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The development follows February’s announcement on exclusive ARRA production and marketing rights being awarded to the Jupiter Group by Grapa Varieties.

The final preparations are currently underway for the first-ever Global Grape Summit, which will take place tomorrow in conjunction with the London Produce Show and Conference.

In this week's ‘In Charts' installment, Cristian Crespo of data visualization tool Agronometrics illustrates how the U.S. market is evolving. Each week the article will look at a different horticultural commodity, focusing on a specific origin or topic to see what factors are driving change. Having been affected by diseases and hurricanes, Florida’s citrus production is […]

The CRISPR system is more exact than the typical selective breeding method, and can be used to make adjustments that are similar to spontaneous natural changes, say Wageningen scientists.

Some 30 Dole trucks were burned and looted as part of the escalating protests against U.S.-allied Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in recent weeks, said Reuters.

The tariff increase could mean U.S. consumers pay an extra US$3 billion for avocados, tomatoes, mangos and other fruits and vegetables, as well as threaten USMCA negotiations, warns the FPAA.

BelOrta says its new cardboard punnets are meant to respond to the plastic-free packaging trend and will later be offered with a larger range of fruit and vegetables.

The 5% tax that would be imposed on June 10 would then “gradually increase” until Mexico stopped the flow of undocumented immigrants across the border, Trump said.

Senator Rob Bradley says an agricultural hemp program could "make all the difference” in aiding citrus farmers who have suffered crop losses due to citrus diseases or extreme growing conditions.

Farmers critical of the 'new NAFTA' argue that it lacks protection against what they consider unfair competition from Mexico, where fresh fruit can be produced more cheaply.