Systems Approach for Chile: "Table grape industry's sustainability is at stake"

According to Kurt Neuling, manager of the Transforma Fruticultura Sustentable Program (Perfruts), the situation "is serious and impacts sustainability, the rural world, and communities."

January 16 , 2024

Driscoll's expands its presence in Mexico

The nursery has two irrigation containers, a drip irrigation system, and substrate, which promote water savings, improve plant quality and automate irrigation.

January 16 , 2024

Bankrupt Prima Wawona to liquidate assets

The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 13, in a bid to facilitate the sale of the company.

January 16 , 2024

Argentine cherry shipments regaining steam

With barely a month left for the Chinese New Year celebration, Argentine cherry shipments are underway, as the fruit has become a frequent gift among Chinese people during the festivity.

January 15 , 2024

UF: Potential for calabaza to be grown in southeastern U.S.

With two years of research in the books, Geoffrey Meru, a UF/IFAS vegetable geneticist and his team at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead have laid the groundwork.

January 15 , 2024

Florida orange crop to rise 30% year-on-year

Weather damage has long plagued Florida’s citrus production, with the 2017-2018 season heavily affected by Hurricane Irma, and Hurricanes Ian and Nicole causing a similar effect during 2022-2023 season. 

January 15 , 2024

Frost-Kissed artichokes are back for limited stock

The specialty artichokes “are shipping now and will be intermittently available throughout the winter”, the firm says. 

January 15 , 2024

U.S. online grocery sales drop again

It’s the second year in a row that the order frequency of active monthly users (MAUs) declined.

January 15 , 2024

Chile launches pilot program for grape exports under Systems Approach

Members of the industry and exporters see this as a great opportunity to test out the system and see how it could be implemented in other regions of the country, as well as other export markets like the U.S.

January 12 , 2024

Maersk closing north-south transits through Panama Canal

The Pacific loop will drop off northbound cargo at Balboa for the land bridge service via rail to Manzanillo, where the Atlantic loop will retrieve the cargo and resume waterborne service. 

January 12 , 2024