by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   The February forecast for this season’s Florida citrus crop remained steady for oranges and dipped slightly for grapefruit, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).   The report estimates a 69m-box season for Florida oranges, a number consistentContinue Reading

by Arlie Felton-Taylor, ABC Rural   Growers on the western Darling Downs are finally picking and sending watermelons to market after a horrific season.   Late last year multiple hail storms wrecked a significant number of crops, with some growers facing a total wipeout in some paddocks around Chinchilla.   Grower IanContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   Mango growers from several districts in Karnataka, India are set to travel overseas in March to study cultivation methods, with the ultimate goal of gaining knowledge and exporting more to certain overseas markets. Karnataka State Mango Development Board chairperson Kamalakshi Rajanni announced that the region wouldContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   South Korea has begun rejecting consignments of Californian citrus due to the presence of Fuller’s rose beetle eggs, California Ag Today has reported. Beth Grafton-Cardwell, director of the University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Lindcove Research and Extension Centre, said the issue stems from a changeContinue Reading