Produce Crops
Inflation pressures on input prices and shipping costs will ease in 2024, say executives at Bloom Fresh.
Following a lack of grower support for the marketing order, the USDA seeks comments on a proposal to terminate the order and its committee.
The company’s video series returns as horticulturalist Dave Gleason shares the relationship between dormant pruning and crop load.
Columbia, S.C.-based Senn Brothers Produce recently launched its own vertical farming operation and introduced its indoor-grown private-label brand, Sennsational Fresh.
Make room in the shopping cart for the mighty potato.
Ranking second only to tomatoes among vegetables in retail sales, U.S. retail potato sales topped $3.78 billion in 2022, up 15.3% compared with 2021.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce Inc. has announced the rollout of the second part of its ‘Discover the Mission Advantage’ campaign to highlight its diversified global sourcing strategy.
Based on market conditions in early December, the 2023-24 season is setting up to be a very good year for potato promotions.
U.S. fresh potato exports soared 16% in the 12 months from October 2022 through September 2023, USDA trade numbers say.
Potato movement has been good throughout the Red River Valley at the start of this season.
NoKota Packers is locked and loaded for the 2023-24 season, says Carissa Olsen, president and CEO of the Buxton, N.D.-based marketer.
Great potato promotion opportunities for Idaho potatoes will abound in 2024, says Eric Beck, director of marketing for Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Wada Farms Marketing Group.
A new medley variety pack from Southwind Farms is now available, says Derek Peterson, vice president of sales and operations for Wilcox Fresh, Rexburg, Idaho.
The Kearny, N.J.-based commercial-scale indoor vertical farm has added a new fruit tomato, available at select Whole Foods Markets.
A team at Michigan State University and partner institutions has earned a $3.95 million grant to reduce and manage blueberry fruit rot.
U.S. imports of Central American bananas totaled $1.8 billion from November 2022 to October 2023, trade figures show.
The apple variety makes a cameo in a Hallmark film while the actor highlights recipes that incorporate Envy apples into holiday dishes.
Organized by Yentzen Group in conjunction with the Cherry Fruit Committee of Chile (formerly ASOEX), the event will be held at the Monticello Events Center in Santiago, Chile.
While the past few years have been volatile, growers in the province see plenty of opportunities.
The latest monthly report from the U.S. Apple Association shows crop in holding still up year over year and above five-year average figures.
It can be difficult to forecast with certainty what the Southern California strawberry crop will look like in winter, but as of early this year, grower-shippers were predicting ample supplies of good-quality berries.
The 2022 Census of Agriculture also shows a rise in the number of new and beginning (operating 10 or fewer years on any farm) as well as young (under the age of 35) producers.
The Bakersfield, Calif.-based licensing company highlighted the green seedless grape variety during the specialty foods industry event.
The company will introduce a 3-pound mesh pillow pack for its Honey Gold, Ruby Sensation and Sunburst Blend potatoes.
U.S. apple exports climbed 6% in value in 2023 over 2022 but still are well below pre-pandemic levels, USDA data show.
The organization’s new marketing effort aims to draw awareness to the health benefits of walnuts.
A video update from Yakima, Wash.-based Superfresh Growers also highlights the company’s transition to high-density apple orchard systems for efficiency and safety.
The service says the temporary change helps growers for the 2024 harvest season, as growers in the Redlands Oriental fruit fly quarantine area have few options to move citrus fruit outside of the quarantine zone.
Tajín and California Strawberries are highlighting how Tajín-dipped strawberries are a growing trend for Valentine’s Day.
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers are part of a multistate project to help identify disease resistance in spinach to help develop future cultivars.