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Potato marketers in the San Luis Valley can expect a “really strong” crop this year, said Jim Ehrlich, executive director of the Monte Vista-based Colorado Potato Administrative Committee.

Proposed regulations that would impose testing requirements on Canadian imports of romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley are raising concerns for growers, buyers and industry associations.

The past 12 months have highlighted Santa Maria area grower-shippers’ ongoing commitment to employee health and safety, not to mention their ability to adapt quickly to changing market conditions.

Don’t miss anything from these Santa Maria California produce companies.

Packaging trends for Santa Maria-area shippers include a diverse set of expectations on rising costs, and sustainability.

Everyone is talking about automating field work on farms, but is anyone doing anything about it?

Read how shippers say retail sales of Santa Maria produce can be more effective.

California’s Santa Maria shippers say the pandemic’s effect on marketing has been profound, but foodservice demand is slowly recovering.

With core items that include broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and cilantro, Santa Maria, Calif.-based Gold Coast Packing Co. Inc. also has significantly grown its Brussels sprouts program in recent years.

With the help of the H-2A program, Santa Maria growers expect tight but manageable labor availability for 2021.