Onion growers and shippers in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon District, like colleagues elsewhere, say they are finding practical use for multiple options in packaging that didn’t exist in years past.
Rough tropical weather in 2017 and its fallout in 2018 are now history, and Florida avocado grower-shippers say they are eager to get back to business as usual this year.
In 2018, Florida growers were still grappling with the fallout from 2017’s Hurricane Irma, which caused more than $760 million in damage to the state’s citrus industry.
AgriTalk Host Chip Flory brings in Jim Wiesemeyer to cover news from Washington, Greg Henderson and Pamela Riemenschneider cover online produce shopping, and Rhonda Brooks previews Farm Journal's Yield Tour.
Cornell University enters the New Year with a new venture, the Institute for Food Safety, which university officials say will combine research efforts with training for New York growers and shippers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding number of growers and shippers who can claim exemptions to assessments for commodity programs and marketing orders based on organic certification.
Alan Taylor is retiring from his position as marketing director of Pink Lady America at the end of 2015, but he isn't ready to say goodbye to the fresh produce industry.
The Organic Trade Association is poised to propose a voluntary transitional organic certification program to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for producers by early next year.
Chipotle Mexican Grill's "the whiny kid on the playground," says a colleague of mine, Laura Mushrush, who is assistant editor of The Packer's sister publication, Drovers Cattle Network.
An apple goes to the teacher, and slices go to students. In big numbers, according to apple marketers. Sales growth in schools is steady, said Jim Allen, president of the Fishers-based New York Apple Association.
