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Industry meets in Arizona for second annual ATPC

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FPAA President Lance Jungmeyer; Ed Bertaud of IFCO in Houston, TX, chairman of the Texas Produce Association; Chris Ciruli of Ciruli Bros.

Second annual ATPC kicks off

TUBAC, AZ -- William Watson, executive director of the Orlando, FL-based National Mango Board, and Brent Harrison, president of Al Harrison Distributors Co. in Nogales, AZ, at the March 21 opening reception of the second annual America Trades Produce Conference, held March 21-23, here. The conference, which is co-hosted by the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas and the Texas Produce Association, is designed to explore issues related to the U.S.

Western vegetable industry optimistic during transition from desert

The end of the 2011-12 desert vegetable season cannot come fast enough for the growers and shippers in California and Arizona.

SunAmerica utilizing HarvestMark for its imported melons

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HarvestMark stickers on SunAmerica Imports’ Guatemalan melons.

SunAmerica Imports LLC, a melon shipper based

Light supplies, strong demand for strawberries

Weather

Yuma, AZ — Daytime temperatures should remain in the mid- to upper 80s through March 24, then ease into the upper 70s through March 27. Overnight lows were expected to remain in the low to mid-50s through March 24, and then ease into the upper 40s. There was no threat of rain in the near-term forecast.

Florida sunshine gives Astin second round of spring vegetable planting

Astin-Fl-Spring-2A worker picks up a load of Astin Farms strawberries at the company’s packinghouse in Plant City, FL. (Photo by Chip Carter)

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