Saturday, October 8, 2022 - Karen Davidson

The globe’s second largest frozen potato company has revealed that net sales have improved 14 per cent compared to the previous year’s quarter. Confidence in South America is marked by the increase to 90 per cent ownership in a venture in Argentina.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - Deanna Vander Zaag

An October 2022 report by Rabobank Research predicts that global blueberry exports will surpass the one million metric tons mark as early as 2025 or 2026. In North America, the use of substrates, protected culture, and mechanical harvesting is expected to solve supply-side challenges.

Monday, September 12, 2022 - Karen Davidson

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be collecting leafy green samples from mid-September through October 2022. Multi-disciplinary experts will be looking at the sanitary design of harvest equipment and how field production and processing practices may be contributing to contamination events.

Monday, September 12, 2022 - Karen Davidson

The California Department of Food and Agriculture reports that farmers produced $51.1 billion of agricultural products in 2021. That’s up 3.6 per cent from the previous year. The statistic is a significant achievement in the face of record-breaking drought.

Sunday, September 11, 2022 - Karen Davidson

A big purple tomato promises to fight cancer and heart disease. The product of gene editing by Norfolk Plant Sciences in the U.K., it’s now been green-lighted by the United States Department of Agriculture, allowing seeds to be planted in 2023.

Monday, September 5, 2022 - Karen Davidson

The Pear Bureau Northwest estimates the 2022-23 fresh crop to be 16.2 million standard box equivalents. Harvest will pick up in early to mid-September for Bosc, Green and Red Anjou varieties.