Tag: oranges

Pacific Trellis Fruit, one of the nation's top year-round growers, shippers, and marketers of premium fresh fruit, is partnering with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation for a Veteran’s Day promotion.

The California all orange forecast is 47.1 million boxes (1.88 million tons), up 17 percent from the last season's final utilization.

Overall produce prices continue to fall as late summer demand struggles to gain momentum. Last week’s Western heat wave damaged a few commodities, but the supply drop was insufficient to counter the general economic malaise.

Hurricane Agatha kicked off hurricane season as it battered Southern Mexico, and remnants of the storm drenched South Florida. A solid category 2 storm, Agatha is the strongest May hurricane to make landfall in the Eastern Pacific.

Memorial Day honors all military members who have died while serving in the U.S. forces. We remember those that have sacrificed themselves to preserve the freedoms that all Americans enjoy. Freedom is not free.

The California navel season is nearing its end with growers expecting to ship through the end of May.

The total amount donated to each local food bank will be based on the number of eligible bagged oranges sold in each food bank’s service area, along with customer donations at the register.

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released its Citrus January Forecast Jan. 12.

As the domestic orange market transitions from Valencia to Navel varieties, supplies are light, and prices are high.