Florida’s fall crops may be safe from a devastating hurricane this year, although it’s been a pretty wet planting season with a pandemic that never seems to end and growing competition from imports.

A patented system that improves cooling through pallets can benefit berry handlers, said Alain Garcia, sales engineer with FF Cooling Solutions.

Riverfront Packing is now a compilation of three multi-generational citrus families, said Dan Richey, president of Riverfront Packing, Vero Beach, Fla.

The company is designing a 25,000-square-foot cold storage facility on premises at the Fort Pierce headquarters to store valencia oranges.

Marketers say they are gearing up for promotable volumes of fruit from Chile for the upcoming winter months.

Florida citrus production is projected to be slightly lower this season than last, but high demand is expected throughout the season.