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Lipman Family Farms, which touts itself as North America’s largest grower of field tomatoes, has entered into an agreement to buy greenhouse grower Huron Produce.

CHEP’s recycled pallet business has a new owner and name — 48Forty Solutions — and is billing itself as the largest pallet management services company in North America.

(UPDATED, March 20) With the Easter recess soon to start and no draft farm bill yet released, hopes for a bipartisan bill from the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee appear to be fading.

This National Agriculture Day, March 20, we honor those who work tirelessly to put the nation’s most popular U.S.-grown fruit into the hands of our families and friends.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture plans to host its annual Ag Day March 20 at the state capitol.

Ed Monson, 73, of Greeley, Colo., died March 11.

Catch up on produce companies involved in Florida’s spring fruit and vegetable deals.

Market Fresh Produce has hired Sunny Yearwood as an accounting supervisor.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s PACA division has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against Farmers Best of NYC Inc.

Salinas, Calif.-based The Nunes Co. played host to the Eastern Produce Council’s March dinner meeting at Il Villaggio in Carlstadt, N.J.