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The Canadian Produce Marketing Association expressed its approval for the federal government’s investments that benefit the fresh fruit and vegetable industry.

Grimmway Farms President Jeff Huckaby joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other ag leaders on March 19 to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Los Angeles-based Hurst International is touting item-level traceability capabilities of its patented Print on Demand (POD) Versaprint labeling system.

Two companies have satisfied reparation orders through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act branch.

Selling land and shedding jobs, Kern County grape and cherry grower Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons Inc. is in the midst of what appears to be a major restructuring of its business.

“What if I focus more on what is right in the world than what is wrong? What if I focus more on the positives of this industry, rather than the challenges?”

Tomra Food’s BBC Technologies, which specializes in packaging equipment for small fruit, has a new Tray Tipper, designed to evenly distribute blueberries to a sorting machine.

U.S. citrus output will decline over the next decade, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture projections.

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information order is seeking new members.

(UPDATED, March 19) The Food and Drug Administration has finalized new compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements in the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule.