) is adequate to allow exports to continue as they used to.   This issueContinue Reading

by Maggie Giuffrida, The Produce News   Robinson Fresh has carefully crafted its business practices to ensure that supply availability for pineapples is not compromised. “The dual country strategy that Robinson Fresh has in place for pineapple allows us to diversify supply production and risk whenever weather events hit one regionContinue Reading