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America’s love of the pistachio will be mostly spared from any fresh sanctions against Iran, a major world producer of the nut.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Buyers saw bell peppers, grapes, herbs and dates during the four stops on the 2018 West Coast Produce Expo field tour.
Summer Citrus from South Africa continues its successful consumer targeted promotions this season, while importers find their own marketing methods.
Accounting for the rising popularity of fingerling potatoes and other niche varieties, size requirements for Idaho potato varieties would change under a proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
U.S. importers and Argentina officials say a reported fruit fly larvae find in an Argentina lemon packinghouse isn’t expected to derail just-arriving U.S. imports of lemons this summer.
Cherry harvest has begun in Washington state and Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers has provided a snapshot of the season from the orchard.
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Company said higher lemon volume and prices boosted its quarterly results.
Starting in mid-June, red potatoes from Missouri’s boot heel region will be available from Grand Forks, N.D.-based Black Gold Farms.
It’s still relatively early in the season, but California strawberry volume seemed headed for its third record strawberry crop in a row as of early June.
President Donald Trump has announced plans to put in place 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, and apples and cherries are among the items that will be affected by retaliatory tariffs.
Truck rates have fallen from the historic marks reached earlier this summer but remain well above 2017 levels.
CHICAGO — The rise of online grocery sales and fast-changing consumer attitudes about healthy eating present both opportunities and challenges to fresh apple marketers.
CHICAGO - While Europe’s apple crop is up big in 2018, the threat of heavy U.S. tariffs and sharply reduced production are dark clouds over the Chinese apple industry,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make special purchases of well over $400 million in fruits and nuts to help U.S. growers hurt by retaliatory tariffs.
CHICAGO — The Packer named Mike Rothwell, president and CEO of BelleHarvest Sales Inc., Belding Mich., as its 2018 Apple Man of the Year.
Heavy rains in upstate and central New York caused flooding in some regions but should help the development of the apple crop.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers took a bite of the Big Apple from Aug. 16-18 and the Big Apple bit back.
The Blend — mixing chopped mushrooms and ground meat — has established a foothold in foodservice outlets. Now, marketers say, it is helping make their jobs easier in retail produce departments.
Catch up on the latest updates from companies and associations involved in the fresh mushroom sector.
A late start for Peruvian avocados this summer means shippers should be able to stretch supplies into October, said Xavier Equihua, CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Peruvian Avocado Commission.
The Idaho Potato Commission has redesigned its website, www.idahopotato.com, with mobile-friendly formats, scroll features, modified layouts and a load-on-demand feature.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce and its Sunset brand helped children enjoy summer camp.
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The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into the source of an outbreak of cyclosporiasis from McDonald’s salads continues, with a focus on distributors and growers of romaine and carrots in the salads.
TUBAC, Ariz. —— The Mexican tomato trade contributed an estimated $4.8 billion in total economic activity to the U.S. economy in 2016, a new study says.
While demand for some organic commodities seems to be leveling off, that doesn’t seem to be the case for organic avocados from Mexico.
Honeycrisp volume is up but most every other major apple variety is down compared with last year.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bringing together two big consumer brands, Pasadena, Calif.-based Sun Pacific Cuties are the official citrus at Disney resorts.
ORLANDO, Fla. —— Unveiling the program at the Fresh Summit expo. NatureSweet Tomatoes, San Antonio, Texas, is promoting its employees to consumers in a program called “Associates Under the Label.”
Elgin, Minn.-based Honeybear Brands will begin offering new-crop Pazazz apples at the beginning of December, and the marketer said prospects are more than good.