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A citrus grower in the Northern Territory say he's generally happy with how the lemon harvest is progressing, but a fungal disease is keeping prices down.
Construction of a huge processing plant in Delano by Paramount Citrus will create 500 new jobs, drawing from a labor force which includes much of Tulare County.
Schnepf Farms of Queen Creek is calling in air support to battle the freezing temperatures that threaten their peaches. Owner Mark Schnepf is renting a helicopter - at a cost of about $850 an hour to hover over one of their orchards for a couple of hours before sunrise Thursday ...
The UK supply of strawberries have been affected by the events in Egypt in recent days, the fruit is facing delays on leaving the country. Trucks carrying the fruit are having to cross various check points on the way to the airport. There are difficulties with airlines. Dominic ...
Ontario-based greenhouse vegetable producer Mucci Farms grows a full line of hothouse products. Traditionally known for their beefsteak tomatoes, Mucci Farms has focused on their specialty vegetables in recent years and launched a number of new products, most recently Rustico TM ...
If every day were Super Bowl Sunday, growers of canning tomatoes would win big. That day outpaces all others for salsa consumption, marketing expert Al Ban-isch told growers gathered in Modesto on Wednesday. But the tomato market overall has shrunk in the past few years, despite ...
Grape Update: Through Week 4, table grape arrivals on the East Coast continue to lag behind last season by 15% (over all varieties) which has made for a stable market characterized by solid pricing, light inventory and limited carryover from vessel to vessel (except, of course, ...
Louisiana farmers say this week's cold is good for peaches in north Louisiana - and, farther south, strawberries covered against the cold should be fine. Joe Mitcham of Ruston says his peaches need 850 to 1,000 hours of temperatures below 45 degrees to produce a good crop. He ...
According to the General Controller of the Republic, the most affected exports were those of products such as melon and watermelon.
Dirty's All-Natural Potato Chips, one of the largest natural snack manufacturers in the USA, is all set to enter the Indian market. The company will market its products under Max Foods in India. The product line includes the variety like Jalape Heat, Mesquite Cracked Pepper, Sea ...
There has been a bumper production of turmeric in Bagha, Charghat of Rajshahi and Bagatipara of Natore district this year. Because of the favourable weather and adequate rainfall, the production is high, informed turmeric farmers of Bagha Upazila.
Scientists have developed an "insurance policy" that could protect Australia's future banana supplies. A genetically modified crop of banana plants could be the key to farmers beating a soil-borne fungus, which wiped out plantations in the Northern Territory and continues to ...
Increasing demand for strawberry in the domestic market and good prices have made farmers to have a rethink on exporting the fruit. This year strawberry may not be exported to European Union countries or Gulf. "Good quality strawberry is fetching a price of Rs 120 per kg in ...
A Jordan, Ontario vineyard will lose its licence to buy grapes if it does not repay growers by an Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission deadline. Three grape growers are waiting to see if Ferndale Vineyards Inc. will pay the money it owes them by March 15. That was the ...
The Bunyip River, on the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne, has flooded Australia's major asparagus growing district at Koo Wee Rup. President of the Australia Asparagus Association, Joe Vizzari, grows asparagus and broccoli.
Food prices might have come down in the wholesale market but Delhiites continue to shell out huge amounts for buying vegetables. Onion and tomato supplies have not made much difference in the retail sector with a massive difference still existing between retail and wholesale ...
Some Florida cabbage farmers say a smaller crop may mean higher prices for the leafy greens this year. Several freezes destroyed about 30 percent of the cabbage crop in north Florida. St. Johns County Agricultural Extension agent Steven Lands says that means the cabbages that ...
U.S. asparagus growers who lost money from imports of the vegetable from 2004 to 2007 crop years can apply for $15 million in compensation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. Michigan is home to about 200 asparagus farms, most of whom will qualify for compensation ...
A potato virus that has been around for years is mutating and that's got both researchers and industry leaders worried. Growers have grown used to seeing some signs of Potato Virus Y, better known as simply PVY, in fields. The disease causes foliar damage and infected plants must ...
To the football traditionalist, for whom standing on the terraces is simply not the same without a half-time meat pie, it was probably not the most popular signing.
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