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The USDA cites Spiech Farms in Michigan for failure to pay $1,153,422 to 38 sellers. Exotic Tropical Fruits LLC, Fresh Foods, and India Mart are new companies to the Market & More.
U.S. growers are using less risky irrigation sources and are sanitizing their equipment more often than 20 years ago.
President Trump has announced the U.S. and Mexico have reached a border immigration agreement that will indefinitely suspend 5% tariffs on Mexican imports that had been set to take effect June 10.
Today at the announcement of the 2010 World Food Prize winners, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Secretary Tom Vilsack and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah outlined the Feed the Future research strategy, which includes a new partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The event honored the work of two individuals whose passion for ensuring that no one goes hungry has inspired action around the world: Jo Luck, President of Heif
Purchasers of GM’s 2011 heavy-duty diesel pickups can look forward to putting B20 in their tank. B20 fuel is a blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% conventional diesel.
For foodservice operators, a new research report shows that Chilean lemons are in the right place at the right time.
L&M Cos. has four times the amount of organic produce planted in Florida this season.
Joe Barsi has joined California Giant Berry Farms in a new position for the company, chief operating officer.
Ideal growing conditions in February bode well for a timely and bountiful tomato season in Florida, growers say.
John Anderson, chairman, president and CEO of Vancouver, British Columbia-based The Oppenheimer Group, was honored among Canada’s Most Admired CEOs at a gala event March 1 in Toronto.
A recent gathering of trade officials from eight countries are a good signal for increased international commerce, according to Port Manatee officials in Palmetto, Fla.
Fresh-cut companies breaking out into the trend of microwaveable vegetable packs have a new option from Temkin International Inc.
Index Fresh is highlighting personnel and career opportunities on a dedicated webpage on its site, with the title and theme of “Good Grows at Index Fresh.”
Putting in danger the prospects for a bipartisan farm bill, a House Republican plan to amp up work requirements for recipients of food stamps has stalled progress just before a scheduled late March markup session.