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Peruvian watermelon exports up nearly 250% in 2010
Shipments up 247.6% from January to August
October 12 , 2010
New Zealand's Compac Sorting Equipment receives grant
NZD 3.7 million in government funding will boost sorting machine research
October 12 , 2010
Mexico-based packer installs traceability software
Mexico based packer and shipper Nico Commodityes will install California supply chain solutions provider HarvestMark fresh food traceability solution for its operations in Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Costa Rica,
October 12 , 2010
Market Pulse week 40 -- 2010
Market situation in the Northern Hemisphere: blueberries, oranges and table grapes.
October 11 , 2010
Peruvian orange exports grow 69% in 2010
Peruvian orange showed the biggest leap in growth in the country’s citrus industry shipments from January to August 2010 with a total 6,200 metric tons
October 11 , 2010
Argentine fruit workers union, growers group remain at odds
A conflict between the Argentine fruit workers union and the Argentine fruit growers group continues to intensify after an agreement deadline passed on Thursday without action
October 11 , 2010
Chilean growers receive 16% of final sale, group says
Growers assert that sector profits are no higher than 10%
October 11 , 2010
New Zealand growers call on government for tighter regulation
Apple and Pear growers in New Zealand’s Tasman region have called on the country’s central government to tighten its control over the export industry, as is the case for kiwi.
October 08 , 2010
Principal New Zealand kiwi packers to merge
New Zealand’s Eastpack ltd and Satara Co-operative Ltda, two of the country’s largest Kiwi packers will merge their operations thus creating the country’s largest grower-owned post-harvest cooperative
October 08 , 2010
Turners & Growers ships first kiwis grown outside New Zealand
New Zealand-based kiwi grower Turners & Growers Ltd. shipped its first load of kiwis grown outside the country in its continuing resistance to Zespri control of kiwi export
October 08 , 2010
