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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the USDA is deploying $100 million under the new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to make available nearly $1 billion in loan guarantees.
Potatoes USA’s Market Access Program (MAP) funding from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) increased for the 2022-2023 marketing year.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4996, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 on December 8 with an impressive 364-60 vote.
As rain and expected cold weather sweep through the citrus belt of California, growers are looking forward to the positive effects that this weather is bringing.
U.S. fresh apples in storage Dec. 1 showed a slight decline compared with a year, according to the U.S. Apple Association.
The USDA responded to the unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic on trade by allowing importers of plant commodities to upload copies of phytosanitary certificates and forms.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has purchased 35,000 cartons of fresh oranges.
On Thursday, a bipartisan letter was sent to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to urge the USDA “immediately reverse” its decision to suspend Section 8e grapefruit juice content standards for imported grapefruits.
NatureSweet has submitted a request to the Department of Commerce for a “Changed Circumstance Review,” which would release certain greenhouse-grown specialty tomatoes from coverage under the 2019 Suspension Agreement.
The Fresh Produce & Floral Council (FPFC) held a successful charity auction and luncheon on Wednesday, December 8th at the Anaheim Hills Golf Course.
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc is currently harvesting a variety of melons including cantaloupe, honeydew, specialty Harper and Tara melons and watermelon just in time for prime melon season.
Olmo Axayacatl Bastida Cañada speaks on new technologies reaching the agri-food sector and how diversity is one of the keys to success because we need innovative ideas and solutions.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released what it is calling the Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan.
As the annual aromas of spiced gingerbread, refreshing peppermint, fresh-cut pine and roasted chestnuts descend upon us, Fresh Del Monte, is adding a few of its own scents to the traditional holiday lineup.
Fifth Wheel Freight has partnered with Loadsure, a freight insurance company that ushers spot freight cargo insurance into the modern age through an AI- and automation-powered platform.
Mexico’s Department of Agriculture said Dec. 7 that the U.S. has authorized fresh avocado imports from the Jalisco, the second-largest producing region in Mexico.
The USDA, in cooperation with the Alabama agriculture officials, is establishing quarantines for Huanglongbing (HLB; citrus greening) in all of Baldwin and Mobile Counties in Alabama.
Visit the Zespri booth #171 during The New York Produce Show December 13-16, 2021.
FirstFruits Marketing is excited to announce the launch of another Opal apple season.
Moxxy has hired California-based Project Manager Leanne Salandro to lead marketing initiatives for clients nationwide.
The Folsom, Calif.-based U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and North American Blueberry Council have hired Amanda Griffin as vice president of engagement and education.
Sun World International LLC announced it has added a stone fruit marketer and two importers to its panel of North American licensees.
About four in 10 shoppers say they have purchased fresh mushrooms in the past year, according to new research from The Packer.
Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces five years of quality protection collaboration with Brooks Tropicals, a grower/packer/shipper of over a dozen tropical commodities.
Philadelphia, Penn.-based Salix Fruits has announced the opening of a new office in Valencia, Spain.
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Mushroom demand continues to grow, with larger pack sizes and Monterey Mushrooms’ Baby Bellas seeing significant growth this past year, said Bruce Knobeloch.
Ed Boling and Melissa Treolo have joined The Packer’s editorial staff.
The global logistics problem has hit the Washington apple industry hard, and industry leaders have started working with the Seattle and Tacoma ports to find solutions.
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.