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California’s Citrus Research Board and the University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources established a $1 million endowment focused on long-term sustainability of the state’s citrus industry.
Florida citrus growers are asking for approval to lower size and grade standards to sell more on the fresh market.
Bob Stafford, manager of the Vidalia, Ga.-based Vidalia Onion Committee, says Vidalia sweet onions capture about 40% of the sweet onion category but the industry wants more.
With acreage expanding this year, the field-grown, proprietary-seed colored bell pepper branded Simply Sun is now grown year-round by L&M Farms, says Lee Anne Oxford, director of marketing for L&M Farms, Raleigh, N.C.
The beginning of the Florida strawberry season has started off lighter than usual but should find strong volume in January.
Florida’s fastest-growing strawberry variety also is its newest.
The time for automated harvest of strawberries is getting closer, said Gary Wishnatzki, co-founder of Harvest CROO Robotics and president, CEO and owner of Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla.
The National Mango Board is seeking nominations for six board member positions before a Feb. 20 deadline.
A QR code label is one option available to marketers to let consumers know whether fresh produce and other food has been created using biotechnology.
Healthful eating is a way of life for many shoppers, and organics are easily finding their way into the mix, particularly for younger shoppers.
Here are a few charts to illustrate what the avocado market has been like this year.
In response to the partial government shutdown, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has extended the deadline for U.S. producers to apply for payments from the Market Facilitation Program.
Fowler, Calif.-based Bee Sweet Citrus is touting the availability of heirloom navels until June.
Exhibit space for the Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 2019 Convention and Trade Show is sold out.
Running from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, the New York Apple Association is again hosting the New York Big Apple Salad Contest.
A new survey reveals Hispanic consumers like the idea of fresh avocados playing a role in healthy snacks and overall nutrition goals.
Retail scan data for January show the Autumn Glory apple saw sales jump 83% and pounds sold increase just over 100%.
Stu Monaghan, whose 30 years in the produce industry was focused on sales and management roles in the southeast, died Feb. 26. He was 52.
Three months after the first fresh produce was picked at the facility, company officials say Pure Flavor’s Fort Valley, Ga., greenhouse is already making inroads in the Southeast.
Imported Chilean f.o.b grape prices are up compared with a year ago, but trade sources expect good supply for March promotions.
Florida Blueberry Growers Association received a Specialty Crop Block Grant in 2019.
Following up on its February removal of a ban on California romaine lettuce imports, Hong Kong on March 5 lifted its ban on imports and sales of Arizona romaine.
Discover a variety of grape information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.
As growers in California’s Salinas Valley turn more and more to the H-2A temporary worker program to harvest their crops, new farmworker housing projects are springing up to support that trend.
With only a two-week gap between Easter and Cinco de Mayo this year, mango grower-shippers may be scrambling to keep fruit in the pipeline.
Interest in workers’ rights and global farming mean that consumers are getting vocal about a lot of things these days. Thankfully, the product offered by the fresh fruit and vegetable industry is a solid winner. Consumers continue to clamor for fresh produce, and they’re becoming more conscientious about how it’s produced and where it comes from.
Growers in California’s Kern County say their vegetable and fruit crops typically are starting a week or so later than usual this spring, but ample rainfall and plenty of chill hours during the winter should result in abundant supplies and very good quality this spring.
Onions can be found in most households, with nearly 67% of customers purchasing onions in 2018, according to Fresh Trends 2019.
While some grower-shippers may see the Mexican state of Jalisco as a gateway to a head start for that country’s table grape deal, others want no part of it, or at least are taking a wait-and-see attitude.