All articles by Jeff Long – Page 6
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ArticleStable outlook for Mexican grapes
Mexico's 2013 table grape season will start late but yields and quality look strong, says Aalpum
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ArticleCA cherries set for bumper year
While unlikely to match Pacific Northwest cherry production volumes, industry experts anticipate a record packout
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ArticleCautious start for SH citrus imports
Uncertainty about California’s bumper crop is complicating expectations for Southern Hemisphere arrivals
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ArticleMexican mangoes start slowly
Imports into the US market could exceed 58m cartons for the third consecutive year despite slow season start
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ArticleChinese impasse frustrates WA growers
Ongoing refusal to allow Washington apple imports closes major market for exporters
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ArticleCA navel growers await Korean market
Inundated market, cold weather and general rate increase likely to dampen demand
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ArticleUS-China fail to breach apple impasse
China continues to refuse to issue import permits for US Washington apples due to concerns about rotten fruit on arrival
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ArticleFrosts nip US citrus
California navels have escaped major damage from a mid-January cold-snap, but late mandarins may have fared less well
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ArticleCNY push for US topfruit
The US apple and pear industries are gearing up for a promotional push in Asia over Chinese New Year
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ArticleChinese-US impasse on apple imports continues
Concerns are mounting over China’s refusal to issue import permits to US apple exporters
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ArticleEurope shows its sweet tooth
Sweet potatoes are bucking the trend as a US-grown fresh product making waves across the Atlantic
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ArticleUS Rivermaid-Wespak merge
Rivermaid Trading Company and Wespak Sales will merge operations to become one of the larger grower-shippers of tree fruit in California
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ArticleEurope hungry for US sweet potatoes
Export shipments have soared over the past decade, according to figures published by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service
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ArticleGrape year for California
Perfect weather has given rise to outstanding quality fruit in California’s table grape growing regions this season
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ArticleNorthwest cherries set new record
The US Northwest cherry industry is poised for a new seasonal record in 2012, with a forecast 23.5m carton-crop
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ArticleHail hits Washington apple volumes
A spate of summer hailstorms has reduced initial Washington apple crop forecasts to under 109m cartons
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ArticleSmaller Hass avocado crop for Chile
Drought conditions in the country’s Hass avocado-growing regions look set to significantly reduce Chile’s output in 2012/13
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ArticleEarly start for California grapes
It’ll be early, big and beautiful – the Californian grape season looks set to provide the trade with a bumper, 100m-carton crop
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ArticleBumper year for Northwest cherries
Mother Nature has dealt a bumper crop to Northwest cherry growers this season, with volumes expected to exceed the 2009 record
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ArticleNorth American grapes off to early start
The Mexican and Californian table grape deals are off to an early start this season, thanks to good growing conditions