Pears
USA Pears is excited to announce a new partnership with Cabot Cheese and California Walnuts.
Stemilt Growers is launching Promosaurus, a campaign to help retailers build large apple and pear displays, and celebrating 30 years of organic growing at Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Sorting equipment manufacturer Unitec Group has a lot to talk about since exhibiting at the 2018 Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Chile 2019-20 deciduous fruit exports will dip modestly because of a drought and a decline in planted area, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
While a mid-December “phase one” trade agreement with China lifted spirits and forestalled any escalation in the trade war with China, it did not immediately remove Chinese tariffs on fresh produce.
Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers is partnering with the German-based emoji company to use the brand icons on the company’s apples, pears, and cherries.
The road to the new normal as the COVID-19 crisis continues is a rocky one for many in the fresh produce industry.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is planning on buying $470 million in surplus food, including $105 million worth of produce, as growers cope with disrupted supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nature knows best for California pear growers.
Adding a spark to a familiar pear variety, Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers is promoting the starkrimson red pear as the Sparkrimson.
Congdon Orchards Inc., Yakima, Wash., is now a supplier of Washington apples, pears and cherries to Sage Fruit Co., starting Aug. 1.
The 2020-21 fresh pear crop in Washington and Oregon is projected at 16.6 million 44-pound box equivalents, according the Pear Bureau Northwest’s first official estimate of the season.
The next five years could be a challenge for apple growers, but the industry should emerge stronger and in a better competitive position after that.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers is offering this fall a new paper Farm + Famous grab-and-go pack featuring the message that “All Farmers are Famous.”
Sage Fruit Co. LLC, Yakima, Wash., has welcomed Yakima-based Congdon Orchards to its team of grower-packer-shippers of Washington tree fruit, said Chuck Sinks, Sage Fruit’s president of sales and marketing.
Dec. 5 is World Pear Day and Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers says its Rushing Rivers pears offer perfect promotion opportunities.
The fresh produce industry continues to stress worker safety during the pandemic, while helping consumers eat healthfully during the COVID-19 crisis. Here are some recent news items related to the pandemic.
Using fewer materials in packaging for fresh produce costs less in dollars as well as environmental impact, marketers say.
CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Wash., has boosted its marketing capacity in recent years, adding more than four million boxes of fruit.
Brewster, Wash.-based Gebbers Farms says state COVID-19 testing at the apple, cherry and pear-growing operation indicates the firm’s preventive measures have been effective at protecting workers.
The Northwest pear industry is adjusting to the coronavirus, said Kevin Moffitt, president and CEO of Milwaukie, Ore.-based Pear Bureau Northwest
Starr Ranch Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., has consolidated sales offices in Yakima, Wash., and hired Shawn Loudon to its sales team there.
The Pear Bureau Northwest is celebrating National Pizza Month (October) by bringing back the pear pizza campaign.
Compared with year-ago levels, retail organic apple sales were up 30% in dollars and organic pear volume soared 29% in August.
Pear Bureau Northwest is launching the 2020 edition of its annual World Pear Day on December 5.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued solicitations for fresh oranges, apples and pears.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
Haitian mangoes maintained their lead on The Packer’s PMG the week of May 18, and cherries claimed the second spot.
Viva Tierra Organic, Mount Vernon, Wash., will be shipping new crop apples and pears from California in July.
It is fruit picking season in the Pacific Northwest, and Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers is in the midst of harvesting cherries, blueberries, apples and pears, with kiwi berries set to start in September.