Nectarine purchases increased eight percentage points from Fresh Trends 2009. For the third straight year, the likelihood of purchases increased according to household income.
04/26/2012
Produce industry veteran Jim Gallagher has been named chief executive officer of Fruit Patch Sales Inc.
04/19/2012
REEDLEY, Calif. — California’s San Joaquin Valley stone fruit production is in transition.
04/19/2012
FRESNO, Calif. — California grower-shippers are still tallying damage from an onslaught of quarter-sized hail April 11. With the exception of stone fruit, however, most crops suffered little.
04/13/2012
California stone fruit growers’ damage estimates in the wake of an April 11 hail storm have yet to be completed, but some are expected to face massive crop loss.
“We’re definitely still in the assessing mode,” Barry Bedwell, president of the Fresno-based California Grape & Tree Fruit League, said April 13. “But there are clearly certain orchards that will not see any fruit harvested.”
04/11/2012
An April 11 hailstorm seems certain to put a dent in California stone fruit production.
“One of our field men said it’s the worst hail he’s ever seen,” said John Thiesen, division manager Giumarra Bros. Fruit Co. division in Reedley, Calif. “It’s literally stripping leaves off the tree.”
The storm cut a swath through Hanford, Traver and Kingsburg.
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN DISTRICT, CALIF. — Shipments (0-0-3) — Movement expected to increase seasonally. Most shippers expected to begin harvesting the week of May 21. F.o.b. expected to begin around May 28. FIRST REPORT.
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