La revue de presse des matières premières pour l’industrie agroalimentaire
The stretch of intense heat is enough to make us all uncomfortable. But some local growers could use a heat wave because the cool spring put many crops behind schedule. Several raisin growers have already laid their grapes out to dry…
“La Syrie se classe 4ème au niveau mondial dans la production de la pistache après l’Iran, les Etats-Unis et la Turquie”, a indiqué M. Hassan Ibrahim, directeur du bureau de la pistache au ministère de l’Agriculture et de la Réforme Agraire, tout en ajoutant qu’Alep…
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. said it is gearing up to launch new dried fruit lineup, including Jumbo Dried Cranberries, Dried Cherries, and Dried Blueberries. Plans call for the new products to hit supermarket shelves next month in four- and five-ounce…
The almond orchards in Willunga, south of Adelaide, have burst into bloom. “It’s the first tree to come out,” said almond grower Grahame Giles, “the first sign of spring.” At least five billion bees are busy pollinating trees in the expanding industry.
Goa’s cashew production has been drastically affected by climate change and the only way out for farmers is to increase production with better management practices, agricultural experts said at a seminar on Saturday.
El comportamiento del clima y la fluctuación de los precios internacionales, pueden hacer una diferencia de U$12 millones para el sector manicero de Nicaragua (fundamentalmente afincado en Chinandega y León, con menor presencia…
Favorable weather conditions for the January 2010 marketing year should drive raisin production up 61 percent to 48,328 MT. As a result, South Africa raisin exports have already reached 10,426 MT during the first quarter of 2010,…
India, the second largest exporter of cashew kernels in the world, witnessed stagnation in the exports of the commodity during the first quarter of this financial year. The country exported 25,862 tonnes, a marginal growth of 1.6%…
Syria is the world’s second country in dried fig production after Turkey. Syria exports dried figs to most of the world countries, particularly to Russia, Egypt and the Gulf States.The trade of fresh and dried figs has become…
South Africa’s 2010 raisin crop was the largest ever and processors collectively bought just over 500 000 ton, Dried Fruit Technical Services (DFTS) said on Friday. According to the Johannes Fourie, DFTS Chairman, this represents more…
Local growers are hopping aboard the pistachio bandwagon. Pistachios, the county’s No. 6 commodity according to the annual Crop and Livestock Report, had a gross production value of $118 million in 2009, up from $78.6 million the previous year.
The projected grape harvest for California’s raisin-type variety is down 7 percent from earlier estimates. The July forecast called for a yield of 2.1 million tons, but the number is now down slightly to 1.95 million tons, U.S.D.A…
Production in the Southeast states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, is expected to total 3.02 billion pounds, up 8 percent from last year’s production. U.S. peanut production for 2010 is forecast…
Hazelnut exporters said prices determined by hazelnut cultivation associations should be slashed, adding that they were aiming to export 350,000 tons of hazelnut this year. As well, the Hazelnut Promotion Group, or FTG, announced Friday…
The almond industry is expanding as most of the dust after the collapse of managed investment schemes settles. South Australian-based processor Almondco last week announced plans to build a $20.8 million processing…
The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture is investigating the rationale behind the 90-day lifting of the ban on raw nuts exports. Committee chairman John Mututho said complaints had been received from the industry and a report would be tabled…
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 20.7 cents per pound for the week ending August 7, down 0.4 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 7 totaled 57.2 million pounds,…
El Serida considera que las características de los frutales de la región permiten crear una marca de calidad. Asturias posee unas variedades de avellanos únicos en Europa. Con una genética propia, difieren de las otras especies de este frutal existentes…