Argentina's estimated lemon output for the marketing year 2020-21 has been increased 12% by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service, but exports have been revised lower.
Compared with earlier estimates, Argentina’s fresh apple production in the 2020-2021 season is expected to decrease 10,000 metric tons to 560,000 metric tons, according to a new report from the USDA.
LGS Specialty Sales Ltd., New Rochelle, N.Y., is preparing to start the Peruvian avocado and summer citrus seasons by visiting growers in different countries.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., has entered into an agreement with FGF Trapani, a family-owned citrus operation in Argentina, acquiring 1,200 acres of lemons up front and another 1,200 over a three-year period.
The Argentinean Blueberry Committee and other members of Argentina’s fruit industry support efforts to prevent child labor, and a group of producers visited a child care facility that helps with that goal.
Agricultural biotechnology company Phytelligence announced an agreement that will make disease-free fruit rootstocks and trees available to growers in Argentina.