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Australia: SPC Ardmona could run out of stock
SPC Ardmona is processing tomatoes as fast as possible to meet soaring demand — much of it driven by panic-buyers, but they could face running out of stock. The tomato harvest is down 10% this year and SPC predicts it will only process about 40 000 tonnes. Echuca-based Kagome, Australia’s largest tomato processor, has been approached by

World Price Index March 2020
WORLD PRICE TRENDS TOMATOLAND WORLD PRICE INDEX – MARCH 2020 Products for the industry – CROP 2019 All the indicated prices are subject to availability as current available inventories are very limited from many origins. Price per Kg, packed in aseptic bag in 220 l. (55 gal) drum – unless otherwise specified Origin 28/30CB
Prevention of foreign bodies coming from the fields
How to reduce the potential risk to your crop Unfortunately, it’s not only tomatoes being harvested from the field. During this very intensive few months of work, pieces of corn cobs, irrigation hoses and many other foreign materials can end up with the consumer if not detected and removed. Foreign body prevention is a topic
US Processed Tomato stocks for March 1, 2020
US Tomato Inventory is down 8.1% from the prior year level according to the report released by California League of Food Producers on March 19, 2020. Listed below are the 2019-2020 Bulk Tomato Paste and Bulk Tomato “Paste for Sale” pack and inventory estimates as of December 1, 2019 for U.S. Tomato Processors. The 2019-2020 U.S.
Nigeria: CBN’s FOREX Policy Stalls Tomato Processing Plant in Katsina
Three years after Katsina State government granted 5,000 hectares of land to Erisco Foods Limited to establish a 750,000 metric tonnes per year Tomato Paste Processing Plant, the company is yet to commence production, investigation by local press has revealed. Investigation showed that the project suffered a major setback due to the failure of Central
Egypt: Nouna to open new tomato paste factory
Nouna Juices and Concentrates Company is pumping investments estimated at EGP 26m this year, in partnership with investors from abroad, to open a new factory for producing tomato paste in the industrial zone of Qena.Waleed Fathy, general director of Nouna Juices, said that the company’s new factory is the result of a partnership with a
WPTC : Postponed for November 8th 2020
Communicate: The WPTC has been continuously monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in relation to the congress to be held in San Juan, Argentina on 15-18 March 2020. In light of the surge of cases observed the last days in Europe and the rest of the world and for the safety of all participants, as well as
Columbus crisis: attempts to sell the company failed
A Regional representative declared that : “All possible attempts to save Columbus continue, through the search for production continuity, to avoid a heavy social impact on the territory: now, however, workers must be made safe with the appropriate social safety nets”. In Martorano there are currently about 80 permanent employees and 150 seasonal workers. For

Cuba: production of processed tomato tends to stabilize
The production of tomato paste and purée tend to stabilize in the current harvesting season, declared on March 3rd, in Havana an official from the Ministry of Food Industry (MINAL).Diorgys Hernández Díaz, general director of industrial policy of MINAL, explained that 60 000 tons of tomatoes are expected to be delivered to the industry, from
Dominican Republic: Afconagro asking for imports supervision
Canned Agro Food Producers Association (Afconagro) president Félix García, called on March 4th , the agricultural authorities to protect industrial tomato producers against an eminent increase in imports before entry of more deductions resulting from the RD-CAFTA free trade agreement between the Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States.“Afconagro, an institution integrated by the agribusinesses
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