The likelihood of a plum purchase dropped eight percentage points from Fresh Trends 2012, although the purple fruit still remains in the top 20 favorite fruits.
05/23/2013
Grower-shippers reported strong demand for high-quality California stone fruit in the second half of May.
05/13/2013
Derrick Bender is now vice president of new business development for Fowler Packing, a grower-packer-shipper of stone fruit, table grapes and clementines in Fowler, Calif.
05/08/2013
A wind and dust storm that hit the Bakersfield, Calif., region May 5 took a bite out of Kern County’s stone fruit and nut crops.
03/26/2013
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Members of the Fresno-based California Grape & Tree Fruit League received some reassuring news during their 77th annual meeting March 25.
03/25/2013
Univeg Katope UK Ltd. has gained exclusive marketing rights to the Nadia cherry-plum hybrid in the European Union and Turkey in a licensing deal with a group whose growers include Yakima, Wash.-based Brandt’s Fruit Trees Inc.
CHILE — (53-54-3) — Imports via boat — Movement expected to cease as shipping season draws to a close. Port of entry: Los Angeles and Port of entry: Philadelphia. Supplies insufficient and in too few hands to establish a market. LAST REPORT.