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Washington apple forecast cut following adverse weather events
In early August, the first estimate for the Washington apple crop predicted a crop volume of 134 million boxes (40 lb.), on par with the previous season of 133 million boxes.
September 16 , 2020
Wildfires make dangerous air for farmworkers
"To be out in the fields, it's like you can't breathe," Hernan Hernandez, executive director of the California Farmworker Foundation, told NPR.
September 16 , 2020
APHIS implements new restrictions on Mexican fresh fig imports
The U.S. is increasing the irradiation dosage requirement for fresh fig fruit consignments from areas where Mediterranean black fig fly is present in Mexico.
September 16 , 2020
Kiwifruit disease spreads through Italy, will likely impact production
A mystery kiwifruit vine disease has been spreading through Italy and is expected to result in national production declines.
September 16 , 2020
FDA issues first Produce Safety Rule injunction to food manufacturer for repeated violations
Fortune Food Product, Inc., an Illinois-based processor of sprouts and soy products, has agreed to stop production until it, among other things, undertakes remedial action and complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
September 15 , 2020
La Niña climate pattern has developed and likely to persist through winter - NOAA
La Nina is a natural ocean-atmospheric phenomenon marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator.
September 15 , 2020
Chambers announces huge raspberry varietal trial with nine countries
The large trial, which will last until at least December 2021 and is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, will be run from Chambers’ Homefield Farm in North Kent and will provide an opportunity for propagators to see how their plants deliver.
September 15 , 2020
Sealand issues update on Tropical Storm Sally
Shipping company Sealand has issued an update on Tropical Storm Sally, which has already led to Gulf port closures for the second time in a month.
September 14 , 2020
'Strong and clean' Mexican avocado crop meeting current customer demand - Calavo CEO
In an earnings call on the results of the third financial quarter ended July 31, Jim Gibson said that Mexico - whose avocado market share increases in the fall as Peru and California wind down - is shipping a high proportion of grade 1 fruit.
September 14 , 2020
Ex-Driscoll’s exec sentenced for stealing from company - report
Marc Marier, 42, of Napierville, Illinois, was reportedly sentenced in a San Jose federal courtroom to 29 months in prison after pleading guilty in June to wire fraud and money laundering.
September 14 , 2020
