With many external hurdles to navigate, 2020 was a disappointing season for Chinese Fuji apples. Sales were slow due to a weak domestic Chinese market and lower overall export volumes from the pandemic paired with increased ocean freight rates and container shortages. …
The Washington Apple Commission announces that Nov. 27-Dec. 5th will be the third annual celebration of Washington Apple Week. The global event will span fifteen countries and feature activities to connect consumers with the source of their food through education as well as build excitement for the arrival of the new season of Washington apples. …
Apple season has come into full swing for produce departments across the U.S. and made up 6.2 percent of total produce department sales over the last 12 weeks. Stemilt marketing director Brianna Shales sat down with Katie Harmon, communications manager for a Fast Facts: The Cast episode that discussed the latest 12 weeks of Nielsen U.S. apple category data ending on October 30, 2021. Shales and Harmon cover how new crop apples performed and analyzed regional data to offer merchandising tips for the upcoming holiday season. …
Today marks the first day of Cosmic Crisp® apple packing for the 2021-2022 season! Stemilt marketing director, Brianna Shales, is excited about the upcoming season and ready to delight consumers around the country this with popular apple variety grown by Stemilt. …
“This weekend’s announcement that the Biden Administration will ease tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union should be congratulated as good news. Hopefully this will be the first step in helping reclaim market share for other U.S. export-dependent farm commodities. But for most U.S. apples the announcement will have little positive effect since the EU’s unscientific rules against even infinitesimally low residues of modern production compounds lock U.S. growers out of that market.” …
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