Florida
Premier Citrus Marketing, Vero Beach, Fla., has hired Kevin Swords as director of North American sales and added fruit from two more packinghouses.
An abridged version of Florida’s 44th Tomato Conference, canceled due to Hurricane Dorian’s approach in the Atlantic, has been rescheduled for Oct. 2-3 in a new location.
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has recognized standout fruit and vegetable varieties introduced this year.
The Florida strawberry crop for Well-Pict Berries, Watsonville, Calif., will be in peak harvest in February.
Field hearings to consider protection measures for U.S. produce against fruit and vegetable imports have been postponed.
Peaches are a well-known crop in the Carolinas and Georgia, but Florida has been getting into the game the past several years with this kind of careful marketing of its more modest crop of snacking-sized peaches.
An updated nutrition book for citrus growers is available from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
The Florida agriculture department has added an interactive map and other updates to its website that links growers to consumers during the pandemic.
Reviving an idea that promoted Florida produce following a natural disaster, the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has a new “buy local” program, SWFL Fresh.
The 45th Annual Labor Relations Forum is set for Sept. 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.
The 45th Annual Labor Relations Forum is set for Sept. 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has found three Oriental fruit flies in south Miami-Dade County.
Blazer Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif., has a new website highlighting “The Ultimate Strawberry,” as the company ramps up production of its Foxy brand conventional and organic strawberries.
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.
While one might associate tropical fruits with summer months, tropicals also shine well into the fall and winter.
IMG Citrus, Vero Beach, Fla., is marketing white grapefruit in the U.S. as a return to the original heirloom Florida grapefruit.
U.S. orange production forecasts have remained steady in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest citrus report, but Florida should expect a slight increase over last year’s final production.
When President Trump signed the USMCA, responses from the U.S., Canada and Mexican fresh produce industries were generally positive.
Nikki Fried, commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is promoting Florida products in a pre-Super Bowl event.
Hugh Hinton Branch, who founded Hugh H. Branch Inc. in 1957, has died.
TMC Produce Solutions has opened a new office in Florida’s Miami/Pompano Beach area.
Plant City, Fla.-based berry grower Wish Farms has started a summer partnership campaign with Feeding America.
Ongoing investment in protected agriculture in Mexico will likely result in continued losses for the fruit and vegetable industry in Florida, according to a new report from the University of Florida.
The U.S. Department of Agricultures has expanded a citrus black spot quarantine in four Florida counties.
The Department of Commerce has announced a preliminary dumping margin of 25.28% on Mexican tomato imports following its investigation whether tomatoes from Mexico are being dumped into the U.S.
Research at the University of Florida on citrus greening disease isn’t focused solely on helping trees fight the disease. Researchers also are attacking the source: the Asian citrus psyllid that spreads the disease.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the University of Florida a $3.5 million grant to study using mesh screenhouses to guard grapefruit against huanglongbing (HLB).
Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is signing an agreement with Colombia’s Port of Barranquilla to promote bilateral trade.
Crystal Valley Foods, Miami, is finalizing the purchase of Asian, tropical and specialty fruit and vegetable importer Joco Produce, Medley, Fla.
As development eats away at Florida’s untamed lands, wild animals have found an ally in the Seminole Tribe.