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Announcements
Job Offers
- Commercial Manager Spain
- Crop Farm Manager Sharjah
- Commercial Manager Soft Fruits
- Senior Commercial Manager
- Assistant Nursery Manager - Tasmania, Australia
- Tissue Culture Lab / Operations Manager - Victoria, Australia
- Irrigation Manager - Tasmania or Victoria
- Chief Executive Officer Hortifrut IG Berries
- Head of Operations - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Greenhouse grower / production manager - Brazil
Specials more
Top 5 -yesterday
- Founder of Fairtrasa opens up during podcast about being kidnapped by Mexican gangsters
- Blueberry supplies to hit promotable volumes mid-July
- Optimal NZ kiwifruit production areas might shift
- “There’s much still to gain with price, flavour, and continuity”
- Sweet potatoes might aid Egypt to reduce expensive wheat imports
Top 5 -last week
- Kenya has surpassed South Africa as Africa’s top avocado exporter
- South African citrus: "The Russian market turned out to be actually very good"
- Dole offers free pineapples on National Pineapple Day
- “This unique tomato variety is a diamond in the rough”
- Freight rates will drop by 20-30% in the second half of the year
Top 5 -last month
- How a safari camp in the heart of Kenya’s Masai Mara is harvesting 200kg monthly
- Kenya has surpassed South Africa as Africa’s top avocado exporter
- "We have lost 80% of our stone fruit production this year"
- "The soil of Zimbabwe seems to be magical for blueberries”
- San Miguel sells fresh fruit operations in Peru and South Africa to Citri&Co
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Other news in this sector:
- 2022-07-04 Next generation: the stories of young farmers
- 2022-07-01 Record buyer attendance at foodservice conference includes school buyers
- 2022-07-01 Interpera 2022 sees the current challenges of the pear sector but believes in a brighter future
- 2022-06-29 IFPA Southern Africa Conference – The event for everyone in the fresh produce and floral industry
- 2022-06-28 Successful first day of the 7th International Berry Congress of Huelva
- 2022-06-28 Prognosfruit 2022 complete programme available
- 2022-06-24 Who’s Who at IFPA Foodservice 2022
- 2022-06-24 The EC wants to reduce the use of chemical pesticides in the EU by 50% by 2030
- 2022-06-23 Registrations open for FPC Future and FPC Careers 2022
- 2022-06-23 New Zealand welcomes global avocado community ahead of 2023 World Avocado Congress
- 2022-06-23 International Pear Symposium will take place from 22-26 January 2023 in Stellenbosch
- 2022-06-23 ABRAFRUTAS to be present at the 27th HORTITEC
- 2022-06-22 The Rome Table comes back on 3rd and 4th November
- 2022-06-22 Global Melon and Watermelon Event 2022
- 2022-06-21 90% of Fruit Attraction's Fresh Food Logistics area is already booked
- 2022-06-17 Professional visitor registration open for Fruit Attraction 2022 and LIVEConnect
- 2022-06-17 It's almost time for Interpera 2022
- 2022-06-16 Global Produce & Floral Show launches
- 2022-06-16 German fresh-cut sector needs to catch up with countries such as the Netherlands, UK and USA
- 2022-06-15 Fruit Logistica will sponsor the VII International Berry Congress