Produce Crops
Michigan produce shipments increased during the pandemic year of 2020.
Crops are right on schedule for Willard, Ohio-based Buurma Farms, said Loren Buurma, partner.
Michigan Fresh Marketing expects good crops of apples and vegetables this year.
Titan Farms, premier grower of South Carolina peaches, is now shipping their ever-popular patriotic-themed, volume fill box named “America’s Peach.”
Record temperatures in late June brought triple-digit heat to much of Washington and Oregon, but industry observers said the potato crop enjoyed near-perfect growing conditions until then.
U.S. consumers will pay just a few cents less for their favorite Independence Day cookout foods compared to last year.
U.S. exports of fresh fruits and vegetables showed moderate growth through May this year compared with the same period in 2020.
With temperatures topping 105 degrees for several days from June 27-30 in Wenatchee, Wash., the heat was on the Northwest cherry harvest.
Naturipe is excited to announce the start of harvest season for what is expected to bring bountiful amounts of its proprietary Seedless Muscadine Vine Drops.
Drought conditions and tightening regulations on groundwater are putting California’s San Joaquin Valley growers in a vise and forcing them to fallow many acres now, and likely thousands more in the years ahead.
2021 is a new year for potato growers, and that’s a good thing.
Burlington, Wash.-based Double-N Potatoes, a grower of premium, fresh-market colored potatoes in Washington’s Skagit Valley, expects similar acreage compared with last year, said Ryan Schols, chief financial officer.
Klamath Ore.-based Wong Potatoes Inc. will see a slight acreage decline based on water availability concerns, said Ron Settlemire, sales manager.
Richmond, Va.-based Globalmex International’s Magic Sun, the brand for conventional and organic tomatoes, has broadened its greenhouse product line by adding bell peppers.
The Packer is seeking input from Washington/Oregon onion suppliers for the July 19 Washington/Oregon Onion Section.
The Packer is seeking input from Peruvian asparagus suppliers for the July 19 Peruvian Asparagus Section.
The Packer is seeking input from California lettuce suppliers for the July 19 California lettuce and leaf special section.
The Citrus Research Board (CRB) has been awarded $3,438,059 in funding from the Huanglongbing Multi-Agency Coordination Group (HLB MAC) to support its California Focused Citrus Research and Field Trials (CRaFT).
A new survey by the Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile (Fedefruta) indicates more than half of fruit producers have workers shortages of between 50% and 70%.
Lone Star Citrus, Mission, Texas, is promoting Winter Sweetz grapefruit with Sweeter in Texas, a sweepstakes celebrating the state’s red grapefruit season into the new year.
T&G Global’s premium Envy apple brand has had a record season, selling its entire New Zealand crop well before the end of the year, as it moves quickly towards generating a billion dollars of sales revenue.
2020 has been a breakout year for indoor and greenhouse farming, and Abby Prior believes the momentum will continue to build.
Oppy has expanded cherry imports from the Southern Hemisphere, building a nearly year-round program.
The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Conference will be a virtual event in 2021.
The supply base for the winter imported cherry program has broadened for Lyndonville, N.Y.-based United Apple Sales.
California Giant Berry Farms strawberry growers are looking forward to the start of the year with volumes ramping up in California, Mexico, and Florida.
Orlando, Fla.-based vertical farming company Kalera said it will begin construction on a facility in the Columbus, Ohio area, set to open in 2021. The facility will generate about 65 jobs, according to a news release.
The first apple to be commercially released from the Hot Climate Program is receiving rave reviews from growers in Italy, France and the UK, after a series of evaluations in 2020.
There could be a new way to treat tomatoes after harvest that increases their nutritional value and makes them redder than ever for retailers and consumers.
The ITC heard hours of testimony on whether imported blueberries harm the livelihoods of domestic growers, with dozens of stakeholders on either side sparring over what affects prices in the U.S. blueberry market.