Companies with ideas on how to automate planting, harvests and other farming tasks can compete for a minimum of $250,000 through The Radicle Automation Challenge from Western Growers and Radicle Growth.
The United Fresh Produce Association is honoring two industry members, one for advancing indoor growing technology and another for marketing/merchandising unique produce products.
The United Fresh Produce Association is honoring two industry members, one for advancing indoor growing technology and another for marketing/merchandising unique produce products.
Taylor Farms has once again signaled its pursuit of agriculture technology, forming a strategic partnership with startup accelerator Plug and Play, with a goal of advancing ag tech.
With tonnage of fruits and vegetables nearing record levels, spot refrigerated truck rates for fresh produce reached 40-year highs at the end of 2017 and early 2018.
With a fleet of about 200 trucks and about 300 trailers, Twin Falls, Idaho,-based Giltner Inc., is an asset-based shipper with heavy business in the fresh produce sector.
Citing the “huge opportunity” for avocado consumption in China, Mission Produce President and CEO Steve Barnard announced the company is building a second ripening facility in the country.
Coast Produce is expanding in three key states with facilities that enhance the company’s cross dock and consolidation services, and alleviate pressures of new electronic logging device mandates.
CHEP’s recycled pallet business has a new owner and name — 48Forty Solutions — and is billing itself as the largest pallet management services company in North America.
Agricultural biotechnology company Phytelligence announced an agreement that will make disease-free fruit rootstocks and trees available to growers in Argentina.
Robinson Fresh is focusing on its network of service centers across the U.S. to help increase supply chain efficiency and bring customers fresher perishable shipments.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sure, revising the trucking hours of service law would give watermelon shippers and truckers some relief, but shippers can do some things now to make transporting their product easier.
Organic produce distributor Ace Natural, Long Island, N.Y., has solved what do with fruit and vegetables that are past their prime and no longer suitable for customers.
Park City Group’s ReposiTrak Inc. and Recall InfoLink have announced a new partnership to integrate technologies and efforts for joint business development.
Leading women in agriculture and ag technology will share insights on challenges and opportunities in their fields at Cal State Monterey Bay’s upcoming forum on Women in Ag, AgTech, and Tech.
Port Tampa Bay’s newest tenant, Port Logistics Refrigerated Services, has received its first perishables shipment, a load of Chiquita bananas from Ecuador.
Sweet potato company Southern Produce Distributors has a new packing line that doubles efficiency, with a computerized sizer that ensures consistent shape and weight.
Kansas City, Mo.-based Fairbanks Scales Inc. has launched an updated version of its FB2550 instrument, the FB2558, which includes faster processing, more memory and an updated operating system.
Companies with robots that can harvest apples and urban/automated/vertical greens growers that supply local retailers made the Thrive Top 50, an annual list of the world’s best agriculture technology.
Eleven companies are receiving Cultivating Change farm grants to tackle projects ranging from produce traceability, organic vegetable production, transportation and packinghouse upgrades.
As part of a new endowment program, the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation is requesting proposals from more than two dozen university partners on how it can boost their curricula for corrugated packaging.
In his annual State of the Port speech, Port of Oakland executive director Chris Lytle said cargo volumes could hit new records in 2018, following up a year high traffic in 2017.
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation is hosting a nationwide live broadcast conference Feb. 22 to introduce students to potential careers in the industry.
