There has been a big course correction for fresh fruits and vegetables this year. Sabrina Hill explains. Click to open or download audio report USDA economist Ricky Volpe says fresh…
Obama’s Love of Vegetables
Forget about Barack, you can call the president “Broccoli Obama”. Cindy Zimmerman explains. Click to open or download audio report…
Sustainable/Organic Production Seminar
…field crops, vegetables and orchards. The seminar is scheduled for August 15 from 8am to 3pm at the International Agri Center Banquet Hall in Tulare. For more information, click here….
Fresh Produce Sales Up
…start of last year. Fruit increased dollar sales nearly eight percent, with total volume up 1.4 percent. For vegetables, dollar growth is at 5.7 percent and total volume was up…
Costa: House Fails Rural America and Consumers
…over the life of the 2013 Farm Bill to strengthen the market for the specialty crops we grow in our Valley like fruits, vegetables, and nuts. $630 million over 10…
Specialty Crops Continue Strong Momentum in House Ag. Committee Farm Bill
…children be preserved. The Alliance will continue to work with industry allies in Congress to ensure the program’s original mission of promoting fresh fruits and vegetables is sustained as the…
Costa Supports Advancing the Farm Bill, Calls for House Action
…we grow in our Valley like fruits, vegetables, and nuts. $630 million over 10 years to prevent the introduction and spread of plant pests and diseases. Maintains level funding ($1.75…
Vulcan Receives Reduced Signal Word
…fruit, tree nuts, grapes, citrus, vegetables and other crops. Chlorpyrifos, the active ingredient in Vulcan, is a proven and widely used pesticide for fast-acting and efficacious control of yield-robbing insects….
United Fresh Nominations for Board Officers
…Prior to joining Apio in 2005, Ron held the position of Senior Vice President of Operations at Dole Fresh Vegetables. Ron received a degree in Food Biochemistry from the University…
Fruit Growers Seeing Higher Prices
…report. Growers of many fruits are getting significant prices for their produce so far in 2013, according to the USDA’s recent fruit and tree nut price outlook. Prices for apples…
Vegetable Prices Affected by Weather
Prices for some vegetables are impacted at both the farm and consumer levels, thanks to our recent freeze, and last year’s warm weather. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or…
California Vegetable Numbers for 2012
…the vegetables grown in California was down about five percent from the year before. However, the on-farm value of our vegetables in 2012 was still just above $6 billion dollars…
Weather Hurts Vegetable Crops
…Report It’s called the Nation’s salad bowl, and with good reason. About 95 percent of the Nation’s winter vegetables are grown in California – specifically Imperial County- and nearby Yuma…
New Leadership Team for Ag Committee
…Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds and insect pests, and organic agriculture, research, education and extension, biotechnology and foreign agriculture…