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Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Peak of the Market has hired David Busby team as director of business development.

George Galloway, the senior account manager for Pretty Lady Vineyards for 15 years, is retiring after four decades in the industry.

Jimmy Munguia, the chairman of the tomato division for the FPAA, has been busy in recent months supporting the group’s position in favor of keeping a tomato suspension agreement in place.

Howard Nager, vice president of business development for Sun Pacific, Pasadena, Calif., has left the company “to pursue other business opportunities.”

Grimmway Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., has acquired processing facilities and other assets from Generation Farms, Lake Park, Ga., a grower of carrots and other vegetables.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is suspending the business licenses of five produce companies for Perishable Agricultural Act violations.

Planting area and exports continue to fall for Argentina apple and pear producers, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Georgia’s recent study on the potential effect of the “new NAFTA” on the state’s vegetable and berry growers is drawing friendly fire.

The U.S. Apple Association has hired Matthew Hendrickson in the newly created role of manager of association services.

Boggiatto Produce, Salinas, Calif., has changed its name to Hitchcock Farms in a rebranding.