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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.

The United Fresh Produce Association has scheduled a number of food safety education events.

Fresh Express, whose salads were pulled from about 3,000 McDonald’s restaurants after they were linked to a cyclospora outbreak, has a panel of food safety and industry experts to study the parasites.

The debate over weed killers containing glyphosate continues to be issue in Germany.

When the Food and Drug Administration tells a food company to issue a recall “or else,” a new document describes exactly what that means.

Hood River, Ore.-based Diamond Fruit Growers has unveiled a packing line specifically engineered for pears from Unitec.