"New Zealand Kiwanos are here"

Tomatoes and cucumbers drive up April food prices ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Do not reply to this email. Send your response to info@freshplaza.com. News| Search| Job offers| Photos| Subscribe| Advertise| About us | View this newsletter in your browser Thursday, May 13, 2021 OCEANIA Our team Sander Bruins Slot Email Nichola McGregor Email Nick Peters Email  Job Offers CEO - Australia Grower - Location Manager Portugal Divisional Sales Manager - Canada Specialist meerlagenteelt / vertical farming - De Kwakel Farm Manager - India Production Manager - Dubai, UAE Supply Chain Coordinator - Kudelstaart, Netherlands Plant Buyer - Kudelstaart, Netherlands Hydroponic Grower - Livingston (Tennessee) USA Assistant Grower - Chatham (ON) Canada Tomatoes and cucumbers drive up April food prices Rising prices for tomatoes and cucumbers were the main contributors to a 1.1 percent rise in food prices in April 2021, Stats NZ said. Fruit and vegetable prices rose 4.8… Job Offers: CEO - Australia Peter Hobert, BUD Holland: "New Zealand Kiwanos are here" This week, at long last, Kiwanos arrived from New Zealand in the Netherlands again. They were delivered to Bud Holland's warehouse. This exotic fruit isn't flown in very often. Its… NZ: Gisborne district's kiwifruit harvest valued at over $50 million The annual kiwifruit harvest has almost been completed and growers and exporters have expressed their satisfaction at the quality and quantity of this year's… USDA Florida citrus forecast May Florida grapefruit production down 2%, orange production unchanged Florida all orange and non-Valencia production is unchanged from as is Valencia production. Grapefruit production is down 2 percent and tangerine and Tangelo… Chinese mango industry feels pressure of international competition Growing number of countries allowed to export mangoes to China The mango season in Hainan is almost over. 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In recent years, durian has… Mangoes from Panzhihua, China available in June Panzhihua in Sichuan is a renowned production area of late mangos. 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