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The 2019 U.S. apple crop is up 4% compared with a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first forecast.

(UPDATED, Aug. 13) Plant health officials in Colombia have declared a national emergency after declaring the presence of the banana disease Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4) in La Guajira.

Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of baby spinach.

Trent Bishop is the new vice president of sales for J&D Produce, Edinburg, Texas, and its Little Bear Brands line of products.

Hazel Technologies, which has products designed to extend the shelf life of produce, has received $13 million in Series B funding.

New York apples are entering the home stretch and conditions are near perfect, one marketer reports.

The following articles from The Packer’s “A Century of Produce,” were published in 1993. The Innovators highlights those who made significant industry developments in The Packer’s second 50 years.

The genome of the avocado has been sequenced.

To the profound disappointment of U.S. fruit exporters, the tit-for-tat trade war with China shows no signs of ending soon.

Unhappy with the progress of trade talks with China, President Trump will slap a 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of goods from China starting Sept. 1.