Tom Burfield

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Along with its grape program, the company offers a variety of produce including hard and soft squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, peppers and watermelons.
With plenty of fruits and vegetables heading to the U.S., companies spoke with The Packer about crop quality and program outlooks.
With the year starting with slower sales, suppliers on the Ontario Food Terminal are ready for business to pick up.
The company also is supporting its seedless lemons with an integrated marketing campaign that includes digital video, social media and influencer partnerships.
The trees only have been tested in greenhouses and in university labs so far, but plans call for expanding into field testing at the university within a year.
The total U.S. volume of oranges was projected at 60.3 million boxes, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service January forecast.
Quality is excellent this season for most of its commodities, though sizing for oranges and lemons will be a bit smaller than last year, the company’s president said.
Growers in the main U.S. winter citrus production areas share reports from the field.
The cooperative’s advertising campaign emphasizes the efforts of its family of farms to make Sunkist a household name.
Retailers share winning strategies for capitalizing on Big Game excitement.