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Six years after creating FarmBox Direct to deliver fresh produce boxes to customers across the U.S.
LAS VEGAS – The potato industry has launched a new foundation to fuel its future leaders’ program.
The phase one trade agreement signed by the U.S. and China Jan. 15 will deliver potential trade gains for U.S. growers of potatoes, blueberries, avocados, and other crops.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has prepared a pest risk assessment for imports of Japanese muskmelons.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Finding messages that will motivate “light” organic consumers to eat more is the goal of new consumer research by the Organic Trade Association.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Significant new regulations are coming soon for the National Organic Program.
Applications are being accepted for the Eastern Produce Council’s 2020 Leadership Program.
The Packer’s current poll question is this:
Australian officials have asked the USDA to approve U.S. imports of Australian apricots, nectarines, peaches, European plums, and Japanese plums.
The new U.S.-Japan trade agreement will deliver a tariff reduction and higher safeguard levels for U.S. orange shipments, and that should translate to a moderate increase in U.S. orange exports to Japan in 2020.