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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.

Hosted by several industry associations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Greg Ibach toured fresh produce operations near Fresno, Calif., on June 6.

Paul “Sonny” H. Scheid Jr., former president of Scheid Produce Inc., a company founded by his father, died June 3. He was 89.

When I was a kid I had a big picture book called “Turnips for Dinner,” which chronicled the attempts of a zoo keeper to feed his charges a diet of root vegetables.

Farm Star Mary’s Minutes: Shuman Farms Feeding Families in Need

McLean, Va.-based Gladstone Land Corp. has purchased two blueberry farms in Michigan.

The Packer’s latest poll invites readers to evaluate President Trump’s handling of the immigration problems at the Mexican border.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will headline the fifth-annual Forbes AgTech Summit.

A Congressional disaster relief bill headed for President Trump’s desk for his signature will provide more direct aid to U.S. cherry growers hurt by China’s retaliatory tariffs.