TFNet News Compilation (Page 143)

  Avocados From Mexico, the top-selling avocado in the United States, is planning booth displays that incorporate innovation and forward-thinking in an effort to reach a new generation of avocado lovers at the upcoming Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit Oct. 14-16 in Orlando, FL.   During Fresh Summit, retailers willContinue Reading

    A Colombian company has made a multimillion dollar investment to upgrade and expand its avocado packhouse and cold storage facility, providing a much-needed service to growers in the rapidly-growing industry.   Frutales Las Lajas spent US$2.5 million improving its plant, which the owners say is necessary given the recent boomContinue Reading

by  Idris Mahmud, Daily Trust     Banana farming is mainly the pre-occupation of people in the south and some parts of central Nigeria or so most people in the far north think. But for decades banana farming has been a huge earner of cash for farmers in Maibakko Sabuwa LGAContinue Reading

by Courtney Fowler, abc news     The Katherine mango harvest usually starts after the Darwin harvest begins, which is building pace now.   In a promising season, expected to be 15 per cent up on last year, 11,552 trays have so far been dispatched to market.   Manbulloo quality manager Scott LedgerContinue Reading

by  Gardy Chacha, SDE     The last few weeks have seen health conscious online fanatics dig in on the scum that is artificially ripened bananas after it emerged that some bananas sold in Kenya are treated with calcium carbide to speed up their ripening.   Of course it is easyContinue Reading

  The U.S. East Coast is set for a supply gap in fruit imports due to port and airport closures in parts of southern Florida as the state prepares for the powerful Category 3 Hurricane Matthew.   The hurricane belted Haiti and Cuba yesterday, and today is moving through the Bahamas as itContinue Reading

by Phillip Tracy, RCR Wireless News       Agriculture is evolving Smart farming and precision agriculture have become important parts of modern agricultural practices. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), by 2050, food production may increase 70% to feed 9.6 billion people. Food andContinue Reading

by Anouk Sijmonsma, Fresh Plaza     “Guangan City in Sichuan Province is known for its pomelo production. Pomelos from here are sweet flavoured and juicy”, says Hongxing Zou, a local fruit trader. “I grew up in Guangan. Now I am trying my best to help small, local orchards sell theirContinue Reading

by  ‘Yemi Oluwadare, Today     The International Institute of Agriculture (IITA) has intensified efforts aimed at preventing the further spread of Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD), that is debilitating banana production in sub-Saharan Africa.   The disease, first discovered in Nigeria, in Odologun community, in Yewa South council areaContinue Reading

by Lisa Radinovsky, Olive Oil Times     Panayotis Karantonis, an International Olive Council advisory committee member and director of the Hellenic Association of Industries & Packers of Olive Oil (ESVITE), tells Olive Oil Times that recent estimates for the upcoming olive harvest in Greece call for lower yields than lastContinue Reading

by Pam Eubanks, Your Observer   On 6 acres at Mixon Fruit Farms in Bradenton, a bulldozer clanks and clangs as it knocks over rows of citrus trees.   Three areas within the 50-acre grove, in particular, have become virtually unproductive because of a disease known as citrus greening.   GroveContinue Reading