Texas grapefruit growers just gained access to a new international market in South Korea worth $5 million annually. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) negotiated the technical details that will help ensure grapefruit exported from Texas are free from pests, such as the Mexican fruit fly. …
LGS Specialty Sales sources grapefruit from the company’s farms in the fruitful Mediterranean like climate of South Africa, where the weather is optimal for high quality citrus, we recommend customers to start their grapefruit import program alongside LGS with a healthy volume of the product available now through October. …
Winter Sweetz, a Texas-based grapefruit brand owned by Lone Star Citrus, announces the launch of its 4th annual “Sweeter in Texas” sweepstakes to educate and celebrate the Texas red grapefruit season with consumers. Now through January 26, Winter Sweetz is offering shoppers a chance to win one of two $500 gift card grand prizes along with a case of 20 Texas red grapefruit. …
Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. is preparing for a busy summer citrus season as it finishes a successful end to the winter citrus season with Morocco. With the final Moroccan Nadorcotts shipped and sold, the first easy peelers from Peru and Uruguay have already arrived and volume will be picking up slowly in the coming weeks as Chile and South Africa enter the fold. …
SiCar Farms reports their winter citrus season is thriving and supply is expected to be steady throughout the season. SiCar Farms was founded in 1986 by entrepreneurial dynamos Sigifredo Gudino and Carmen Ochoa in Tecoman, Colima, Mexico. SiCar Farms is a multigenerational family business that has more than 40 years of experience in the fresh market industry. …
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