Limoneira boosts Q4 revenue, expects high lemon pricing to continue throughout 2022

"These results were driven by higher lemon prices and very strong brokered fruit revenue which more than doubled compared to last year," said Harold Edwards, President and CEO of Limoneira.

January 11 , 2022

Mixed picture for European and U.S. apple stocks in December

January 11 , 2022

Agronometrics in Charts: Influx of Chilean cherries expected in U.S. this season

Further reduction in prices could be expected in the following weeks as the incoming cumulative volume of cherries continues to soar.

January 11 , 2022

AirBattery: A new way to store renewable energy

During the day, excess energy from solar panels powers a system in which water is used to condense the air in underground tanks and at dusk, that air is released to power a turbine and generate electricity. 

January 11 , 2022

'Florida' branding on orange juice helps it sell better - survey

As it turns out, nearly half of the respondents in a new survey say they’re more willing to pay for orange juice if it comes from Florida.

January 11 , 2022

Maersk overtaken as world’s biggest shipping line

Maersk, which first entered containerized trade in 1975, has held the top spot for decades. The carrier has been a pioneer in the industry, often breaking records by building the biggest ships.

January 10 , 2022

Robotic pruner ready to cut down production problems in apple orchards

While the whole of agriculture trends toward automation technologies, the production operations of tree fruit crops still require a fair amount of manual labor.

January 10 , 2022

Scientists breeding citrus tolerant of deadly disease

A $1.5 million emergency grant is enabling UC Riverside scientists to find plants impervious to a disease threatening America’s citrus fruit supply.

January 10 , 2022

Colombia to continue exporting most of its Hass avocado crop to Europe

Jorge Enrique Restrepo, executive president of Corpohass, said that the country is surpassing countries such as Chile and Israel, in terms of the Hass avocado exports.

January 10 , 2022

An unusually tall avocado tree in San Francisco is bearing free fruit in more ways than one

When Ammar Swalim took over a small Pacific Heights hardware store two weeks ago, he had no idea what was growing in the backyard of the California Street business.

January 07 , 2022