Fruits
Chile blueberry sector ships highest weekly volume of fruit
Chile’s blueberry exporters have achieved the highest weekly export figure in the history of the sector in the country, having shipped some 11,575 tons of fruit during week 51. With 45 percent of the 2017-18... more »
USApple: Jan. 1 holdings up 12 percent at 115.8 million bushels
U.S. Apple Association has released its third report on the 2017 apple crop. According to the survey, this year’s fresh apple holdings on Jan. 1, 2018, totaled 115.8 million bushels, 12 percent more than the... more »
Grondine to guide USApple consumer health, media relations
Tracy Grondine joins U.S. Apple Association (USApple) on Jan. 22 as the association’s director of consumer health and media relations. Grondine brings significant experience as a communications leader in... more »
USHBC seeks nominees for regional member positions
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) is seeking nominees to fill regional member and alternate positions. The nomination period will begin on Jan. 22, 2018. Current USHBC regional member and alternate terms for the western,... more »
USDA: let cranberry industry withhold 15 percent of crop
USDA proposes to let the cranberry industry withhold 15 percent of the 2017 crop to halt a slide in prices paid farmers and handlers. Cranberries, whole and in juice concentrate, would be diverted to charities,... more »
Michigan’s wine industry has eight new producers of wine
The Michigan Grape & Wine Industry Council approved eight new producers of Michigan wine at their meeting on Nov. 30, 2017. This brings the total number of Michigan wineries to 138. To be eligible for... more »
Congress passes first wine excise tax cut in 80 years
WineAmerica, the national association of American wineries, recently praised the passage of federal alcohol excise tax reform legislation as a new opportunity for growth of the American wine industry. According to Wine America, The Tax... more »
UC Davis vineyard: Red blotch found and destroyed at Russell Ranch
According to Deborah Golino, director, UC Davis Foundation Plant Services (FPS), on Dec. 20, 2017, FPS determined that Grapevine Red Blotch Disease, caused by grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV), has been found in the Russell Ranch... more »