News (Page 167)

by Kelly den Herder, Fresh Plaza     August and September are the months when Panama’s pineapple production reaches its peak, unlike the production of Costa Rica, which falls due to the natural flowering. Currently, prices of pineapples in the European market are very high due to the lack of supplyContinue Reading

by Matt Brann, abc news     The early fruit from Kununurra is expected to fetch a premium price, with previous years suggesting a price-tag of up to $100 a tray.   Based in Kununurra, Geoff Warnock, from the Australian Mango Industry Association, said the quality of the first fruit lookedContinue Reading

by  Meenal Tatpati, The Hindu     On a particularly sultry summer’s day last year, my colleagues and I were trudging uphill through the dense forests of the Niyamgiri hills. A few minutes into the hills, and the sticky sweet aroma of ripe mangoes wafted up our noses. As weContinue Reading

by Courtney Fowler, abc news     The collaborative research project between the Northern Territory and Queensland governments has seen 27 varieties of banana planted, looking for signs of tolerance or resistance to the disease.   Department of Primary Industries (DPI) director of plant industries Bob Williams said three months intoContinue Reading

by Carl Curtain, abc news     The Federal Department of Agriculture has released a draft report proposing the importation of dragon fruit from the South-East Asian country, provided quarantine and food safety measures are met.   The report identifies seven species of pests, fruit fly and mealybug, which would require risk managementContinue Reading

    A significant portion of Panama’s banana cultivation has been damaged by winds that pummeled the country’s Atlantic coast near the Costa Rican border last week.   Atlantic Banana Cooperative (Coobana) labor director Chito Quintero told www.freshfruitportal.com the wind and rain hit the Bocas del Toro region on Sept. 21.   “ForContinue Reading

    Storms and winds in the Peruvian jungle at the beginning of September did not affect the quality of the fruit and vegetable production. Elizabeth Cruz, from Agroexport Ucayali, reported that, “The hurricane force winds in Iquitos had implications for agriculture, but we don’t yet know how great. ThisContinue Reading

by Carlos P Poggio, Fresh Plaza     Many Ecuadorian producers of mango are enjoying the good yields that were forecast and are anticipating that an early mango harvest will give them a strategic advantage in new markets. Libya Piñeres, who works at Rinursa, a company that produces and exports mangoes,Continue Reading

by Fred Meintjes, Fruitnet     A South African citrus delegation has described talks in Beijing aimed at allowing break bulk shipments to China as “encouraging”.   Following the talks, it’s hoped that the introduction of this mode of shipment will be put in place ready for the 2017 season.   TheContinue Reading

    Although Golden pineapple supply from Costa Rica has been a bit tight it will begin to ramp up this fall. “Typically every year August and September are the two months of the year that have the lowest production so we’re just kind of getting out of that andContinue Reading

    Coming off their worst harvest in five decades, citrus growers in Florida have fewer acres to work with as they struggle to maintain the state’s signature crop against an incurable bacterial disease.   The citrus industry lost 4 percent of its grove land, 21,275 acres, over the pastContinue Reading