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The Packer’s Tom Karst on Feb. 10 interviewed Chris Pawelski, owner of Pawelski Farms in Goshen, N.Y.

The Office of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has scheduled hearings for growers to talk about concerns of unfair competition with Mexican products.

President Trump has signed into law a bill that adds agricultural inspectors and canine teams at border entry points to examine food imports.

U.S. fresh produce imports are exceeding expectations.

Produce importer Jac. Vandenberg, Yonkers, N.Y., is replacing citrus bag plastic netting with a compostable netting made from beech tree pulp.

With travel bans due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, on-site audits have been disrupted, and the United Fresh Produce Association has a web seminar to answer importers’ questions.

After months of collaboration, U.S. and Mexican papaya industry stakeholders have a food safety document specifically designed for the tropical fruit.

Check out leading U.S. fresh produce imports for the last five years and longer-term charts of U.S. berry and avocado imports.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement became effective July 1, but it brings no sweeping changes to North American produce companies who have operated with the NAFTA for more than two decades.

Now that the USMCA has begun, what can we say about the North American Free Trade Agreement?