Media Partnership Kicks off Prune Harvest Encouraging Consumers to Experience the Delicious Versatility of California Prunes ROSEVILLE,...

California growers have reason to worry about access to one of their biggest export markets. The Indian...

Leuven, Belgium, 06.08.2019 – TOMRA Food announces the appointment of a highly experienced category expert to strengthen its...

Just in: A study claims that nuts improve sex life. The 14-week trial compared a group of...

Eating just 50 bitter almonds can release enough hydrogen cyanide to kill an adult in under 3 minutes. Fortunately,...

Leuven, Belgium, 24 July 2019 – Founded as a family business in 1976, Gaziantep-based Kahraman Agriculture continues to...

It looks like a nut gardening business in former Soviet republics becomes an interesting opportunity for the...

The pecan is the only tree nut indigenous to North America, growers say. Sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Cabeza...

Nuts may not appear among the more secretive of global commodities, but they are with concern to...

by Oleg Nikishenkov, Clipper Russia, Moscow Russia becomes a religious country, despite the fact that acting Russian constitution proclaims, that the Federation is a secular state. Let’s be objective: the country has fully turned away from its previous atheistic communist history. Among other things it means that now all main religious holidays...

Answers of the Iranian Pistachio Association to a questionnaire supplied by The Clipper magazine The Clipper: Two...

Tree nuts is the most common food allergy across the globe, said Vicki McWilliam, a clinical allergy...

Preserving food using microorganisms has been around since we started cooking. In Iceland, people famously eat fermented...

by Daphne and Christine Schmidt, Clipper-Spain, Borriol The Spanish winter of 2018/19 was rather “summery”. Due to...

A quarter century ago the invention of German engineer Dirk Helms brought an innovative and very different...

When Falastine Munoz finished reading her book, “Almonds – Shake, Sweep & Eat” to Michelle Kuchan’s second...

“This business brings lots of profit for me,” Hauwa Mohammed said. The 30-year-old mother of three lives...

June 2, 2019 – By Jeannette E. Warnert – When insects, weeds, animals and diseases enter California from elsewhere in the nation or world, they can cause economic losses to agricultural crops and ecological damage to the state’s natural areas. Ultimately, invasive species affect every resident of California. It’s (not yet) a topic for...

Bangladesh is progressively becoming an important market for the US’s tree nuts, mainly almond, thanks to the...

BOCA RATON – California prune growers have rebranded themselves, adopting its earlier identity they hope will draw...

End-to-end traceability in the food supply chain can do more than safeguard against potential disasters, particularly at the processing stage. Geoff Furniss, Head of BBC Technologies within TOMRA, explains how.   Every step of the food supply chain, from farm to table, is under pressure to improve traceability. Regulators, retailers and consumers increasingly...

The finest prunes on earth have a new brand with a familiar name: California Prunes – representing...

A message from American Pistachio Growers: Following the United States announcement that additional tariffs would be implemented...

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has advised farmers and merchants of cashew nuts to prioritise local processing...

Following is a statement from Jim Farrar, director of the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program “On Wednesday,...

The latest tariff hike in the US-China trade war puts a bigger tax on some American-grown almonds...

The big topics: What is really going on with Iranian Pistachios? What is next in dried fruit...

The 100-year-old Indian cashew industry is in an interesting phase – much to look back on, facing a challenging situation and at the same time, much to look forward to. Commercial processing of cashew in India started in the early 20th century. The first export of cashew from India was reportedly in...

Olam Progıda, one of Turkey’s leading hazelnut exporters, have been increasing their efficiency and product quality with...

Leuven, Belgium, 5 December 2018 – Bright Light Agribusiness, one of the fastest growing private companies in the...

Azerbaijani hazelnuts strive for access to new markets, besides traditional ones, to stimulate increase in the non-oil...

USA: The farmers find it difficult to identifyinggood quality peanut as a resultof Hurricane Michael which had...

(Bloomberg) — U.S. pistachio growers like Jim Zion braced for the worst last year when the nut...

The Australian Government has announced that it has secured market access for almonds into Chile, with which...

MPC already has a 37 per cent stake in the Bundaberg processor, and the acquisition will consolidate...

Cashew nut farmers in Mtwara Region have urged the Parliament to pressure the government to pay them...

Gridlock and inefficiency at the ports of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, delayed shipment of 50,000 tons of...

EAU CLAIRE — The hazelnut is loaded with potential. Jason Fischbach, Extension agriculture agent for Ashland and Bayfield...

Uzwil (Switzerland), March 19, 2019 – Bühler has today joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development...

As it currently stands, Edwin Kim, MD, MS, and Scott Commins, MD, PhD, could be discussing 2,...

Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk has brought full pout to bear in a campaign spot pitching Silk Hazelnut....

Nigeria currently exports raw cashew nuts to Vietnam, China and India. There are opportunities for increasing the...

Studies suggest a link between high nut consumption and lower risks for heart disease. People use black...

Italian confectionery giant Ferrero projects a total investment of TL 150 million in Turkey this year. This...

HÀ NỘI – Cashew prices are expected to recover this year on the global market and producers...

Project Team Leader for Bono Asante Atea (BAAT) Project, Dr. Anthony Mainoo, has advocated increased investment in...

JAIPUR: You must be aware of benefits of but before you chew it, take a careful look...

Farmers at a small village in western Xinjiang hardly had any days off this winter. Production at...

Santiago, March 7th, 2019.- According to the Crop Report prepared by the Chilean Prune Processors and Exporters Trade Association...

Hello from Switzerland, I am Jens, the CEO of THE CLIPPER MAGAZINE, the leading global trade magazine for nuts and dried fruit.  I would be happy to stay in touch! If you want to know more about the magazine please visit: http://theclippermag.com Arlington, VA – SNAC International is pleased to announce that Amy...

TOMRA Food closed the 2018 financial year consolidating its position in Chile, with prospects of excellent results...

During its journey around the globe the nuts and dried fruit communication project will tell the stories...

The Clipper World Tour will be traveling around the planet to tell the most interesting stories about...

The Clipper World Tour is an 360 degree communication project for the nuts and dried fruit industry....

Tanzanian Minister for Agriculture, Japhet Hasunga, said on Tuesday 12,378 cashew nuts farmers were yet to be...

Cashew which was introduced by the Portuguese in Goa some five centuries back has become an  important...

Leuven, 12.02.2019 – More than 30 journalists from all over the globe and an international crowd of...

February 2019: The California Prune Board is throwing its weight behind the UK bread industry’s Fibre February...

In addition to growing a healthy food that people love, the California almond community is dedicated to...

The nutritious almonds we eat1 grow in a shell, protected by a hull, on a tree. The trees store carbon and are transformed into electricity at the end of their lives, the shells become livestock bedding, and the hulls are used as dairy feed. Nothing goes to waste. California Almond farmers and processors...

Uzwil, February 7, 2019 – The Bühler Group continued its positive development in 2018. All businesses achieved...

2018 was a nightmare for the Georgian hazelnut industry. Hazelnut exports in November 2018 were 52 per...

It’s about time for the annual mass migration of honeybees to California, and new research is helping lower the chances the pollinators and their offspring will die while they’re visiting the West Coast. Each winter, professional beekeepers from around the nation stack hive upon hive on trucks destined for the Golden State,...

In her role, Lewis will leverage more than 20 years of government, academic, nonprofit and corporate experience...

MUNICH — MunichNOW News — For one more week, activists like Georg Danes will be out on the streets all over Bavaria encouraging their fellow Bavarians to demand a referendum to protect bees and the biodiversity that they depend on. With the goal of collecting at least one million signatures, members of 200...

Uzwil (Switzerland), February 4, 2019 – Bühler has committed to co-found the Future Food Initiative launched by...

Ilyas Edip Sevinc, head of the Black Sea Hazelnut & Products Exporters’ Union (KFMIB) said: “We expect to export more hazelnuts in 2019. The first signs in the orchards look promising. If everything goes as expected, we will have a higher yield this season.” Hazelnut exporters expect an increased production and export...

There are indications that Nigeria lost about N28 billion ($79,550,000) from the 37,000 tonnes of cashew exported to Vietnam due to price volatility.Ideally, the price of processed cashew is $2,150 per ton at the global market.Deputy Executive Secretary, Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN), Peter Bakare, confirmed this recently.He noted...

Tanzania’s Director of Cereals and Produce Board, Dr Hussein Mansoor (left) and Kenya’s Indopower Solutions CEO Mr...

The 2018 South African macadamia crop ended on a positive note with a record crop of 56...

TIFTON, Ga.(Jan. 22, 2019) The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that all Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers during the lapse in federal funding.  “At President Trump’s direction, we have been working to alleviate the effects of the lapse in...

In this five-year review of Indian agrifood startup investment activity between 2013 and 2017, we detail $1.66 billion of investment across 558 deals; that’s 10% of global deal count. So far, India’s agrifood entrepreneurs have mostly focused on answering the demands of the country’s growing middle class, which is set to surpass...

London/California, December 5, 2018 – Bühler technology is enabling the world’s largest fig grower to double its...

Leuven, Belgium, 5 December 2018 – Bright Light Agribusiness, one of the fastest growing private companies in...

Around the world, there is growing momentum around finding ways to reduce, capture and remove carbon from the atmosphere. But, did you know a key to helping solve one of the world’s most pressing challenges may be found right under your feet? At a recent event hosted by California Department of Food...

The estimated peanut production would be the second most important of the last 9 years, with 1.09...

Dar es Salaam. The government is running against time to manage what appears to be a monumental task to raise hundreds of billions of shillings to fix the ongoing cashews marketing crisis. The Citizen has learnt that in addition to requiring over Sh660 billion to buy some 220,000 tonnes of cashews expected...

As the world’s largest exporter of pistachios, the U.S. sold $1.4 billion worth of in-shell pistachios in...

Nigeria exported cashew nut valued at N292.7 billion ($813.05 million) in the last three years to United States, Vietnam, India, Brazil and Europe. The nuts are being used as versatile industrial raw material for phenolic resins, friction powder for the automotive industry and wine. Also, poor handling of cashew production and defective...

The process of selling cashew nuts in Mozambique will be divided into phases, the first being reserved for domestic traders, the director of the Cashew Development Institute (INCAJU) recently said in Nampula. Ilídio Bande, who was speaking at the second meeting of the Cashew Committee, which brings together all actors in the...

OEM partnership to embed Wonderware by AVEVA in packhouse solutions to improve operator performance and efficiency. Auckland,...

The makers of the  Clipper Magazine are leading experts in the dried fruit and nuts market. Now...

Aflatoxins in food and milk can seriously harm humans, animals, and corporate reputations. But Nestlé Group in...

On Wednesday, President Trump stood before the United Nations General Assembly, in part, to defend reinstated sanctions...

In 2017, the U.S. maintained a trade surplus of over $3 billion in shelled almonds. This surplus...

Orlando (Florida), Uzwil (Switzerland), September 24, 2018 – At Microsoft Ignite, Bühler today officially launches MoisturePro™, a cloud-based digital service that drives significant improvements in yield and reduces energy costs and the environmental footprint of thermal processing in the food and feed industry. Harnessing the power of cloud connectivity, it can deliver...

Over the last few years Australia’s dried fruit market has been struggling to compete on the market...

China’s exports of walnuts are estimated to drop in MY 2018/19 as result of reduced domestic production. China has been a historical export supplier of walnuts over the last century. Over the past decade or so, China has nearly faded out as a supplier to the world market due to strong domestic...

China’s almond production (shelled basis) is forecast at 43,000 MT in MY 2018/19 (August-July), unchanged from the...

U.S. walnut, mandarin, grape, cherry and peach exports to China are expected to be hit hardest by new tariffs, according to Rabobank. Increasing Chinese demand for the products is expected to partially offset the impacts of the tariffs, but reduced exports will follow. Rabobank predicted milder but significant negative effects for other...

China’s in-shell walnut production is forecast to decrease by 15 percent to 850,000 MT in MY 2018/19 as a heavy snowstorm in April will likely reduce production in northern producing provinces. China’s in-shell walnut production is forecast at 850,000 metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (September-August), a decrease of 15...

China’s hazelnut production (in-shell basis) is forecast at 28,000 MT in 2018/19 (September-August), down more than 30 percent from the previous year, as a result of cold temperatures in northeast China during the 2017 winter. Local varieties (smaller sizes) account for around 65 percent of total production and hybrid varieties (similar to...

At current price levels, China will likely import less U.S. almonds, pistachios, and walnuts due to the...

On September 4 and 5, 2018, snack´, a congress on the future of the snack industry, took...

One cashew nut out of two comes from Africa, making the continent the world’s largest producer of...

The Clipper Magazine is back with an innovative service for global BtoB-communication. Professional video interviews and mini-documentaries...

Kerala’s cashew industry has requested the Centre to extend fresh working capital with a subsidised interest rate...

Food waste has become an alarming issue for the food industry to tackle. Researches were initiated to...

The Kingdom’s cashew nut industry is still struggling to maintain a stable market as community representatives say...

Kogi is capable of generating over 10,000 job opportunities from investments in cashew production and processing, says...