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Check out the latest happening in the berry landscape, from California to Michigan to Oregon to Alabama.

Catch up on a few of the companies involved in the Vidalia sweet onion deal.

Sweet onions come in a variety of colors from a range of growing districts, but none approach the Vidalia product, growers and marketers from the Vidalia district say.

The onset of federally mandated electronic logging devices this year is driving freight rates higher and could push drivers out of the business, but it could actually help Vidalia onion sales, some grower-shippers say.

It’s still relatively early in the season, but California strawberry volume seemed headed for its third record strawberry crop in a row as of early June.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers took a bite of the Big Apple from Aug. 16-18 and the Big Apple bit back.

Catch up on the latest updates from several Washington and Oregon potato companies and the states’ potato commissions.

As U.S. sweet potato exports increase, The American Sweet Potato Marketing Institute is using special events, promotional activities and social media to tout the benefits of sweet potatoes worldwide.

Participating retailers in 30 states are contributing a percentage of sales from selected volumes of Vidalia onions to provide college scholarships to support future farmers and agriculture professionals.

Brian Focht is the new manager of what are known collectively in the Pacific Northwest as the Marketing Associations, representing apples, pears and cherries.