Category: Apples
CMI Orchards launches new KIKU apples packaging
CMI Orchards plans to unveil a refreshed look for super sweet KIKU brand apples at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
USDA studies steam heat to target pests
Early in 2020, two colleagues in the Treatment and Inspection Methods Laboratory (TIML) of USDA’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program began researching vacuum steam as an alternative for methyl bromide treatment for fresh fruits.
Rice Fruit’s Lee Showalter plans retirement
Lee Showalter, a longtime apple industry advocate, fruit grower and Rice Fruit Company’s grower services manager for more than 13 years, plans to retire at the end of the year.
Kudos joins the ranks of apples from University of Minnesota
If you enjoy a Honeycrisp, Haralson, SweeTango or First Kiss apple at your local orchard or farm stand this fall, you can thank the University of Minnesota apple breeding program for putting it there.
Starr Ranch, CMI Orchards unite with apples, pears, cherries
Starr Ranch Growers/Oneonta Trading Co. have an agreement to join forces with CMI Orchards, delivering more than eight million cartons to CMI’s manifest.
California’s Murray Family Farms endures challenges
Murray Family Farms, owned by Steve and Vickie Murray, has discovered that growing cherries, berries and other tree fruit in the southern San Joaquin Valley’s desert region is highly challenging.
Harvests start with high hopes for apple season
Apple growers in Washington, Michigan and New York are optimistic for the 2023-24 fresh apple season.
Indian farmers protest U.S. apple tariff cuts
India apples Kashmir U.S. apple exports international trade
India trade dispute resolution to benefit U.S. blueberry, cranberry exports
U.S. India trade exports blueberries cranberries
SweeTango apple variety promoted by coop
Next Big Thing cooperative SweeTango apple variety apple sales consumption
Tree fruit sales vet Ellie Tucker joins CMI
CMI Orchards tree fruit sales apples pears
It’s official: India’s retaliatory tariffs on apples, nuts end
India has lifted its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. apples, which drastically cut exports since they were established just over four years ago.
Social media photo contest highlights New Jersey apples
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a social media photo contest featuring the state’s apples.
IFTA Summer Tour: A review of Day 2
Participants in the International Fruit Tree Association’s Summer Tour in Nova Scotia visited a variety of growers of apples, other fruit, vegetables and even livestock.
U.S. apple crop forecast at 256 million bushels
The U.S. apple crop for 2023-24 is expected to top 256 million 42-pound bushels, according to the U.S. Apple Association.
CMI unveils advanced pear packing technology
CMI Orchards pears apples cherries packaging
Drone assignment: A costly investment, consider pros and cons
A recent addition in growers’ toolboxes, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flying over orchards and vineyards can supply images to help orchardists and horticulturists more precisely and efficiently identify areas of concern.
Organic Grower: Apple growing profitable, but challenging
It’s all in the details when growing organic apples. Growers saw the challenges firsthand during the International Fruit Tree Association’s 66th annual conference and tours in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sage Fruit’s Steve Clement leads USApple board
The U.S. Apple Association has named Steve Clement, CEO of Washington grower and shipper Sage Fruit Co., as its 2023-24 board of director’s chairman.
WSU releases WA 64, a Honeycrisp, Cripps Pink hybrid
Washington State University’s (WSU) newest apple variety, WA 64, is a sweet, tart, firmly crisp hybrid of Honeycrisp and Cripps Pink, a variety that includes the well-known Pink Lady brand.