Citrus
Florida citrus is slowly trying to fight its way through the devastation of Citrus Greening and some ideas are working.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visits with Joel Nelsen, strategic advisor for California Citrus Mutual, about citrus issues in an Aug. 21 interview.
IMG Citrus, Vero Beach, Fla., has purchased a 4,000-acre grapefruit grove in St. Lucie County.
Florida’s Indian River citrus region dodged major damage from Hurricane Dorian.
Premier Citrus Marketing, Vero Beach, Fla., has hired Kevin Swords as director of North American sales and added fruit from two more packinghouses.
Fruit importer LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., is promoting growing regions around the globe with the Dish to Discovery program.
As details of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement became known, agricultural associations and produce industry groups have commented on the deal.
Fruit World Co., Reedley, Calif., will have a full lineup of citrus in promotable volumes this season.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., has hired Tara Saldaña and Brett Johnson in sales.
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Co. has a new consumer app called Nature’s Pharmacy.
When approved, the US-Japan Trade Agreement will deliver lower tariffs for U.S. citrus and other agricultural commodities.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding the quarantine region in California for citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening.
State and federal agencies have expanded California’s huanglongbing quarantined area after detections of the citrus disease.
Exports of U.S. fresh fruits declined by 6% in 2019, while exports of U.S. fresh vegetables increased by 4%.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Texas Department of Agriculture have established a Mexican fruit fly quarantine in Willacy County, Texas.
California summer fruit grower-shippers traditionally credit weather with having a say in what kind of season they’ll have.
An updated nutrition book for citrus growers is available from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Dulcinea brand citrus feature new high-graphic packaging, with different colors to differentiate oranges and mandarins.
Produce importer Jac. Vandenberg, Yonkers, N.Y., is replacing citrus bag plastic netting with a compostable netting made from beech tree pulp.
The peak of Louisiana citrus season will soon arrive, and many retail outlets are stocking up on tree-ripened satsumas, lemons and navel oranges.
California’s Citrus & Pest Disease Prevention Committee, a grower-funded initiative, has endorsed a set of best practices for growers in response to the threat of huanglongbing (HLB).
China said Aug. 5 it would no longer buy U.S. farm commodities, signaling another escalation in a more than year-long trade battle with the U.S.
New research indicates that close monitoring of citrus trees can prevent the spread of citrus greening.
California citrus growers have fared relatively well this season despite lower volumes.
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, but the state’s citrus was spared.
Trade problems continue to linger for U.S. importers and exporters.
U.S. importers of European citrus will soon have to pay an additional 25% tariff after the World Trade Organization sided with the U.S. in its dispute with the European Union over illegal subsidies to Airbus.
A University of Florida Extension agent for almost four decades whose work focused on citrus is being inducted into the Florida Agriculture Hall of Fame.
IMG Citrus, Vero Beach, Fla., is marketing white grapefruit in the U.S. as a return to the original heirloom Florida grapefruit.
Capespan recently completed a two-year process to restructure its fruit business to simplify service for customers and grower partners.