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Central Florida blueberry fields for Dundee-based Florida Classic Growers Inc. should start harvest the last week of March, said Al Finch, president.

The early season volume out of the Northwest should help cherry-focused retailers transition from this year’s California crop.

Grower-shippers who market organic cherries agree that the category plays an important role in their cherry programs.

For the first time, retailers saw growth this season in single rather than double digits in the easy-peeler category, so the commodity could be stabilizing.

The Washington Apple Commission, Wenatchee, has elected new leadership.

Vidalia onion grower-shipper Bland Farms, Glennville, Ga., has been recognized for its export business by the state of Georgia — but not for what you think.

Catch up on a few of the companies involved in the Vidalia sweet onion deal.

Sweet onions come in a variety of colors from a range of growing districts, but none approach the Vidalia product, growers and marketers from the Vidalia district say.

The onset of federally mandated electronic logging devices this year is driving freight rates higher and could push drivers out of the business, but it could actually help Vidalia onion sales, some grower-shippers say.

MBG Marketing, a Grand Junction, Mich.-based grower co-op, will have 5% to 7% more blueberry volume out of Michigan this season than last as a result of new membership, said CEO Larry Ensfield.