The Japanese government has released plans to ease controls on beef imports in early February 2013. This is likely to impact Australian beef exporters adversely. Japan previously banned the importation...

Chilean blueberry exporters are laughing all the way to the bank while Australian blueberry growers languish in depressed domestic market oversupply. Chilean blueberry shipments to North America, Europe...

Rapidly increasing chocolate consumption in developing countries, along with instability in cacao growing areas are leading to a chocolate supply crisis. According to Professor Guest, from the University...

Australia is facing a huge glut of potatoes. Prices for potatoes for the Australian domestic market will soon drop below  farm production costs. Greengrocers and supermarkets are acquiring potatoes at...

Potato growers across Australia are threatening to plough surplus potatoes back into the ground or leave them to rot in what is reported to be one of the biggest potato gluts in Australian history. Australian potato grower...

The CEO of Barry Callebaut has said he wants the firm to be the “number one” chocolate maker in South America. Speaking last week, a day before the opening of Barry Callebaut’s first chocolate...