Fresh Produce News and Industry
The dispute over the commercialization of SweeTango, a new apple developed at the University of Minnesota, is not just a brouhaha in a bushel basket. It has important implications for the way we pay for and perform research and disseminate new technology in an era where taxpayers are less willing to foot the bill. The [...]
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OCEANA COUNTY — Talk about a bad apple. There are plenty this year as a result of the unusually warm spring that forced many apple trees to blossom too early, making them vulnerable to spotting after subsequent frosts. In some cases, they’re just plain “ugly,” said Mira Danilovich, horticulture/marketing Michigan State University extension educator for [...]
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MARION — While apple growers elsewhere are enjoying the fruits of a dry summer, George Lawrence can be excused for feeling a bit envious. A fast start due to an atypically warm early spring followed by a killing frost a few weeks later has led Lawrence to lower his expectations for production for 2010 at [...]
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MCCAIN finalised negotiations with its Tasmanian potato growers yesterday, which will see a massive price cut. Boat Harbour McCain potato grower and former Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association McCain growers chairman Wally Elphinstone said he found out the result of negotiations yesterday. “We got a letter in the mail today (Wednesday),” he said. “A $26.50 [...]
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Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Corn Growers and a Sioux Falls law firm will hold a public meeting Tuesday night for area corn farmers who received letters from bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. asking for some money back. The Aug. 20 letters were sent to farmers paid by VeraSun [...]
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The threat of frost hitting fields across the province by Friday could mean the end of the growing season for crops already weeks behind, analysts say. “The big concern going forward is the lateness of the crop and whether the frost gets to it before it matures,” said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market [...]
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Support Will Promote Economic Development, Training for Entrepreneurship and Business Growth Small Socially Disadvantaged Producer Grants includes Colorado’s Arkansas Valley Organic Growers – $93,000 & Rio Culebra Agricultural Cooperative – $186,000 WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced support for economic development initiatives and for educational institutions to help owners of small farms [...]
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NSW irrigators in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Valleys are thrilled that they’ve been offered more water. Combined general security allocations in the two valleys have been increased to nearly 70 per cent. Executive director of the Rice Growers Association, Ruth Wade, says this is great news for her industry. “The Australian Bureau of Statistics is [...]
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The Whitsunday Mayor says farmers in north Queensland are now more safety conscious after the poisoning of millions of fruit and vegetable seedlings. About 7 million seedlings were poisoned at a number of properties around Bowen, south of Townsville, in June. There were fears the poisoning would lead to a shortage of produce and tomato [...]
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(Bloomberg) — World inventories of corn before the 2011 harvest probably will fall to the lowest level since 2008, and wheat reserves may slip to a two-year low, according to a survey of as many as 13 analysts by Bloomberg News. While the U.S. Department of Agriculture probably will cut its estimate for global soybean [...]
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Maddening, creepy, ugly. Those are the nicer words people use to describe the growing numbers of stinkbugs that have munched their way across many fields and orchards of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Now the shield-shaped pest, known for emitting a pungent odor when disturbed, is ready to bed down for the winter – in the [...]
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Riverland wine grape growers in South Australia are being urged to reconsider signing contracts for their grapes this year. Many growers are without contracts following a number of wine companies folding, and not renewing contracts last vintage. But Riverland Wine Grape Growers Association chief executive Chris Byrne says growers will have more bargaining power without [...]
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POMONA, Calif. — Members of the California Rare Fruit Growers meet each summer to share seeds, cuttings and knowledge about exotic fruit and rare varieties of more common fare, such as apples and oranges. The organization founded in 1968 encourages gardeners and hobby farmers to plant unusual fruit, and members search the globe for new [...]
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The month of September is California Wine Month, and Temecula is ready to celebrate. Proclaimed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for the sixth consecutive year, California Wine Month celebrates the Golden State’s wineries, grape growers and regional associations. “California has long been known for our production of superior, award-winning wines,” Schwarzenegger said in his proclamation. “The [...]
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