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The 2023-2024 grape exports campaign started on the right foot, since shipments abroad totaled US$210.636 million last October, registering a 116% expansion compared to the same month of 2022, the Peruvian Exporters Association (Adex) has reported.

Paola Barba from Chile appointed as new table grape breeder at Sun World

Sun World International is expanding its breeding team capabilities with the hire of Paola Barba as its new Table Grape Breeder.

Table grapes campaign is about to start in Egypt

Table grapes campaign is about to start in Egypt

2022 presented adverse weather conditions in the main growing regions. After three years of reduced output, US table grape production will rise to 850,000 tons.

Mexican table grape exports are forecasted to remain unchanged from 2021-21, with production and consumption projected lower.

Carl Sam Maggio, who had a produce career stretching six decades, died Aug. 19 of natural causes after battling health issues for the previous two years. He was born Jan. 23, 1933, making him 89 at his death. Over those decades he was involved in many innovative and successful produce ventures from working with the renowned “Carrot King” Joe Maggio (his uncle) to his partnerships in Maggio-Tostado, Sun World Inc., Sun and Sands Enterprises and Prime Time International.

"High demand for mix grape punnets from South Africa"

Franz Warren De Klotz, a fresh produce industry veteran and an integral part of the Southern California produce industry, died last month. He was 60. Mr. De Klotz spent the last four decades bringing his passion, expertise and commitment to multiple food and agriculture companies.