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With global sales volumes down from 201.5 million trays to 183.5 million, Zespri recorded total global fruit sales revenue of USD$2.38 billion in 2022-23, down 3% on the record result of 2021-22.

The Colombia Avocado Board (CAB) reported a remarkable surge of 104% year-on-year in the volume of Colombian avocados being shipped to the United States this season.

As a first step, the company is resuming supplying markets where it had previously had commercial contacts, such as Brazil, Chile, and Costa Rica. 

Driscoll’s- brand raspberries and blackberries all are bred in the firm’s own genetics program. It is that breeding that drives constant improvements in flavor, shelf life and other attributes of this fruit.

While the company is still at an early stage with the seedless variety and trees are very young, they expect more volume and broader distribution in the coming years.

Many U.S. retail shelves for grapes are empty this June due to unusually cold weather in key Sonoran grape districts near the Arizona border which means all grapes from the region are late.

Dirk Winkelmann, President of Vanguard Direct, reflects on upcoming opportunities for black table grape varieties.

Most farmers spray chemicals on their strawberries to thwart the mites. But UF/IFAS scientists are trying to find ways to reduce growers’ use of miticides.

PRESS RELEASE The theme of GreenTech Amsterdam this year is ‘Your connection to sustainable food- and flower production’. This theme includes topics such as how to reduce energy usage, public health, food security and the birth of a fresh food ecosystem. Horticulture professionals can enhance their knowledge at the Vision, Technology and Plant Compounds/ Vertical Farming […]

NielsenIQ reports over the last six months that increases in the Consumer Demand Index placed Envy as the top branded apple of choice in the South region and second in all the others.