Citrus news archive – Page 191
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ArticleMixed forecast for Californian navels
Some industry stakeholders are at odds with the United States Department of Agriculture's initial forecast of 80m cartons
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ArticlePromotions planned for Corsican clementines
Corsican clementines are due to return to French stores in mid-October, backed up by radio ads and in-store activities
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Hail strikes Spanish fruit
Heavy rains and hail struck the south-eastern Spanish area of Alicante on Sunday, damaging citrus and pomegranates.
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ArticleCommon ground
The economy has been the hot topic on both sides of the pond this year, and the produce industries of both the US and the UK have had to adapt accordingly to contend with a whole new set of challenges. Laura Gould reports
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School produce meeting residue standards
Fruit and vegetables supplied to schools in the school year 2008-09 met legal standards on pesticide residue levels, according to the Pesticides Residue Committee (PRC).
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ArticleSicilian citrus bears brunt of Italian storms
Damage to fruit and vegetable production being assessed by Coldiretti across large swathes of country's Tyrrhenian Coast
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ArticleIsraeli grapefruit set fair
Israeli grapefruit is due to come on stream at the end of the month and exporter Agrexco is forecasting a top-quality year for its Carmel brand.
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ArticleAgrexco readies red grapefruit season
The Israeli exporter’s Carmel-branded red grapefruit is set to be exported later this month
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Late start for Spanish citrus
Inspectors from the Spanish official export surveillance and regulatory authority (SOIVRE) have reported that the citrus season is running at least one to two weeks behind recent averages.
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ArticleProfit jump for Asian Citrus Holdings
The group's results during 2008/09 have been boosted by higher direct orange sales to China-based supermarkets
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ArticleSouth Africa goes for ClemenGold
Late mandarin ClemenGold has added new zest to the South African soft citrus category as it performs well on international markets, despite challenging conditions.
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ArticlePest relief for Californian citrus
Tests conducted on recently-captured Asian citrus psyllids have shown that they are not carriers of citrus greening disease
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Spaniards face citrus volume dip
Spanish citrus production is forecast to fall by 20-25 per cent this season.
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ArticleLemon market awaits Turkey
The UK market is eagerly awaiting the start of the northern hemisphere lemon season, as prices for southern hemisphere fruit climbed still higher.
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Pico extends into citrus supplies
Egyptian soft-fruit specialist Pico is branching into citrus this winter, with its first supplies to come on stream in mid-November.
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ArticleSpanish satsuma volumes 'set to slump'
Poor returns prompting lower production is expected to lead to a substantially lower Spanish satsuma crop this season
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ArticleMurray Valley requires pest vigilance
Communities are being urged to look for and report discoveries of contaminated fresh produce
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ArticleValencia targets Russian market
Russia will be the focus on a major promotional campaign by the Spanish region this season, aiming to increase clementine shipments
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ArticleEPA ups pesticide tolerance levels
The Environmental Protection Agency has increased the acceptable level of methoxyfenozide residues in citrus fruit following a petition from its producer
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ArticleEarly pomelos spoiling market
Poor-quality Chinese pomelos shipped too early in the season are depressing the European market