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National Processed Raspberry Council Members Named

Dan December 19, 2016 Industry News Release

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed seven members and five alternates to serve on the National Processed Raspberry Council. The appointees will serve 3-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2017, and ending on Dec. 31, 2019. Newly appointed members to represent producers from states producing a minimum of three million pounds of raspberries for processing are Matt Simonian, of Lynden, Wash., …

PIECES OF THE PAST: Citrus Sprayer Innovation
By Brenda Eubanks Burnette In the early 1900s, there were a number of inventions made to help the growing citrus industry flourish. One of those inventions took place in Winter Haven at the Van Fleet Company in Florence Villa. The company manufactured the Van Fleet sprayer. An article in the May 1920 issue of The […]
Brazil’s Harvest+ Seeks Improved Citrus Harvesting
Brazil’s Fundecitrus, in partnership with the companies Agricef and Move Agro, has created the Harvest+ project that seeks to improve the country’s orange harvest. In addition to enhancing the manual harvesting process, the project is searching for mechanized and semi-mechanized solutions for citrus farming. Harvest+ is in response to demand from producers and companies that […]