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India’s cashew exports dropped to 7802 tones, by seven percent, in April, according to Cashew Export Promotion Council (CEPC). In a report, CEPC said cashew kernel exports for April 2009 stood at 8,425 tonnes and in terms of value,…
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 21.6 cents per pound for the week ending May 22, up 1.3 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending May 22…
Herb and Honey Inc. of Ridgefield, NJ, is recalling its 16 ounce packages of “Dried Apricots” (Product of Turkey) because they contain undeclared sulfites. Consumers who have a severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening…
After 200 years of logging, clearing and development, Queensland’s world-famous macadamia has been reduced to just a few thousand trees left in the wild. Wild trees are vital to the $500 million-a-year macadamia industry’s future,…
Nut processors have supported the ongoing ban on export of raw nuts but said farmers will only benefit if they are assisted to produce more for local demand.Unlike in Tanzania, where the government is supporting farmers…
Pistachio exports will hit a new record during the current crop year, brining in significant forex revenues, said head of Agricultural Commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines (ICCIM).
Le marché en livres Turques en inchangé, c’est toujours le prix de TMO. Par contre la volatilité des devises a fortement influencé le prix de la noisette dans la monnaie des utilisateurs : les prix sont moins chers en dollars suite à la baisse…
Regulators are busy drafting food safety standards for pistachios to prevent widespread bleaching of the product, experts said.”Due to traditional eating habits, bleached pistachios are prevailing in China because of their ‘clean…
In a shift from traditional crops, an increasing number of farmers in Tamil Nadu are taking to cultivating Arabian date palms. Arabian date palms give the best fruit, and plants are usually imported from Saudi Arabia for cultivation in the…
The bumper crop of almonds that federal agricultural officials are predicting for valley farmers is a bit perplexing for Yuba-Sutter growers. An overload of spring rains harshly impacted this year’s Mid-Valley almonds, farmers said,…
After showing steady improvement in the last few months, cashew exports declined by over 7 per cent to 7,802 tonnes in April even as the slow pace of global recovery and the Eurozone debt crisis caused a dip in demand.
The 2010 peanut crop is projected to be 3.945 billion pounds, up 7 percent from 2009 as higher planted area more than compensates for a small yield decline. Peanut yields over the past 2 years have been much higher than historic levels…
Cashew cultivation in Kaparada talukas has not borne fruit in the past owing to scarcity of water. So, Lavkar Range Forest officers have taken great pains – even setting up a nursery – to ensure their effort doesn’t go in vain this time.
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service predicts California’s almond orchards will crank out 1.53 billion pounds of almonds this year, up 8.5 percent from last year’s 1.41 billion pounds. The forecast estimates bearing acreage for 2010…
Continued economic recession in the US and European countries has cast a shadow on cashew kernel exports from India. For the first month of the current financial year, India’s cashew kernels exports have shown a decline of 7.3% to…
EXPORTS of Iranian pistachios for the period from 20 February to 20 March crept up 4% to 10 400 tonnes, compared with shipments in the same period last year of 10 000 tonnes, according to a report from Iranian company, Amin Padidar.
India might be about to discover what Byron Bay restaurateur Michael Abboud has known for years – macadamia nuts taste great in curries. Mr Abboud has been using the Aussie bush nut at his Indian restaurant, the Orion Cafe Curry House,…
California almond growers could produce a near-record 1.53 billion pounds of nuts this year, federal farm officials estimated. That would be 8.5 percent more than the revised 1.41 billion pounds harvested last year but still less than…