Logistics
Jeff Arnold , general manager of the Edinburgh Citrus Association, Edinburg, Texas, said the company redesigned its choice grapefruit bags last season to bring back the firm’s Tropic Valley label.
Organic shipments began in mid-October for South Tex Organics, according to owner Dennis Holbrook of the Mission, Texas-based grower-shipper.
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.
Shipments of Mexican produce to the U.S. increased at a double-digit rate in the second quarter this year.
With year-round shipments of fruits and vegetables, Michigan is a fresh produce force in the U.S.
This could be a year like no other for California’s table grape industry.
The Fishers, N.Y.-based New York Apple Association’s board of directors elected officers and welcomed new members.
SFL Cos., a supply chain management and logistics firm specializing in fresh produce and refrigerated goods, is moving to accommodate growth.
Sorting equipment manufacturer Compac is investing in new facilities and staff in the U.S.
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.
California pear grower-shippers say they anticipate ample supplies of fruit, although the first promotable volumes likely will be a bit late during the 2019 season.
While produce shipments from South Carolina encountered a slight shortage of trucks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s June 26 truck rate report found adequate to surplus conditions in other shipping districts.
SiCar Farms has completed a distribution center in McAllen, Texas, and the facility, which can handle three times the previous South Texas capacity, uses conservation processes that SiCar is rolling out company wide.
Anyone with an innovative food and agriculture startup business that can work for at least one year in upstate New York can compete in Grow-NY for a chance to win a $1 million top prize.
CHICAGO – Twenty three years after his grandfather Tom Mathison won the same award, Stemilt Growers CEO and president West Mathison was recognized by The Packer as the 2019 Apple Man of the Year.
Founded in 1919, John Vena is celebrating a century in business this year with a staff party in the fall plus several innovations.
In late winter and early spring, Ryeco created a new website that features a video of the market with shots from a drone.
Chiquita Brands International, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has a new dedicated container service from Central America to Europe.
Netherlands-based Manter International B.V. showcased its new bag placer and semi-automatic bagger at Berlin’s Fruit Logistica recently.
As those crunchy, juicy globes of ruby, green and gold trickle into the market, fourth-generation grower-marketer-distributor Alisha Albinder Camac updates us on the 2019 Eastern apple season.
Florida’s Indian River citrus region dodged major damage from Hurricane Dorian.
Mirabel, Quebec-based Les Serres Sagami Inc., a conventional and organic tomato marketer with the Savoura brand, has hired a new president, making the company’s leadership 100% female-led.
The Idaho Potato Commission released a new commercial in its long-running Big Idaho Potato Truck series on Aug. 31 during the ESPNews broadcast of Boise State University’s football season opener against Florida State.
Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has been selected for the sixth year in a row as a Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain.
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.
This is one of the most fall activities you can do in the Northeast: Go apple picking, complete with hayrides and apple cider.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate why produce-grower prices have stayed stagnant or declined while prices have increased along the supply chain.
Wholesum Family Farms is expanding its greenhouse facilities in Sonora, Mexico, and Amado, Ariz.
Potandon Produce has joined with a grower-shipper in the Vidalia, Ga., onion district to import Peruvian onions