Specialty crop growers have nearly doubled their participation in federal risk management programs over the past ten years, according to a new report from the USDA’s Economic Research Service.
If Florida citrus growers are forced by disease or other pressures to cut back acreage on their first love, what other crops can serve as alternatives?
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited in August with Nathan Pumplin, president of Norfolk Healthy Produce, about his company’s work on a genetically modified purple tomato.
Citrus utilized production for the 2021-22 season totaled 5.61 million tons, down 19% from the 2020-21 season, according to a new report from the USDA.
Tom Spreen, professor emeritus at the University of Florida, came to Florida in 1977 as a “green” assistant professor of economics, fresh out of Purdue.
“Friend shoring means that, rather than just bringing everything [manufacturing] back to the U.S., which is feasible, let’s make sure our supply chains are with countries that are friendly to us,” Heidelberg says.
The Pacific Northwest organic pear crop looks promising, as estimates point to an increase in volume over last year, according to Domex Superfresh Growers.
A member of Fresh Solutions Network, the company has formed the Lykens Valley Grain Company through its acquisition of the Upper Dauphin Grain Center from Perdue Agribusiness.
"This first export of avocados from Jalisco will only improve the already positive economic benefits of avocado imports from Mexico," says Ron Campbell of Mexican Hass Avocados Importers Association.
Already with a U.S. East Coast presence, Costa Rica-based pineapple and banana supplier Kapi Kapi Growers is prepared to expand sales throughout the U.S., company officials say.
The Nipomo, Calif., company ships out of the Santa Maria, Calif., area year-round, and that business plan seems to be working out well for the company, said Will McCarthy, commodity manager.
New European Union rules governing imports of South African citrus are raising objections and a possible World Trade Organization action by the South African government, according to a news release.
The 2022 cherry season will bring the 10th year anniversary of fourth-generation cherry grower, Kyle Mathison’s, A Half Mile Closer to the Moon cherries.
This lab represents a $15 million investment in global seed health, expanding on the previous $30 million Trait Conversion Accelerator that opened at the site in 2019.
Naturipe Farms has celebrated National Blueberry Month 2022 with large volumes of fruit available from several North American growing regions and the company said promotable volumes will continue into August.
New York State strawberries are flourishing this year, thanks to a cool, rainy and early spring that produced prime conditions for budding plants, says the New York State Berry Growers Association.
The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology recently assisted Inteligistics, a WGCIT partner, in the evaluation of Inteligistics’ InteliCool system at Fresh Del Monte facilities.
The melon harvest from the west side of California’s San Joaquin Valley may start a few days later than usual because of a cool spring, but quality should be good, grower-shippers said.
Despite some early unfavorable weather in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest growing regions, grower-shippers say blueberries, raspberries and blackberries should be plentiful this summer.
The stable, high-quality volumes of fruit expected throughout the summer, indicate strong opportunities for promotions at retail, say suppliers of Peruvian avocados.
Growing in multiple locations requires good relationships and communication at the grower level for Coastline Family Farms, even though the company mostly grows and markets its own produce.
Fresh fruit imports are running higher than expected in recent months, and the USDA has raised its import forecast for fiscal year 2022 to reflect higher unit values.
The U.S. Apple Association has joined more than 40 agriculture and food groups to call for the elimination or reduction of U.S. tariffs on foreign trading partners.