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The Potato Expo 2021 is going 100% virtual.

Business conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic cost Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. more than $70 million in net sales for the quarter ending Sept. 25, hampering banana, value-added and fresh sales.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement and Western Growers has launched an online audit system to use in place of some in-person parts of the LGMA audit process.

U.S. growers must apply to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 by Dec. 11.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is expanding its annual 2020 convention with a full week of online events and networking opportunities.

NEW YORK — More than nine months in, the unpredictability of this pandemic-ridden market has become a smidge more predictable, according to speakers at the virtual New York Produce Show and Conference.

UPDATED: The USDA is allocating another $500 million for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, which has already distributed more than 110 million boxes of produce, meat and dairy products.

Tony Alameda, co-owner of Top Flavor Farms, is the new chairman of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.

GS1 US is accepting proposals from potential speakers at GS1 Connect: Digital Edition 2021.

Has COVID-19 killed produce markets or brought them new life?