The Packer
The USDA updates the responsibly connected status of an individual of Sandifer Farms LLC. Larson Marketing has been Endorsed. Bio Soil Enhancers, Inc., Cambridge Crops are new companies to the Market and more!
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Co. has a new consumer app called Nature’s Pharmacy.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A bigger California avocado crop in 2020 should lead for expanded promotions for the fruit across the U.S.
Mandarins continue to gain popularity throughout the U.S., grower-shippers say.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has removed four Mexican fruit fly quarantines in Texas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has removed four Mexican fruit fly quarantines in Texas.
The Idaho potato season is well underway, with plenty of supplies for holiday dinners, marketers say.
Guava fruit from Taiwan may soon enter the U.S. market.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Delta, British Columbia-based Village Farms promoted its mini San Marzano tomato, branded Heavenly Villagio Marzano at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.
Fresh-cut jicama company Xica Brands is introducing a new product, jicama noodles.
Produce Delight LLC is no longer barred from operating in the fresh produce industry after satisfying a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act order.
AgDay broadcast - South of the border avocado growers are taking matters into their own hands to protect their crop.
Potatoes may be a dinner-table staple, but they don’t have to be boring, marketers of Idaho potatoes say.
AgDay Broadcast - More crime in farm country...this time involving the theft of thousands of apples and pumpkins from farms in Michigan and Indiana.
The Renaissance Food Group is sponsoring a new United Fresh Produce Association’s year-long food safety program designed for young industry members.
Take this short quiz to find out which produce Halloween costume you are.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — All that Pazazz was a big topic of conversation at the Honeybear Brands’ PMA Fresh Summit booth, said Don Roper, vice president sales and marketing at Elgin, Minn.-based Honeybear Brands.
The Department of Commerce, acting on a request by U.S. tomato growers, is continuing its investigation into the dumping of Mexican tomatoes into the U.S.
Hitchcock Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Jill Lenz and Dan Holt to its sales team.
Ippolito Fruit and Produce, Burlington, Ontario, is moving into foodservice with the hiring of Jon Stewart as director of sales — foodservice.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Schiller Park, Ill.-based Sun Belle is promoting organic and biodynamic cranberries and blueberries this fall, along with a wide variety of other berry offerings.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ruled that Nicholas Allen was “responsibly connected” to a company involved in a $10 million PACA case.
Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines are the top five export market for Idaho potatoes, according to the Eagle-based Idaho Potato Commission.
Restaurants, institutions and other foodservice outlets continue to provide strong support for the Idaho potato industry, suppliers say.
As more produce is offered with a fair trade label and more consumer seek it out, sales are greatly increasing, with Fair Trade USA reporting a 30% jump in 2018.
Peru finished its avocado shipments to the U.S. with another big year.
With frost damage in Idaho and flooding hampering potato harvest in North Dakota and the Red River Valley, the potato market could take buyers on a wild ride.
GreenGate Fresh, Salinas, Calif., is offering cartons of cilantro and parsley for foodservice operators.
It sounds like the start of a joke: A bear walks up to a 4-ton Idaho potato ….
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Habanero guacamole is a new offering from Jalisco, Mexico-based Freshcourt, and the company is soon planning to introduce several flavors of an avocado smoothie product.