California’s oranges face global challenges and opportunities
While California’s orange supply is thin this year, the demand worldwide continues to be stable for the fruit from the West Coast. “While the California navel crop is the smallest volume crop the industry has [...]
AU: Time is right to move into digital trading world
Australian digital fruit and vegetable wholesale market HiveXchange believes there has never been a more important time for growers and buyers to invest in diversification of their supply chains, to better use technology to deliver [...]
Forelle pears offer a silver lining in difficult pear season
The South African pear season is ending on a high note thanks to Forelle pears. They are the first pears of the season whose volumes aren’t markedly down and the sizing on Forelle is “surprisingly [...]
SATI Chairman passes away after motorbike accident
The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) is sad to announce the passing away of its Chairman Michael Laubscher following a serious motorbike accident. After bravely fighting for his life he passed away in a [...]
The new jumbo grape varieties taking on Japan
An Australian company is stepping up its sales in Japan, with a new larger, sweeter Crimson line commencing this month in selected stores. Budou Farms, based in Merbein in South Victoria, says its Jumbo size [...]
Rombola Farm pinpointed as origin of listeria
The rockmelon farm at the centre of the deadly listeria outbreak has been revealed as Rombola Family Farms, authorities have confirmed. The NSW Food Authority said it was working closely with the farm, located in the [...]
Spanish Tangos open season for South African consumers
During the past week South African consumers have been able to start enjoying Tango Fruit™ mandarins again, well before the local harvest. This is a follow-up to the successful introduction last year of locally grown [...]
Problems for the Sicilian Moro orange segment
Everybody knows things are not going well for Sicilian citrus fruit, though there are a few contradictions that are rather surprising. The CTV virus has definitely been one of the sector's worst enemies over the [...]
Clean bill of health for South African deciduous fruit
The source of the ‘worst outbreak’ of listeria in South Africa was confirmed yesterday by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, as coming from processed meat plants in Polokwane and Germiston. Hortgro, the organisation representing the [...]