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Days before the Department of Commerce plans set to set aside its Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexican growers, panelists at the Viva Fresh Expo will discuss the issue.

Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan met with Florida fruit and vegetable growers to reaffirm his efforts to protect them against what he described as unfair trade practices by Mexico.

By value, both U.S. imports and exports of grapes were up in 2018.

TUBAC, Ariz. — With a projected 25% increase in grape exports from Sonora, Mexico, this season, the message to importers and marketers is: get the word out and promote.

The Port of Wilmington, Del., is modernizing with fully electric and eco-friendly cargo handling equipment from KoneCranes Inc.

U.S. imports of strawberries have trended sharply higher in the past five years, trade data show.

Terra Exports, Las Vegas, has opened a Central and South American division in Colombia.

With new duties on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S., industry groups said negotiations between the Department of Commerce and Mexico’s tomato industry must continue.

The Department of Commerce will follow through on its plan to withdraw from an agreement with Mexican tomato growers, triggering a 17.56% duty on tomatoes from Mexico, according to a Mexican official.

A University of Georgia study has determined that the state’s berry and vegetable growers will suffer if the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is ratified without changes.