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New Rochelle, N.Y.-based LGS Specialty Sales Ltd. is starting imports of Spanish and Moroccan citrus in November.
Chiquita Brands International is the official banana sponsor of the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon.
Morgan Hill, Calif.-based Sakata Seed America has completed phase one completion of the Sakata Seed America Woodland Innovation Center.
Labor concerns and pressure from imports aside, California asparagus growers expect a healthy crop, and say organic demand is growing even as overall acreage drops.
The weather is no longer the biggest challenge facing asparagus growers in California as they prepare for this year’s anticipated March-to-summer harvest season.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., has opened a Southeast Asia Regional Sales office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Florida’s orange growers are expected to ship 6.4 million boxes of grapefruit and 1.2 million boxes of tangerines this season.
Jacob Jordan, a December graduate of Texas A&M University, has joined Lone Star Citrus Growers, Mission, Texas, as a sales assistant, said Trent Bishop, vice president of sales.
Registration for the fifth annual Viva Fresh Open golf tournament is now available.
Florida peach marketers are shifting perspective and strategy.
With an optimal in-season supply of California and Arizona citrus, Sunkist Growers will bring a wide variety of fresh citrus to showcase at the April 2-4 2019 Canada Produce Marketing Association in Montreal.
After a nice early growing season without major setbacks, Eastern U.S. sweet corn growers are optimistic about the coming crop as demand ticks up for the coming warm months and summer holidays.
Catalytic Generators debuts a redesigned Easy-Ripe ethylene generator used in the fruit ripening process at CPMA’s convention April 2-4 in Montréal, Quebec.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association expressed its approval for the federal government’s investments that benefit the fresh fruit and vegetable industry.
Grimmway Farms President Jeff Huckaby joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other ag leaders on March 19 to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
Watsonville, Calif.-based Driscoll’s Inc. has filed a complaint in federal court against strawberry breeding company California Berry Cultivars and the company’s co-founder Douglas Shaw.
By value, both U.S. imports and exports of grapes were up in 2018.
The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council welcomes three new board members: Erica Shiles, Bonnie Lundblad and Matt Duffield.
Selling land and shedding jobs, Kern County grape and cherry grower Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons Inc. is in the midst of what appears to be a major restructuring of its business.
In the quest for sustainability and social responsibility, banana companies are looking for ways to create efficiencies, conserve resources and improve conditions for workers.
U.S. imports of strawberries have trended sharply higher in the past five years, trade data show.
With new duties on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S., industry groups said negotiations between the Department of Commerce and Mexico’s tomato industry must continue.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — How did the inaugural New England Organic Produce Conference go? The Packer’s Northeast editor Amy Sowder asks the organizers.
Tropical fruit sales for Melissa’s World Variety Produce are growing strong for a number of items, said Robert Schueller, marketing manager, Los Angeles.
Chilean clementines are on the water and Chile’s summer citrus season has begun.
Last week on Produce Market Guide searches for limes and chili peppers increase significantly.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking comments until July 5 on a proposal to change U.S. fuji apple grade standards.
Procacci Holdings LLC’s Garden State Farms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market has expanded with the purchase of a neighbor at the facility, A. Vassallo Inc.
New York-based BrightFarms plans to build a 250,000-square-foot greenhouse in Snyder County, Pa. — its second greenhouse in the state.
May 1 fresh apple holdings were down 13% compared with a year ago, according to the latest U.S. Apple Association market report.