News (Page 176)

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet     The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revealed that the final 2015/16 Florida orange crop estimate stands at 81.5m boxes, which marks a 16 per cent decrease from the previous year’s result.   During the 2014/15 season, Florida produced 96.8m boxes of oranges.  Continue Reading

by Michael Barker, Fruitnet   Nanotechnology could provide the answer to extending the shelf life of fresh fruit, researchers have claimed.   According to the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA), Canadian, Indian and Sri Lankan researchers have created a nanotech application of a natural plant extract called hexanal, whichContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Strong demand from Asian markets, including triple figure growth in orange exports to Indonesia, has Australian citrus suppliers riding high after the first five months of the 2016 season.   Judith Damiani, chief executive of peak industry body Citrus Australia, said export volumes reached 16,765 tonnesContinue Reading

  The head of Sagarpa, Jose Calzada, stated that, from January to April this year, the surplus of the food trade balance of Mexico with the United States had increased by 46 percent when compared to the same period of 2015, with a favorable balance for the country of 3,818Continue Reading

by Kim Honan, ABC News     The state’s banana growers will head to the ballot box next week to vote on increasing the banana levy to buy out a farm in far north Queensland infected by Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4).   The industry’s peak body has been south of theContinue Reading

by Charlie McKillop, ABC News   The industry peak body, Australian Banana Growers Council, has secured $1.5 million dollars from the Federal Government to buy back the infected farm at Tully and is asking growers to agree to pay a national levy to raise another $3 million dollars.   Earlier negotiationsContinue Reading

The minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) of Mexico, Jose Calzada, said Jalisco would be able to export Hass avocado to the US market this year.   Calzada Rovirosa addressed the issue during a meeting with the US Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, and stated thatContinue Reading

by Marieke Hemmes, Fresh Plaza   The Fourth of July holiday brought the usual spike in sales this year, though prices were a little low when compared to past years. Production in the West is centered in California, where the Central Valley’s growers are harvesting a steady supply of fruit.  Continue Reading

by Rudolf Mulderij, Fresh Plaza   The impact of El Niño has taken a toll on Latin American bananas. Colombia and Costa Rica recorded losses, causing a large part of the market to depend on Ecuador. However, this country also recorded losses. For the whole region, estimates point to a 30Continue Reading

by Tim Linden, The Produce News   In recognition of how people, especially millennials, choose to communicate in current times, the California Avocado Commission is using a couple of avocado-themed murals to draw a connection between the fruit and the state in which it is grown.   CAC changed advertisingContinue Reading

  The European avocado market is more stable in Europe than in the United States, where, at the moment, prices are recording all time highs. However, avocado prices are rising in Europe due to the growth in demand and to the fact that large suppliers, such as Peru, have redirectedContinue Reading