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The company said the new sensor integrations with its FreshCloud digital system offers quality control access throughout the produce value chain.

Following the finding of eight adults, the California Department of Food and Agriculture placed a portion of Orange County under an Oriental fruit fly quarantine.

Texas grapefruit and orange harvest has begun with industry expectations of a fresh crop for 2024-25 of 2.5 million cartons of grapefruit, 1 million cartons of early oranges, and 500,000 cartons of late oranges.

Columnist Armand Lobato explains one produce manager’s system of fixing troubled stores by committing to a monthlong push with no days off to get the ship righted.

For its fresh fruits division, Dole reported revenue increased 6.6% primarily due to higher worldwide volumes of bananas sold, as well as higher worldwide pricing of bananas and pineapples.

The San Antonio-based grower said its Crystal Taste Award-winning heirloom tomato will be available at select Aldi stores across the U.S. in mid-November through March.