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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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