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The Fresno, Calif.-based California Table Grape Commission has hired Jodi Devaurs as director of trade policy.
Grape buyers don’t need to hit the panic button. California grape holdings are down compared with a year ago, but promotable fruit volumes will be shipped through early January.
Mexico’s avocado output and exports will rise again in 2020 at the same time growers are looking to improve increase yields and improve environmental conditions, according to a new report.
Dominated by Mexican fruit, total U.S. imports of avocados rose 6.4% in 2019 to more than 1.1 million metric tons.
Mexican table grape production is down this year compared with 2019 but promotable volumes will start earlier.
Mexico’s share of the U.S. mango market will increase dramatically through the spring and into the summer.
The best consumers of fresh mangoes in the U.S. are younger Hispanic and Asian shoppers on the West Coast, according to results from The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2020 survey.
Fresh fruit sales were up about 9% for the four-week period, while fresh vegetable sales were up 25%.
Nature knows best for California pear growers.
There should be no gap between old crop and new crop sweet potato shipments in Arkansas, one leading marketer reports.