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Citrus grower, importer and packer IMG Citrus, headquartered in Vero Beach, announced that its new flagship facility, Sweet Sixty, is fully operational. In 2022, IMG acquired the newly built 185,000-square-foot cold storage and packing facility formerly owned by J&J Fresh Produce. Sweet Sixty was always intended to be more than just additional square footage. It was part of a long-term …
A Nov. 22 Lake County farm tour, hosted by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension, included a visit to the 13-acre citrus under protective screen (CUPS) site owned by IMG Citrus. Located in Groveland, the facility consists of Ruby Red grapefruit on Swingle rootstock planted in May 2022. Clint Updike, IMG citrus production manager, told farm …
IMG Citrus, based in Vero Beach, Florida, has acquired J&J Fresh Produce assets. These assets, also located in Vero Beach, include a new 185,000-square-foot cold storage and packaging facility and 1,000 acres of farmland in the Delta Farms Water Control District. “This is an exciting acquisition and a key component of our growth strategy,” said Melanie Ressler, co-chief executive officer …
IMG Citrus announced the launch of the YELLOS Florida grapefruit brand and specialty product. “Although considered a new product on the U.S. market, the YELLOS grapefruit variety is in fact Florida’s original, heirloom grapefruit and the white-fleshed counterpart of the well-known Florida Ruby Red grapefruit,” the company stated. According to a press release, YELLOS are harvested from mature groves more …
IMG Citrus, a citrus grower, packer and shipper in Vero Beach, Florida, recently bought a 2,500-acre grove in Charlotte County. The grove increases the company’s control of citrus land management in Florida by 27%; it now has 11,387 acres. The property was acquired from the Packers of Indian River. The grove was originally planted in the 1990s and known as …
IMG Citrus, a family-owned, vertically integrated citrus grower, packer and shipper in Vero Beach, Florida, is celebrating 40 years in business. The business began in 1979 when Michel Sallin, IMG Citrus president, traveled to Florida seeking investment opportunities in agriculture. Sallin and his wife Veronique’s first investment, 72 acres of Hamlin orange groves in Manatee County, would become the beginning …
IMG Citrus, a family-owned, vertically-integrated citrus grower, packer, importer and shipper in Vero Beach, Florida, announced the upcoming retirement of Vice President, Veronique Sallin, after 40 years with the company. Sallin’s retirement will officially begin at the end of the 2019-2020 Florida citrus season. The company further announces the promotion of Sydney Allison to the role of director of sales. …
IMG Citrus, a family-owned, vertically integrated citrus grower, packer and shipper in Vero Beach, Florida, has invested $1.5 million into its packinghouse processing line. The company added a state-of-the-art electronic fruit grader, the Global Scan 7, manufactured in France. The new sorter has the ability to precisely capture 120 images per fruit and up to 120 fruit per second in …
IMG Citrus, a family-owned, vertically-integrated citrus grower, packer and shipper in Vero Beach, Florida, renamed Todd Haffield as director of packinghouse operations. He previously held this role with the company from 2010 to 2017. Haffield has been with IMG Citrus since 1999 in various logistics and sales roles in addition to his director position. He contributed to many operational improvements, …
The future of Florida citrus is bright. IMG Citrus, a family-owned, vertically-integrated citrus grower, packer and shipper in Vero Beach, Florida, announced the acquisition of one of the largest grapefruit groves in St. Lucie County. The 4,000-acre grove increases IMG’s control of citrus land management in Florida by over 75 percent, securing the company’s position as an established citrus leader …
Recent Chinese research offers a fresh, strategic blueprint for engineering cold tolerance in citrus. The study reveals that in Citrus ichangensis, a frost-hardy wild citrus relative, the expression of the protective protein CiHSP26.5 is not just turned on or off. Rather, it is fine-tuned over time by two transcription factors, CiERF023 and CiERF041, which serve as its repressor and activator, …
Florida Citrus Mutual (FCM) field representative Rusty Wiygul is preparing to retire after 48 years. For nearly half a century, he talked to growers in their groves, listened to their concerns, helped solved problems and built relationships. “Rusty’s career has spanned some of the most significant changes and challenges Florida citrus has ever faced,” FCM stated. “He joined the team …
Despite cancer-related ills in recent years, citrus breeder Fred Gmitter continued his work passion, which included development of trees that were more tolerant of or resistant to HLB. “That was our mission,” said Jude Grosser, his fellow citrus breeder at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Citrus Research and Education Center. Grosser said Gmitter continued …
Editing a plant’s genes is only half the battle. Before a new, improved trait can ever reach a farmer’s field, scientists must be able to grow a whole plant from just a few edited cells. That process can be slow, unreliable and, for some plant species, impossible. A new study describes a way to speed up that bottleneck across crops, …
The Florida Department of Citrus’ (FDOC) global marketing team on Sept. 16 told the Florida Citrus Commission (FCC) about media activity and shared future social media plans. The FCC is the FDOC’s governing board. CITRUS IN THE MEDIA The team reported strong momentum for Florida citrus in the media, with consumers and across the industry. It shared a media audit …
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) hosted a field day in Jason Griffin’s Polk County grove in mid-September. Griffin has been a long-time collaborator with the university’s citrus breeding program. The event featured many of the later-season OLL varieties developed by Jude Grosser, UF/IFAS professor of plant cell genetics. The OLL line of later-maturing varieties …
By Brenda Eubanks Burnette I was driving past the Latt Maxcy Corporation recently and found myself remembering when I first met Pat and Patricia Wilson. Pat carried a quiet authority — steady and observant, with a twinkle in his eyes. But the person who truly commanded the room was his petite wife, Patricia. Her energy and determination were unmistakable, and …
Water, education of politicians and consumers, California’s next governor and farm succession were among citrus-related topics addressed recently by Jacob Villagomez, director of governmental affairs for California Citrus Mutual. WATER Water remains one of the industry’s biggest concerns, according to Villagomez. He said California’s increasingly intense heat can stress citrus trees, contribute to leaf curling, cause sunburn-related scarring and sometimes …
A Chinese official’s visit to new citrus facilities in Pakistan showcased citrus research and growing agricultural cooperation between Pakistan and China. Sun Yan, consul general of the People’s Republic of China in Lahore, Pakistan, inaugurated a newly established climate-controlled glasshouse and screen house at the Citrus Research Institute (CRI) in Sargodha. He was briefed on the institute’s research programs, citrus …
Citrus Australia recently stated that it condemns any exploitation of workers in horticulture. The statement followed recent media reporting, Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia’s workplace regulator) action in New South Wales (NSW) and a Victorian Supreme Court case alleging serious exploitation of horticulture workers by an unlicensed labor hire operator. Citrus Australia CEO Nathan Hancock said the allegations of worker exploitation …
