The Packer
U.S. senators from both parties from citrus-producing states are asking the Senate Agriculture Committee to include $125 million in the farm bill for citrus greening research.
The summer citrus deal has changed over the past decade, emphasizing trends the industry is seeing in domestic production.
Catch up on companies that import and market easy peel citrus and more from Chile.
The Produce Moms is launching a weekly educational podcast for consumers featuring guest interviews with influencers in produce, agriculture, wellness and entrepreneurship.
On-the-go guacamole lovers now have a handy way to snack on their favorite dip when not at home.
Growers, marketers, buyers, researchers and others will be taking a comprehensive look at production practices as part of the new Leafy Greens Food Safety Task Force.
With faint chances for passage but sure promise for passion, immigration and farm labor legislation will again be debated by Congress in June.
What has changed in the industry to make this a crossroad to explore taking on an investor or exiting your business?
Florida, California and Texas lawmakers have urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to increase funding for specialty crop research in the 2018 Farm Bill.
Exports account for a significant amount of Northwest cherry volume.
Nearly a dozen major varieties of cherries are available from Northwest cherry grower-shippers, and new ones seem to be popping up all the time.
What do the thousands of folks in the produce industry share?
With no severe frost or winter damage, growers of New Jersey blueberries expect a good crop for 2018, with harvest start dates lagging a little from a year ago.
Now that big bad Monsanto is gone, will consumers still hold a grudge against genetically-engineered crops and associated tools?
Last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at a Texas port of entry discovered a rare pest never before seen in the U.S. in a shipment of Persian limes.
Four finalists have been selected to compete in the inaugural Radicle Automation Challenge for a minimum of $250,000 in investment capital.
This season Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Cos. will market and sell for Deming, N.M.-based Billy the Kid Produce LLC.
The Produce Traceability Initiative is a worthwhile investment, especially in the event of outbreaks, according to key industry stakeholders.
Four more deaths have been reported in connection with the E. coli outbreak linked to Arizona romaine.
HLB Specialties reports that papaya shipments from Brazil have resumed after being delayed for a about week and a half due to trucker strikes.
A survey of California dried plum (prune) growers puts the 2018 crop at 80,000 tons, down 24% from last season’s 105,000 tons.
GILROY, Calif. — There has been a resurgence of California garlic in the last ten years, and the 2018 California garlic crop will put an exclamation point on that trend.
Industry veteran Peter Hill started May 24 as vice president of food safety and grower relations at Berry Fresh LLC.
Manfredi Cold Storage has expanded its Kennett Square, Pa.-based facility by 70,000 square feet with a Steel King drive-in rack system.
Of course, it’s not just consumer groups that are frustrated with the lack of traceback success with the Yuma-E. coli-romaine lettuce connection.
Attendees to the United Fresh Produce Association Expo are invited to connect with dozens of school foodservice buyers at the Fresh Festival for School Foodservice on Tuesday, June 26 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
German-based plant breeding company KWS has updated its January offer to buy Bayer AG’s vegetable seed business.
Potatoes USA has hired Kayla Dome as global marketing manager for the group’s retail sector.
Suggestible you, me and our preschool kids and grandkids.
Catch up on recent developments with the Ohio Restaurant Association and the Ohio Grocers Association, as well as wholesalers based in Ohio.