A recent market report shows demand for avocados is supporting increasing import numbers of the fruit and prices look good through the summer. Brian German has details on a fascinating…
How You Can Grow an Avocado Tree from the Pit
…avocados, to find out the best way to grow them from seed. I’ll be direct sowing some in soil and also using the toothpick and water method of propagating them….
Agriculture Facing More Transportation Issues with Trucking Challenges
…and Vegetable Truck Rate Report for May 4 takes into account various types of cruciferous vegetables, carrots, strawberries, citrus fruit, avocados, celery, and multiple types of lettuce. All five regions…
Concerns Over Mexico’s Trade Policies Heightened
…Mexican avocados if the ruling does not provide open access. Mexican avocados had been granted access to the U.S. market in a previous trade arrangement, in exchange for U.S. potatoes…
California Avocado Commission Approved in Unusual Vote
…California Avocado Commission faced its last statewide grower referendum to approve the entity, an amendment was also passed that growers who produced less than 10,000 pounds of avocados didn’t have…
California Avocado Marketing Ramping Up with COVID Impacts Remaining
…marketing from last year. “As we move into April, we’ll be going out with the continuation of our 2020 campaign which was ‘The best avoCAdos have CA in them‘,” she…
Significant Wind Damage Reported in Southern California Orchards
…this year.” Shallow root systems in avocados make the trees more vulnerable to windstorms. The severe winds bent trees that Sayer planted back in 2019 so far that it broke…
California Growers Bracing for Major Rain Event This Week
…lemons and avocados about 10 miles inland from the coast. Despite the lack of a filter strip for this year, Sayer said a major rain event is welcome news after…
Fruits and Veggies You Should Never Store Together
…tissue each has. You should keep the ethylene producers in fruit bowls and the ethylene sensitive foods in the refrigerator. Ethylene producing fruits and veggies include: apples, avocados, Bananas, Honeydew,…
CAPCA Conference Wraps Up Its First Online Edition
…on weed control, nematodes, industrial hemp, as well as updates to state and local regulations. A variety of breakout sessions covered topics such as salinity issues in avocados and citrus,…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 10-07-20
…Greg Doud discussing what it took to make trade improvements with China, and preserving avocados to protect the industry. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features…
Food Box Program Helping Growers, Families, and Companies
…also contain carrots, butternut squash, celery, lettuce, avocados, nectarines, and onions, all of which are sourced from California farmers. Sourcing, packing, and distributing the 25-lb boxes have also allowed SunTerra…
UCR Partnership to Bring New Avocados to Market
UC Riverside (UCR) recently entered into another partnership with Spain-based Eurosemillas S.A. that will bring new avocados to market. The $2.25 million UCR partnership will allow the university to move…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 06-23-20
…help keep them healthy. Also, find out why marketing avocados in China has become a massive undertaking and get the details on the new citrus wash line on the Central…