Among the most exclusive apples in France today is Cœur de Reine, which has risen exponentially in consumer appeal and overtaken popular varieties. It is marketed by Blue Whale, a French brand that began operations in 1950 as a conglomerate of food producers. The firm boasts nationwide apple growers extending from the Garonne Valley to the Alps. Particularly keen...
Embraer, the Brazil-based maker of Ipanema agricultural aircraft delivered 18% more of these planes by December 2023 than in 2022. Briefing Reuters on January 15, the company said that the record deliveries banked on a strong growth of Brazil’s farming sector. Ipanema is an eco-friendly biofuel plane that farmers in Brazil use to dust crops, especially soya,...
Namibia’s grapes are supplanting the gap left by a 10% fall in South African table grape supplies in UK supermarkets by January 23, 2024. Drastic weather in 2023 decreased the supply of grapes from South Africa, the traditional source for UK grocers. Already, the red seedless variety that thrives in the mild weather of southern Namibia...
Rising shipping costs have made shippers of agricultural goods from the West Mediterranean reconsider redelivery of shipments to Asia. China and India are receiving most of these expensive redeliveries Houthi rebels based in Yemen started targeting commerce ships plying the Red Sea in end 2023. Hence, deliveries of commodities like wheat from Europe to Asia have been...
Peanuts, soybean oil, hides and pork were among U.S. produce whose export sales decreased in the week ending January 21, 2024. On an upper trajectory were corn, soybeans, cotton, rice and wheat, due to increasing demand in mainly Asia and Europe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released these weekly summaries on January 19, 2024. Peanuts...
Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Juan Carlos Mathews estimated on January 8, 2024 that national exports in 2023 would equal 2022’s. One of these exports is avocados, of which the minister said Peru ranks second worldwide. Mathews’ projections echo a rise by 9% in total avocado exports from January to September 2023 in comparison to...
China on January 18, 2024 allowed the domestic production of several GMO cultivars of corn and soybeans, including single corn and soy imports, apiece. These genetically modified crop approvals are the first steps in a race to fight domestic food security concerns. With an aim to realize 100% self-sufficiency in agricultural production, China’s GMO crop production targets mainly grains and textile....
On January 18, California’s fishermen hauled in their delayed first harvest of Dungeness crabs but they rued the price. Though the Dungeness crab season officially began on January 5, actual fishing took place only this week after a strike in Redwood, CA. The strike by fishermen, which lasted till January 17, was in protest against the...
Cocoa ended January 18 on a higher note after a slump a day earlier occasioned by mixed demand. This is even as prospects of rain in West Africa bring hope of more supplies to curb present tight supplies.. On January 17, cocoa prices in London and New York had lowered amid unpredictable demand blamed on...
A California court has dismissed a 2022 case against a West Coast aquarium for featuring American lobster on its “red list” of species not to eat. This is barely a week after New England’s lobster fishermen dropped the lawsuit to which they had pegged $75,000 in damages. The suit began in September 2022 when Seafood Watch of Monterey Bay Aquarium, California advised against...