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The assistance includes $143 million for crop losses to Hurricane Milton and other natural disasters.

The assessment evaluates pest risk presented by lemon, grapefruit, mandarin and sweet orange shipments from Botswana to the U.S. for consumption.

The 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey shows the number of farms irrigating, the amount of land irrigated and the total water used for irrigation decreased between 2018 and 2023.

At 941,000 acres, the 2024 U.S. potato planted acreage forecast is a 24,000-acre reduction from 2023 but is 18,000 acres more than the 2020-22 average, according to the USDA.

The Food and Drug Administration, which launched the program as part of a broader agency reorganization, has identified what it hopes to accomplish with the program in 2025.

The citrus producer and exporter also says it minimized downtime and manual sorting with Tomra 5S Advanced sorters and a new Dynamic Lane Balancer.

The company’s net sales increase was primarily driven by higher net sales in its fresh and value-added product segment, as well as increased per-unit selling prices principally of avocado and pineapple.

The new quarantine area in California’s Alameda and Santa Clara includes 54 acres of winegrapes, olives, avocados, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.

Researchers at the university are working with growers to understand how environmental conditions impact the spread of pathogens.

The Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer takes the No. 47 spot among the 100 businesses recognized.