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Crystal Valley Foods, Miami, is finalizing the purchase of Asian, tropical and specialty fruit and vegetable importer Joco Produce, Medley, Fla.

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.

Georgia peach grower Robert Dickey III and Florida vegetable grower Charles Obern have been named 2019 Farmers of the Year by Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo.

With the start of summer, white-flesh Angelcots are available from Frieda’s Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.

Mike Krage is the Idaho Potato Commission’s newest retail promotions director, covering the Northeast and Midwest.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association expressed its approval for the federal government’s investments that benefit the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. 

As healthy, colorful food grows ever more trendy in 2019, expect to see produce used in all sorts of crazy ways, according to Frieda’s Specialty Produce.

Alex Berkley is the new sales manager at Frieda’s Specialty Produce, Los Alamitos, Calif.

Air shipments are the dominant channel for U.S. imports of Argentina blueberries, but shipments by boat increased in 2017 and are expected to increase again this year.

Argentina blueberry prospects appear solid for the September through December season, marketers say.

The Corteva Agriscience unit is reviewing its portfolio of seeds and pesticides. The company may sell some “tangential” crop seeds to focus on core products.

August Battaglia, doing business as QMP Sales, has satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

(UPDATED, Nov. 9) With the next round of NAFTA negotiations set to start in Mexico City Nov. 17, House Agriculture leaders convened a discussion that stressed the importance of the trade agreement to farmers.

(UPDATED, Oct. 26) In a close vote, the House Judiciary Committee passed an amended Agricultural Guestworker Act Oct. 25.

Argentina faces numerous challenges in the blueberry marketplace, but perhaps none as daunting as Peru.

Catch up on the latest from companies involved in 2017 Argentina blueberry import deal.

Short of going the H-2A route, labor remains a problem in the onion industry.

Karen Caplan, president and CEO of Frieda's Specialty Produce, is joining other food executives and entrepreneurs to speak at the inaugural Vegas Food Expo.

Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda's Specialty Produce is bringing back specialty citrus supplies.