Spot truckload freight volume increased 25.7% during the week of Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. The number of available trucks fell 26.0% compared to the previous week, which pushed spot rates higher.
January 2022 marks the start of the new International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), the global trade association representing the entire fresh produce and floral supply chains.
Over the next several years, up to $240 million in funding through the Food Desert Relief Act, part of the ERA signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy in January 2021, will be available to the designated communities.
The California Walnut Board and California Walnut Commission is searching for a new CEO, as Michelle Connelly has resigned. Connelly’s last day will be February 11, 2022.
The Jones Family is ringing in 2022 celebrating a 60-year anniversary for Bobalu Berries. The first annual Bobalu Berry Farms Scholarship Program will be launched in time for 2022 graduating high school seniors to apply.
Yiannis Ampatzidis, a UF/IFAS associate professor of ag and bioengineering at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center developed a smart sprayer to help more efficiently apply pesticides and fertilizer
TMD Creative has earned recognition from the Summit International Awards for an Italian-themed ad campaign developed and designed for Ocean Mist Farms, the largest grower of fresh artichokes in the United States.
