The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
The 2010 California dried plum (prune) crop is forecast at 150,000 tons, down 10 percent from the 166,000 tons produced in 2009. Total 2010 bearing acreage is estimated at 64,000. The French prune variety accounts for 97 percent of all…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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).
The Turkish Lira market is unchanged; it’s still the TMO price. On the opposite, the currencies’ volatility has influenced a lot the hazelnut value user’s currencies: Prices are cheaper in dollars further to the decrease of the lira…
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, and there’s little that…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…