Produce Crops
Chilean fruit exporters are running a trial ad campaign in Times Square in March, and the target audience is much wider than New Yorkers.
California growers aren’t the only ones who expect to have a large avocado crop this season.
Rain and cold weather slowed the start of the 2018 strawberry harvest in California’s Salinas/Watsonville district, but suppliers expect promotable strawberry volume expected for Mother’s Day.
Index Fresh is using a new custom sales program, AvoConcepts Retail Design Studio, that goes beyond point-of-sale materials and similar support, with a plan that includes education and strategy.
The California Table Grape Commission continues its tradition of awarding scholarships to children of field workers, recently giving eight college-bound students scholarships for the coming school year.
The California Table Grape Commission is highlighting the fruit’s versatility in recipes with the help of chef Ellie Krieger, best-selling author and registered dietitian.
Growers are suffering from a critical labor shortage, but berry farms that supply Driscoll’s of the Americas have a competitive advantage because they pay their laborers more.
With plenty of drama and plot twists, negotiations related to the tomato suspension agreement between Mexican growers and the Department of Commerce are continuing, according to an official with the U.S. agency.
California table grape growers are shipping record amounts as their season nears an end.
The first Frank & Able tomatoes-on-the-vine from an expanded greenhouse have been shipped.
Hundreds of mushroom industry growers, business leaders and researchers will gather in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 14-16 for the 25th North American Mushroom Conference.
Citrus growers in California’s Central Valley will be checking for possible damage in the coming weeks as some areas saw temperatures drop to as low as 28 degrees Fahrenheit.
The apple industry had 78.9 million (42-pound) bushels of fresh-market apples in storage as of Feb. 1, 12% less than the same time in 2018, and 7% off the five-year average.
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., reports its 2018 acquisition of Mann Packing Co. led to higher sales in North America for the year.
A North Carolina agriculture asset management firm has purchased Yakima Valley, Washington-based apple companies Legacy Fruit Packers, Valley Fruit and Larson Fruit Co.
Retailers should expect anything but a California cherry season like last year, according to Stemilt Growers.
Plentiful rain over the winter quenched thirsty fields across California, but will delay fruit and vegetable supplies out of Santa Maria during the spring season.
Fueled by consumer demand for fresh celery juice, prices for celery soared to more than $60 a carton in early April.
Fresh Farms has hired Dale Prinz as a sales associate in its Kingsburg, Calif., division.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added information on how to apply for H-2A visas on the farmers.gov website.
U.S. growers are losing experienced workers, and immigration and border control policies are leading to chronic labor shortages, Western Growers CEO and President Tom Nassif told members of Congress.
Steven Ceccarelli, owner of Faison, N.C.-based sweet potato company Farm Fresh Produce Inc., has been named the Small Business Administration North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year.
Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., is marketing blueberries with an exclusive supply agreement with Norris Farms, Roseburg, Ore.
U.S. growers are losing experienced workers as they retire from the workforce, and immigration and border control policies are leading to chronic labor shortages, Western Growers CEO and President Tom Nassif told members of Congress.
Days after threatening to close the U.S.-Mexico border to halt illegal crossings, President Trump pledged to back off the plan for a year to allow Mexico to stem the flow.
IMG Citrus, Vero Beach, Fla., has purchased a 4,000-acre grapefruit grove in St. Lucie County.
LGS Specialty Sales Ltd., New Rochelle, N.Y., is preparing to start the Peruvian avocado and summer citrus seasons by visiting growers in different countries.
Citrus marketing cooperative Sunkist Growers, Valencia, Calif., recently had its 125th annual meeting.
NatureFresh Farms, Leamington, Ontario, is introducing new sustainability measures at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Tradeshow.
The U.S. has reached a deal with Mexico and Canada to remove tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from those countries.