News (Page 174)

  The Chilean Hass avocado industry is looking to build on last season’s exports of around 90,000 metric tons (MT), particularly in China where volumes are still small but are growing very quickly.   Chilean Hass Avocado Committee managing director Juan Enrique Lazo told www.freshfruitportal.com the industry only shipped one container when theContinue Reading

by Kim Honan, ABC News   University of New England PhD candidate Aaron Aeberli said different sensor systems could be attached to satellites or drones.   “Remote sensing records the interaction of different objects to different levels of electromagnetic radiation systems,” he said.   Mr Aeberli said the technology wasContinue Reading

  According to the mayor Palos Blancos, Beimer Mamani Montero, 60% to 70% of the papaya crops in the municipalities of South Yungas, Palos Blancos, Tipuani, Teoponte, and Alto Beni are being affected by a plague.   Papaya is one of the most cultivated products throughout this area because ofContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet     The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revealed that the final 2015/16 Florida orange crop estimate stands at 81.5m boxes, which marks a 16 per cent decrease from the previous year’s result.   During the 2014/15 season, Florida produced 96.8m boxes of oranges.  Continue Reading

by Michael Barker, Fruitnet   Nanotechnology could provide the answer to extending the shelf life of fresh fruit, researchers have claimed.   According to the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA), Canadian, Indian and Sri Lankan researchers have created a nanotech application of a natural plant extract called hexanal, whichContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Strong demand from Asian markets, including triple figure growth in orange exports to Indonesia, has Australian citrus suppliers riding high after the first five months of the 2016 season.   Judith Damiani, chief executive of peak industry body Citrus Australia, said export volumes reached 16,765 tonnesContinue Reading

  The head of Sagarpa, Jose Calzada, stated that, from January to April this year, the surplus of the food trade balance of Mexico with the United States had increased by 46 percent when compared to the same period of 2015, with a favorable balance for the country of 3,818Continue Reading

by Kim Honan, ABC News     The state’s banana growers will head to the ballot box next week to vote on increasing the banana levy to buy out a farm in far north Queensland infected by Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4).   The industry’s peak body has been south of theContinue Reading

by Charlie McKillop, ABC News   The industry peak body, Australian Banana Growers Council, has secured $1.5 million dollars from the Federal Government to buy back the infected farm at Tully and is asking growers to agree to pay a national levy to raise another $3 million dollars.   Earlier negotiationsContinue Reading

The minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) of Mexico, Jose Calzada, said Jalisco would be able to export Hass avocado to the US market this year.   Calzada Rovirosa addressed the issue during a meeting with the US Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, and stated thatContinue Reading

by Marieke Hemmes, Fresh Plaza   The Fourth of July holiday brought the usual spike in sales this year, though prices were a little low when compared to past years. Production in the West is centered in California, where the Central Valley’s growers are harvesting a steady supply of fruit.  Continue Reading