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A handful of strawberry varieties developed at the University of California-Davis show enough promise that some growers believe they will be the varieties of tomorrow in the state’s Santa Maria and Watsonville/Salinas

The president of Argentina on April 18 celebrated the departure of the first U.S. bound lemons in 17 years from the country’s Tucumán citrus growing region.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Columbia Marketing International is expanding its organic Daisy Girl apple line this season, said Steve Lutz, vice president of marketing.

What is the level of ongoing consumer concern about the E. coli outbreak linked to chopped romaine from the Yuma region?

All forms matter, but some matter more than others.

Flexible film packaging company Temkin International Inc. has a new packaging technology called Hydro-Sure.

My wife said she stopped to pick up our favorite deli chopped salad from a local grocer last night.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on the Republican-crafted 2018 farm bill after the House Agriculture Committee moved it out of committee along party lines.

On the eve of a farm bill hearing, the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance presented House Agriculture Committee members specific industry priorities for the legislation in an April 17 letter.

Large Mexican limes stubbornly continued to trade at prices of $50 per carton or above in early April, but signs point to easing f.o.b. levels by May.