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USDA releases initial Florida orange crop estimate
The estimate is down on the 2019-20 season, when growers packed 67.65 million boxes. That number was below the 71.85 million boxes filled during the 2018-2019 season.
October 13 , 2020
Oppy expands in avocado category with Eco Farms stake acquisition
Oppy has recently acquired a 65% stake in Eco Farms, a leading avocado grower since 1972 and the first to grow and market organic avocados in the U.S.
October 13 , 2020
Driscoll’s and Plenty to grow strawberries indoors
The two companies will work to bring flavorful strawberry varieties to market, leveraging the benefits of a controlled growing environment while also creating opportunity for berry expansion into regions that have historically been difficult to serve.
October 13 , 2020
Ecuador forecasts lighter and flatter mango season
Bernardo Malo, president of the Mango Ecuador Foundation, said he expects not only lower volumes than last year but also a less marked peak.
October 12 , 2020
Mexican tomato exports forecast to rise in 2020-21
The USDA Gain Report estimated that exports from October to September 2021 will total 1.87m metric tons (MT), up 2% year-on-year.
October 12 , 2020
Covid-19 has flipped the value proposition of omnichannel shopping for constrained consumers
Nielsen says that six months into the pandemic, early reliance on e-commerce has expanded into a fundamental dependence on still-evolving omnichannel shopping experiences.
October 12 , 2020
Carrefour opens first community fresh produce store in Shanghai
This is Carrefour China's brand new attempt at a different store model after an 80% stake was acquired by Chinese retailer Suning one year ago.
October 12 , 2020
Costa Rican banana industry suffers $9M in losses due to blockades
Three organizations said the blockades affected their activity because the workers couldn't get to the plantations to harvest the fruit.
October 12 , 2020
Viva Fresh Expo Welcomes 2021 with Hybrid Expo Model
PRESS RELEASE The Texas International Produce Association is pleased to announce that the 2021 Viva Fresh Produce Expo will proceed as a hybrid event to include both in-person and virtual components that offer solutions for all attendees. The Viva Fresh steering committee spent extensive time and effort this summer and early fall conducting exhibitor, retail […]
October 09 , 2020
Image of onions rejected by Facebook for being too sexy
There are regular onions, and then there are onions too sexy for Facebook, a Canadian seed and garden supply store recently discovered.
October 09 , 2020



