Citrus
Portions of Hillsborough and Sarasota counties, both located on the west coast of Florida, received over 10 inches of rainfall, according to a USDA crop progress report.
The department added Newport Beach in Orange County to its statewide quarantine to prevent the spread of an invasive species and the disease.
The grower and shipper of Foxy Brand strawberries and blueberries now offers South American citrus, cherries and grapes.
As part of its support for health and wellness initiatives, the Valencia, Calif.-based citrus cooperative said the collaboration aims to raise awareness about breast cancer and provide valuable resources to those impacted by the disease.
Results of Florida’s annual Commercial Citrus Inventory show total citrus acreage in the state in 2024 was off 50% from 554,037 acres in 2010.
The USDA’s revised quarantine area doesn’t include commercial citrus groves.
All the company’s premium varieties are available in bag and bulk items and have complementary POS material to help market the product at the store level.
The new boundary expands to the Santa Paula part of Ventura County.
Silvec Biologics said its RNA vector delivery product has progressed to the EPA’s Pesticide Regulation Improvement Act review process.
Padilla began working with FDOC in July 2024; the consumer marketing and issues management assignments are two-year terms with an option for renewal.
Harold Weisfeld, founder of Fruit Distributing Corp. of California, Commerce, has died.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Texas Department of Agriculture has established a Mexican fruit fly quarantine in a resident area in Zapata, Texas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and other groups have invested nearly $47 million in research over the past six years through the Huanglongbing Multiagency Coordination Group.
Homegrown Organic Farms has promoted Amanda Vietti and hired Stefaun Avakian as sales account managers.
From highlighting the immunity-boosting properties of fresh citrus to taking an in-depth look at how the pandemic is affecting different sectors of the industry, companies continue to respond during the crisis.
LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N. Y., kicked off its summer citrus with lemons from Argentina and Chile.
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House to prohibit imports of fresh citrus from China.
Biopesticides company Certis USA has donated another $20,000 to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Inc., to help in its research on huanglongbing.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative’s Office has named five members to the U.S. Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables.
Agricultural Capital (AC) has restructured and added new leadership to prepare for rapid growth, according to the company.
TerMir Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has received a $100,000 AgTech Innovation Prize for its citrus greening disease treatment.
University of California-Riverside scientists have found a substance that can control huanglongbing, aka HLB, in a specialty citrus item.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., is starting its South American citrus import program.
Angela Lopez-Avalos has joined Cecelia Packing Corp., Orange Cove, Calif., as sales associate.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., kicks off its Peelin’ Good — The Zest is Yet to Come Tour — on Sept. 1, a virtual coast-to-coast trip with stops in 18 cities and visits with influencers.
Giro Pack Inc., Atlanta, has introduced its lightest package in its lineup of welded bags in the U.S. and Canada.
Veg-Fresh Farms, Corona, Calif., is starting its winter citrus season.
Bee Sweet Citrus, Fowler, Calif., is ramping up California’s domestic harvest, including specialty citrus varieties.
With Florida groves showing the biggest declines, the 2020-21 U.S. orange crop is forecast 11% lower, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first crop production report.
The borders may remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Summer Citrus from South Africa is able to participate in the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit Oct. 13-15.