Embracing what they called a bipartisan result, House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders released the text of the 2018 Farm Bill conference report.

Fred McConnell, who co-founded MCL Distributing, later renamed 4Earth Farms, has died.

London Fruit is offering more items in clamshells, starting with avocados and limes.

Thaddeus Barsotti of home-delivery service Farm Fresh To You is the recipient of the Organic Grower Summit’s Grower of the Year award.

Stepping into retirement, Dave Haun, owner of Haun Potato Co., Lenexa, Kan., is winding down operations of Haun Potato.

Attendees of the United Fresh Produce Association’s BrandStorm 2019 will hear about Super Bowl advertising success from Avocados From Mexico.

From hurricanes in the southeast to wildfires and Santa Ana winds in California and rain in Texas, weather and natural disasters have greatly reduced the availability of collard greens in the holiday season.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited Tumi Produce International Corp., Bronx, N.Y., for failing to pay for more than half a million dollars of produce.

The goal is lofty. “Meet or beat last year’s sales and profit.”