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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.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period for a possible pilot program that would allow drivers under age 21 to operate trucks over interstate highways.

As I explore and meet people at farms, terminal markets and conferences in the Northeast, I’ve noticed something which I suspect is happening nationwide.

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. 

The United Fresh Produce Association is accepting applications for the 2018 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship to attend the United Fresh Washington Conference in Washington, D.C.

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.

Good potato growing conditions and harvest timing running a few days later than normal are reported by Washington and Oregon potato industry leaders.

Truck rate madness is back, at least for a few days in June.

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.

Like U.S. producers, British farmers are increasingly worried about a labor shortage.

Key Canadian government officials have expressed support for Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act-like deemed trust in Canada.

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

Oakes Farms plans to launch new transportation company Seed to Table Logistics in advance of the implementation date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate that presents challenges for the produce industry.

Industry leaders from the Canadian Produce Marketing Association and the Canadian Horticultural Council met with parliamentarians and civil servants Nov. 7-8 in Ottawa.

(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.