Citrus
What produce commodity has seen the biggest demand bump during the C0VID-19 pandemic?
Lone Star Citrus has worked hard to limit staff and employee exposure to COVID-19, said TJ Flowers, vice president of operations and sales at the company.
California’s citrus domestic season is in full-swing and the Bee Sweet Citrus team is encouraging consumers to set their sight on specialty citrus varieties.
Russ Hanlin, who has been with Sunkist Growers Inc. since 1978, plans to retire as president and CEO Oct. 31, and Jim Phillips, president of Porterville Citrus, will succeed him.
Duty-free access to the U.S. market is one factor in rising production and exports of South African citrus, according to a new report.
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.