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30% of customers purchased peaches within the past 12 months. The likelihood of a peach purchase increased according to income and age for the third straight year.

The California Avocado Commission is preparing its virtual “booth” for the start of the United Fresh LIVE! online trade show, scheduling live presentations and chef demonstrations.

The International Taste Institute, Brussels, has recognized three of Mastronardi Produce’s products with Superior Taste Awards.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Otay Mesa, Calif., discovered more than 5 ½ tons of marijuana instead of the limes that were listed on the manifest.

Douglas Rockstead, an engineer for Tri-Pak Machinery Inc., Harlingen, Texas, has died.

Farm Credit donated nearly $255,000 to create an endowment fund for agribusiness students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Drought conditions in Mexico’s citrus regions have cut the country’s 2020 orange crop potential by nearly half, but fresh citrus shipments to the U.S. will only suffer minor reductions, according to the USDA.

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited June 8 with Danny Dumas, the incoming chairman of the United Fresh Produce Association.

Great Lakes Packers Inc., Bellevue, Ohio, has hired Andrew Weingart.

U.S. fresh oranges and tangerines showed the best year-over-year growth of any major fresh commodity in export sales in the year from May 2019 through April this year.