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California farmers first planted avocados in 1856, lagging behind Florida, yet the Golden State now accounts for about 90% of production in the U.S. Among the hundreds of avocado varieties in ...

While the Florida avocado has a shorter shelf life than the hass variety, its sweet, creamy and sometimes buttery flavor profile sets it apart, says Brandon Moehling, chief operating officer for ...

Green Motion Avocados, promoted by the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and Spanish company Eurosemillas, held its second seminar in Trujillo, Peru, bringing together 60 growers, nurseries, ...

Kerala's diverse microclimates favour all three avocado races, allowing year-round cultivation. Farmers are shifting to high-yielding hybrids, driving a significant agricultural diversification.

Australia's largest grower of Kensington Pride mangoes, Manbulloo, has just signed the rights to three new avocado varieties that have come from New Zealand through its sister company, Manbulloo Fruit ...

National harvest is forecast to top 280,000 tons in 2026-27, with exports reaching 170,000 tons as northern growers expand ...

Picking a good avocado feels like a gamble more often than it should. A few specific techniques take most of the guesswork out of it.

Jeffrey Groh, a former Ph.D. student at UC Davis, examines an avocado plant at a greenhouse at UC Berkeley, where he is now a postdoctoral fellow. (Brandon Mejia/UC Davis) Scientists have identified ...

India’s oldest avocado tree is believed to stand in an Indian village with a decades-old connection to avocado cultivation, ...