Citrus
New Rochelle, N.Y.-based LGS Specialty Sales expects an early start for Moroccan citrus this season.
A new promotion from Valencia, Spain-based SanLucar and the Walt Disney Company will feature the catchphrase “Dive into fun with sweet fruits” with themes from the movie Vaiana 2.
The USDA has announced its intent to purchase up to $25 million in fresh citrus from domestic producers to distribute to food banks and nutrition assistance programs.
The Reedley, Calif.-based company says it is offering increasing volumes of organic lemons, sweet limes, grapefruit, and navel oranges this season — including newly certified organic washington navels.
Chilean mandarins are now available from Fowler, Calif.-based Bee Sweet Citrus.
All citrus varieties in Chile will witness greater production and exports in the 2022-23 season, a report says.
The first shipment of citrus imports from South Africa and South America has arrived, says importer William H. Kopke Jr.
California citrus growers faced significant pest challenges this season due to unprecedented rainfall and an explosion of citrus thrips in groves, according to an industry group.
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.
Due to the extended season, the company reported strong Moroccan clementines will arrive late November and early December.
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.
Fresh pummelo citrus fruit from Thailand will be allowed access to the U.S., according to a new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
President Donald Trump has directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to put together a list of another $200 billion of Chinese goods to subject to tariffs.
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.
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.
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, but the state’s citrus was spared.
Holiday dinners nationwide can get a spike of brightness amid the gray chill when more temperate, sunny areas ship winter citrus.
U.S. citrus output will decline over the next decade, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture projections.
Suntreat Packing & Shipping Co.’s Suki mandarins are now available, and this season marks the first one with promoteable volumes.
U.S. senators from both parties from citrus-producing states are asking the Senate Agriculture Committee to include $125 million in the farm bill for citrus greening research.
The summer citrus deal has changed over the past decade, emphasizing trends the industry is seeing in domestic production.
California’s Citrus Research Board has brought on Franco Bernardi as its interim president.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture adjusted its estimate for the Florida orange crop to 77 million boxes, down 3% from October.
Porterville, Calif.-based Homegrown Organic Farms plans to unveil a new citrus line in November, said Stephen Paul, category director for stone fruit, fall fruit and blueberries.
Citrus industry warrior Joel Nelsen will work through the end of 2019, helping Exeter, Calif.-based California Citrus Mutual usher in a new era of leadership under Casey Creamer.
The Wonderful Co., whose products include Wonderful Pistachios, Halos mandarins and other citrus and POM Wonderful products, pledges to use 100% renewable electricity at its operations by 2025.
Sophia Hronis, who founded Hronis Inc. with her late husband Jim Hronis, has died.
Randy Jacobson, sales manager at Cecilia Packing Corp., Orange Cove, Calif., is retiring from the company after 24 years.