Cranberries
Hayes’ retirement will be effective March 2, 2026, and the search is underway for the cooperative’s next leader, according to Ocean Spray.
The Fresno, Calif.-based Trinity Fruit Company said the new flavor is something personal to the company’s president.
Since March 2021, Monisha Dabek has led sales, marketing, innovation, insights, revenue management and demand planning teams for the cooperative’s U.S. region.
After recent tariff lifts on apples, walnuts and almonds, India has slashed tariffs for additional U.S. exports, including include blueberries and cranberries, signaling increased opportunities for American producers.
Researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service have discovered several species in Wisconsin soils that can kill major pests lurking in U.S. cranberry bogs in less than 72 hours.
This fall, global cranberry cooperative urges shoppers to center their holiday table around canned cranberries in a playful marketing campaign.
Consumer demand has grown beyond juice and sauce for cranberries, which are the commonwealth’s largest agricultural food crop and vital to the local economy.
The USDA has forecast U.S. apple total production for 2023 at 9.91 billion pounds, up 1% from 2022.
The marketing order, which was established in 1962, provides for the use of volume control in the form of producer allotments, handler withholdings or a combination of both.
As the companies report seeing a healthy growing season throughout the Pacific Northwest and Wisconsin, a “fun-focused” retail campaign is set to embrace the emerging “Friendsgiving” trend.
The brand says its new look reflects the nearly 700 family farmers who grow for the nearly 95-year-old co-op.
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass., has hired Tom Hayes as president and CEO.
Middleboro, Mass-based Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. expects to have more fresh fruit this year compared with 2019.
Cranberries might be a staple on Thanksgiving tables, but a glut of U.S. supplies has gotten so large that fruit could be headed to the compost pile.
The 2019 U.S. cranberry crop is up 1% compared to 2018, according to a new crop forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
With the way the crops in New Jersey are going, you would hardly know there’s a pandemic.
Naturipe’s berry experts are daring consumers to get creative with cranberries this holiday season – and beyond – with the launch of the company’s first downloadable cookbook, Reimagining Cranberries.
A fruitful season should be in store for the summer berry categories, as grower-shippers report ample supplies of good-quality fruit.
This month’s berry news and insights brought to you by The Packer and Produce Market Guide.
Naturipe Farms has taken a big step forward in its commitment to sustainability.
The United Fresh Produce Association’s Fresh Insights for Foodservice fall issue highlights the traditional holiday meal mainstays, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic’s continued effects on the foodservice sector.
A cool early growing season and late heat will reduce the supply of top grade Wisconsin cranberries this year, one marketer reports.
Cranberries don’t need to float in a bog to hit the sweet spot for the fresh market consumer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, acting on requests from cranberry growers, is placing controls on the 2017-18 crop to help bring supplies in line with demand.
The American cranberry industry is one of the biggest losers so far in the escalating trade dispute between the European Union and the U.S.
Naturipe Farms is seeing peak supplies of organic cranberries from Wisconsin, a trend that will continue to the third week of December.