November 2016
High prices boost Hortifrut’s profits during 2016
High prices and favorable weather conditions helped push up Chile-based berry multinational Hortifrut’s profits by 35% during the first nine
South Korea a strong export market for Oregon ag products
As one of the state’s top export markets for agriculture, South Korea is already home to a number of Oregon
Spain: Blueberries to become Huelva’s second berry in terms of acreage
The planting stage of the recently completed 2016/2017 strawberry campaign revealed that the total area planted with berries in the
North America: “This is what a mature blueberry market looks like”, says Brazelton
“For a long time it was very possible to just focus on shipping blueberries in the U.S. and Canada. That was
Driscoll’s boosts proprietary blueberry plantings in Chile, Peru
California-based multinational Driscoll’s is set to have finished planting more than 500 hectares of proprietary blueberry varieties in South America
Co-founder of California Giant dies
Pat Riordan, co-founder of Watsonville, Calif.-based California Giant Berry Farms, died Nov. 18 at the age of 67. He died
Peruvian blueberries take off for China
Peru has sent its first-ever shipment of blueberries to China, after the presidents of the two countries signed the official
Australia: Costa Group joins forces with Macquarie for ag investments
At an Annual General Meeting (AGM) where Costa Group (ASX: CGC) CEO Harry Debney gave an upgraded profit guidance for
Chilean blueberries and avocados captivate the Chinese palates
The Chilean fruit export industry is very serious about marking their presence in the Chinese market and winning over consumers
Peru: Blueberries led non-traditional exports in September
The manager of Agricultural exports from Adex, Paula Carrion, stated that the months of September and October are key for