California expecting larger mandarin crop amid ongoing strong citrus demand

California Citrus Mutual President & CEO Casey Creamer said growers are excited to kick off the 2020-21 season, whose start had this year had not been as heavily impacted by Southern Hemisphere imports as in previous years.

October 22 , 2020

South African cherry exporter expecting bumper crop

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, says it is expecting a bumper cherry crop this year, following a disappointing season in 2019.

October 22 , 2020

Leadership change announced at Fall Creek

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery has announced that Oscar Verges has been promoted to co-CEO and Amelie Brazelton Aust has been named executive vice-chair of the family-owned company’s board of directors, effective Sept. 24.

October 22 , 2020

USDA awards $45M of grants to fight citrus greening

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently awarded 12 grants totaling over $45 million for research to combat Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly known as citrus greening disease.

October 22 , 2020

Compagnie Fruitiére banana ripening facility completed at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park

Compagnie Fruitière UK, a leading supplier and ripener of bananas to the British marketplace, has taken occupation of a 69,718 sq ft ripening facility on practical completion of the building at DP World London Gateway.

October 21 , 2020

U.S. grape storage numbers approach last year's levels, but remain far below 2018

As of Oct. 15, there were 11.1m boxes in storage, according to the USDA's Western Fruit Report Grape Cold Storage Summary.

October 21 , 2020

U.S.: Retail fresh produce sales remained strong in September even as shopping patterns normalized

A joint report by 210 Analytics, the PMA and IRI found that fresh produce sales were 10.7% higher year-on-year during the four September weeks, generating a total of $5.04bn.

October 21 , 2020

AgriPlace Chain grows rapidly across Europe

AgriPlace Chain has been built specifically for companies in produce to reduce the work involved in collecting and sharing information for all the supply chain members in the industry.

October 21 , 2020

Southeastern Grocers makes IPO filing public over two years after bankruptcy

The Florida-based operator of supermarket chains Winn-Dixie and Bi-Lo intends to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SEGR", it said in a regulatory filing.

October 20 , 2020

Ecuador's Ag Ministry to set minimum banana price in coming days

After a meeting of the Ecuadorian Consultative Council for Bananas last Friday ended without a consensus on a minimum price that exporters must pay to growers for next year, the decision is now in the hands of Agriculture Minister Xavier Lazo.

October 20 , 2020