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Food safety technology company Certus has introduced a rapid response in-house pathogen testing system.

Greenhouse grower-shipper Village Farms International is extending an exclusive growing partnership with a Mexican company, boosting supplies of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.

A survey of California dried plum (prune) growers puts the 2018 crop at 80,000 tons, down 24% from last season’s 105,000 tons.

Laurie Rinard, whose 35-year career in the produce industry focused on grapes and stone fruit from California’s San Joaquin Valley, died May 20. She was 60.

U.S. senators from both parties from citrus-producing states are asking the Senate Agriculture Committee to include $125 million in the farm bill for citrus greening research.

Mango shipments from Brazil are underway, with the season delayed compared to previous years.

CHICAGO — At 6% below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August forecast and down 6% from 2017 production, the 2018 apple crop is forecast to be 256.16 million cartons, according to the U.S. Apple Association.

The Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep program’s 90 graduates celebrated their accomplishments as the inaugural class in the program.

The University of Arkansas has released a new nectarine, Effie, named for a long-time university employee.

(UPDATED, Aug. 16) The California lemon market isn’t backing down from $50 cartons in mid-August, and tight supplies could exist well into September and even October.