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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.

Dawn Winsauer has been promoted to vice president of operations at PSSI, a food safety and contract sanitation provider.

Potato industry leader Dan Moss voiced support for immediate Congressional approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and expanded potato trade with China at a White House trade event May 23.

Summer is fast approaching, and consumers are already grabbing up fresh ripe strawberries for picnics, barbecues and other popular summertime activities.