The California Tomato Growers Association has completed negotiations for the 2023 crop with all processors agreeing to $138 per ton. This price is 31 per cent higher than 2022’s base price of $105 per ton.
The Global Coalition of Fresh Produce, chaired by Canadian Ron Lemaire, has analyzed the hurdles throughout the farm-to-table chain, post-COVID, and underlined what policymakers can do to safeguard supply of fruits and vegetables. Improving logistics at ports is one key.
U.S. ag secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the potential for 21 innovative projects to increase fertilizer capacity. Public comments end in early February 2023.
Potato processor Lamb Weston predicts an increase in net sales for 2023. How this optimism translates to potato grower contracts is still to be negotiated.
South African company Dragonfly Aerospace has announced lift-off of its satellite on January 3. 2023 from the SpaceX launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It’s billed as a space solution for earth’s problems.
Be in Berlin, February 8-10, 2023. That’s the invitation of Fruit Logistica’s organizers who are spotlighting launches of innovative products and technologies. The white strawberry variety, Florida Pearl, is one such example.
