The local growing season is over for most items in the state, and distributors are beginning to look to other regions to fill their customers’ needs for the coming fall and winter seasons.
The trend toward packaged produce that took hold during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic still is going strong among potato growers in the Red River Valley.
A heatwave kicking off around mid-September delayed or interrupted the start of the 2024 harvest for most Red River Valley potato growers, but digging was expected to get back on schedule.
Prices of materials and inputs may not be spiraling out of control as they were in the recent past, but produce distributors in the Twin Cities area still face some headwinds.
Produce suppliers in Minnesota’s Minneapolis-St. Paul region are gearing up for a strong fall season as summer fruits give way to heartier autumn offerings.
The Agricultural Labor Rights and Responsibilities Act implemented “in one fell swoop” a series of laws that took 10 years to pass in California, says Marilyn Bay of the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.
Potatoes may be the No. 1 produce commodity the state’s growers ship, but a variety of other tasty fruits and vegetables emanate from Colorado each summer and early fall as well.
