The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast 2014 cranberry production at 8,565,500 (100-lb) barrels, or 856.5 million lbs, down 4% from 8,957,400 barrels in 2013.
Producers in the Pacific Northwest are the nation’s primary pipeline for many varieties of fruit and this year’s harvest is projected to yield superior weights to the 2013 season.
Fyffes, the Dublin-headquartered banana distributor, and Chiquita, the US rival it proposes to merge with, are braced for a fresh attempt by two Brazillian billionaires to scupper the $1 billion merger with a cash offer for Chiquita.
US-based banana firm Chiquita Brands International has rejected a take-over bid of $611m from Brazilian firms Cutrale and Safra groups, saying that the deal is not in the best interest of its shareholders.
A number of dragon fruit growers and traders in the south-central province of Binh Thuan do not know what to do with their newly-harvested fruits except for dumping them by the roadsides in huge piles.
The Hass Avocado Board in Irvine, CA to focus primarily on nutrition research and nutrition marketing “in a way that supports the category as a whole,” according to Emiliano Escobedo, executive director.
Sunkist Growers, a 120-year-old grower-owned citrus marketing cooperative, will be moving its headquarters from Sherman Oaks, CA, to Valencia, CA, this fall.
When Tater Tots began arriving in grocery stores in 1954, they quickly caught on as a snack food, a side dish and the foundation for casseroles at dinner tables across America.
This summer, the Peruvian Avocado Commission launched its first multi-faceted marketing program, including a national summer radio campaign, strategically designed to fulfill retailers' needs and drive consumer purchase.
Malaysia hopes to start exporting fresh pineapples on a large scale to China by early next year after ironing out bureaucratic issues with the Chinese authorities.
Seeka has announced that it has successfully negotiated and signed an exclusive New Zealand license with Westfalia Fruit Estates Pty Ltd, to grow and market the new ‘3-29-5’ variety of avocado, marketed under the trademark Gem™.
The mango campaign is currently underway in Israel and Oron Ziv, of the Israeli producer and exporter Befresh Europe, is hoping for a successful season
Chiquita Brands International has received an unsolicited offer from the Cutrale Group and the Safra Group to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Chiquita at a price of $13.00 per share in cash to Chiquita shareholders.
The marketing and export season of sweet potato in 2014-2015 is starting this week and the first shipments with fresh sweet potato are leaving Israel port this week.
The availability of the earlier Pink Lady also has the potential of reducing the possibility of freeze damage later in the season and also may be expanding the size of the area where it can be grown.
Exports remain low, since the long-standing ban on the trade was finally lifted in 2011. Last year only about 50 tonnes were sent there, out of total apple exports of more than 300-thousand tonnes.
Orchardists are expecting the largest apple haul ever. Washington’s growers and packers have forecast a harvest of 140 million boxes of apples, easily topping the 2012 record of 129 million — an 8.5 percent jump.