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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.

I have discussed the results of an online survey we put out in conjunction with The Packer’s 125th-anniversary publication several times in this space.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation is challenging consumers to eat more produce during September, National Fruits and Veggies Month, and is giving advice on how to achieve that.

The U.S. Apple Association has a new logo.

The Idaho Potato Commission is seeking out spud lovers for a new consumer contest.

Two peach fruit flies were found in Palm Beach County, Fla., on successive days earlier this month, the second time the pest — which has dozens of fruit and vegetable host plants — has been found in the state.

At the former site of the Bethlehem Steel mill in Baltimore, long after that business shut down, a new business is sprouting.

Georgia is not known as a citrus state. Not yet, anyway.

California’s citrus industry has a $7.12 billion economic impact, according to a study commissioned by the Citrus Research Board.

Wendy Brannen, who led communication and public relations efforts for Vidalia onions and U.S. apples, is the new director of policy communication for the American Soybean Association.