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The Packer expects its 4th annual West Coast Produce Expo to be the biggest and best.
A multistate outbreak connected to romaine from Arizona continues to have consequences for romaine from California.
Six people in Canada have been sickened by E. coli, and the illnesses are genetically similar to cases in the 29-state E.coli outbreak in the U.S. linked to romaine from the Yuma growing region.
Incorporating a weighing device into forklifts is a good way for warehouse operations to save time and money compared with using a traditional floor scale, according to Fairbanks Scales.
Business owners in the produce industry face a convergence of factors that make this a unique time to exit their business.
Green gold has become big business. This year, demand from European millennials and rich Chinese has pushed the price of avocados so high, even Chilean gangs are getting in on the act.
When it comes to the “Big Game,” it really is super for avocado sales.
Sliced apple companies Farmington Fresh Cuts, Stockton, Calif., and Fresh Innovations, Oxnard, Calif., are merging.
After 45 years in the produce industry and selling a world of onions, Chris Woo is ready to retire.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking four importers to fill seats on the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has found three Oriental fruit flies in south Miami-Dade County.
Kwik Trip convenience stores have removed Del Monte vegetable trays after Wisconsin and Minnesota health officials said 14 consumers contracted cyclospora infections.
Apple grower-shippers in New York report a promising bloom set up by near perfect weather throughout the state in May.
The Star Group is taking its greenhouse living lettuce line one step farther, cutting, washing and offering the lettuce in five new blends under the Inspired Leaves brand.
Stemilt Growers’ organic dark cherry volume is coming on and will be sufficient for pre-July 4 promotions, according to the marketer.
Steve Lutz, the Produce Marketing Association’s regional vice president-U.S. and Canada West, has ended his affiliation at CMI Orchards.
Sun Pacific, marketer of Cuties-brand clementines, plans to grow export sales, naming two employees who will lead that charge.
Once the management practices and strategic plan is solid, and you have positioned the business to move forward with a liquidity event, what are the next steps?
Delightful Quality Produce Company has hired a new vice president of sales and business development.
The revised trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico won’t bring any new trade protection tools for U.S. growers of seasonal specialty crops.
Mango shipments from Brazil are underway, with the season delayed compared to previous years.
Prices for limes have risen noticeably in the last month, and suppliers listed seasonal factors, weather and the ongoing lemon shortage as pieces of the puzzle.
Fresh Express, whose salads were pulled from about 3,000 McDonald’s restaurants after they were linked to a cyclospora outbreak, has a panel of food safety and industry experts to study the parasites.
A rapid and non-invasive way to measure dry matter content, which would help determine ripeness in avocados, is close to commercialization.
After months of complaints tying new electronic logging device regulations for truckers on increased costs and shipping delays, the Trump administration is considering changes to its hours of service regulations.
Costa Rica is inviting buyers of fresh produce and other exports to the country’s 20th Buyers Trade Mission Costa Rica.
While production of mushrooms in the U.S. was slightly down in 2017-18, sales hit an all-time high, at $1.23 billion, buoyed by per-pound increases for fresh and processed, agaricus and specialty mushrooms.
CHICAGO — At 6% below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August forecast and down 6% from 2017 production, the 2018 apple crop is forecast to be 256.16 million cartons, according to the U.S. Apple Association.
The National Mango Board is asking packers/marketers to use the group’s logo on mango boxes or Price Look-Up stickers.
CHICAGO — The Mexican apple crop is down for 2018, which is good news for U.S. apple exporters.