UF: Potential for calabaza to be grown in southeastern U.S.

With two years of research in the books, Geoffrey Meru, a UF/IFAS vegetable geneticist and his team at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead have laid the groundwork.

January 15 , 2024

Florida orange crop to rise 30% year-on-year

Weather damage has long plagued Florida’s citrus production, with the 2017-2018 season heavily affected by Hurricane Irma, and Hurricanes Ian and Nicole causing a similar effect during 2022-2023 season. 

January 15 , 2024

Frost-Kissed artichokes are back for limited stock

The specialty artichokes “are shipping now and will be intermittently available throughout the winter”, the firm says. 

January 15 , 2024

U.S. online grocery sales drop again

It’s the second year in a row that the order frequency of active monthly users (MAUs) declined.

January 15 , 2024

Chile launches pilot program for grape exports under Systems Approach

Members of the industry and exporters see this as a great opportunity to test out the system and see how it could be implemented in other regions of the country, as well as other export markets like the U.S.

January 12 , 2024

Maersk closing north-south transits through Panama Canal

The Pacific loop will drop off northbound cargo at Balboa for the land bridge service via rail to Manzanillo, where the Atlantic loop will retrieve the cargo and resume waterborne service. 

January 12 , 2024

Chilean cherry shipments to the U.S. to drop 30%

Last season, Chile shipped around 3.3 million boxes of cherries to the U.S. So far this season, around 1.8 million boxes have arrived, and the total projection for this season is about 2.3 million. 

January 12 , 2024

California Avocado Commission adds new agency of record

“The Commission is very excited to be working with the Curious Plot group,” says Commission Vice President of Marketing, Terry Splane.

January 12 , 2024

Salmonella outbreak: Mexican cantaloupe plant tests negative

Mexican health officials in December ordered the temporary closure of the plant in the northern state of Sonora and took samples from surfaces and water.

January 11 , 2024

Aldi stops offering plastic shopping bags

The plan announced in 2022 as part of the company's sustainability goals, will prevent nearly 4,400 tons, roughly 9 million pounds, of plastic from going to landfills annually.

January 11 , 2024