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Wisconsin potato growers predicted their entire industry should be digging in earnest by mid-August, although some spuds were on track to come out as early as the last week of July, suppliers said.

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.

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. 

March 13 is the date for a U.S. Department of Agriculture web listening session that will help the agency gather public comments about a new program to regulate hemp production.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun the process to create regulations for a program for commercial production of industrial hemp in the U.S.

Village Farms International is now poised to pursue hemp and Cannabidiol (CBD) oil production at its U.S. facilities.

New produce industry professionals have only a few days left to apply for the Eastern Produce Council’s Leadership Program, which closes its window Jan. 31.

With cool and wet weather in April and May, unseasonably hot weather around Memorial Day and dry weather in July, Mother Nature has given Wisconsin potato growers a challenging season.

Although this season got off to a slower start than last year, Chile expects to ship a record 101,000 tons of mandarins to North America this year, a 32% increase from 2017.

Catch up on companies that import and market easy peel citrus and more from Chile.

Chilean easy-peeler volume will almost double for Pacific Trellis Fruit in 2018, said Christopher DeSana, East Coast import manager and sales manager.

This will be the second season that Reedley, Calif.-based Dayka & Hackett will feature the Minion label for its Chilean easy peelers, said Tony Liberto, import citrus manager.

More summer Chilean clementine and mandarin volume is on tap for U.S. consumers this year.

UPDATED: Ireland-based Total Produce has entered into an agreement to buy a 45% equity stake in the Dole Food Co. from chairman and owner David Murdock for $300 million. 

With consumer trends favoring greater fruit and vegetable consumption, the fresh produce industry has come into focus as an attractive sector for mergers and acquisitions.

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.