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The Ogg Blogg: A tourist’s taste of Turkish horticulture
On holiday meant no emails, no interviews and no stories, but no fruit and vegetables? You don't go to Turkey to escape the produce industry.
July 06 , 2015
A tourist's taste of Turkish horticulture
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July 06 , 2015
Trio of new pomegranate varieties heads for South Africa
A Spain-based variety management company is in the process of registering its Purple Queen, MR-100 and Kingdom cultivars in South Africa following commercial success elsewhere.
July 06 , 2015
Prices rise for South African oranges in the EU
Despite similar year-on-year prices in the U.S. for South African oranges, arrival volumes have been several times higher this season.
July 06 , 2015
USCM addresses farmworker conditions, labor inspections
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has urged retailers to follow Wal-Mart's lead in considering farmworker living conditions.
July 03 , 2015
SanLucar to enter "very attractive" Turkish market
An executive of a Spanish multinational says two nearby countries outside the EU have strong productive futures as a range of new crops go in the ground.
July 03 , 2015
Could scuba-harvesting be horticulture's next frontier?
Now that crops have been successfully grown underwater off the coast of Italy, the next challenge is economic feasibility.
July 03 , 2015
Costa Rica: Flooding dents pineapple and banana trade
Kingston Fresh's Mike Anderson says already limited Costa Rican pineapple volumes have been exacerbated by recent floods.
July 03 , 2015
Chile: 83% of growers hit by time ruling, says Fedefruta
A key industry body says an additional hour of darkness during mornings this winter is causing worrying problems for most fruit producers.
July 03 , 2015
U.S.: Sunkist launches organic California lime program
California's oldest citrus cooperative is squeezing limited volumes of local organic limes into its portfolio, with plans to expand in the future.
July 02 , 2015
