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Effective January 6, Howard Nager has left Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce, to pursue other business opportunities.

The Allen Lund Company announces two promotions in the Orlando office. Shaun Leiker to manager of ALC’s Special Projects Division and Billy Pangonis to new manager of the ALC Orlando team.

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council launched A Blueberry Boost, a new skill for Alexa, Amazon’s voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) service.

A revised USDA crop production report in January added to orange crop expectations in California, but supply is still down and prices are up compared with a year ago.

Columbine Vineyards, a part of the AC Foods family, has announced a partnership with Four Star Sales Inc. to meet the increasing demands of the fresh table grape industry.

Higher lemon prices and increased brokered fruit revenue helped Limoneira offset lower exports and reduced lemon volume for the fourth quarter ending Oct. 31.

Water availability and costs have long been major challenges for the citrus industry, along with increases in cultural and labor costs.

It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP’s Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently issued reports summarizing its findings from its investigations on the U.S. cucumber and squash industries and the effect that imports had on seasonal growers.

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