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Oregon heat wave has peculiar effect on blueberries
The blueberry season for local Oregon farmers will soon be coming to a close. This year’s…

The benefit of applying shelf-life extension coating to avocados in country of origin
In 2020, Total Exotics – ripener of avocados and mangos - started a partnership with Liquidseal to…

Inflation hitting banana industry hard
Banana production is heading into a perfect storm around costs. On supplies of bananas, the…

From zero to 72 acres of greenhouse-grown strawberries in five years
Back in 2016, Mucci Farms innovated the North American greenhouse category by entering the…

GLOBAL OVERVIEW LEMONS
In Spain, South Africa and China, adverse weather conditions during the growing seasons have…

Dole and Total Produce complete deal
Dole plc, a newly created company formed for the combination of Total Produce plc and Dole Food…

Coliman Bananas mourns the loss of President and founder Jorge Aguilar Heredia
In 1978, Jorge Aguilar Heredia formally founded AGGALL Coliman Group, with the inauguration of the…

“We can put 90 strawberry plants per m2 where a greenhouse would put only 10-12”
“I spent my first 25 years on a farm and the next 25 years in technology. Vertical farming is the…

Will shipping rates make a difference in demand for Brazilian ginger?
The Brazilian ginger season generally runs from June until November/December. At the moment,…

Prices push up on California grapes
Supplies of California grapes are steady coming from the Central Valley. “It’s all California product…

New sustainable packaging for grapes unveiled
Sustainability is now a major focus throughout the food supply chain and in the packaging realm and…

North Bay Produce adds to its leadership team
North Bay Produce is excited to announce that Paul Driscoll has joined the North Bay leadership…

Quality issues make for higher pricing on Mexican mangoes
Mango supplies from Mexico are ample currently though there are some quality issues. “There are a…

Apples are changing the Chilean agroindustry business model
One of the pioneering companies involved in innovation and confronting the paradigm shift in the…

Florida Court sanctions Costa Rican grower for continued sale of Del Monte pineapples
The Southern District of Florida has issued an order adopting portions of a previous recommendation…

Ventura County: 486 workers to lose jobs when tomato growing facilities switch to cannabis
A fast-growing cannabis company has signed a contract to buy a huge greenhouse south of Camarillo,…

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